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Dilyx Launches New Kit for Improved Protein Solubility
Dilyx Biotechnologies, LLC announces the launch of the OptiSol Protein Solubility Screening Kit, allowing research scientists to aggregation-proof their protein samples. The resulting data saves effort and money because it informs life science researchers on how to best treat specific samples for storage or analysis. Find more information at www.dilyx.com - November 19, 2010 - Dilyx Biotechnologies
Stevens Dr. Shi Presented at Energy Harvesting and Storage USA Conference
Dr. Yong Shi of Stevens Institute of Technology delivered a keynote presentation on Tuesday, November 16 regarding his research of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters at the Energy Harvesting and Storage USA 2010 Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The talk, “Mechanical Energy Scavenging... - November 18, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Calvert Research Awarded Federal Grants Totaling Approximately $245,000 to Support Further Development of Its Age-Related Macular Degeneration Drug Candidate
Calvert Research, LLC announced today that one of the Company’s therapeutic development programs (T1-1081) qualified to receive federal grant funding totaling approximately $245,000 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“The ACT”), which will be used to... - November 17, 2010 - Calvert Research
New Characteristics of Premature Aging Protein Discovered at Stevens
Dr. Joseph Glavy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology at Stevens Institute of Technology, and a team of student scientists uncovered a disease-related protein outside of its known range. This new look into the workings of the body creates hope for future treatments and other advances in biology and medicine. - November 17, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Bioo Scientific Releases the MiraMas™ Kit for qPCR Analysis of microRNA and Other Small RNAs
Bioo Scientific released the MiraMas™ Kit, which uses a flexible, novel approach for qPCR-based profiling of microRNAs. - November 16, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
AnaSpec Introduces Anti-MOG (1-125), Mouse Monoclonal
Being the first in the industry to provide a whole suite of reagents and assay kits for the advancement of MS research, AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the mouse monoclonal Anti-MOG (1-125). Anti-MOG monoclonal antibody was produced by immunizing Balb/c mice with recombinant MOG... - November 14, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Fluorescent Endothelin GO Peptides
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of new HiLyte Fluor™ 488 and 5-FAM labeled Endothelin peptides (human, bovine, porcine, rat) adding on its Endothelin peptides collection. Endothelins (ET) are highly potent vasoconstrictor proteins distributed throughout all areas of the body, and... - November 13, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
At Stevens, Dr. Sutin is Detecting Divers by the Sound of Their Breath
At Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation UniversityTM, Dr. Alexander Sutin is developing a non-lethal weapon for protecting ports from underwater divers with malicious intentions -- an acoustic device that overwhelms them with the amplified sound of their own breath. His latest research will be presented by co-author Dr. Yegor Sinelnikov in a paper at the Acoustical Society of America's 2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics in Cancun, Mexico, held on November 15-19. - November 13, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
TransEnterix Wins Life Sciences Company Award from NCTA
For developing a new system that allows surgeons to operate entirely through a patient’s belly button, TransEnterix received the “Life Sciences Company” award Wednesday from the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA). The prestigious award was conferred Nov. 10 during the... - November 13, 2010 - TransEnterix
Stevens Professor Arthur Ritter Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
Dr. Arthur Ritter, Distinguished Service Professor and Associate Department Director for Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has recently been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). His selection by AIMBE... - November 11, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens and TNO Conduct Joint Experiments in Dutch Harbor to Gather Acoustic Data for Maritime and Port Security
Initial experimental results presented by TNO at the Waterside Security 2010 Conference November 3 – 5. - November 10, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Professor Hongbin Li Receives AFRL Contract to Develop MIMO Radar
Dr. Hongbin Li, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has recently been awarded a three-year US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to study distributed radar systems and improve object detection. His research will develop networked radar capabilities... - November 10, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
NanoCor Therapeutics, Inc. is Awarded a Grant Under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Projects Grant Program (QTDP)
NanoCor Therapeutics, Inc. (NanoCor) today announced the Company was awarded a grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Projects Grant Program (QTDP). The grant is being provided under section 48D of the Internal Revenue Code, enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care... - November 08, 2010 - NanoCor Therapeutics Inc.
Colorado’s Bioscience Industry Awarded Over $23 Million in Funding from Federal Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grant and Tax Credit Program
According to the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), Colorado’s bioscience industry received more than $23 million for 102 different projects in the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program, per data posted online Monday by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Colorado ranks in the top ten of states applying for credits and grants under the new program. - November 06, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Aciont® Awarded Two Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants Totaling $489K
Aciont Inc. announced today that it has been awarded $488,958 to support two projects under the U.S. Government’s Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program. Aciont submitted only the following two applications to the program of which both were funded at the maximum allocation... - November 05, 2010 - Aciont Inc.
Skyentia Technologies Receives QTDP Grant
Skyentia Technologies LLC has been awarded over $260,000 in qualified investment grants for biotechnology research and development through the Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Program. - November 05, 2010 - Skyentia Technologies
ID8 Systems Empowers Employee and Student Idea Sharing at Stevens Institute of Technology
With its 140-year history of entrepreneurship, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University (TM), is launching ideation campaigns to expedite and implement the ideas of students, faculty, and staff on how to improve the overall experience at the university. Posters around the Stevens... - November 05, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Joseph Mitola of Stevens Institute of Technology Joined MILCOM 2010 Panel on Cognitive Networks
Stevens Institute of Technology Distinguished Professor and Vice President for The Research Enterprise, Dr. Joseph Mitola, was a panelist at MILCOM 2010 in San Jose, California on Monday, November 1. - November 03, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Outside the Classroom: Stevens Doctoral Candidate Dennis Cohen Wins Film Festival Prize
Anchorage, AK may be more than 3,000 miles away from the Stevens Institute of Technology campus in Hoboken, NJ, but Ph.D. candidate Dennis Cohen proves that the gulf between screenwriting and physics is not so large. This summer he won third place in the screenplay competition of the 2010 Alaska... - November 03, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
RayBiotech Launches Th17 Antibody Arrays for Immune Research
RayBiotech, Inc., the Protein Array Pioneer Company, today announced the release of several antibody array products that can detect up to 34 proteins related to the recently discovered Th17 lineage of immune cells. Th17 cells have been linked to the immune response to fungal and certain bacterial infections, as well being associated with several autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. - November 03, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
Stevens Professor Yong Shi Debuts Nanogenerators for Biomedical Devices
Imagine a world where pacemakers never need new batteries and a walk through a park keeps your mp3 player at full charge. Dr. Yong Shi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, is developing the technology to make those dreams a reality. Dr. Shi's patented... - October 30, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Entrepreneur Ken Zorovich Presents Product Development Secrets at Stevens
Entrepreneur Ken Zorovich, President of the housewares company Zoku (TM), discussed the genesis of the company and the creation of its award-winning 7-minute ice pop maker October 7 at Stevens Institute of Technology, the Innovation University (TM). Zorovich turned engineering innovation into... - October 29, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Two Stevens Professors Receive Bright Idea Award
Two Stevens Institute of Technology Professors will receive the Bright Idea Award in Information Technology for their respective works on Friday, November 5. The award is sponsored by the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University and the New Jersey Policy Research Organization Foundation... - October 29, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Students Propose Local Transportation Solutions in Hoboken, New Jersey
On October 14, students and recent graduates of the Civil Engineering program at Stevens presented traffic operations engineering and transportation planning solutions as part of the presentation, “Multi-Modal Thinking...Inside and Outside of the Box.” - October 29, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
The Colorado BioScience Association and 650+ Partners Oppose Amendments 60 and 61 & Proposition 101
The Colorado BioScience Association along with over 650 partners are opposed to three ballot measures facing Colorado this election – Amendment 60, Amendment 61 and Proposition 101. These three measures - also known as the 'ugly three' - are referred to as tax breaks, but will have a devastating impact on Colorado and the companies located in the state for years to come. - October 27, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Bioo Scientific Launches ELISA to Detect Zeranol in Food
Bioo Scientific launched the MaxSignal® Zeranol ELISA kit to screen cereals, dried meat, fish, feed, milk, urine and seed for Zeranol contamination. - October 26, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
Stemedica International Announces Joint Venture with AnC Bio Group to Manufacture Allogeneic Adult Stem Cells
Stemedica International, S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., announced the signing of an agreement to form a joint venture with AnC Bio, a global manufacturer of stem cell-based products. The new venture, StemedicaAnC, will manufacture allogeneic adult stem cells developed by Stemedica for the treatment of ischemic stroke and other degenerative disorders. - October 24, 2010 - Stemedica Cell Techechnologies
Tocomin®SupraBio™ Boosts Immune Response in Human
Tocomin®SupraBio™ bioenhanced palm tocotrienol complex is effective in enhancing immune function in healthy women. - October 22, 2010 - Carotech Inc.
RayBiotech Awarded NIH/STTR Grant for Endometriosis Research
RayBiotech, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of multiplex protein and antibody arrays, was recently awarded an STTR research grant to identify protein markers that could potentially be used in a diagnostic test for endometriosis. - October 22, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
Stevens Professors Publish Two Journal Papers About Graphene in Applied Physics Letters
A collaborative research team led by Stevens Institute of Technology professors Dr. Stefan Strauf and Dr. Eui-Hyeok (EH) Yang has published two publications about the new wonder material graphene in the latest issue of Applied Physics Letters. Their article, “Determination of edge purity in... - October 22, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Milestone Celebration of Dramatic Organizations at Stevens November 2010
November 2010 marks the anniversary of two dramatic organizations at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. The Stevens Dramatic Society marks its 100th anniversary, and the NJ Alpha Chapter of Theta Alpha Phi marks its 50th anniversary. To celebrate these milestones, a weekend of events... - October 22, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Four Members of Stevens Community
Four members of the Stevens Institute of Technology community were honored at the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Banquet, held Thursday, October 14. The awards honor those whose creativity, innovation, and invention contribute to economic growth and improve quality of life in New Jersey. As The... - October 22, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Alum Recognized for “Game-Changing” Wireless Networking Invention
Nicolas Girard, Stevens Institute of Technology alumnus and founder of Stevens Start-up Attila Technologies, will be recognized this year with two inventing awards. Mr. Girard was named Inventor of the Year by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, and is a recipient, together with Stevens, of the... - October 22, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
NSF Grant Funds Cybersecurity Education at Stevens
A team of faculty and researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology are recipients of an NSF grant to further develop existing, nationally-recognized curricula in cybersecurity education. - October 21, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Colorado BioScience Association and Two of the State’s Economic Development Entities, Tout Colorado’s Strengths at AdvaMed 2010
Representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation will showcase Colorado’s medical device and diagnostics sectors during the 2010 AdvaMed: The MedTech Conference in Washington D.C., October 18-20. - October 20, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Dr. Vikki Hazelwood Nurtures Inventors at Stevens
The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame presented Dr. Vikki Hazelwood of Stevens Institute of Technology with the Advancement of Invention Award, an accolade resulting from her award-winning teaching and the prolific production of her students and alumni, all of which improves both science and society in New Jersey and beyond. - October 17, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
BioChain Launches microRNA Signature Validation Kits and Services
The recently released BioChain cancer microRNA signature validation services aim to elucidate the complex microRNA profiling and provide valuable insight to biomarkers implicated in NSCLC diagnosis and therapy. - October 16, 2010 - BioChain Institute, Inc
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® HAT (p300) & HAT (pCAF) Assay Kits
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of two HAT (histone acetyltransferase) fluorimetric kits adding in our growing list of epigenetics research products. The SensoLyte p300 Assay Kit provides a convenient assay for the screening of enzyme inhibitors and for continuous measurement of p300... - October 16, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Stevens Research VP Dr. Joseph Mitola Gives Keynote at Sustainable Technology Research Conference
Dr. Joseph Mitola III, Vice President for The Research Enterprise and Distinguished Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, was a keynote speaker at The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) Research Day, where he addressed the future of cognition in communication... - October 16, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Specialty Enzymes | Alpha Amylase Enzyme for the Beverage Alcohol Industry
SEBstar-HTL | Improves Alcohol Production by Rapidly Gelatinizing Starches - October 15, 2010 - Specialty Enzymes and Biotechnologies Co
Stemedica Announces Completion of Clinical Allogeneic Adult Stem Cell Master Bank
A world leader in allogeneic adult stem cell manufacturing and research, Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. announced the completion of its proprietary master bank of mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stem cells. - October 15, 2010 - Stemedica Cell Techechnologies
Carotech Announces Palm Fruit Bioactives Workshop to be Held Alongside SupplySide West, 2010
Palm fruit bioactives are increasingly utilized in dietary supplements, food & beverage as well as cosmetic & personal care products - October 14, 2010 - Carotech Inc.
Inviragen and Pharmajet Receive $15.5 Million NIAID Contract to Develop a Needle-Free Dengue Vaccine
This joint contract with PharmaJet and Inviragen will one day aid in the 30-50 million cases of debilitating dengue fever and 0.5 - 2 million cases of life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever every year. - October 13, 2010 - PharmaJet, Inc.
Creativ-Ceutical to be Centre Stage at ISPOR Europe 2010
Strengthening its positioning as one of the major pan-European consulting companies in pricing, market access and health economics, Creativ-Ceutical will be present in force at ISPOR 2010 from 6-9 November in Prague. - October 13, 2010 - Creativ-Ceutical
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Winners of Its 2010 Awards, Honoring The Best of Colorado's Bioscience Industry
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) honored the outstanding bioscience companies and individuals in the state during its 2010 Annual Awards Dinner held in conjunction with the BioWest Conference & Expo at the Denver Grand Hyatt. The Annual Awards Dinner gives CBSA the ability to showcase companies and individuals that have had an outstanding year and to celebrate the industry as a whole. - October 11, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Specialty Enzymes | Beneficial Brewing Enzyme Used for Quicker Maturation
| SEBmature L | Reducing the Maturation Time to Increase Brewery Production - October 09, 2010 - Specialty Enzymes and Biotechnologies Co
Stevens Hosts International BPM Conference’s First U.S. Appearance
Stevens Institute of Technology recently played host to the 8th Annual International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2010), the world’s largest academic conference on Business Process Management (BPM). BPM 2010 provided a matchless opportunity for researchers and practitioners... - October 09, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Entrepreneurship Experts Collaborate with Malaysian National University UKM
Recently, faculty and executive administrators from Stevens Institute of Technology collaborated with the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to deliver a workshop in Malaysia on innovation and transforming academic research into startup companies. - October 09, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
IonSense Expands Product Line with ASAP Open-Air Ionization Source
IonSense to sell Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) as Entry Level Source for Open-Air Mass Spectrometry - October 08, 2010 - IonSense, Inc.
Adaptive Site Monitoring Improves Clinical Research Efficiency: DIA Invites Health Decisions to Discuss
Health Decisions CEO Dr. Michael Rosenberg will explore the implications of advanced e-monitoring models during two sessions at the DIA 4th Annual Clinical Forum. - October 08, 2010 - Health Decisions