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HT PARP in Vivo Pharmacodynamic Assay II
Trevigen announces a validated assay, with higher sensitivity and pre-coated antibody plates to measure the effectiveness of PARP inhibitors in cell and tissue lysates for anticancer drug screening. - February 02, 2010 - Trevigen, Inc.
Role of YAP in Cancer Revealed Using EGFR Phosphorylation Array
A study, published in the December 2009 issue of Nature Cell Biology, identified amphiregulin (AREG) as the key effector molecule in YAP-mediated proliferation of breast epithelial cells. Since AREG is a a diffusible, secreted factor, it represents a new potential drug target for cancer. Two antibody arrays from RayBiotech were instrumental in this discovery; one is a unique array detecting phosphorylation of EGFR family receptors at multiple sites. - January 29, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
Gordon Brown Could Create Britain’s Great Barrier Reef; Reported by ZSL London Zoo
10,000 people already backing coral campaign. One of the world’s largest coral atolls, which belongs to Britain, could soon become the biggest marine protected area on Earth. - January 29, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
AdTel International Offers Free Emergency Toyota Recall Relief Service to All Toyota Franchised Dealerships
AdTel International, parent company of TRI, is offering an Emergency Toyota Recall Relief Service to All Toyota Franchised Dealerships. The offer is to assist Toyota Dealerships their customers. - January 28, 2010 - Advocate USA LLC
20 Years and Counting: Leadership Development Once Again the Most Critical Issue Facing Organizations in 2010
New i4cp Study Also Finds Talent Management, Performance Management and Innovation Among Top Challenges Facing High-Performance Organizations. - January 28, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
To Usability Labs, and Beyond! New Book Explores Online User Experience Studies
Usability experts and authors Bill Albert, Tom Tullis and Donna Tedesco have launched the first guide for conducting large-scale user experience research using the Internet. Beyond the Usability Lab: Conducting Large-scale Online User Experience takes practitioners out of the ordinary... - January 28, 2010 - User Experience Alliance
Employment Insurance (EI) System Reform Examined in New Report to Protect High Earnings Losses Suffered by Displaced High-Seniority Workers
High-seniority workers are found to be more adversely affected by job displacement than low-seniority workers. Long-tenure displaced workers – those who have been with the same employer for many years – experience disproportionately high losses particularly since many are re-employed at significantly lower wages than they received in their pre-displacement positions. EI reform, and Wage Insurance examined. - January 27, 2010 - Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN)
Health Decisions CEO Authors First Complete Guide to Adaptive Clinical Research
Wiley Publishers Releases “The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research: Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development,” by Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH. - January 25, 2010 - Health Decisions
Bioo Scientific Launches Barcoded Adapters for Sample Multiplexing in Next Generation Sequencing
Bioo Scientific launched AIR™ Barcoded Adapters which allow sample multiplexing in miRNA Next-Generation Sequencing reactions, thus decreasing costs by increasing the number of samples that can be run at the same time. - January 25, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
New Product Launch - Protect Countertops & Surfaces from Liquid Spills, Chemicals, Contaminants: CounterZorb Ultra Absorbent Mats from L&R
CounterZorb Mats keep surfaces drier, while acting as an infection control barrier against cross contamination and chemicals. - January 25, 2010 - L&R Ultrasonics
JustFit Academic Assistance Penetrates the Market of Custom Writing Services with a New Strategy
JustFit new strategy features Blogs, Social Networks, Forums and other minor social media channels. - January 25, 2010 - JustFit Academic Assistance
Blue Sky Biotech and Protein Attachment Technologies Announce Global Exclusive Licensing Agreement
Blue Sky Biotech, Inc. (Blue Sky) and Protein Attachment Technologies, LLC (PA Tech) announced today that they have entered into a global, exclusive license agreement covering PA Tech’s proprietary Template Directed Assembly (TDA™) technology for use in High-Throughput Screening [HTS] of drug candidates against membrane-associated protein targets. - January 24, 2010 - Blue Sky Biotech
Famous London Eel is Vanishing from the Thames | ZSL Conservation
Eel populations in the River Thames have crashed to alarmingly low levels, conservationists have revealed. Over the last five years scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have recorded a 98 per cent drop in the number of European eels within the river. - January 23, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
New i4cp Study: the Five Domains of High-Performance Organizations
i4cp identifies the five key areas in which High-Performance Organizations excel - January 21, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Reluctant Hero : Cleaner Fish Show It Pays to be Selfless: ZSL London Zoo
Researchers from the Zoological Society of London, University of Queensland and the University of Neuchâtel have discovered that male cleaner wrasse are quick to play the hero when their dinner is at stake. - January 21, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
Sarah Greene to Head Up The Scientist
Sarah Greene, publishing and new media entrepreneur, is to become Editor-in-Chief of The Scientist magazine. Sarah’s new role will include strengthening The Scientist’s online presence and overseeing closer ties with Faculty of 1000, the popular and respected international post-publication peer review service. - January 20, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
Former EPA Science Communication Director Launches Vincent Roa Group LLC to Deliver High-Value Communication in the Green Sector
Managing Partner and Chief Strategist Donna Vincent Roa, PhD, ABC today announced the launch of Maryland-based Vincent Roa Group, LLC, a company that provides executives in the green sector with high-value communication, PR, and marketing. - January 18, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
Gravitas Research Reveals Light Vehicle Sales in Russia in 2009. Russia is Back to the 5th Place in Europe.
Latest industry brief published by Gravitas Research reveals that Russian automotive market is back to the 5th place in Europe as car sales contracted by more than half in 2009. Foreign car manufacturers were able to sell only 1 million vehicles in Russia compared to 2 million vehicles sold in 2008. - January 18, 2010 - Gravitas Research
Proteome Solutions Announces ProteinID Finder Version 1.8.0
ProteinID Finder is a proteomics analyzation software capable of extracting information from the online universal protein resource database UniProt. The release of v1.8 adds new powerful graphing capabilities to Proteome Solutions ProteinID Finder. - January 13, 2010 - Proteome Solutions
ForeFlight Launches ForeFlight Mobile 3 for iPhone with Weather Powered by WDT
Best-Selling Aviation Application Lets Pilots Gather Preflight Intelligence and Improve Situational Awareness Faster and Easier Than Ever Before. - January 12, 2010 - Weather Decision Technologies
Adaptive Clinical Research is Expanding Opportunities in Personalized Medicine: CED Invites Health Decisions to Discuss
Health Decisions CEO Dr. Michael Rosenberg will forecast the future of molecular testing at the CED 2010 Biotech Conference - January 09, 2010 - Health Decisions
Shank Animal Hospital to Host Vaccination Clinics in January: Recession Special for Pets and Owners
Ft Lauderdale-based Shank Animal Hospital will be hosting fixed-price vaccination clinics in January for South Florida residents and their pets. - January 08, 2010 - Shank Animal Hospital
i4cp Sees Record Membership Growth in 2009
Company experiences over 120% growth in new membership last year. - January 05, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
A Year in the Life of GVI: 2009 Review...
From Obama to H1N1 to financial crisis to the death of the King of Pop, 2009 has been some year… - December 31, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)
XTractor Premium Has Surpassed the 523,127 Relationships Milestone as Forward-Looking Researchers Around the World Invest in XTractor Premium Technology
Life Science researchers of all areas, increasingly are selecting XTractor Premium over competing solutions for its manually annotated approach to relationships from the latest PUBMED publications, Regular E-mail alerts on scientific literature and Highly Advanced Semantic and Bibliographic Search. - December 28, 2009 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
PMI Announces Dates for First 2010 Short Course
Porous Materials, Inc. (PMI) is happy to announce the dates for it's first Short Course for the new year. The course, titled "Advanced Techniques for Pore Structure Characterization; Theory & Practice," will be held during the week of May 11-13, 2010. The PMI Short Course brings... - December 25, 2009 - Porous Materials, Inc.
Online Pastoral Counseling Practice of Dr. Reece Manley to be Recognized at Ceremony by Lambda Pride
Advocate USA, LLC, owner of Texas Research and Investment and The Online Pastoral Counseling Practice of Reece Manley cites Humanatarian Award from Lambda Pride. - December 23, 2009 - Advocate USA LLC
Direct Oncology Foundation Seeks $100,000 to Sequence Genome of Cancer-Proof Mouse
Direct Oncology Foundation and Livly, both California non-profit corporations, seek funding to sequence the genome of cancer proof mice developed at Wake Forest University. - December 23, 2009 - Direct Oncology Foundation
Wiley Press to Release 'The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research: Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development'
Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH, provides a comprehensive guide to the adaptive methods that are shaping the future of clinical trials - December 19, 2009 - Health Decisions
Nationwide Trade Show Series at Universities Focuses on Photonics
Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. announces the addition of Physics and Photonics-specific shows to their popular series of tabletop expositions at top research universities across the country. - December 19, 2009 - Biotechnology Calendar, Inc.
Medical Society Announces Publication of Largest Stem Cell Safety Study to Date
The ICMS announces the publication of the largest stem cell safety study. Using the guidelines put forward by the ICMS, 227 patients were followed for complications after receiving adult stem cell therapies using a novel new protocol. No serious complications were reported. - December 19, 2009 - International Cellular Medicine Society
ZSL London Zoo Meerkats Go Crackers for Christmas
The meerkats at ZSL London Zoo are set to have a cracking Christmas this year, with an early festive feast. - December 19, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Few Companies Have Employee Retention Strategies for an Economic Uptick
New i4cp study reveals employee retention issues are on the organizational radar, but not a priority now in most companies. - December 17, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Corporate and Academic Affiliates Join the UXalliance, Expand Capabilities
SSB BART Group and Bentley University have been added as the newest User Experience Alliance (www.UXalliance.com) members, enhancing the international user research network to a total of 22 companies across the globe. The network’s first corporate member, SSB BART Group... - December 17, 2009 - User Experience Alliance
Genescient Receives Additional Angel Funding
Genescient Corporation receives an additional $500,000 in angel funding. - December 17, 2009 - Genescient Corporation
Penguin Fingerprinting | ZSL London Zoo Researchers Work with Scientists to Develop New Penguin DNA Profiling Technique
Penguins’ DNA is being used for the first time to study how they migrate between colonies. - December 17, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
SeQual Technologies Introduces the Sleep Comfort Care Pad by CHI-SAN
SeQual Technologies Inc., a San Diego-based medical equipment manufacturer that develops oxygen systems known worldwide for their reliability, quality and revolutionary design, announced today they are distributing Sleep Comfort Care Pads by CHI-SAN LLC. The Sleep Comfort Care Pad is intended for... - December 16, 2009 - SeQual Technologies, Inc.
Dynaflow Receives Department of Energy SBIR for New System to Extract Oil from Algae
Dynaflow, Inc.®, a leader in R&D services and products in fluid dynamics and applied sciences, today announced that it has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop and demonstrate a new system to extract oil from... - December 16, 2009 - Dynaflow, Inc
xmrv.me.uk Uses Google Maps to Raise Awareness of CFS/ME & Fibromyalgia Community
"Map of Misery" goes viral - a surprise world-wide hit. - December 16, 2009 - xmrv.me.uk
PDA and BPSA to Speak at IQPC's 2nd Annual Disposable Solutions for Biomanufacturing Conference
IQPC is delighted to announce the dates for the 2nd Annual Disposable Solutions for Biomanufacturing taking place in London on the 23rd-24th February 2010. The use of single-use systems within bioprocessing and manufacturing is one area within the pharmaceutical industry that constantly sees exciting developments and this year is no exception. - December 16, 2009 - IQPC
Vestas Chooses Weather Decision Technologies Lightning Decision Support System for Wind Energy Farms
Lightning display and predictions keeps wind energy crews safe, provides critical data for cost avoidance. - December 16, 2009 - Weather Decision Technologies
University of California, San Francisco, Researcher Receives ASBMB-Merck Award
James A. Wells, professor and chairman of the department pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and director of UCSF's small molecule discovery center, has been named the winner of the 2010 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Merck Award for his... - December 12, 2009 - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RayBiotech Introduces Multiplex ELISA Detecting 200 Human Proteins
RayBiotech, the Protein Array Pioneer Company, has just introduced the Quantibody® Human Cytokine Array 4000 (or Human Q4000, catalog number QAH-CAA-4000), which can quantitatively detect expression of 200 different proteins in a single experiment. The kit consists of 5 different quantitative... - December 12, 2009 - RayBiotech, Inc
Bioo Scientific Launches Kit for Targeted siRNA Delivery Into Any Cell Type
Bioo Scientific announced the launch of their T3™ Conjugation Kit, which allows scientists to deliver siRNA into targeted cell types. - December 12, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
One, Two, Three, ‘Paw?’ | Zsl London Zoo Counts Animals in Annual Stocktake.
The first week back to work after Christmas is always hectic, but count yourself lucky you’re not a ZSL London Zoo keeper this January. - December 11, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Industry Leaders to Discuss the Future of Predictive Toxicology
www.predictivetoxicology.co.uk IQPC has confirmed the attendance of 20 internationally renowned experts at their Predictive Toxicology Conference, taking place in London on 24th- 25th February 2010. High calibre professionals presenting at the event include: - Dr Andrew Worth, Project Leader... - December 11, 2009 - IQPC
Need Talent? 25% of Companies Are Contacting Competitor Employees Directly
Latest i4cp study reveals almost half of companies recruit from competitors, while a quarter contact competitor employees directly - December 10, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Advocate USA Publishing's Christian Living Writer Reece Manley Donates Proceeds to Feed 400 Families
Spirit Thinking and Crossing Twice Shows Spirituality Expertise Requires Compassion First - December 09, 2009 - Advocate USA LLC
Christmas Carnival at the Zoo | Festive Events at ZSL London Zoo
Deck the Zoo with bales of hay... well that’s the way the song goes at ZSL London Zoo. Yep it’s Christmastime, and the Zoo is getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Carnival – an animal packed celebration of all things festive. - December 09, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Michael Wilkinson Joins Advisory Council of Texas A&M Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship
Paragon Innovations’ CEO, Michael Wilkinson, joins CNVE Advisory Council -- dedicated to help Center prepare students for the challenge of entrepreneurship - December 09, 2009 - Paragon Innovations, Inc.