Illustrated guidebook published for Chinese biomedical scientists and students
Of the half million students from foreign countries studying in the United States, the largest proportion originate from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. China is among the top six countries of origin of foreign-born scientists and engineers employed in the U.S. Like many similar institutions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the world-renowned center for cancer and genetics research in Long...NIH roadmap for biomedical research focus of chemists at American Chemical Society meeting
PHILADELPHIA As part of an effort to identify opportunities and gaps in biomedical research defined by the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research, Jeremy M. Berg, director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will discuss the role of chemists at the 228 national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society.... ...Dr. Berg...BioMed Central to consult funders and librarians over Open Access payment model
BioMed Central, the Open Access publisher, announced today that it is to consult with librarians and funding bodies about future mechanisms for funding Open Access publishing. The consultation workshop will take place in London on 31 August. The conclusions of the meeting will be published in September....... The workshop will focus on four key discussion points:...... Payment model for Open Acc...LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs, July/August 2004
... ... ... ... ... ...In coalition with major health and business groups throughout California, LA BioMed has indicated its support for the California Stem Cell Bond Issue Initiative that recently qualified for November's ballot. The initiative will allocate money from a $3 billion bond to fund promising, California-based stem cell research. ... ...The initiative will distribute an average of...Ottawa's leadership in biomedical and health research has paid off
Montreal Canada is one of the world's top research nations, thanks to Ottawa's commitment to research and leadership role in funding biomedical and health research over the past 5 years, according to an article published today in the prestigious journal EMBO reports. ......But to keep up the momentum and continue to grow in innovation and high-quality research, the federal government needs to de...New world record magnet for chemical and biomedical research
Tallahassee, FL The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, has achieved another world record in magnet development with the successful testing of its 21.1 Tesla, superconducting, ultra-wide bore, NMR magnet. The magnet reached full field on July 21, 2004, and will remain at field for years -- and even decades -- to come. A tea...Digital Biology Week: Building a national infrastructure for biomedical computing
BETHESDA, Md. -- How can scientists turn the vast amounts of data generated by the Human Genome Project into promising new medical treatments tailored to the individual? Will it ever be possible to develop computer simulations that accurately model the complex inner workings of the human brain and other vital organs? What are the scientific and technical roadblocks that researchers will need to o...White House lauds Physiological Society for mentoring underrepresented minorities in biomedicine
WASHINGTON (May 6, 2004) -- The White House and the National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced that the American Physiological Society (APS) is being awarded the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Mentoring.... ...The award carries a $10,000 grant, which APS will use to help fund the Porter Physiology Fellowship Program designed to encourage unde...BioMed Central explodes Open Access myths
"A switch to Open Access would not negatively impact research funding," BioMed Central declared today. The Open Access publisher issued a strong rebuttal of arguments that have been submitted by opponents of Open Access to the ongoing UK House of Commons Select Committee inquiry into scientific publishing. ... ...In (Mis)Leading Open Access Myths , a statement released today, BioMed Central coun...Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research at Carnegie Mellon
The Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research has received a five-year, $6.7 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to pursue innovative work in applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to biomedical sciences. ... The Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research is a joint endeavor of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh an...Telescience recognized for facilitating biomedical research on a global network
The United States has not placed a high voltage electron microscope in service for biomedical research since the 1970s, yet access to these microscopes is vital for the study of disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease as well as mental retardation. To offset this obstacle, and improve speed and accessibility to microscopic data, the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Resear...New grants enable biomedical research centers to share science with their communities
Biomedical research institutions function as integral members of the communities that their scientists call home. Now 19 of those research centers are receiving nearly $10 million in new grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to share some science with their communities....... Some, such as the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York, and Ma...Dr. Robert Langer, distinguished leader in the field of biomedical engineering, to lecture at NIH
Dr. Robert Langer, internationally known for his work in the fields of biotechnology and materials science, will present the 2003 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Seymour J. Kreshover Lecture, Monday, June 16 at 3:30 p.m. in the Masur Auditorium on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. The title of his lecture is "Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives....UW-Madison scientists return to rat as biomedical research tool
MADISON - Ever a favorite of biologists because of its record as a model to understand ailments like diabetes and cancer, the lab rat lost its luster as a research tool during the past decade because it defied attempts to manipulate its genome in a prescribed way....... Now, using a novel combination of tried-and-true techniques, scientists have created the first "knockout" rats, specifically rat...Biomedical engineer constructs illuminating nanoparticles for medical imaging and gene detection
NEW ORLEANS--A biomedical engineer at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new class of biosensors that can recognize and detect specific DNA sequences and genetic mutations in laboratory experiments. The technology could lead to a new method of cancer detection or drug development. Dr. Shuming Nie, professor of biomedical engineering in the Coulter Departmen...Stanford biomedical ethicist speaks on role of race in scientific research
DENVER, Co- Is racial profiling OK in a research setting? Is categorizing groups of people based on genetic characteristics acceptable? These are some of the questions that researchers, led by Mildred Cho, PhD, senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, will tackle during a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Den...Biomedical scientist testing nanoparticles as early cancer detection agent
Biomedical scientist Shuming Nie is testing the use of nanoparticles called quantum dots to dramatically improve clinical diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancer. The tiny particles glow and act as markers on cells and genes, giving scientists the ability to rapidly analyze biopsy tissue from cancer patients so that doctors can provide the most effective therapy available. ......Nie, a...University of New Hampshire launches biomedical research network with $5.6 million grant
DURHAM, N.H.--The University of New Hampshire has received $5.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to stimulate biomedical research across the state. The New Hampshire Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (NH-BRIN) established with the three-year grant is part of a national program to improve health-related research in states that have lacked the resources to compete effectively...University of Pittsburgh scientist discusses blood cell damage from biomedical devices
ANTALYA, Turkey, Sept. 26 While biomedical devices such as prosthetic heart valves, heart-assist devices, oxygenators, vascular grafts and hemodialysis systems can help to save or significantly extend lives, these same devices also can damage the blood cells which travel through them. Severe consequences can result when blood cells are damaged or broken down, said Marina Kameneva, Ph.D., researc...Horseshoe crabs survival rate after biomedical bleeding is high
BLACKSBURG, Va Faculty from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences in the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech had the first ever major review article on horseshoe crabs published in the journal, Review in Fisheries Science journal. Elizabeth A. Walls, while a graduate student in...Rutgers biomedical engineering professor solves golf grip mysteries
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. A Rutgers biomedical engineering professor who invented an "all-at-once" way to measure head, eye and putter movements believes he has found the underlying reason some golfers gravitate toward unconventional hand positions while putting less eye and head movement during certain types of strokes....... George K. Hung (who teaches at Rutgers under the Mandarin phone...Scientists devise new 'gene silencing' strategy: Genome, biomedical research expected to flourish
Treatments for cancer, AIDS and a host of other diseases may lie in ...scraps of hairpin-shaped RNA. ......Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have successfully ...co-opted a natural cellular mechanism to shut down the activity of specific genes in mammalian cells cheaply and efficiently. The new ...technique should speed the exploration of gene function for many ...research and clinical...HHMI awards $16.25 million to biomedical researchers from Canada and Latin America
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced today that it has awarded $16.25 million in new grants to 43 outstanding biomedical researchers in Canada and five Latin American countries. ...... The five-year grants support the research of scientists in fields such as genetics, epidemiology, virology and neuroscience. These scientists are investigating a wide variety of biomedical topics, includ...Vienna centre of excellence in biomedicine harnesses basic research to quest for new therapies... ...Austrias first centre of excellence in biomedicine, Vienna based Bio Molecular Therapeutics (BMT), is going from strength to strength. With a workforce of over 60 and an annual budget of more than EUR 3.63 million, BMT is currently working on four major projects. The centre is researching into the...The Scientist and BioMed Central come together to publish high-impact magazine
The Scientist Inc. (the Philadelphia-based publisher of The Scientist magazine) and BioMed Central Ltd. (a member of the Current Science Group in London) have joined forces with the aim of making The Scientist the most widely read and influential magazine in the life science community.... ... The Scientist is undergoing a major transformation. With the January 7, 2002 issue, The Scientist will un...Dallas, Texas, November 12, 2001 BioMedicines, Inc. today announced positive results from two Phase II clinical trials employing the companys omega interferon for the treatment of patients chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The results from clinical trials conducted at the Scripps Institute in the United States, as well as interim findings from a larger European multicenter...Perry Miller, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and director of Medical Informatics at Yale School of...Medicine, has received a $1.3 million grant as part of a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to support planning for Centers of Excellence in Biomedical Computing at several universities nationwide. ... ...This "pre-center" grant provides funds over three years to help prepare Ya...Book examines ethical, advocacy issues in biomedical research
Cross-species transplantation, stem cell and gene transfer research have become hot news topics as scientists seek "biomedical breakthroughs" for desperately ill patients unable to benefit from standard therapies. While gone are the days of patients as unwitting subjects of scientific experimentation, today's research climate of increased public involvement raises a whole new set of ethical issue...UC Davis biomedical engineering department awarded $12 million by Whitaker Foundation
The Whitaker Foundation announced today that it has awarded a grant of $12 million to the new Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. The grant will help expand the department and enhance campus research in genomics, medical imaging and other fields. It will trigger approximately $35 million in matching funds from the state government and university sources....BioMed Central is pleased to announce the publication of Sydney Brenners autobiography
...... as a mo...BioMed Central to deposit e-journals with the British Library
The British Library has agreed to work with the BioMed Central Group to explore the issues surrounding the creation and sustainability of a permanent electronic holding within the UK's National Archive of Publications for all the research articles published in the BioMed Central ( ) family of journals. This deposit will take effect as soon as the necessary system architecture is in place at the L...New mutant mouse repositories established for biomedical researcher community
Bethesda, MDThe National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the official opening of a Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers (MMRRCs) network. This network will function as a one-stop shop for the U.S. biomedical research community to donate and acquire mutant mouse models. The MMRRC network is now accepting genetic mouse strains to its colle...Rutgers to start up National Program of Excellence in Biomedical Computing
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a National Program of Excellence in Biomedical Computing. The Bethesda, Md.-based NIH is providing a $1.35 million grant to Rutgers over a three-year period to fund "phase one" planning and startup. The university is one of only four institutions out of a field of 26 applicants to r...BioMed Central to consider charging authors for paper submissions
, the online publishing company committed to providing free access to the scientific research it publishes, is considering levying author charges for published articles as a means of covering publication costs....... The company is currently assessing the possibility of charging a moderate fee of about $500 for publication. Authors would only be charged at the time of publication and would not b...Get 'Research on the move' with BioMed Central
BioMed Central announces the launch of its new AvantGo research channel, an innovative new service, which offers researchers free access to biological and medical research abstracts on the move, via their handheld computer (whether Palm, Handspring or Pocket PC).... ...The BMC Research channel uses AvantGo software to update a user's handheld device with the latest research abstracts, published i...Tobacco settlement $ = biomedical research; business development
. U-M awarded $47.8 million from.Michigan tobacco settlement revenue for.biomedical research and new business development.. . .The State of Michigan Life Sciences Corridor has awarded the first grants from tobacco settlement revenue to support life sciences research and economic development throughout the state. University of Michigan awards totaled $47.8 million.. .U-M scientists were lead in.... . . . . Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are establishing a Biomedical Security Institute (BMSI) that will monitor public health threats and alert emergency management agencies nationwide to attacks of bioterrorism.. . The Biomedical Security Institute will provide a far-reaching preparedness, detection and response capability network that can be used to rapidly and.... Applying the tools of chemistry where modern genetic techniques have . so far fallen short, a team led by a University of California, San . Francisco scientist has developed drug-like inhibitors to study . vital signaling molecules essential for almost all cell activity. . The research opens the way to identify the functions of hundreds of . these molecules, called kinases, crucial to signal t...Colorado set to fly biomedical experiments on September shuttle flight
. . . . University of Colorado at Boulder researchers will test the effects of low gravity on two biomedical experiments aboard the upcoming flight of NASAs space shuttle Atlantis, now slated for liftoff Sept. 8 from Cape Kennedy, Fla. to the International Space Station. . . One experiment will study the effects of spaceflight on the neural development in various larval stages of the common...Ohio State to host first worldwide biomed/nanotech conference
. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hundreds of researchers are expected. next month at Ohio State University for the first-ever. comprehensive international conference devoted to two growing. disciplines that may revolutionize medicine: micro- and. nanotechnology.. . About 70 research papers...