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The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

Here's my list, in order of importance: biofuels, stem cells, BIO 2006 in Chicago, the reshaping and resurgence of Abbott Labs, biogenerics in the U.S., the internationalizat...

DNA Damage and Repair - Quantification of Sub-Cellular Events Using Automated Confocal Imaging

Oxidative stress, radiation and other external insults have been shown to damage DNA molecules in cells derived from organisms as diverse as bacteria, yeast, drosophila, rodents and man (Friedberg et al. 2005). The presence of DNA damage may lead to cell cycle checkpoint arrest to allow time for DNA repair...

Just one nanosecond: Clocking events at the nanoscale

MADISON - As scientists and engineers build devices at smaller and smaller scales, grasping the dynamics of how materials behave when they are subjected to electrical signals, sound and other manipulations has proven to be beyond the reach of standard scientific techniques. But now a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has found a way to time such effects at the nanometer...

How to get through tech-sector networking events alive

Remember the poor guy who got his hand stuck in a crevice and had to cut off his own arm to get free? This could happen to you, too. You find yourself at a Midwest technology networking event sometimes locked in a corner in the vice grip of a bad, b...

Furious pace of Midwest biotech events marks progress

As 2004 is rapidly coming to a close, the fourth quarter represents a fast and furious pace of Midwest biotech activities across the eight states. Witness the more important of these events: Eleven events in less than two months is a lot of biotech activities! This is a good sign and bodes well for the momentum thats building up to the BIO 2006 annual meeting i...

Dispelling the top five myths about attending networking events

For some people, networking is only important when a need arises (such as a new job or a product to sell). People with this attitud...