Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...e next five years. Participating institutions will collaborate on experimental wireless, optical networks and grid technology, including development of web services, networking protocols, devices and sensors. The prototype grid will eventually link communities of oceanographers via high-speed wireless and optica...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
... the brain. "While experts from these areas often collaborate informally on vision disease, ophthalmology has remained somewhat specialized and in some ways isolated from other disciplines. This is really the first federal program to formalize collaboration," says Dartt. The three-year, nearly $2,200,000 "Pl...Computer scientists at UH developing 'nurturing' computers
...onal and environmental variables." Pavlidis will collaborate with the Medical Usability Lab of Columbia University in New York and the Physiology Lab of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for the human experimentation aspects of the project....How do you mend a broken heart?
...le repairs itself. These European researchers will collaborate closely with American researchers at the Centre fo...ts." And although many of these scientists already collaborate in pairs, she emphasizes that "as a team we will be able to move much faster towards applying our co...Study reveals first genetic step necessary for prostate cancer growth
...in p53 or other tumor suppressor genes - that must collaborate with Rb to drive the benign condition to cancer. Ideally, blood or other simple tests to detect these mutations could be developed that reveal predictive information about a man's type of cancer well before he is in danger. "The idea is to set the ba...New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil
...tants. Nguyen took up the challenge and started to collaborate with Goss and her doctoral advisor on the new approach, supported by a National Science Foundation grant. She focused on the fate of non-ionic chemicals, meaning those lacking an electrical charge, including some solvents, pesticides and pharmaceutic...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...olumbia University and Stony Brook University will collaborate to study a new gene and cell therapy that may ultimately provide better understanding of how genetically-engineered cells can help pace the heart. This five-year, phased investment will build on recent basic research conducted at the universities. Th...UC Irvine scientists to develop vaccine to combat bioterrorism threat from deadly bacteria
...y and Biochemistry. The three scientists will also collaborate with the laboratories of Dr. Richard Titball at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories at Porton Down, United Kingdom; Dr. Gregory Bancroft at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Dr. Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai at Khon Kaen...Commercialization deal boosts hope for new sickle-cell drug
...dults with sickle-cell disease. The companies will collaborate on multicenter Phase III trials, the final step be... will be paid to CHB and BIDMC. The companies will collaborate on the development and commercialization of ICA-17043 in Canada. ...New study to investigate demise of coral reef ecosystems
...hich is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. They will collaborate with colleagues in the World Conservation Society and others in the West Indian Ocean region and the Australian Institute of Marine Science on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs cover around 300,000 square kilometres worldwide. The research team w...UNC researchers awarded $8.65 million from National Institute on Aging
...portant roles in vascular aging. "We will collaborate in developing animal models that have defects in these pathways or defects in multiple pathways. This will help us get to the individual contribution of each pathway to the process of vascular aging," Patterson said."We're hoping that the new knowled...... and balance control of older adults. And the pair collaborate with Rick Naill, a musician and master teacher at the Colburn School of Music, and Anna Pattison and Peggy Tsutsui of the USC Dental School, who are training the next generation of dental hygienists. "If we understand an individual's body mechanics ...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...ed to grow to roughly $15 billion by 2020. Yu will collaborate with investigators at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, to test the technology in realistic solar-cell devices to gauge their efficiency. MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Steven Buckley, Assistant Professor "Ultra-fast ...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...ivision in mammalian stem cells. To do so, it will collaborate with investigators at other institutions, includin...University of Delaware in Newark, Del., which will collaborate on expression studies of specific genetic alleles. Under another CEGS grant, funded equally by NHGRI...NIH awards grant for cancer research to the University of Wisconsin
...the campus, to work in close proximity in order to collaborate on their research findings. The grant is supported by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of NIH. In addition to enhancing opportunities for interdisciplinary research teams, the new facility will permit researchers to shar...University of Michigan symposium charts course for the future of telemedicine
...rs. It also allows doctors in various locations to collaborate with each other on patient care, participate in diagnostic procedures, stay current with continuing education, or meet with other health care professionals at a distance. The symposium "Future Directions for Telemedicine" takes place May 20-22, 2004,...DFG establishes first German-Sino Research Training Group
...d Surgeons of Columbia University in New York will collaborate on the project "Signaling Mechanisms in Lung Physiology and Disease". By working on lung diseases in children and adults, the participants will prepare themselves for a career in biomedical research in universities or industry. The participants will ...Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
...protein-protein interactions and feedback circuits collaborate to provide specificity in such situations. Finally, Bardwell will explore aspects of the evolution of signaling pathways. TOBY BERGER Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. DIRECTED INFORMATION IN NEURAL NETWORKS WITH FEEDBACK Berger propose...Researchers receive NIH grant to open pediatric pharmacology research center
...The new center should help researchers more easily collaborate with their colleagues at the other 12 centers in the network, said Dr. McCracken. "Advances in pharmacology have had a tremendous impact on improving quality of life for mankind," he said. "But historically, pharmacologic studies in infants and child...UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
...ircuits alone). With this grant, Bandaru hopes to collaborate with an industry leader on further development and commercialization of his technology to make a Germanium-on-Silicon integrated photodetector capable of detecting 2.5 Gigabits per second. Kenneth S. Vecchio, Professor "New Method to Create Synthetic...