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DuPont Named Among Best Places to Work by The Scientist Magazine

DuPont has been named among the best places to work in the biotechnology industry by The Scientist magazine. Wilmington, DE (Vocus) May 29, 2009 -- DuPont has been named among the best places to work in the biotechnology industry by The Scientist magazine. ...

United States Recognizes Leading Scottish Scientist for Disease Research

Sir Philip Cohen to be inducted into National Academy of Sciences for groundbreaking work in biochemistry and biology WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sir Philip Cohen of Scotland's University of Dundee will be inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) during its 146th ...

Kendle Senior Scientist Edward Sellers, MD, PhD, Named One of Nine 'Notable People in R&D'

Industry publication R&D Directions honors Dr. Sellers' pioneering work in human abuse liability studies CINCINNATI, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced Edward Sellers, MD, PhD, Senior ...

Hebrew University scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries

Jerusalem, March 9, 2009 An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Angioplasty is the "gold-standard" tr...

JMAR Technologies' Chief Scientist Invited by Pfizer Inc. to Speak at IFPAC -- BioSentry Makes Strides in Pharma Market

JMAR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: JMAR), a leading innovator in the development and commercialization of sensing systems for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) materials, today announced that JMAR's microbial contamination detection expert John A. Ada...

NeuroFocus Names John Polich, World-Renowned Scientist in Brain Function and Cognition, to Head Global NeuroLab Operations

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroFocus, the world leader in the rapidly-growing field of neuromarketing, announced today that it has named preeminent cognitive neuroscientist John Polich, Ph.D., as its Director of Global NeuroLab Operations. The company made this selection...

Elsevier Announces Winners of 3rd Annual Scopus Young Indian Scientist Award

NEW DELHI, India, December 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific information, announced today the winners of the third annual Scopus Young Indian Scientist Award. Prof. J J Theo Groothuizen, S&T Counsellor, Embassy of Netherlands, presided over the a...

Applied Biosystems SOLiD System Named Life Science Innovation of the Year : The Scientist Magazine Cites the Technology's High Throughput, Lower Sequencing Cost, and Rapid Technology Innovation for Unlocking New Approaches to Clinical Research

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that its technology for next-generation genomic analysis, the SOLiD™ System, has been named the Life Science Innovation of the Yea...

Leading Canadian Scientist to speak at UN Climate Change Conference

Dr. David Dennis will Outline How Technology Can Solve Pressing Food, Fuel Problems of the 21st Century KINGSTON, ON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Dr. David Dennis, FRSC, CEO of Performance Plants Inc. (PPI), is one of four leading experts speaking at a side event at the United Nations...

Dynamic Signs Asset Acquisition Deal With Cannex and Brings Onboard Leading Medical Cannabis Research Scientist Dr. Robert Melamede, Former Chairman of the Biology Department, University of Colorado

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dynamic Alert Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: DYMC) (the "Company") is an emerging biotechnology leader specializing in the commercialization of medical cannabis-based pharmaceutical products. Today the Company is pleased to announce it has signed ...

2008 R&D Innovator of the Year & Scientist of the Year Finalists Announced

Winners of 2008 R&D 100 Awards Now Online ROCKAWAY, N.J., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- R&D Magazine has announced the finalists for the 8th Annual Innovator of the Year and 43rd Annual Scientist of the Year awards, which recognize individuals who exemplify the ideals of R&D in academi...

Michigan Tech scientist models molecular switch

HOUGHTON, Mich.--Michigan Technological University physicist Ranjit Pati and his team have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy Grail, the single molecular switch. If born out experimentally, his work could help explode Moore's Law and could revolutionize c...

Microsoft scientist highlights urgent need for new computer models to address climate change

Two papers published in the journal Science today* by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding of forest dynamics is needed to better predict environmental change. T...

A Scientist Dechipers the Code to Beautiful, Healthy Skin in 'The New Science of Perfect Skin'

FREEPORT, N.Y., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- "What's the difference between a peptide and an enzyme?" "Can creams really repair my DNA?" Hundreds of women are trying to crack the beauty secret: what ingredients and which products will give me beautiful, healthy skin? Bio-scientist turned skin-care...

BioAnalytics Group CEO, Senior Scientist to Present at Tucson Symposium March 12-13

TUCSON, Ariz., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Lett, CEO of The BioAnalytics Group LLC and Ned Haubein, Senior Scientist, will make scientific presentations at the Tucson Symposium on March 12-13, 2008. The symposium, subtitled, "Driving Pathology Forward in Drug Discovery, Development and Clin...

Biomoda Hires Senior Scientist to Expand Research & Development Effort

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biomoda, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BMOD) ( http://www.biomoda.com ) of Albuquerque, NM, announced today Dr. Stephen M. Gomez has joined Biomoda as a Senior Research Specialist focused on the company's efforts to commercialize its assay for t...

HU scientist finds way to catch terrorists red-handed

Jerusalem A scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has discovered a way to literally catch terrorists red-handed. A new chemical spray detector developed by Prof. Joseph Almog of the Hebrew University's Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry detects the home-made explosive urea nitrate...

Ikaria Founding Scientist Named 2007 MacArthur Fellow

CLINTON, N.J., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark Roth, Ph.D., an advisor and founding scientist of Ikaria, this week received a MacArthur Fellowship award, which includes a grant to further his research over the next five years. Roth, a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cen...

Basic Scientist Mark Roth Wins MacArthur Fellowship

Cell biologist receives $500,000 'genius award' with 'no strings attached' SEATTLE, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Roth, Ph.D., a cell biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is among 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowships, a "genius" award given annually by the John D. ...

Argonne scientist to give the plenary talk at Royal Society of Chemistry meeting on nanoalloys

Julius Jellinek, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, will deliver the plenary talk of the Faraday Discussion Meeting 138 on Nanoalloys: From Theory to Application, to be held on September 3-5, at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. ...

GeneNews' Chief Scientist Dr. C.C. Liew co-editor of new genomics reference book

- Text provides cardiologists with an overview of cardiovascular genetics and genomics - TORONTO, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing patient-friendly blood-based biomarker tests for the detection and staging ...

Oramed Pharmaceuticals was Awarded a NIS 3.1 Million Grant From the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist

JERUSALEM, Israel, August 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB) ( http://www.oramed.com ), a developer of oral delivery systems, today reported that its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Oramed Ltd., was awarded a government grant amounting to a total net amo...

The Scientist magazine names Madison "hotspot" for biotechnology

Madison, Wis. - The June 20 issue of The Scientist , named Madison, "the Midwest's low-key hotspot" for biotechnology. The publication reported that the city's research facilities and open community make it one of the best climates for starting or continuing a biotech and life sciences company....

UW scientist wins Pew grant to study little-known immune cells

Madison, Wis . - An immunologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of 15 U.S. researchers this summer to be named 2005 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Jenny Gumperz, an assistant professor of medical microbiology and immunology, will receive $60,000 per year for the next fo...

UW biophysical scientist honored as society fellow

Madison, Wis. -- Thomas Record, a biophysical chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named one of six 2006 Society Fellows by the Biophysical Society, a 7,000-member U.S. organization that represents global biophysics research. A chaired professor of chemistry and biochemistr...

ALPCO Introduces a Mouse HMW and Total Adiponectin ELISA

...reclinical research. This mouse HMW adiponectin ELISA would be of interest to both academic institutions and biotech companies." Julie Rasku, a scientist with ALPCO Diagnostics' development team assures us, "I found the mouse adiponectin assay to be highly reproducible with low variance. It is a reliabl...

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

...he exclusive worldwide rights to novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) technology from Stanford University. This technology, discovered in the lab of Stanford scientist and Eiger founder Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, M.D., Ph.D., is focused on a variety of novel targets, including key features of NS4B, a non-structural protein i...

W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to Hutchinson Center Scholar to Study How Cells Go Awry

...s the rules governing cellular order - which enhances the potential for learning how cancer cells cheat - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center basic scientist Wenying Shou, Ph.D., has been named among the W.M. Keck Foundation's 2009 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research. Shou is among fiv...

NovaBay(R) Pharmaceuticals Names Roy J. Wu as Senior Vice President for Business Development

... in International Finance from the University of San Francisco, School of Business. He has been a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical scientist Planning Committee for Harmonization of Pharmaceutical Science Requirements, the New York Pharma Forum, the Japan Society of Northern California, the ...

America's Organic Home-Fueling Movement Begins in Los Angeles

...y through lower energy bills and reduced maintenance expenses. About E-Fuel The E-Fuel Corporation was founded in 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient micro ethanol refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. The employees of E-Fuel re...

Debiopharm and MSM Protein Technologies Sign Agreement for Research and Development of Debio 0929, a Novel Oncology Biologic

... proteins. MSM was formed in 2005 on the basis of technology originally developed at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute by the company's founding scientist and subsequently licensed to MSM. Since then the Company has developed additional, novel technologies that provide greater power and sensitivity to th...

GreenHouse Debuts the World's First E-Fuel MicroFuelerTM in Los Angeles

...through lower energy bills and reduced maintenance expenses. About E-Fuel The E-Fuel Corporation was founded in 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient micro ethanol refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. With more than 30 people ...

World Renowned Scientists Gather to Share Latest Information on Answer to Wildlife Reproductive Fertility Control

...city of innovation, where SenesTech was founded in 2002 by Drs. Loretta Mayer and Cheryl Dyer. Along with Dr. Lyn Hinds, the Senior Principal Research scientist of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and other prominent guests, Drs. Mayer and Dyer will present an...

Video of EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test (SIT) Method Now Available

...icle is now available for online viewing on both the MatTek (WWW.MATTEK.COM) and JoVE Web sites. In the video, Dr. Helena Kandarova, a Senior scientist at MatTek, demonstrates the detailed steps in the EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test (SIT) protocol. Dr. Kandarova, based in the European Union (EU), playe...

Junying Yu, Leading Stem Cell Researcher, Joins Cellular Dynamics International

..., insertion mutations could affect the biology of the cell or potentially lead to tumorigenesis. Dr. Yu, who comes to CDI from an associate scientist position in stem cell-pioneer Dr. James Thomson's lab at the University of Wisconsin, was lead author on both iPS breakthrough papers. The research fo...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves a 100% Total Kill (Pass) Against the Life Threatening Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) Spores in Independent EPA Required Protocol Testing.

...idium difficile (C.diff). Currently health care facilities globally have severely limited options for eliminating this dangerous spore. Chief scientist for BioNeutral Group, Inc., Dr. Andy Kielbania stated, "These independent ATS Labs test results completely validate our internal product development e...

UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads

...site's drug resistance as aid organizations extend the current medication to more infected populations, according to Conor R. Caffrey, PhD, a research scientist in the UCSF Department of Pathology, who co-authored both papers and was senior author on the PLoS paper on the compound discovery work. The current d...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves World Class Independent Test Results in Killing Life Threatening Spores/Organisms

...rienced in health care facilities and will maximize value to the user & increased safety for the patients. Dr. Andy Kielbania PhD, Chief scientist at BioNeutral Group stated: "These independent lab validation results from ATS show that we have developed what we believe is the best, and I emphasiz...

Accuri Cytometers Completes $4 Million Series D Financing

... we are pleased that a new investor, the InvestMichigan! Program, participated in the financing." Accuri user Steven McClellan, Senior Biological scientist at the Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory at the University of Florida , notes, "The Accuri C6 is a transformative product, providing high performance fl...

Nanopillars promise cheap, efficient, flexible solar cells

...s of a meter. "To take advantage of abundant solar energy we have to find ways to mass-produce efficient photovoltaics," says Ali Javey, a faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley. "Single-crystalline semic...