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The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Sponsors Drug Safety Session at the 2008 CED Biotech Conference
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) will sponsor an interactive session on drug safety entitled “Paradigm Shift in FDA Approval” at the May 20th 2008 Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) Biotech Conference. The conference will be held at The Benton... - May 16, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Lack of Sleep Affects Blood Sugar Insulin and Appetite Faster Than Previously Thought
Sleep polls around the world continue to indicate people of all ages are sleeping less well while Incidence of type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. For the first time in history, children are being diagnosed with adult onset diabetes. New research strongly suggests the mechanism causing poor sleep and how quickly poor sleep detrimentally affects appetite, blood sugar, insulin, and weight gain. - May 14, 2008 - EarthPulse Tech, LLC
The Hamner Institutes For Health Sciences Researchers Present at 2008 Respiratory Drug Delivery Conference
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) will present one paper and two posters at the 2008 Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD) Conference on May 11-15 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz. - May 10, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Pioneering Area Physician is First in the Lehigh Valley to Offer the Benefits of Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hot flashes, loss of libido, restless nights. Are all women destined to experience these symptoms associated with menopause? And what about men, do they experience a change of life as well? The truth is, the human body was originally designed to reproduce offspring, but then die shortly thereafter. - May 08, 2008 - Azani Medical Spa
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Nine New Board Members
Nine new board members have been elected to the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) 40-member Board of Directors. In related action, seven existing members were elected to reappointments on the CBSA board this year. CBSA, with more than 400 members, is a not-for-profit corporation providing services and support for Colorado's growing biosciences industry. - May 04, 2008 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec’s Published References Passes 600
The number of published papers that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 600. - May 04, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Presents Fluorimetric TACE Detection Poster at SBS Conference
AnaSpec presented its latest findings in regards to the detection of TACE activity using FRET technology. - May 03, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Colorado Rep. Bernie Buescher Keynotes the CBSA Annual All-Member Meeting
Representative Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction), Chairman of the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC), provided the keynote address at the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Annual All-Member Meeting yesterday at the University Club in Denver. In other action, 2008 association sponsors were announced, plus new and reappointed board members voted on by those in attendance. - April 30, 2008 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces a Suite of Phospho-Specific Anti-Her2 Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced a full suite of phospho-specific ErbB-2 (Her-2) polyclonal antibodies. - April 30, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Colorado BioScience Association Praises Governor Ritter’s Signing and Rep. Riesberg and Sen. Bacon’s Sponsorship of the Bioscience Research Grant Program (HB 1001)
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed HB 1001, spurring development of the bioscience industry in Colorado. The Bioscience Research Grant Program puts $26.5 million over the next five years into several initiatives within Colorado’s bioscience industry. These funds and program will be managed by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. - April 26, 2008 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces 13 New Antibody Products
AnaSpec added thirteen (13) new antibody products to its growing collection. - April 25, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
SensoLyte™ MMP Assay Kits Offer a New Industry Standard for Sensitivity
AnaSpec’s SensoLyte™ line of MMP assay kits have quickly become the new standard in MMP assay sensitivity. - April 24, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Names Director of Business and Technology Development
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) has announced that Naina Bhasin, Ph.D. has joined the organization as director of business and technology development. In this position, one of her primary responsibilities will be to set up and manage public health and bio/pharma... - April 24, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
AnaSpec FRET-Based MMP Substrates Used in Double Differential in Vivo Zymography
AnaSpec FRET-based MMP substrates were recently used in a double differential in vivo zymography study at the University of New Brunswick. - April 23, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
UNC-Chapel Hill, Hamner Institutes Announce Partnership to Accelerate Basic, Translational Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences have signed a memorandum of understanding that will guide innovative collaborations in basic and translational research. Established with Carolina’s schools of medicine, pharmacy and public health,... - April 20, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Matthew Olson Principle Research Scientist at Johnson & Johnson to Speak at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6
Dr. Matthew Olson, Principle Research Scientist at Johnson & Johnson will give a presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Olsen will present on “Coupling Label-free and Flouormetric Functional... - April 18, 2008 - GTCbio
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Hosts "Funding for Innovation in North Carolina" Workshop
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) will host “Funding for Innovation in North Carolina,” a SBIR/STTR workshop on Tuesday, April 29 from 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. The seminar, presented by the Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC), addresses how... - April 17, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
New Anti-MMP Antibodies Introduced by AnaSpec
AnaSpec has introduced its newest MMP antibodies. - April 11, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Plymouth Pharmaceuticals and Dermatologist Cited in ‘Skin and Allergy News’ Regarding Drug’s (Acunol™) Role in Preventing Jewelry Allergy
The respected journal “Skin & Allergy News” recently released “Nickel Named Contact Allergen of the Year” in its current issue. Researcher Dr Katherine A Zug, of the Department of Dermatology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, has published her... - April 10, 2008 - Plymouth Pharmaceuticals Inc
Chris Austin to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6
Chris Austin, Director of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center to give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA Dr. Christopher P. Austin, Director of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center will give the Keynote... - April 10, 2008 - GTCbio
Hakim Djaballah, Director of HTS at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference
Dr. Hakim Djaballah, Director of High Throughput Screening Core Facility at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Djaballah will speak on successful... - April 03, 2008 - GTCbio
Clay Scott, Associate Director of Lead Generation at AstraZeneca to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6
Dr. Clay Scott, Associate Director of the Lead Generation Department at AstraZeneca will present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Clay will speak on experiences in lead generation focusing on cellular... - April 03, 2008 - GTCbio
Taosheng Chen, Director of HTS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference
Dr. Taosheng Chen, Director of HTS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Chen will speak on a chemical biology approach to identify modulators of xenobiotic... - April 03, 2008 - GTCbio
Xi Chen, Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6
Dr. Xi Chen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis will present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference on June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. - April 03, 2008 - GTCbio
John Cuozzo, Director of ELT Lead Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6
John Cuozzo, Director of ELT Lead Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA Dr. John W. Cuozzo, Director of ELT Lead Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline will present at GTCbio’s 3rd... - April 03, 2008 - GTCbio
Dr. Karim Dabbagh to Present at GTCbio’s 3rd Protein Kinase in Drug Discovery Conference on May 5-6
Dr. Karim Dabbagh the Director of Pharmacology at Hoffmann-La Roche will present at GTCbio’s 3rd Protein Kinase in Drug Discovery Conference on May 5-6, 2008 in San Diego, CA. - March 30, 2008 - GTCbio
Dr. Susan Taylor to Give Featured Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Protein Kinase in Drug Discovery Conference
Dr. Susan Taylor, Professor of Pharmacology at UCSD, will be giving the Featured Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Protein Kinase in Drug Discovery Conference on May 5-6, 2008 in San Diego, CA. - March 30, 2008 - GTCbio
AnaSpec Offers Fluo-3 - a High Affinity Fluorescent Calcium Indicator
Calcium plays a vital role in the specific and selective regulation of major cellular processes and is central in the regulation of cardiac contractility, growth and gene expression. Calcium indicators are small molecules that can respond to the binding of Ca2+ ions by changing their spectral... - March 29, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Berta Strulovici of Merck & Co. to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development
Dr. Berta Strulovici, Vice President of Basic Research MRL, and Automated Biotechnology Head at Merck & Co. will give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 4th Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. - March 28, 2008 - GTCbio
Robert Hertzberg of GlaxoSmithKline to Give Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Conference
Dr. Robert Hertzberg, Vice President of Screening & Compound Profiling at GlaxoSmithKline will give the Keynote Presentation at GTCbio’s 3rd Assay Development & Screening Technologies Conference, June 5-6, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hertzberg will present on “High Throughput Screening: A Technology That’s Easy to Love and Easy to Hate.” - March 28, 2008 - GTCbio
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Renames Faculty Recruitment Grant to Honor Dr. Oliver Smithies
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (www.ncbiotech.org) has announced its Faculty Recruitment Grant has been renamed the Oliver Smithies Faculty Recruitment Grant in honor of Nobel Prize recipient, Dr. Oliver Smithies. The North Carolina Biotechnology Center created the Faculty Recruitment... - March 28, 2008 - North Carolina Biotechnology Center
AnaSpec Introduces Suite of Labeled & Unlabeled Anti-Actin Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced a suite of labeled and unlabeled anti-Actin antibodies. - March 26, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces New Technical Support Solution
This month AnaSpec introduced a significantly improved online technical support resource for its website users. AnaSpec's new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Page now offers a searchable database of solutions that offers a more convenient and more comprehensive solution for technical support needs. - March 22, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Announces New Board Appointments
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) has announced new additions to its 2008 Board of Directors. New members include Dr. Enriqueta C. Bond, president of The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Robert C. Eubanks, founder and president of Franklin Street Partners, and Dr. Garheng Kong,... - March 20, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Steriods on Barcode
Simple barcodes come of age. Immunoassays on barcodes seamlessly convey medical and drug abuse results, track patient progress and even alert patients of impending health problems. - March 20, 2008 - Prognosys LLC
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Announces Podcast Featuring Dr. Oliver Smithies
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (www.ncbiotech.org) has announced the release of a podcast featuring Dr. Oliver Smithies, co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. In the podcast, Smithies discusses how he was recruited to the University of North Carolina at Chapel... - March 19, 2008 - North Carolina Biotechnology Center
AnaSpec Introduces Phosphopeptide Standards Kit
AnaSpec has introduced a dependable tool for the analysis and characterization of phosphorylated peptides – AnaSpec’s Phosphopeptide Standards Kit. - March 19, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces 58 New Antibody Products
Continuing to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec has added fifty-eight (58) new antibody products to its growing collection. Anti-PTEN (pSer385) (polyclonal) - Cat# 29642-025, 25 µg Host: rabbit polyclonal; Species Reactivity: human; rat; mouse; Applications: IP; WB;... - March 16, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
NCSRT Launches DiaSync for Improved Yield, Lower Cost in Harvest, Concentration, and Diafiltration of Biomolecules
At the Antibody Development and Production meeting in San Diego, CA March 12, 2008, NCSRT is launching its DiaSync process for biomolecules from fermentation, cell culture, or extraction. Utilizing concurrent processing technology and the patented SmartFlow™ TFF technology, DiaSync provides... - March 12, 2008 - NCSRT, Inc.
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Signs b3bio, Inc.
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org) has announced that b3bio, Inc. has joined The Hamner Accelerator for Translational Bioscience. The accelerator program provides an opportunity for leaders of emerging companies and academic institutions to access resources at The Hamner... - March 11, 2008 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte™ Cathepsin D Activity Assay Kits
AnaSpec has introduced a new series of SensoLyte™ Cathepsin D Activity Assay Kits to address the issue of autofluorescence interference. - March 09, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Two Novel Amino Acids
AnaSpec has introduced two novel amino acids that offer additional tools and functionality for peptide chemists. - March 05, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
ClinfoSource and Nucleus Network Jointly Launch On-Line GCP Clinical Trials Training Programs for the Australia-New Zealand Region
ClinfoSource, a US-based global online training company has partnered with Nucleus Network of Australia to provide web-based GCP training for clinical trials professionals in the Australia region, later to be extended to include New Zealand regulations. This program will offer clinical trial investigators, coordinators, research associates and others a solid and practical understanding of clinical trials conduct and management, the regulations and ethics central to the drug development process. - February 28, 2008 - ClinfoSource
Colorado Biosciences Get Boost, Advancing Major Economic Development Program
The Colorado House gave a big boost to a critical economic development project on Tuesday. A bill expanding Colorado’s much lauded Bioscience Discoveries Grant Program passed the House by an initial voice vote. House Bill 1001, sponsored by State Representative Jim Riesberg (D-Greeley), will make $26.5 million available in grants over the next five years. HB 1001 will provide as much as $150,000 per project to Colorado research institutions, accelerating the development of new technologies. - February 28, 2008 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces 9 New Antibody Products
AnaSpec added nine new antibody products to its growing collection. - February 28, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
BioGoa 2008 - "Entrepreneurship & Technologies in Biotechnology" Seminar to be Organised by GSIA on 1st March, 2008 at Hotel Fidalgo, Panaji, Goa, India
The main aim of the seminar is to create Entrepreneurship Skills in Biotechnology sector among local youth and thereby generate gainful employment which is a win-win situation for industry as well as entrepreneurs. - February 27, 2008 - Goa State Industries Association
AnaSpec Introduces 5 New Peptide Synthesis Reagents
AnaSpec added five (5) new peptide synthesis reagents to its combinatorial chemistry collection. - February 24, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Collection of Channel Blocker Peptides
AnaSpec has introduced its selection of channel blocker peptides. - February 21, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces New Suite of Fluorescently Labeled GST & 6xHis Tag Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced a suite of fluorescently labeled GST and 6X-His antibodies. These antibodies are labeled with a selection of dyes, including AnaSpec’s proprietary HiLyte FluorTM and HiLytePlusTM dyes, which span the visible spectrum. This gives researchers a wide range of wavelength... - February 16, 2008 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
ZYTO Corp. Uses Editor Based LinksManager.com to Generate Relevant Traffic and to Improve SEO
ZYTO Corp. uses an automated online reciprocal link software to improve search engine optimization. The use of the service saves time and money, and gets results, according to company officials. - February 15, 2008 - Zyto Corp.