honor in Biological Technology

UCR physicist receives highest honor US government gives young scientists or engineers

RIVERSIDE, Calif. UC Riverside's Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau has received a national honor that few outstanding researchers who are beginning their independent research careers are given. Lau, an associate professor of physics , is one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards fo...

American Geographical Society awards honor Henson, Smith on April 15 at UD

The American Geographical Society's awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 15, at the University of Delaware will honor past and present polar explorers - of this planet and of Mars. Also recognized will be the researchers who oversaw the gargantuan task of relocating the society's library, descri...

Adecco Receives Honor From Alcon Laboratories

MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Adecco, the world leader in workforce and recruitment solutions announced today that it was honored by Alcon Inc., the world's leading eye care company with its prestigious 2008 Supplier of Excellence Award. In the 32 years that Alcon has been recognizing to...

2010 Japan Prize to Honor Scientists and Researchers in Industrial Production/Production Technology and Biological Production/Environment Fields

-Calling for nomination of candidates worldwide - TOKYO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan today announced the two fields eligible for the next Japan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious awards in science and technology. The 2010 Japan Prize will ...

Trinity Biotech Management Refuses to Honor Call for a Special Meeting of Shareholders

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In refusing to a request for a special shareholders meeting to consider the removal and replacement of its current directors, management of Trinity Biotech plc (Nasdaq: TRIB ), an Ireland-based developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products whose Am...

NYU Medical Center Changes Name to Honor Chairman of Board & Wife

Elaine & Kenneth Langone contribute unrestricted $200 Million Gift NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NYU Medical Center ( http://www.med.nyu.edu/ ) today announced it will be renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center, in honor of the chairman of its board of trustees ...

Boehringer Ingelheim Receives Top Honor as World's Most Respected Biopharmaceutical Employer in Science 2007 Top Employers Survey

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the company has been awarded top honors by Science as the world's most respected biopharmaceutical employer. Science's annual survey of more than 470 Top Employers polls employees in the biotechnology, biophar...

CHS Receives Prestigious Honor from Department of Defense

One of Only 15 Companies Recognized Nationally SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHS, an inVentiv Health company (Nasdaq: VTIV ), was recently honored by the U.S. Department of Defense as a recipient of the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Aw...

KAPE to Honor High-Performing Pennsylvania Organizations

Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence Promotes Competitiveness with 2nd Annual Award Program HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Pennsylvania organizations will be honored for high performance, quality, and results by the Keystone Alliance for Performance...

Tech Digest: President to honor WARF; plus, Governor's tech-transfer award for entrepreneurs

Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation , the patenting and licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be among the recipients of the 2003 National Medal of Technology on March 15 at a White House ceremony. The annual award is conferred by the president and reco...

Use of X-rays to advance wood-decay knowledge leads to honor for Forest Products Lab biologist

Madison, Wis. A biologist at the USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory in Madison has been honored for her innovative use of physics technology that has led to advances in understanding the molecular and chemical processes involved in fungal wood decay, opening the way to the developm...

Instrumentation Laboratory to Announce 'Passion & Results' Award Winners

...9-23 respectively. Launched in July 2008 as a part of IL's 50th anniversary celebration program, the "Passion & Results" Award was established to honor healthcare providers who have demonstrated true passion for their profession, resulting in improved patient care. For the past year, IL has emb...

Brown engineering professor wins prestigious White House award

...nding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge. It is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. In addition to the recognition, Zia is expected to re...

Video: Axel Ullrich Named Winner of 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research

...as developed, from which a derivative was approved in 2006 for the treatment of kidney carcinoma and gastro-intestinal stromal tumors. "It is an honor to receive an award of this stature and to be recognized among so many outstanding scientists," said Ullrich. "Dr. Paul is a legend whose work had a t...

B. Braun Medical Inc. Recognized by Industry for Manufacturing Influential Medical Devices

...EL(R) and PAB(R) IV Containers were all recognized in the magazine's 30 Years, 30 Devices special commemorative issue. "It truly is a great honor that B. Braun has contributed to the industry's advancement in infusion therapy," said Eric Steen, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer f...

CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer

...are presented in five categories with the winners chosen by an independent panel of experts from the American Chemical Society . "It is truly an honor to receive this award and we would like to thank the EPA and the judges for their consideration," said Michael J. Collins, president and CEO of CEM Co...

Elsevier / MC Strategies Online Courses Named in the 15th Annual Communicator Awards

...he IAVA. She added, "On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to have once again judged the 15th Annual Communicator Awards and we are proud to honor the outstanding communications professionals who continue to push a high standard of excellence." About Elsevier / MC Strategies Headqua...

Americas on the Waterway Supports US Oncology Foundation

...ation," said Ann Wolford , executive director. "Anyone can support the cause. The foundation accepts pledges from individuals, corporations, and in honor or in memory of a loved one who battled cancer. The purpose is to help patients get the support they need to live high quality lives while battling ca...

American Biotech Labs(R) Garners 2009 Utah Best of State Award

...cal Innovation. It is the company's second Best of State award in the past three years. "We are honored that the Best of State judges have chosen to honor ABL with a 2009 Best of State award in the Medical Innovation category," said Dr. William Moeller, a managing director at American Biotech Labs. "This...

Gen-Probe to Webcast Two Upcoming Investor Presentations

...d screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has more than 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,200 p...

First ASMS Hites Award for Outstanding Research Publication Presented to Prof. Alison Ashcroft for Her Use of Waters Synapt HDMS System to Explore Protein Complexes

...end at a ceremony on Wednesday, June 3, in Philadelphia at the 57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. The Award is named in honor of Professor Ronald A. Hites of Indiana University who spearheaded the creation of JASMS in 1988 while President of ASMS. JASMS is devoted to the pu...

LASIK and Vision Correction Experts from Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Achieve Top Awards at ASCRS Meeting

...Laser Procedures". New York expert LASIK Surgeon, Dr. Eric Donnenfeld and his colleague, Dr. Renee Solomon, received a best paper of the session honor for his research regarding "Scanning Electron Microscopy Ultrastructural Comparison of 150 kHz Femtosecond Laser Versus Microkeratome Lamellar LA...

Pulmonary Hypertension Association Names Dr. Nicholas Hill Recipient of 2009 Award of Excellence in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Care

...e spirit of the PHA. We are pleased to present this award in recognition of his devotion." The PHA Award of Excellence in PAH Care is designed to honor and acknowledge healthcare professionals who are committed to improving outcomes for patients with PAH. It is awarded annually to outstanding care pro...

Paragon Bioservices, Inc. Wins 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award

... been awarded the coveted 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award for exceptional performance in support of Lilly's strategic objectives. "It is a great honor to be recognized in this manner by such an elite organization and it provides solid reaffirmation of our long-held guiding principles of quality, exce...

Professor Wing Wong Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

...Academy of Sciences. Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a scientist in the US and this honor recognizes Professor Wong's significant contributions in developing statistical methods and software for analyzing complex databases, such as those fr...

Kibow Biotech, Inc. to Present at BIO 2009 International Convention: Innovations to Heal, Fuel, and Feed the World

...vironmental biotechnology technologies. Dr. Natarajan Ranganathan, Interim CEO and Senior VP (R&D) of Kibow Biotech, stated, "It is indeed an honor to be selected to be part of this forward-looking group of biotech leaders. I will be presenting the technology and accomplishments of Kibow Biotech, ...

DNA Software, Inc. Honored as One of the 2009 "Michigan 50 Companies to Watch"

...-based research. Award Underscores DNA Software's Innovation, Impact, and Growth "The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch award is an appreciated honor that recognizes DNA Software's ongoing efforts to conduct original science, develop and commercialize innovative technologies, help the scientific com...

United States Recognizes Leading Scottish Scientist for Disease Research

...f only four Scottish scientists ever inducted into the NAS, one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States and a rare honor for non-U.S. scientists. As Director of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit and the Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling at the University o...

Gen-Probe Completes Acquisition of Tepnel Life Sciences

...d screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has more than 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,200 p...

Elsevier and Brain Mapping Foundation Co-Host 6th Annual World Congress of IBMISPS on Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy

...s, and representatives from industry and governmental agencies to discuss cutting-edge technological advancements in this area." "It is a great honor to have Admiral Michael Mullen, Mr. Bob Woodruff and other distinguished keynote speakers and prominent scientists, surgeons, engineers and physicians...

Cochlear Americas Provides Support for Cochlear Implant Recipients to Pursue Higher Education

...icas.com About the Graeme Clark Cochlear Scholarship Foundation The Graeme Clark Cochlear Scholarship Foundation was established in 2002 in honor of Professor Graeme Clark, Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne , for his lifelong commitment to finding a solution for the he...

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes LASIK Expert William Mathers, M.D. of the Casey Vision Correction Center in Portland, Oregon, to Its LASIK Directory

...rrection surgery. A board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. Mathers is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology who conferred him with an honor Award, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Research to Prevent Blindness, The Co...

BG Medicine Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Boston University

...iple risk factors are disease-free, while others with a favorable risk factor profile have extensive atherosclerotic vascular disease." "It is an honor and a privilege to be able to participate in this important research using the Framingham biosamples," said Pieter Muntendam, M.D., Chief Executive Of...

Advance Nanotech's Owlstone Announces First Pharmaceutical Industry Order

...n locations spanning the globe and 2007 revenues of $3.8 billion. In 2007, Genzyme was chosen to receive the National Medal of Technology, the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States for technological innovation. About Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. ...

Satyam Wins Consumer Health World Award for Tele-Ophthalmology Program

...on, plan design, connected care and medical travel. The awards, which were announced at a Health Care Globalization Summit ceremony in Arlington, Va., honor new initiatives, projects and programs making a difference in the healthcare industry. "The Consumer Health World Awards enable leading organi...

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes Leading Laser Expert and Inventor Jon Dishler, M.D., to Its Unique LASIK Eye Surgeon Directory for Consumers

...ges as compared to LASIK. Dr. Dishler is the only American who has had the honor of being granted a German medical license to allow him to perform this proc...ers as well as two advance excimer laser systems." "It is an honor to be accepted and credentialed as a Trusted LASIK Surgeon," said Dr. ...

IEEE Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary Presenting Emerging, World Changing Technologies During Its 'Embracing Human Technology Interactions' Media Event

...potlighted seven technologies it believes will have world changing implications on the way humans interact with machines, the world and each other, in honor of its 125th anniversary. On 10 March 2009 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, a panel of technology experts, moderated by The New York T...

Greater Baltimore Committee to Announce Winners of 2009 Maryland Bioscience Awards at Ceremonies on March 12

... than 150 leaders from Maryland's bioscience industry and research community will attend a breakfast at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel to honor winners of the Greater Baltimore Committee's 2009 Bioscience Awards . This is the fourth annual awards event presented by the Greater Baltimore ...

Gen-Probe to Webcast Two Upcoming Investor Presentations

...d screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has more than 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,000 p...

Boston LASIK Eye Surgery Expert Dr. Peter Rapoza Joins Select Group of Doctors in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory

...heir LASIK or other vision correction procedures. Dr. Rapoza is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, who has presented him with the honor Award, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is active in local professio...