ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State
...he grant is part of ConocoPhillips' plan to create joint research programs with major universities to produce viable solutions to diversify America's energy sources. ConocoPhillips will make an initial $1.5 million grant in 2007 to support Iowa State researchers, with additional grants of $3 million per...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...a and abroad, establishing global presence through joint ventures with foreign firms or by setting up their own subsidiaries abroad Finally, several Indian firms are becoming more competitive by patenting products and technologies globally. Most people think only of information technologies as the dr...'Combination' Lyme disease vaccine proteins patented
...s, it can lead to more serious symptoms, including joint and neurological complications. Scientists have been working on vaccines based on the structures of proteins found on the outer surface of Borrelia burgdoferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Dunn and colleagues deciphered the atomic level ...... some favorable, yet-unidentified factor in nearby joint cartilage. Based on the findings, Capecchi believes myoblasts are the likely source of synovial sarcoma in humans. Usually what we learn in mice is applicable to humans, but we have to prove it, although such experiments could not be conducted eth...AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences
...a and Executive Director Richard O'Grady said in a joint statement: "We are pleased to honor these talented and dedicated individuals. From a variety of backgrounds, they have all made significant positive contributions to the field of biology." For more information on the AIBS annual awards, see www.a...Almac Diagnostics announces pioneering genetic research on colorectal pre-malignancies
...ation derived from the study will be analysed by a joint Almac and MGH informatics team. "Our research will use the DSA microarray to examine the transcriptome of colorectal polyps at a greater level of specificity and to generate information that will help us draw meaningful conclusions from our data....UT Metroplex institutions to collaborate on biomedical research
...ollaboration and research are natural cohorts, and joint studies with our sister institutions are an exciting and expected result of that partnership. We hope these projects are the beginning of many great discoveries that could lead to additional research and, ultimately, solutions to better people's li...ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
...te partnership TerraSAR-X will be launched with joint funding from both the public and private sectors. As contractor, DLR is responsible for management of the entire project and, together with DLR research institutes, will pay 80 percent of the satellite's cost; EADS Space, a European private space ent...Toward improved forms of a time-tested cholesterol-fighter
...sirable side effects. Semple said data from the joint Arena-Merck research program reinforces the hypothesis that it may be possible to identify a compound that activates the niacin receptor without causing flushing, thereby separating the beneficial effects on fatty acids from the flushing side effect....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...receptor termed GPR109a. Semple said data from the joint Arena-Merck research program reinforces the possibility of identifying a compound that activates the niacin receptor without causing flushing, thereby separating the beneficial effects on fatty acids from the flushing side effect. ARTICLE #5 EMBARG...No pain, DOE Joint Genome Institute gains coveted ergonomics prize with 'Shake 'N Plate'
...lightweight sheet metal platform mounted on a ball joint similar to a camera tripod. In fact, one of the operators used the camera tripod idea as her original design suggestion to the DOE JGI Instrumentation Group. The design was quickly fabricated in the LBNL shops and put into production use. The devi...Nanotechnology's past, present and future: A Congressional perspective
...zed by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a joint initiative of the Wilson Center and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Project Director David Rejeski will introduce the program, which will take place in the 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room of the Wilson Center ( www.wilsoncenter.org/directions ). *** Webca...International Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites
The joint ESA/UNESCO Open Initiative to conserve hundreds of natural and cultural World Heritage sites using Earth observation satellites gets additional backing as the International Astronautical Federation joins the growing number of space entities to pledge...San Diego stem cell consortium tops in state funding
...ientists from each institution together to conduct joint research and training programs in stem cell research. In the most recent funding round announced Friday, the SDCRM institutes received six grants totaling $16,479,588. "Our collaborative research at the Consortium will provide the foundation for di...Trojan horse strategy defeats drug-resistant bacteria
...h led by a University of Washington scientist. The joint project, conducted at the UW, the University of Iowa, and the University of Cincinnati, will be featured in the April 2 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and existing drugs work poo...Burroughs Wellcome fund awards $8.25 million in grants to physician-scientists
...D. or M.D.-Ph.D. degree and hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine. They must also be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and Canada and hold a current license to practice medicine. We hope these awards will lead to better understanding of the mechanisms...New drugs for cancer therapy at international conference in Amsterdam
...velopment activities worldwide, often conducted in joint projects of academic research institutes and pharmaceutical companies. These drugs are characterized by the fact that they have a well-defined molecular target, which is known to play a role in the growth of tumors or the blood vessels supplying the ...New genetic mutations found that may cause cleft lip/palate
... J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine with joint appointments in pediatric dentistry in the College of Dentistry, biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Riley initially presented study results in preliminary form at the plenary sessi...Scientists expand microbe 'gene language'
...upport the PAMGO project through grants from their joint Microbial Genome Sequencing program. This new "common terminology" will speed development of new technologies for preventing infections by disease-causing microbes, while preserving or encouraging the presence of beneficial microbes. Scientists say......ed online in The FASEB Journal, is the result of a joint collaboration between Dr Chris Probert, Consultant and Reader in Gastroenterology at Bristol University and Professor Norman Ratcliffe at the University of the West of England. For a long time it has been known that stools have distinctive and diff...