March of Dimes Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Genetics 'Short Course'
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What began as a small summer seminar and grew into a world-renowned, competitive educational course on the latest advances in genetics research celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with continuing support from the March of Dimes...Jarrow Formulas' Coconut Oil Customer Celebrates 100th Birthday!
Ella Bess Baker Jackson of Laguna Woods, California turned 100 years old on March 12, 2009. Nicknamed "Betty" after the famed "Betty Boop" character, Betty Jackson's story is a purely American one. Born in rural Texas, Betty picked cotton on her family's farm as a youth. She s...Wynonna Judd Celebrates Her Progress on alli With Private Concert at Legendary Venue
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- alli spokeswoman Wynonna Judd held a private performance Saturday night at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville to celebrate her progress since starting the alli method, which has included dropping 2 dress sizes and just having more energy...El Camino Hospital Los Gatos Celebrates Opening With the Community
LOS GATOS, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of citizens from Los Gatos, Mountain View and the surrounding communities will gather today at 3 p.m. in front of El Camino Hospital Los Gatos in celebration of the much-anticipated July 12 hospital opening. During the brief, 90-day closure perio...RF Walsh Collaborative Partners Celebrates New Name & Expansion
BOSTON, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading project management firm RF Walsh Collaborative Partners yesterday hosted an Open House to celebrate its new name and expansion. RF Walsh Collaborative Partners, formerly known as RF Walsh Project Management, has spent 30 years guiding healthcare, life s...Lilly Celebrates Its 35th Year as a Supporter of the Indiana Black Expo
INDIANAPOLIS, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) is planning something a little different for this, its 35th year of support for the Indiana Black Expo (IBE) Summer Celebration, including a partnership with Dress for Success Indianapolis and a presence at ...Siemens Celebrates First Installation of SOMATOM Definition AS 20 CT Scanner
MALVERN, Pa., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Healthcare opens doors to new applications in computed tomography (CT) imaging with the first installation of its SOMATOM (R) Definition AS (Adaptive Scanner) 20-slice configuration CT system at Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI). As ...Parents' Day is Coming - Kidz-Med Celebrates the Role of Parents
WESTON, Fla., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Health and Safety Products Company, Kidz-Med, Inc. takes special notice of organizations dedicated to the well-being of children. This year, Kidz-Med, Inc. along with its parent company, American Scientific Resources, Inc. is proud to help recognize deserving ...British Woman Celebrates a Year of Living Cancer-Free
LONDON, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been a year since fashion designer Joanne Scott went through a cancer treatment that changed her life -- and made history to boot. Ms. Scott, 54, was the first person in the world to receive an injection of tumor-activated natural killer (...American Lung Association Celebrates 101st Annual Christmas Seals Campaign
Visit www.christmasseals.org to learn more, make a donation or send a Christmas Seals e-card WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millions will receive Christmas Seals in the mail this month, courtesy of the American Lung Association. These decorative holiday stamps are part o...Getty Images Celebrates Conclusion of 'Change Me' Imagery Forum
Getty Images' 'Change Me' Initiative Raised Worldwide Awareness and Funds to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria SEATTLE, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE: GYI), the world's leading imagery creator and distributor, today announced the successful conclus...Recipient of Melanoma Drug in Development Celebrates Two Cancer-Free Years
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- When eighty-six-year-old Keith Hora went to see Dr. Peter Hersey, a medical oncologist and professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia, he was told he only had three to six months to live. Hora had been diagnosed with stage III melanoma, one ...Ending Cervical Cancer Featured at Summit; QIAGEN CEO Issues a Call to Global Women Leaders
... Women annually brings together more than 1,000 senior-level women in business, government and advocacy, and is often called the "Davos for Women." It celebrates women's leadership by bringing together business and governmental professionals to work together to improve the economic power and well-being of femal...Ethiopian government celebrates rinderpest eradication
(BOSTON) July 21, 2009 - A menace to the African cattle population for more than a century, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has declared rinderpest eradicated in Ethiopia. Ethiopia, which grappled with the cattle-killing disease that threatened its food supply and its economy for de...NASA Earth system science meeting celebrates 20 years of discovery
Twenty years ago NASA embarked on a revolutionary new mission for its Earth science program: to study our home planet from space as an inter-related whole, rather than as individual parts. To acknowledge this milestone, NASA is holding a symposium June 22-24 to examine the accomplishments of 20 ye...Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics celebrates 10th birthday by presenting major gifts to human health
Ten years old. The SIB is a Swiss success story at the frontier of biology and computer science. It brings together 300 scientists, organised into 25 working groups, one of which has just made a major scientific breakthrough in the field of human proteins. The SIB is backed by some of the best...Sonic Innovations Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Innovations, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNCI ) a U.S.-based manufacturer of digital hearing aids, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary during 2008. The company is the largest publicly traded U.S.-based hearing aid manufacturer. More than ha...Molecular Biology of the Cell celebrates 25 years of publication
Since the first edition published 25 years ago, Molecular Biology of the Cell has become the leading cell biology textbook, lauded as the most influential cell biology textbook of its time [1] . It has been read by well over one million people around the world. The new fifth edition continues...NASA celebrates a decade observing climate impacts on health of world's oceans
GREENBELT, Md. -- The NASA-managed Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument settled into orbit around Earth in 1997 and took its first measurements of ocean color. A decade later, the satellite's data has proved instrumental in countless applications and helped researchers paint ...ESA celebrates 100 years of insect science journals
This year marks the 100-year anniversaries of Annals of the Entomological Society of America and Journal of Economic Entomology (JEE), ESAs two oldest oldest journals. The occasion will be celebrated at ESAs 55th Annual Meeting in San Diego this December, where over 2,000 entomologists will gather...NASA celebrates a decade observing climate impacts on health of world's oceans
GREENBELT, Md. -- The NASA-managed Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument settled into orbit around Earth in 1997 and took its first measurements of ocean color. A decade later, the satellite's data has proved instrumental in countless applications and helped researchers paint ...Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this Independence Day
... VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. As the nation celebrates its birth on the 4th of July, University of Miami (UM) Professor Diego Lirman and fellow Caribbean coral reef nursery scientists will be celebrating a...7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference 'Molecular Evolution' June 18-19, 2009
...7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference "Molecular Evolution", opened today at the Congress Center in Basel. This year, the conference celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his major work, "On the Origin of the Species". Invited speake...New Educational Website Celebrates the Accomplishments of Engineers
To coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the Draper Prize, Draper Laboratory, in conjunction with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), has developed a new website for students and adults to learn about the impact engineers have had on our daily lives, and to celebrate the accomplishments of...NJTC Celebrates the `Power of Technology' in NJ
2008 Gala Awards Honor Region's Top Innovators SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Technology Council celebrated the power technology, networking and membership at the 2008 NJTC Gala Awards yesterday at The Palace at Somerset Park. The technology organization awarded "...Campus Celebrates Historic Milestone
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Academia, science, industry and government leaders gathered in Kannapolis, Monday, October 20th at 10 AM at the Dedication and Open House celebration for the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory Building, the UNC Nutrition Research Building and the NC Stat...San Diego's Original Biotech Company Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Reunion
Hybritech Alumni Launched the World's 3rd Largest Biotech Cluster By Developing more than 175 Local Companies SAN DIEGO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hybritech Reunion Committee today announced the 30th Anniversary Reunion for Hybritech employees will take place on Saturday, Se...Leading Lobbying Firm Celebrates Growth and New Name: Troutman Sanders Strategies
WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group (TSPAG), an accomplished, bi-partisan governmental affairs firm on Capitol Hill and across the country, has changed its name to Troutman Sanders Strategies. The D.C. office has a proven track record of success with agrib...Edwards Lifesciences Celebrates One Million Heart Valve Patients and More at AATS 2008
IRVINE, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW ), the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced that the company will celebrate a number of cardiac surgery milestones and product debuts at the 88th annual meeting of the American Associa...Excalibur Celebrates PIramed Sale With 'Substantial Cash Return' to Investors
GLASGOW, Scotland, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Excalibur, the new international investment house launched by Sir Christopher Evans, today (Tuesday) welcomed the sale of PIramed to Roche. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080415/301189 ) The sale of PIramed to Roche for $185 mill...