Neurosciences and music meet in Montreal
...5, the Fondazione Pierfranco e Luisa Mariani ONLUS announces the third edition of the Neurosciences and Music international conference which will be held in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) from June 26th to 28th, 2008. The upcoming meeting will be held in partnership with the BRAMS (International Laboratory for Bra...Nicotine rush hinges on sugar in neurons
...on, how does the cell know to send the signal that announces a smokers high" As with other questions involving good sensations, the answer appears to be sugar. A University of Southern California study appearing with a commentary in Nature Neuroscience online proposes a role for sugar as the hinge that op...Interim analysis of anti-cancer vaccine, BiovaxID, to be conducted
...of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABPI) announces a milestone in its effort to gain accelerated conditional approval for BiovaxID. The independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) has requested an interim analysis of all primary and secondary endpoints. The DMC is the independent committee that is ...Wiley announces the launch of Anatomical Sciences Education
...(AAA) and global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announces today a collaborative agreement to launch Anatomical Sciences Education, a new international journal covering the most exciting developments in education in the anatomical sciences. The journal will debut in early 2008 and will publish six times per ...AACR, FDA and NCI announce cancer biomarkers collaborative at the AACR 2007 annual meeting
...dministration and National Cancer Institute, today announces the formation of the AACR-FDA-NCI Cancer Biomarkers Collaborative (CBC) to facilitate the use of validated biomarkers in clinical trials and ultimately in evidence-based oncology and cancer medicine. The Collaborative brings together leaders from ...Oncolytics Biotech Inc., research collaborators demonstrate reovirus/gemcitabine
...Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) announces that a poster by Dr. Maureen E. Lane et al. of Cornell University, New York, entitled "In Vivo Synergy between Oncolytic Reovirus and Gemcitabine in Ras-Mutated Human HCT116 Xenografts" is scheduled to be presented today at the American Association ...Bacterial response to oxidation studied as toxin barometer
...al concentrations of individual chemicals. It also announces the presence of an oxidative toxin you havent identified. We dont have to have 20 sensors for 20 toxins. We can sense the presence of any oxidative toxin, Love said. Ikuma, who was an undergraduate biology student at Virginia Tech when she began ...Liquidia Technologies announces $16M in Series B venture financing
...2007 Nanotechnology company Liquidia Technologies announces the closing of $16 million in funding to accelerate development of applications related to their PRINTTM technology platform. The Series B financing, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), will enable scale up of Liquidia's PRINTTM platform manufact...Fighting to keep Darwin in the classroom
...ttle. Today, on Darwin's 198th birthday, Springer announces plans for a new journal which will do just that. A father-and-son teama world-renowned evolutionary biologist and a highly skilled and sophisticated science high school teacherhave decided it's time to help science educators fight back against the ...Reversal of symptoms in an autism spectrum disorder
The Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (RSRF) announces results of a landmark study reversing the symptoms of Rett Syndrome (RTT) in a genetic mouse model. The findings, by Adrian Bird, Ph.D., of the University of Edinburgh and Chairman of the RSRF Scientific Advisory Board, appear online in Science Expr...Darwin Day and grassroots evolution initiatives announced at major scientific meeting
...nce in San Francisco will feature a symposium that announces plans for this year's celebration and the upcoming 2009 Bicentennial celebration. The symposium, "Supporting Evolution at the Grass-Roots: Building Better Bridges," is slated for Friday, February 16, from 1:45 - 4:45 PM. Irving Wainer, the chair of...Columbia University licenses next-generation DNA sequencing technology
Columbia University announces today that it recently executed an exclusive license agreement for a next generation DNA sequencing technology to Intelligent Bio-Systems (IBS), Inc. This innovative DNA-sequencing technology was invented by Dr. Jingyue Ju, professor of Chemical Engi...Further investment for genomics announced
... Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) today announces continued funding, from 2007 to 2012, for its three research centres, CESAGen, EGENIS and INNOGEN, that, along with the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, make up the ESRC Genomics Network. As part of the 2000 and 2002 Spending Review, the ESR...New titles focus on food safety: Fresh produce and tracking contamination
ASM Press announces the first two titles in a new series of books devoted to emerging issues in food safety. Microbiology of Fresh Produce is now available for purchase and Microbial Source Tracking, which prints in December 2006, is now available for pre-order. In the...New scientific challenges and goals for ESA's Living Planet Program
ESA announces a new science strategy for the future direction of its Living Planet Programme, addressing the continuing need to further our understanding of the Earth System and the impact that human activity is having. The Changing Earth: New Scientific Challeng...Real-time Plant Physiology: ASPB extends 'open access' benefit for members
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) announces a groundbreaking new benefit for members of the Society who publish research papers in Plant Physiology, the most highly cited plant biology journal in the world. Beginning with the January 2007 issue, research articles corresponded by ASPB members w...UC develops new approach to Web-based drug withdrawal warnings
...hin 24 hours of a drug recall. Now when the FDA announces a drug withdrawal, the NetWellness team receives an alert by MedWatch E-List and immediately checks the site's database for instances of the drug name, including trade and generic names. Instances are then hyperlinked using an automated find-and-repl...Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to host press conference call/webcast on data published in NEJM
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust announces the following press conference call/webcast with Dr. Peter Hillmen: What: Published data in The New England Journal of Medicine Press Conference Call When: Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 11:00 AM BST Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event....Second graders dig into Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!
... CA- September 5, 2006-Dairy Council of California announces that a scientifically rigorous evaluation conducted by WestEd demonstrates that Healthy Choices, Healthy Me! second-grade nutrition education program effectively conveys basic nutrition concepts and improves students' food choices. "Because nutri...Society for Conservation Biology to provide free access to publications in developing countries
...with Blackwell Publishing and Elsevier Publishing, announces that online access to Conservation Biology, Conservation In Practice, and Biological Conservation is now free to SCB members in developing countries. Elsevier has also added Ecological Indicators, Ecological Complexity, and Ecological Informatics to ...