ERT Appoints New Vice President of Project Management

PHILADELPHIA, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ERT (Nasdaq: ERES ), a leading provider of centralized ECG and eClinical technology, ePRO, and other services to the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and related industries, announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Projec...

GeneNews to conduct joint project funded by MYR 5 million grant from Malaysian government

- Malaysian Ministry of Health provides grant to develop blood-based diagnostic tests for liver cancer, Hepatitis B and nasopharyngeal cancer - TORONTO, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for...

NFGC Conducts Multi-Institutional Research Project in Ovarian Cancer

$500,000 will be invested in the first phase of this personalized medicine initiative TAMPA, Fla., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Functional Genomics Center , funded through an assistance agreement that is awarded and administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel...

VirtualScopics' Project Balance Exceeds a Record $31 Million

Over 120% increase compared to prior year ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VirtualScopics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSCP ), a leading provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials, today announced that its project balance (the amount remaining to be recognized from its active ...

Shire's Project Playground Gives Boost to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter hailed Shire's Project Playground as a model of city-private partnership on Friday before more than one hundred children, parents and teachers from the Feltonville neighborhood at a community celebration for the $165,000 play...

Enerkem announces plans to enter the United States with next-generation biofuels project in Mississippi

Project will allow the recycling and conversion of 60% of Three Rivers region's waste material MONTREAL, March 19 /PRNewswire/ - Enerkem Inc., a leading advanced biofuels and green chemicals technology company, today announced its plans to build and operate a second-generation biofuels prod...

China Biologic Products' High-Purity Human Albumin Research and Development Project to be Listed in the National Torch Plan

TAIAN CITY, Shandong, China, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("China Biologic" or the "Company"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that one of its ...

African Ancestry, Educators, Identity Experts Launch DNA Education Project during Historic Black History Month; 7th Graders Score High on Ultimate Self Test

This Black History Month is like none other. To mark the observance, African Ancestry, Educators & Identity Experts launch Ancestry Education Project to promote science education, achievement motivation and positive psychological development among the nation's young people. ...

Spring Point Project Welcomes Second Generation 'Medical-Grade' Piglets

Award recognizes biotechnological advancements on the path to cure diabetes with cells from pigs MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A population of high-health 'medical- grade' pigs may be the missing link for the diabetes cure. By raising premier source pigs in a bios...

DIA Co-located Conference to Examine Outsourcing and Project Management Best Practices

The Drug Information Association (DIA) will host two co-located conferences from October 23-24 in Washington DC. Horsham, PA (PRWEB) September 30, 2008 -- The http://www.diahome.org/ [Drug Information Association (DIA)] will host two co-located conferences from October ...

Integrated Project Management Named to "Inc. 5000" for Second Year : One of the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in Chicago Area

Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM) today announced it was named to Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies nationwide for a second consecutive year. The firm provides onsite project management services to a broad range of industries, helping...

Spring Point Project Gains Support of Lions Clubs

Within a year and a half, cells from pigs are to be used in clinical trials on a path to finally cure diabetes MINNEAPOLIS, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lions Clubs of Multiple District 5M (MD5M) recently declared its commitment to support Spring Point Project, a Minnesota non-p...

Spring Point Project Names New Members to Board of Directors

Board members help guide non-profit on path to cure diabetes MINNEAPOLIS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring Point Project, a Minnesota non-profit organization created to expedite the widespread availability of islet tissue for diabetes care, has attracted two well-known experts to its Board...

Sloning and the Kornberg group at Stanford University starting evaluation project regarding the synthesis of a Statistically Randomized Gene Library

Munich, Germany, April 24, 2008 / b3c newswire / - Sloning BioTechnology and Roger Kornberg’s group at Stanford University are working on a project to synthesize a gene mutant library where selected codons are introduced in a statistically expected and controlled ratio at preselected posi...

Credit-card-sized platform for volatile compound analysis CAREER project goal

Blacksburg, Va. Developing a credit-card-sized gas chromatography platform that can analyze volatile compounds within seconds is the next step for Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Masoud Agah, who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Pro...

Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. Announces Definitive Agreements for a Large Scale Luxury Mixed Use Project in Bangalore, India

TEL-AVIV, Israel, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq: EMITF ) ("EMI") today announced that on October 18, 2007 its wholly owned subsidiary has entered into definitive agreements with one of the leading developers in Bangalore, India (the "Partner") for the jo...

A Large-Scale Research Project by a Dutch Consortium Addressing a Global Problem

Development of Novel Strategies to Induce and Monitor Humoral and Cellular Immunity to Protect Hosts From Infection by Respiratory Viruses LEIDEN, The Netherlands, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A new and promising research project of Top Institute Pharma is being conducted by a multi-member D...

Proplant Awarded Qatar Project

HOUSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Proplant Inc. announced today it has been awarded an EPC contract by Qatar Fertiliser Company for their ammonia and urea plants Steam Integration Project. QAFCO operates the world's largest single site fertilizer complex with four ammonia and urea plants. Proplant...

Microbix Announces A New Technology Platform For The SST Project

New intellectual property strengthens shareholders' exclusive access to the global livestock AI industry TORONTO, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (MBX:TSX) announced today that the Company is proceeding to submit a new patent application, based on discoveri...

Canadian Government Announces Funding for Leading Biotechnology Firm's Project

Performance Plants to Further Develop Plant Traits for Biofuel KINGSTON, ON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ - Performance Plants Inc. (PPI), a global leader in agricultural and biofuel biotechnology development and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) are pleased to announce that a project ...

Bion Announces PENNVEST Board Approves $7.8 Million Financing for Kreider Farms Dairy Project

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNET) announced today that on Monday, January 26, 2009, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) approved a $7.8 million loan to Bion PA 1, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary...

Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project

- Large-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Florida to serve as model for future plants - - "Farm to Fuel" grant provides State support to project - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM ), a pioneer in the development of next-generatio...

Health Robotics Announces Results of the European Union-Sponsored SafeChemo Project

BOZEN, Italy, January 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced that the European Union (EU) Commission and eTen have made available the first results of the SafeChemo Project it sponsored at three of its pharmacies. The EU's SafeChemo objectives were to scientifically and independentl...

Video: OneTouch(R) Teams With Online Diabetes Community to Launch Global Diabetes Handprint Project

- Participation Can Drive Up To $250,000 in OneTouch Donations to Support Children's Diabetes Camps and Adult Diabetes Education Programs - MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeScan, the maker of OneTouch(R) Brand Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems for people with diabetes, announced ...

Lustgarten Foundation Announces $1.25 Million Commitment to Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Development Project

Project is Aimed at Developing New Screening Methods and Holds Significant Potential for Early Detection Blood Test for Nation's 4th Leading Cancer Killer - Biomarker Project holds significant potential for new screening and diagnostic interventions for the d...

ADM, MGSC and ISGS Announce Carbon Sequestration Project

Project to study technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions DECATUR, Ill., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM ), the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) and the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) announce that they are workin...

Total Site Solutions Selected to Provide Construction Management Services for Existing Pharmaceutical and Biotech Customer for Data Center Expansion Project

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Total Site Solutions (TSS), a Fortress International Group Company (Nasdaq: FIGI ), who provides comprehensive services for the planning, design and development of mission-critical facilities today announced that a customer in the pharmaceutic...

Wisconsin startup delivers project management relief to creative firms and ad agencies

Green Bay, Wis. - Epicsoft , based in Green Bay, has announced a new Web-based collaboration package using a Flash interface to reach out to creative agencies and their clients. The system will allow logins with adjustable permissions from designers, project managers and clients. It is intende...

Part 1 Project performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

Editors Note: Michael J. Weymier, PMP, is founder of PM Maturity and joins the Wisconsin Technology Network as a columnist. In this new column, Continuous Improvement, Weymier will be exploring the various aspects of project management as part of an exclusive series for WTN. Part 1 So, ...

Part 2 Project performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

Michael J. Weymier, PMP, is founder of PM Maturity and joins the Wisconsin Technology Network as a columnist. He will be exploring the various aspects of project management as part of a WTN-excusive series. This article is part two of the series. TQM - survival is optional Deming is repor...

RedPrairie leads RFID project for Unilever

Waukesha, Wis. - RedPrairie Corporation announced Tuesday it is leading the RFID pilot for Unilever North America beginning this week. The pilot will enable Unilever to implement and test RFID technology in its supply chain to prepare for compliance with the mandates from Wal-Mart other top ret...

Part 3 Project performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

TOC Why common sense in project management isnt always so common Despite more than 40 years of critical path-project scheduling, most projects are still late, over budget and without the results they promised. Whats the problem? What should we do? After the project is over we rationalize tha...

Part 4 Project Performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

Part 4) COBIT Governance or anarchy - your choice! So what does government have to do with continuous improvement? Oh sorry! I didnt mean government -- I meant governance ! Theres a relationship between good government and good governance. You could say that government caused governan...

Part 5 Project Performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

CMM / CMMI Evolution, not revolution Your business card reads project manager. You just paid your annual PMI membership dues. Youve been to training, regularly participate in seminars and sleep with scholarly journals under your pillow (osmosis). The methodology on your desk is almost worn ou...

Part 6 Project Performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

6 Sigma the Greeks would be proud So how many boards can you break with one whack? Or, a better question might be, how many projects can you juggle at one time? Even more important what projects are on your plate? Are they the ones that will best improve your organizations position in the m...

Project Performance: Is your project late? Over budget?

Summary and conclusion Are your projects still late? Do they continue to cost too much? Do they deliver less than promised? Unfortunately, the answer is probably yes. The point of this series was to demonstrate how that neednt be the case. Think about it you learn new things every day. You ...

Meriter IT team builds project performance through internal relationships

MADISON, Wis. - Ownership and accountability is the way of life at Meriter Hospital , a not-for-profit, 448-bed community hospital in Madison that provides medical care to southern Wisconsin. Meriter includes a hospital, clinic, retirement living facility, laboratories and a home health care ser...

Steering a project portfolio takes more than expensive software

Practically everybody knows that ERP isnt the rude noise somebody makes in a meeting after too many donuts and soda. And most of that savvy population also knows that Enterprise Resource Planning isnt some silver bullet solving your company-wide functional problems with a single check to a vendor. ...

Scout Project plans online library portal with $2.6 million grant

Rachael Bower, Co-Director of the Internet Scout Project Madison, Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madisons Internet Scout Project will use a recent $2.6 million grant to develop a program that will provide community and technical college educators access to the National Science Digital Lib...

MapTeach project spreads Alaskan geographic knowledge online

3D Visualization of landscape above Ophir Creek in Alaska. Credit: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Traditional, rural Alaskan knowledge can now spread globally thanks to a joint effort between UW-Madisons Environmental Remote Sensing Center and the Alaska Division of Geologi...