Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research recognizes Axel Ullrich

PHILADELPHIA Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2008 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research for his pioneering work in the translation of genomics-based discoveries into novel approaches for cancer therapy. Ullrich is the Director of Molecular Biology at the M...

MDOUTLOOK(R) Quick Polls Report on Clinical Integration of Key Oncology Developments Following ASCO 2009

...to better patient care. The program is guided by globally recognized experts, such as Chandra Belani, MD; Alexander Eggermont, MD; Keith Flaherty, MD; axel Hauschild, MD; Peter Heald, MD; John Kirkwood, MD; Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD; Giorgio Scagliotti, MD, PhD; Orlando Silva, MD, JD; and Nicholas Thatcher,...

GTSI to Spotlight Key Trends in Health IT at its June 17 Technology Leadership Series Seminar

...al Healthcare Manager, NetApp; Eliot Sloane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Villanova University ; axel Wirth, National Healthcare Solutions Architect, Symantec; Michael Mestrovich, Ph.D.; and Lynn H. Vogel, Ph.D., Vice President and Chi...

Frost & Sullivan Award Reinforces Outstanding Product Line Strategy by SIRS-Lab

...E. Straube and Prof. H.-P. Saluz, and now has about 50 employees. Find out more on www.sirs-lab.com . SIRS-Lab GmbH Contact Information axel Kunz - Manager Public Relations Phone: +49 3641 508 430 E-Mail: kunz@sirs-lab.com www.sirs-lab.com About Frost & Sullivan ...

Gerresheimer Achieves Solid Growth in Core Markets - Outlook Confirmed

...t we will achieve sales growth of 6% to 7% in the financial year 2009 with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.0% to 19.2% in our core business," says Dr. axel Herberg, CEO of Gerres­heimer AG. Further growth in the core markets of pharma & life science Sales by the core businesses increase...

EAU TV goes 'live' at 24th Annual EAU Congress in Stockholm

...rahamsson, Malm (SW), Frans M.J. Debruyne, Arnhem (NL), Mark Emberton, London (GB) and Manfred Wirth, Dresden (DE). Bladder and Testicular Cancer axel Heidenreich, Kln (DE), Maurizio Brausi, Modena (IT) and Oliver Hakenberg, Rostock (DE). Renal Cell Cancer Hein Van Poppel, Louvain (BE), Peter Al...

Green tea may negate the effects of a common cancer therapy

...wanted to better understand how the compounds in green tea interact with a cytotoxic chemical therapy and how that may affect patient outcomes, said axel Schnthal, PhD, of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and senior study author. In this study, researchers evaluated whe...

USC study finds that green tea blocks benefits of cancer drug

...ication First Edition website. "Our finding that GTE or EGCG blocked the therapeutic action of Velcade was completely unexpected," says lead author axel H. Schnthal, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. "Our hypothesis was that...

Green Tea May Negate the Effects of a Common Cancer Therapy

... wanted to better understand how the compounds in green tea interact with a cytotoxic chemical therapy and how that may affect patient outcomes," said axel Schonthal, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and senior study author. In this study, researchers evaluat...

Cellular decision on the computer

...Z have now succeeded in elucidating the process underlying a cell's decision about how it is going to behave. Scientists in the teams of biologist Dr. axel Szabowski, physicist Dr. Hauke Busch and mathematician Professor Roland Eils have investigated what makes human skin cells migrate into a wound to mak...

AXel in Medical Technology

MediGene Announces Cancer-Fighting Virus Shows Promise in Early Clinical Trial

...ght cancers without causing side-effects in the rest of the body," said Dr. axel Mescheder, VP Clinical Research & Development, from the Munich-based bi...m colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver Matthias Karrasch1, Dan Sze2, axel Mescheder1, Tony Reid3, 1[Clinical Research & Development, Oncology, Ma...

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AXel in Biological News

Axel Ullrich named winner of 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research

... London, 1 July, 2009 Johnson & Johnson today announced that axel Ullrich, Ph.D., director of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, whose discoveries have led to ...

Call for abstracts and registration for the EMBO Meeting 2009

...programming Svante Pbo - Neanderthal genomics Martin Rees - From 'Big Bang' to biosphere: a cosmic perspective (special 'non-life science' lecture) axel Ullrich - From Gene to Therapy: OncoGenomics-based cancer drug development Shinya Yamanaka - iPS cells: perspective & challenge Harald zur Hausen - ...

Novel electric signals in plants

...on system that is induced by insect herbivory. Within minutes the whole plant is alerted and the plant's defense against its enemy is activated", says axel Mithfer from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena. The novel "system potential" was detected in five different plant species, amon...

Heart valves that grow with the patient

...n Research Foundation) will once again be the focus of attention. Professor axel Haverich, a heart surgeon and Leibniz prizewinner from Hannover Medical Sch...dible projects and products to the market. This, in the DFG's view, is what axel Haverich does outstandingly well: "Professor Haverich is a surgeon and scie...

Important new hair-loss gene discovered

... that the genes located at those points were involved in hair-loss. "In one of these conspicuous regions lies the gene for the androgen receptor", Dr. axel Hillmer of the Life&Brain Forschungszentrum (research centre) in Bonn states. "We had already learnt from an earlier study that this receptor was link...

Prominent German biologist wins EMBO Communication Award

...) announced that the German evolutionary biologist axel Meyer from the University of Konstanz, Germany, wi...ope for outstanding communication with the public. axel Meyer receives the award in recognition of his con... desire to communicate with the public," commented axel Meyer. He writes concise and opinion-strong articl...

Nobel laureate Dr. Linda Buck elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2008 Class of Fellows

...e olfactory receptor cells, which occupy a small area in the upper part of the lining of the nose and detect the inhaled odorant molecules. Buck and axel showed that every single olfactory-receptor cell produces one and only one of the odorant receptor genes. Thus, there are as many types of olfactory- ...

A call to infuse scientific knowledge into the human experience

... COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. In a provocative new book, distinguished geneticist and historian Elof axel Carlson argues for a more scientific view of human nature, one that is based on our biologyour cellular organization, genetics, life cycle, and evolut...

Gene in male fish lures females into sex

...ionary history of these markings, which are central to the success of the fishes' exotic oral mating behaviour. Walter Salzburger, Ingo Braasch and axel Meyer reared 19 cichlid species at Konstanz University in Germany and identified a gene involved in producing yellow pigment cells in oval spots on th...

A key antibody, IgG, links cells' capture and disposal of germs

...gG) helps bring together the phagosomes that corral invading pathogens and the potent lysosomes that eventually kill off the germs. The research, by axel Nohturfft at Harvard University and colleagues at Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appears this...

AXel in Biological Technology

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

LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson today announced that Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., director of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, whose discoveries have led to novel cancer therapies including Herceptin(R) (trastuzumab)*, is ...

Gerresheimer Holds its own in Difficult Environment

... life science has been and remains the basis of our profitable business development. This applies all the more at a time of economic crisis," says Dr. axel Herberg, CEO of Gerresheimer AG. "With the successful sale of the peripheral business of Technical Plastics we have taken another important step in fo...

Gerresheimer Sells Technical Plastics Business

...tics segment Gerresheimer has - as formerly announced - taken a further step in its focus on the core business of pharma & life science," says Dr. axel Herberg, CEO of Gerresheimer AG. The Technical Plastics business has so far been part of Gerresheimer Wilden GmbH. Complex injection-molded pla...

Gerresheimer Opens New High-Tech Production Facility for Pharma Glass in China

...harmaceutical vials and cartridges for injection systems it serves the pharma & life science industry on both a local and international level. Dr. axel Herberg, CEO of Gerresheimer AG, describes the investment as a very important strategic step for further business expansion in Asia. In China, Gerresh...

2008 a Record Year for Gerresheimer

...EUR957.7m) and operating results (adjusted EBITDA) of EUR206.4m (prior year EUR181.6m). At the Annual General Meeting in Dusseldorf the CEO Dr. axel Herberg summarized the highlights of the financial year 2008: "We have achieved record levels in terms of sales and earnings. Gerresheimer is on a goo...

Bert W. O'Malley, M.D., Recipient of the 2008 National Medal for Science, Joins Bionovo's Scientific Advisory Board

...ors that Dr. O'Malley has received are the Ernst Oppenheimer Award, Gregory Pincus Memorial Medal, Distinguished Achievement in Modern Medicine Award, axel Munthe Award in Reproductive Biology, British Endocrine Society Medal, Fred Conrad Koch Medal, Pasarow Award in Cancer Research, Endocrine Transatlant...

Following a Record Year in 2008 Gerresheimer Again Sets its Sights on Substantial Growth in 2009

...TDA Margin Rises From 19.0 to 19.5% - CEO Dr. axel Herberg: "Following the record year in 2008 Gerres...ionalization and focus is bearing fruit," says Dr. axel Herberg, CEO of Gerres-heimer AG. "Even in a phase... for further substantial growth," says the CEO Dr. axel Herberg. For 2009, sales growth of 6% to 7% is exp...

Multisol France on Track to Sell 250 Tons of International Fuel Technology, Inc. Fuel Additive Formulations

...mercial strategy of partnering with large, well-known additive and oil companies with established marketing channels and end user accounts," said axel Farhi, IFT's Director of Global Business Development. "The added benefit of having a European option to manufacture our products is an important ...

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Iclaprim

...ed to decrease its membership in order to reflect the reduced size of the company. In this context, Dr Khalid Islam tendered his resignation and Prof. axel Kleemann has announced that he will not stand for re-election at the next shareholders' meeting. Arpida wishes to thank both Board members for their v...

Kidneys for Transplant Function Earlier and Last Longer When Preserved in a Machine Compared to the Traditional Box of Ice

... Squifflet (member) Jurgen Treckmann (member) Central trial assistance Arie Oosterlee (Eurotransplant, general director) axel Rahmel (Eurotransplant, medical director) Jacqueline Smits (Eurotransplant, statistician) Margitta van Kasterop-Kutz (Eurotransplant, data man...

AXel in Biological Definition

Olfaction

... 2 Olfaction in the animal kingdom 3 References 4 External links How smell works As discovered by Linda B. Buck and Richard axel , mammals generally have about 1000 genes for odor receptors . Of these genes, only a portion code for functional odor receptors. Humans have 347...

AXel in Biological Dictionary

Olfaction

...on ... With olfaction , one distinguishes qualities, not identities. ... HOW OLFACTION WORKSReceptorsAs discovered by Linda B. Buck and Richard axel (who ... Olfaction . The importance of smell, and pheromones, to Humans and other Animals ... Olfaction (the sense of smell) is the detection ...

Classical genetics

...com /EBchecked/topic/691056/ classi cal - genetics > ... Amazon.com: Mendel's Legacy: The Origin of Classical Genetics (9780879696757): Elof axel Carlson: Books ... classical genetics . salivary chromosomes ... Mendelian genetics , or classical genetics , is a set of laws and statist...