DuPont announces additional $25 million funding for DuPont MIT alliance
... enabling technologies that directly relate to the strategic direction of DuPont research and development. The featured MIT scientists and their programs were: Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos: next-generation advances in metabolic engineering, including genome-wide analyses and modeling for the production...Alcoholism reduces male heart's ability to synthesize protein; possible therapy target?
... Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) strategic plan on health disparities notes that "Chronic alcohol abuse can result in alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), and there, too disparities appear to exist" in terms of causes or propensity among different populations. *Paper presentation: "Gender modula...Nanotechnology's progress and challenges addressed during ACS meeting
...ry research. Along the way, the company has formed strategic relationships with industry giants such as Intel, Dupont, In-Q-Tel, SAIC, Sharp, and Matsushita. The company hopes its platform technology will find success in renewable energy, defense, macroelectrics, healthcare and information technology. ( COLL 1...A new 'strategic partner' in cancer development
...w and spread. Thus, L1 protein appears to act as a strategic partner that assists in the development of colon cancer tumors. Working in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Brabletz, a pathologist from the University of Erlangen in Germany and Dr. Peter Altevogt's group at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelb...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...deavor." "We are excited to be entering into this strategic partnership with one of the premier medical colleges in the world, particularly as we ramp up our nanobiotechnology research and education initiatives," said Alain Kaloyeros, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of CNSE and Presiden...Methodist, UH system joining forces for biomedical research, clinical care
...Moving forward, the formal affiliation will permit strategic planning at the highest levels, stimulate greater ... Regents made a commitment, beginning with our own strategic plan, to bring our universities' resources to the Texas Medical Center," said Morgan Dunn O'Connor, ...Mapping the underwater world in 3-D
...ide visualisation of the seabed for scientists and strategic decision makers for purposes of renewable energy, port operations, dredging and environmental protection." The University has recently invested over 200,000 in seabed mapping technology from Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF). The impact of thi...Searle grant funds proteomics initiative
...on in the biomedical sciences. During two years of strategic planning under a grant from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust, the CBC has sponsored two city-wide symposia and numerous meetings among scientists and administrative leaders. Plans are under way to host a conference this spring on pract...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...r one year. About the Companies ABI and APP are strategic partners in the development, manufacture and marketing of ABRAXANE. ABI is responsible for the clinical development and registration of ABRAXANE. APP has licensed the North American manufacturing and marketing rights for ABRAXANE. American Bioscien...Cells don festive holiday colors
...o improve mRFP1's fluorescent properties -- making strategic mutations in the gene for the protein -- to render it more useful as a biological marker. "Basically, we were trying to guess from the crystal structure of the protein or from past knowledge of mutations, where we might make useful mutations," said T......g economic decisions, or, to be more precise, what strategic and rational factors affect these decisions. Using... uses novel experimental techniques to analyse the strategic bidding behaviour and the auction rules of Internet platforms and has in this way made highly comple...Bush's DOE secretary nominee good for science, say APS leaders
...through his tireless promotion of the Department's strategic report on science and the Facilities for the Future of Science plan. Dr. Bodman, with his experience in academia, finance and industry, will be at least as strong of a supporter of DOE's S&T portfolio," Richter concluded. Senate Appropriations Subco...The Molecular Profiling Institute named US provider of genetic breast cancer test
...Bernhard Sixt, CEO and co-founder of Agendia. "Our strategic partnership with MPI will ensure that US patients and the medical community have access to MammaPrint." Additionally, MPI and AmeriPath have formed a partnership where AmeriPath's pathologist network will have access to the molecular profiling provid...How the battle of Waterloo could help doctors fight death from multiple organ failure
... may be counter-productive. We may need to be more strategic in our treatments and therapies, tailoring them to how the body responds naturally to sepsis and other critical illnesses." Survival statistics from the battle of Waterloo throw up an even more radical theory could it be that multiple organ failure,...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
...on-making behaviour. The focus is on combining the strategic aspects with the interactive dynamics. In the Research Training Group "Trustworthy Software Systems Construction, Certification and Application" at the University of Oldenburg, computer scientists and jurists are studying user requirements for secu...Establishment of an International Council for Science Regional Office for Africa
... It will also assist ICSU and its Unions in their strategic planning to ensure that African priorities are taken into account in setting the international agendas. Through collaboration with the international science community, the Office will assist in scientific capacity building in Africa. Further, it wi...Medical geneticists elected to Institute of Medicine
...As deputy director of NHGRI, Dr. Guttmacher guides strategic planning for the institute and plays a lead role in integrating genomics into medical practice. In addition, as director of NHGRI's Office of Policy, Communications and Education, Dr. Guttmacher oversees the institute's health affairs, public policy,...INEEL uses extremophile bacteria to ease bleaching's environmental cost
...cated to advancing the U.S. Department of Energy's strategic goals in the areas of environment, energy, science and national security. It is the home of science and engineering solutions and is operated for the DOE by Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC....US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...tion SANREM to contribute significantly to USAID's strategic objectives, targeting the development and transfer of technologies for improved land management, strengthened local institutions, and improved market access for smallholders and communities around the world. "To implement our vision we have ...