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Compugen Announces Validation of Two Immune System Modulating Drug Candidates
MarketWatch (press release)
Having long-term relationships with leading scientists at academic laboratories with well established assays and animal models, enables Compugen to quickly and efficiently validate its newdiscoveries." Mr. Gerstel concluded, "We enthusiastically look ...
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Book review: Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life
Southern Fried Science
The story of the COML is nothing short of incredible, and it is told wonderfully in the new book “Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life: Making Ocean Life Count.” The book, which is equal parts oceanography/marine biology textbook and passionate ...
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Biotech Leader Dr. Paul Schimmel Joins WaferGen Scientific Advisory Board
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Schimmel has been the Ernest and Jean Hahn Professor of Molecular Biology and Chemistry and a member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at the Scripps Research Institute since 1997. "We welcome Dr. Schimmel's genomics expertise to support ...
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Dakota Wesleyan University professor, intern discover 3 new species of spider ...
The Republic
The Daily Republic reports (http://bit.ly/pEP2Zd) that Biology professor Brian Patrick and his summer intern, 22-year-old Dan Sitzmann, discovered the new spiders while performing research at the Fort Pierre National Grasslands this summer. ...
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Professor, intern discover three new spider species in Fort Pierre National ...
Daily Republic
Brian Patrick, assistant professor of biology at DWU, and his summer intern, Dan Sitzmann, 22, Walnut Creek, Calif., discovered three new species of spider this summer during their grant-funded research study of spiders at the Fort Pierre National ...
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Protein discovered at LSUHSC may suppress breast cancer growth
EurekAlert (press release)
New Orleans, LA – Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a protein discovered by his ...
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HRT Announces Hydrocarbon Discovery at the 1-HRT-3-AM Well in the Solimões ...
CNW Group (press release)
HRT holds a 55% interest in 21 exploration blocks in the Solimões Sedimentary Basin, covering an area of around 48.5 km 2 , where 52 prospects were mapped and estimated, and 11 discoverieswere qualified as contingent resources. For further information ...
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In New Atlanta Exhibition: It's Nature's World--Charles Darwin Just Lived Here
CisionWire (press release)
Visitors to Atlanta's Fernbank Museum will take a journey to the 19th century as they encounter diverse species from the Galapagos, fascinating fossils, scientific tools, and the incrediblediscoveries of Charles Darwin (1809-1882). ...
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Leading children's health expert to head UF department of pediatrics
University of Florida
“Dr. Rivkees is a nationally and internationally regarded scientist, physician and leader in the field of pediatrics and the perfect person to lead the department as we strive to translate researchdiscoveries into the promising treatments of the ...
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Yale astronomers impacted pluto's status
Yale Daily News
Indeed, Fischer said the department is exploring different ways for astronomy to collaborate with other areas of study at Yale, ranging from biology to literature. Just a few years after Yale scientists developed the QUEST camera, the University ...
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MSE features new exhibit on everyday science
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
"The exhibit is designed to bring attention to some of the ways that scientific discovery over the centuries has contributed to our knowledge and well-being—which is not always about the big, notable, historical discoveries that we associate with ...
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Look Younger, Live Longer?
Huffington Post
It was called Telomere Biology in Health and Disease and was held in Stockholm, Sweden. To say the conference was top notch would be a rather large understatement. Indeed, the keynote address was given by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, the Nobel Laureate in ...
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Scripps Research team discovers treatable mechanism responsible for often ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Scripps Research is internationally recognized for its discoveries in immunology, molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and vaccine development, as well as for its insights into autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious disease. ...
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Tiny big work
The City Wire
Investment in nanotechnology research at the university began 16 years ago, and during those years, the number of nanotechnology researchers has expanded to 25 tenure-track faculty members in fields including physics, engineering, chemistry and biology ...
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Are genes our destiny?
HealthCanal.com
"Our study shows that it's not all in the genes," said Joseph Ecker, a professor in Salk's Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, who led the research team. "We found that these plants have an epigenetic code that's more flexible and ...
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Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award Sponsored by Data Science International
Newswise (press release)
The award recipient receives a travel award of $1500 to attend the APS annual meeting at Experimental Biology (EB) to present his/her work, and an Institutional Grant providing the awardee's institution with a DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit, ...
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Dr. Ivan Schwab Available for Interviews on His Fascinating New Book ...
Sacramento Bee
His strong interest in biology and natural history led him to investigate ocular stem cells, bioengineered tissues for the eye and comparative optics and physiology. The research for his compelling new book took him from the Burgess Shale in the ...
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Researchers launch social networking website for cataloging reptile species
Daily Californian
But with so many rare species being logged, project coordinators have had to balance the freedom of the Internet with the responsibility of handling discoveries of rare species in a proper scientific manner. One concern the researchers have for the ...
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