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NPL and University of Surrey sign £10m deal

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Surrey have signed an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of a GBP10m programme to translate the results of research into innovation that makes a real-world difference. The collaboration is supported by a GBP4m Knowledge Transfer Ac...

Charging ahead: University of Houston team revealing secrets of electricity-producing materials

Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they're placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity. Driven by the vision of our society one day being basically self-propelled, a team of University of Houston s...

Axial Biotech Enters Partnership with the University of Utah to Utilize the Utah Population Database to Develop Personalized Diagnostic Tests for Spine Disorders

SALT LAKE CITY, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Axial Biotech, Inc., a company personalizing spine care through the development of molecular diagnostics, and the University of Utah today announced that they have entered into a collaboration that allows Axial access to the University's rich ...

Hygeia Therapeutics Signs an Exclusive License with Yale University for Potent, Safe Topical Anti-Androgens

Hygeia Therapeutics has added to its portfolio of topical hormonal modulators with the acquisition of a series of potent topical anti-androgens. The compounds are expected to be devoid of systemic activity and will be developed for skin and hair disorders associated with increased sensitivity to...

Kornberg Associates Architects Selected to Develop Design for New Stanford University Imaging Center

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Kornberg Associates | Architects ( www.kornberg.com ) has been selected by Stanford University to design a new Cognitive & Neurobiological Imaging Center. Ken Kornberg, president and founder, made the announcement. The firm has worked with Sta...

Santaris Pharma Director Appointed Adjunct Professor in RNA Biology at the University of Aalborg, Denmark

COPENHAGEN, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Santaris Pharma and Copenhagen Institute of Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark, announced today that Director of microRNA, Santaris Pharma, Sakari Kauppinen, has been appointed Adjunct Professor in RNA Biology at Copenhagen Institute of Technology. The a...

Solar cells, geological storage research receive DOE funding at the University of Texas at Austin

AUSTIN, TexasWith two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) established at The University of Texas at Austin by the U.S. De...

DecisionQ Partners With Thomas Jefferson University to Reveal Insights for Cancer Therapy

Partnership integral piece of consortium recently awarded five-year, $6.7 million Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grant WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer Center has partnered with DecisionQ , a leader in predictive analytics and machin...

Clarient Granted Exclusive License to Commercialize Breast Cancer Biomarker by Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation

FOXA1 biomarker predicts likelihood of recurrence and long-term disease-free survival of breast cancer patients; Further strengthens Company's breast cancer menu ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clarient, Inc. , (Nasdaq: CLRT ), a premier anatomic pathology and mol...

Cardiff University Becomes a GeneGo Center of Excellence

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis , today announced that the University of Cardiff has become a certified GeneGo Center of Excellence. Cardiff University researchers will have access to G...

Waters and University of Warwick Sign Research Agreement Designed to Foster Adoption of Novel MS Technologies

Centerpiece of the agreement is the establishment of The Waters Centre for BioMedical Mass Spectrometry MILFORD, Mass., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) and the University of Warwick , Coventry and Warwickshire, England, today signed a collaborative research ag...

Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository Adopts BioLife Solutions CryoStor(TM) as Standard Biopreservation Media

BOTHELL, Wash., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BLFS), a leading developer and marketer of proprietary cGMP hypothermic storage and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that the Rutgers University Cell...

The University of Arizona College of Medicine and OmegaGenesis Announce Collaboration Agreement to Address Diabetic Foot Ulcers

TUCSON, Ariz., and GILROY, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Surgery at The University of Arizona College of Medicine and OmegaGenesis, Inc., announced an agreement to collaborate on potential remedies to address diabetic foot ulcers. The agreement includes joint work in s...

Polycystic Kidney Disease Assay at Cornell University Uses Transgenomic's Surveyor Nuclease & WAVE Technology

OMAHA, Neb., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO). In a peer-reviewed paper published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Human Mutation, a team at Weill Cornell Medical College New York describes in detail the key advantages of using Transgenomic'...

WaferGen Biosystems, ImmuneRegen BioSciences and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to Collaborate on Novel Wound Healing Research

Studies at UT Southwestern to Leverage WaferGen's SmartChip Platform to Evaluate Efficacy of ImmuneRegen's Drug FREMONT, Calif. and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analy...

Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc. Biometrics Joins Forces with the University of Central Florida to Fight Diversion and Help Combat Prescription Narcotic Drug Abuse

Pilot Program in Fort Lauderdale helps to Leverage Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc. with the University of Central Florida. Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc., will utilize UCF's biometrics, elite technology and other programming techniques in an effort to establish the best prescription monitoring pr...

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...

Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute Enhances Patient Care With Monaco(R) Radiation Treatment Planning System

ST. LOUIS, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CMS Software, part of the Elekta Group and leader in radiation treatment planning and workflow management solutions, today announced that Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute has purchased Monaco, the next-generation Intens...

Researchers at the University of Georgia Discover Protein is Crucial to Reproduction of Parasites Involved in Disease

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia led by postdoctoral associate Giel van Dooren has discovered a protein in T. gondii that is essential for the parasite's growth. The group's work points the way toward a new model system that can be used in studying other parasitic diseases and c...

Netsmart University Announces Partner Referral Agreement With New York Association of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced it has entered into a partner referral agreement with the New York State Association of Alcoholism and Substance A...

RainDance Technologies and Harvard University to Share in First Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Cooperative Research Grants

LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has been selected to share in the first-ever round of cooperative research grants by The Massachusetts Lif...

NOVAVAX and the University of Massachusetts Medical School Announce Preclinical Study Results for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus ('RSV') Vaccine Candidate

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School announced results from a preclinical study of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus ("RSV") vaccine candidate. Novavax has licensed exclusive worldwide rights from the Un...

Alfred Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering Launches New Web Site Designed to Help University Researchers Bring Biomedical Advances to Market

VALENCIA, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering (AEMFBE), a philanthropic organization created by billionaire Alfred E. Mann to establish university-based commercialization- enablement institutes at elite universities, designed to facilitate biomed...

Delcath Adds University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to Phase III Trial

HillmanCancerCenter Joins Trial with James Pingpank, MD, FACS, as Principal Investigator NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH ) announced today that the Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), has joined ...

Full Sail University Welcomed Back to Campus Graduate and Acclaimed Horror Director, Darren Lynn Bousman

Full Sail University ( www.fullsail.edu ), welcomed Full Sail graduate Darren Lynn Bousman, acclaimed Director of the horror film series Saw II, III & IV, to its Full Sail Live facility on Monday, November 17, 2008 for a live screening of his latest film, Repo! The Genetic Opera. The screenin...

Convey Computer™ Corporation Announces First Customer: University of California, San Diego at SC08 Conference

New Convey HC-1™ System to Boost Performance of Bioinformatics Application. Part of "Project GreenLight" Energy Efficiency Initiative. Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 -- Convey Computer Corporation today announced at SC08 that it will ship the worl...

SpineSmith Partners Collaborates with University of Texas Biomedical Engineering Students to Develop Innovative Products

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- SpineSmith Partners, an innovative bio-medical device company, is collaborating with several senior design teams in The University of Texas Biomedical Engineering Department to help educate students on the design, engineering, and commercialization proces...

Nikon Instruments Provides Donation to Help Clemson University Start New Core Microscopy Facility

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. has provided an in-kind donation of microscopy equipment to help Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences biological sciences department start a new core microscopy facility. The facility will be the ...

Medical Simulation Corporation Announces Partnership With University of South Florida

USF Health SimSuite(R) Center at TGH to Enhance Clinical Skills Development DENVER, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) announces a new partnership with the University of South Florida (USF) to provide simulation training and education services for USF Health hospita...

Winning University of Melbourne Ph.D. research boosts the search for sensitive sensors

Research that could lead to brighter LCD screens, more efficient solar panels, improved biomedical imaging and high-tech security sensors has won the University of Melbourne's Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in PhD. Dr Daniel Gomez, who completed his thesis in the School of Chemistry, has she...

Study From the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Demonstrates That AHCC(R) is Safe in Combination With Most Chemotherapeutic Agents

Supports safety of AHCC for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy PURCHASE, N.Y., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published study in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology (Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer), 2008: pp 105-109) by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Ca...

RainDance Technologies Delivers RDT 1000, Sequence Enrichment Solution to The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has shipped its new RDT 1000 instrument and Sequence Enrichment application to The Genome Center (GC) at t...

NIH Awards Approximately $3M Grant for Research Involving WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System at the University of Pittsburgh

Research Effort Includes Development and Application of PulmoSmartChip - A Custom Molecular Phenotyping Assay for Lung Disease FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expressio...

Waters Corporation Gives Boost to Clinical Research Programs at University of Sherbrooke Hospital

QUEBEC, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fondation du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) is proud to announce that Waters Corporation has donated a Waters(R) Synapt(TM) MS System, the latest generation of mass spectrometers. This gift -- worth a total C$1.1 million -- is the resu...

Calvert Research and Auburn University Announce Joint Venture

Strategic partnership focuses on target drug delivery. Cary, NC (PRWEB) October 24, 2008-- Calvert Research, LLC (a Calvert Holdings, Inc. company ) and Auburn University announced today a joint research project entitled, Targeted Drug Delivery. Undertaken through Au...

Case Western Reserve University researcher improves LCDs with 3-D nanoimaging process

Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, and his research group have developed a method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such as liquid crystals, with volumetric resolution one thousand times smaller than existing techniques...

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 ...

McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope

Hamilton, ON. Oct. 20, 2008 The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planetcapable of unprecedented resolutionhas been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University. "We are the first university in the world with a microscope of such a hig...

Stuart Parkin first 'distinguished professor' at Eindhoven University of Technology

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has appointed prof. dr. Stuart Parkin as its first 'distinguished professor' ever. Parkin is a professor at Stanford University and an IBM Fellow of the IBM Almaden Research Center in the USA. Earlier this year he was awarded an honorary doctorate by TU/e....

Sigma-Aldrich and the University of Illinois Offer New Boronic Acid Surrogates to Researchers Worldwide Through Licensing Agreement

Technology expected to aid drug discovery by allowing for the rapid synthesis of molecules using a single reaction ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the Universi...