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Cooperation is a Major Force for Evolution
Martin Novak, Professor of Biology and Mathematics Harvard University and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard, still believes that cooperation is a major force for evolution. His controversial book, Super Cooperators, was published this time last year and will be published as a series in the UK's Daily Telegraph. - March 12, 2012 - The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation
Faculty of 1000 Announces the Winners of the Associate Faculty Member Travel Grants 2011
In 2011, Faculty of 1000 (F1000) established a Travel Grant Fund to recognize the contribution of its Associate Faculty Members to the service. - March 08, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
Sciclips Launches an Open Access Therapeutic and Experimental Drugs Database
Open access database containing more than 15,000 therapeutic and experimental drugs. - March 08, 2012 - Sciclips
IonSense Introduces the DART®-OS Source. Expands Its OpenSpot Mass Spectrometry™ Product Line
OpenSpot® Sample Cards Facilitate Simpler Analysis, Eliminating Most Consumables and Solvents, Reducing Lab Waste. Exhibited at Pittcon 2012. Booth #2609. - March 06, 2012 - IonSense, Inc.
New Spectroradiometer from Gamma Scientific is Optimized for Fluorescence Testing
Bi-Spectral Spectroradiometer Tests LED Phosphor Composition, Fluorescent and Reflective Materials to Maximize Performance for Manufacturers - March 01, 2012 - Gamma Scientific
Bayer CropScience Continues Innovation Initiatives to Expand Research Footprint in North Carolina
Ongoing development strengthens research footprint, commitment to advancing food and fiber productivity. - March 01, 2012 - Bayer CropScience
NovaTeinBio Add Protein Expression and Purification to Their Service Catalogue
Leading biological reagents specialist NovaTeinBio has recently announced that they will now be offering their exceptional expertise within the field of molecular detection and protein expression and purification to enhance and accelerate their clients’ scientific research and development... - February 29, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Offers a New Photoconvertible and Photoactivatible Fluorescent Protein Suitable for High-Resolution Microscopy: mIrisFP
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, supplier of fluorescent probes, screening kits and imaging ware for cutting-edge fluorescence applications and microscopy, introduces mIrisFP, a photoconvertible and photoactivatible fluorescent protein suitable for High-Resolution microscopy: mIrisFP - February 29, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
Mitegen Announces Continued Expansion of Product Lines and Offerings for Crystallographers
Mitegen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, recently announced numerous expansions to both their patented product portfolio and to their line of distributed products. - February 25, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
Faculty of 1000's "Faculty Member of the Year 2011" Awards
Faculty of 1000 announces the first in a series of awards marking the achievements of its Faculty members. - February 25, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Launches Sale of High End Imaging Tools and Accessories for Cell Culture and Light and Fluorescence Microscopy
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, supplier of fluorescent probes and research chemicals, introduces a collection of high end imaging tools for cell based imaging, assays and arrays. The product line includes Imaging Dishes and adequate Stage Frames, Imaging Plates, Imaging Chambers, Slide Tray Plates and Affinity Adhesion Slides. For the design of the products excellent materials, high quality processing and assembly technologies and innovative construction principles were chosen. - February 24, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
The Hydrogen House Weathers the Storm Amidst an Ailing Economy in February’s Energy Digital
This month, Energy Digital's former editor, John Shimkus, contributes an article on the world's first regulation approved Hydrogen House. Despite a failed economy and even a hurricane, the new technology pulls through, proving that hydrogen is the future of energy. In the past, generating hydrogen... - February 23, 2012 - WDM Group
Bionostics Sponsors MassBio’s Massachusetts CRO/CMO Symposium
Bionostics, a worldwide leader in proprietary calibrator, quality control, and cGMP reagent final fill and finish to the diagnostics and medical device industries, today announced its major sponsorship of the inaugural one-day Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) CRO/CMO Symposium. - February 23, 2012 - Bionostics
IBM and IBN Treating MRSA with Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in February’s Edition of Healthcare Global
In April 2011, researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) announced that they had stumbled on “a nanomedicine breakthrough.” They discovered a new type of polymer which was able to detect and destroy bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics and... - February 23, 2012 - WDM Group
AnaSpec Offers Symmetric & Asymmetric Dimethylated Arginine in Histone Peptides Collection
AnaSpec, EGT Group offers one of the world’s largest selections of Histone GO® (catalog) peptides. The peptides include sequences containing modified amino acids such as methylated (Me1, Me2 and Me3) Lysine; phosphorylated Threonine (pThr) or Serine (pSer); deiminated Arginine (Cit). - February 23, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Italian Biologist Renato Dulbecco Has Died at His Home in California Aged 97 - Watch the Video Interview of His Incredible Life Story at Web of Stories
Italian biologist Renato Dulbecco has died at his home in California aged 97. Joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1975 for furthering the understanding of cancer caused by viruses, Dulbecco had also created a vaccine using a mutant form of the polio virus and had played a significant role in initiating the Human Genome Project. - February 23, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
March 7 Re-Imagining Agriculture Event in Los Angeles to Focus on Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship
On Wednesday, March 7, from 6pm – 9pm Seedstock, LLC in association with the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Entrepreneur Association at UCLA Anderson School of Management, will host a networking event and panel discussion at UCLA. - February 22, 2012 - Seedstock
John Maynard Smith, Renowned Environmental Biologist and Geneticist, Shares His Views on the Creation of Dolly the Sheep with Web of Stories
Dolly the Sheep made headlines around the world when news broke that the first mammal had been successfully cloned. To mark the anniversary of her death on 14 February, 2003, watch the late John Maynard Smith, renowned environmental biologist and geneticist, share his views on her creation and reflect on his highly influential career. - February 22, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Boast Capital Reviews Taxpayers' Ombudsman Report on SR&ED
Boast Capital LP reviews the Taxpayers' Ombudsman Report which deals with issues of service and fairness within the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program. - February 21, 2012 - Boast Capital
New Propulsion Method for Low-Cost Microsatellites
Stevens doctoral candidate Kyle Godin has received the Abe M. Zarem Award for research on a low-cost thruster that promises to allow universities and independent researchers to launch craft, potentially democratizing space exploration. - February 19, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Ion Channel Consortium for Ion Channel Drug Discovery Formed by Aurora, Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs
Aurora Biomed Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs to form a new Ion Channel Consortium that will provide a novel, comprehensive solution for ion channel drug discovery. - February 18, 2012 - Aurora Biomed Inc
New Faculty of 1000 Application Identifies the Best Research in Biology and Medicine Covered in Elsevier's SciVerse
Faculty of 1000 (F1000), an online service that selects and evaluates articles based on the opinions of global leaders in biology and medicine, today announced the launch of a new application that helps researchers explore the scientific content in biology and medicine included in Elsevier's... - February 18, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
Eden Autism Services Announces Speaker Line Up for 18th Annual Lecture Series
Renowned Experts Will Unfold Latest Strides, Advancements in Autism on June 8th at Autism: A Journey in Optimism and Opportunity - February 17, 2012 - Eden Autism Services
AnaSpec Offers Special Pricing for MOG (1-125) Recombinant Proteins
AnaSpec, EGT the first provider of commercial MOG recombinant proteins is pleased to offer a 50% discount off on MOG (1-125) recombinant proteins through the month of February, 2012 to US and Canadian customers. Please mention code “rMOG50%” when ordering to get the discount. AnaSpec's... - February 16, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® Factor Xa Activity Assays – Industry’s First Fluorimetric Kits
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to announce the release of the industry first fluorimetric Factor Xa activity assays - The SensoLyte® 520 Factor Xa Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® Rh110 Factor Xa Assay Kit. The SensoLyte® 520 Factor Xa Assay Kit employs a FRET (5-FAM/QXL™ 520)... - February 15, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Ernst Mayr Talks to Web of Stories About the Famous Evolutionary Biologist Charles Darwin
To celebrate the birthday of the most famous biologist in history, Charles Darwin, on 12 February, visit the Web of Stories video recordings of the award-winning evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr who shares his thoughts on Darwin’s remarkable, world-changing theories. - February 12, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Riverside City College Opens School of Nursing & Math and Science Complex
Balfour Beatty Construction serves as construction manager on the recently completed $61M Riverside City College School of Nursing & Math and Science Complex. - February 10, 2012 - Balfour Beatty Construction
Norton Scientific Journal: Making Things Invisible Now Possible
Things reflect electromagnetic waves and light even when they are just lying around. That is how radar detectors and devices become alert of the presence of ships and airplanes — in the same way that we can see them with our eyes. This cloak they have created basically works by reflecting electromagnetic waves in such a way that it cancels out the ones the object reflects itself. - February 10, 2012 - Norton Scientific Journal
OBL Announces More Expansion in Ballistic Testing Capabilities and Facilities
Oregon Ballistic Laboratories (OBL) announces continued expansion in the range of services provided for accurate ballistic, body armor and blast testing. OBL is now using advanced Doppler radar technology in its ballistic, body armor and blast testing. The company uses Doppler to conduct V50... - February 05, 2012 - Oregon Ballistic Laboratories
AnaSpec Offers Antibodies Against the Hexa-His and GFP Tags
The introduction of tags, whether short peptides (6X-His, DYKDDDDK, c-myc) or proteins (green fluorescent protein – GFP, glutathione-s-transferase – GST) into recombinant proteins aids in the characterization, localization or purification of the recombinant expressed protein.1-3 As a... - February 03, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Gamma Scientific to Showcase Comprehensive LED Testing Solutions at Strategies in Light
Attendees can visit Gamma Scientific at Strategies in Light 2012 to view live demonstrations of complete LED test solutions and learn how to optimize their LED testing for maximum performance. Gamma Scientific will be exhibiting at booths 501 and 600. Strategies in Light 2012 will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center from February 7-9, 2012. - February 03, 2012 - Gamma Scientific
FDA Grants Eden Spine 510(K) Clearance for Its New Vertebral Body Replacement
Eden Spine launches in the United States its proprietary Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR), the GIZA™. - February 02, 2012 - Eden Spine, LLC
Faculty of 1000 Introduces a Novel Open Access Publishing Venture: F1000 Research
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) today announces F1000 Research, a new fully Open Access publishing program across biology and medicine that will launch later this year. It is intended to address the major issues afflicting scientific publishing today: timely dissemination of research, peer review, and sharing of data. - February 02, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
Bio-Synthesis Expands Proteomic Platform with Enhanced Peptide Tools
Bio-Synthesis Inc. (BSI), is proud to announce new peptide tools that can help researchers analyze and design their peptides more accurately and efficiently. By utilizing BSI’s homepage, users will have access to the Peptide Property Calculator, as well as the Peptide Library Design... - February 02, 2012 - Bio-Synthesis Inc.
AnaSpec Highlights Atrial Natriuretic Peptides in GO® Collection
AnaSpec, EGT Group provides a wide range of GO® (catalog) natriuretic peptides for use in research laboratories. Their selection of atrial natriuretic peptides (ANPs) include the biologically active 1-28 amino acid peptide (human/porcine or rat sequences); shorter ANP fragments; and Biotin, FAM... - February 02, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Highlights Calcein AM for Live Cell Staining
Calcein AM (Calcein acetoxymethyl ester), a non-fluorescent, cell permeable compound, converts to the strongly green fluorescent calcein when hydrolyzed by intracellular esterases in live cells.1-2 It is widely used for determining cell viability since the fluorescence intensity of calcein is... - February 02, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
31 January 1950 President Truman Gave the Order to Create the Hydrogen Bomb. At Web of Stories Listen to Physicist Edward Teller Share His Story About His Involvement.
Edward Teller, the late Hungarian-American physicist, is famous for having helped to develop the atomic bomb and providing the theoretical framework for the hydrogen bomb. His long and, at times, controversial career spanned decades, leaving behind him a legacy, including contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy and surface physics, that remains relevant today. - February 01, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Novus Biologicals Added as New Preferred Vendor for the University of Washington
Novus Biologicals is excited to be a preferred vendor for the University of Washington. Novus’ extensive product line will soon be added to the UW online ordering system, and all UW researchers will now receive 5% off any order. Novus Biologicals is committed to developing and maintaining... - January 28, 2012 - Novus Biologicals
NovaTeinBio Now Offering Wider Range of ELISA Kit Testing Solutions
Cambridge, MA based biological reagents provider NovaTeinBio has recently announced that have added to the company’s exceptional selection of ELISA kit products. The company has made this move in order to continue to provide one of North America’s largest selections of ELISA kit... - January 27, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
Gamma Scientific Introduces New Spectrometer for Quick and Easy LED Testing
Gamma Scientific has developed a new, low-cost spectrometer for easy LED testing. The RadOMA Lite is a high-performance, linear CCD array spectrometer designed to test LED intensity and total flux. - January 26, 2012 - Gamma Scientific
Virtual Job Summit for Postgraduate Life Scientists Opens February 1st
Bio Careers hosts it's second Virtual Job Summit for postgraduate scientists starting February 1st. The Summit is free for all Bio Careers Members, which comprise graduates and postdocs from the top 25% of graduate programs worldwide. - January 25, 2012 - Bio Careers
AnaSpec Expands SensoLyte® 520 Renin Assay Kits Collection
AnaSpec, the provider of the ultra-sensitive SensoLyte® 520 Human Renin Assay Kit now provides renin kits specific for mouse and rat - the SensoLyte® 520 Mouse Renin Assay Kit and SensoLyte® 520 Rat Renin Assay Kit. Using their proprietary 5-FAM/QXL™ 520 fluorescence resonance... - January 25, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® α-Synuclein ELISA Assay
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to announce the release of an ultrasensitive ELISA assay for quantitatingα-synuclein. The SensoLyte® α-Synuclein Quantitative ELISA Kit (Human/Mouse/Rat) provides a convenient and quantitative assay for determining α-Synuclein amount in cell and... - January 25, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Offers Speedy 28-Day Custom Polyclonal Antibody Service
When traditional protocols can take almost 90 days, the wait for high-quality custom polyclonal antibodies can be excruciating. AnaSpec is pleased to introduce the Speedy 28-day custom polyclonal antibody service. Leveraging proven technology from Eurogentec, AnaSpec's parent company, this protocol... - January 25, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc. Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Nurture Earth Pvt. Ltd. to Form Stem Cell Joint Venture in India
BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc. of San Diego, CA signs MOU with Nurture Earth, Pvt., Ltd. of India to form joint venture called BioRegenerative Sciences India (BRS India). The new joint venture, BRS India will produce, test, register, and market and sell BRS' stem cell-based therapeutic products in the Asian markets. - January 20, 2012 - BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc.
AnaSpec Introduces Ultra-Sensitive SensoLyte® NADP/NADPH Assay Kit
AnaSpec, EGT Group, the provider of ultra-sensitive fluorimetric SensoLyte® line of assay kits is pleased to announce the release of the SensoLyte® Fluorimetric NADP/NADPH Assay Kit. This assay is a sensitive fluorimetric assay that detects NADP and NADPH without interfering with NAD/NADH. - January 19, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Includes Ghrelin and Obestatin Peptides in GO® Collection
AnaSpec, EGT Group, a leading provider of integrated proteomic and genomic solutions, offers a wide range of ghrelin and obestatin GO® (catalog) peptides for research use. In 1999, Kojima and his group (1) reported the discovery of a growth hormone secretagogue that is involved in the release... - January 19, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
NovaTeinBio Advancing Research with New CD Antigen Solutions
Boston based biological reagents provider NovaTeinBio has recently announced to their client base that they will now be providing more CD (clusters of differentiation) antigen products than ever before. These new additions come as research companies across America look to specialists such as... - January 19, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
Mixing Film and Philanthropy: One Production Company Explores a Creative and Charitable Way to Make Movies
"Relativity", one of the current film projects from production company Safe Passage Pictures, is about the torrid and turbulent marriage of Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric. It’s a promising project, but it’s not just the surprise factor (cuddly Einstein, a cad and a wife... - January 18, 2012 - Safe Passage Pictures
AnaSpec Highlights Its Proprietary HiLyte Fluor™ Dye Collection
AnaSpec, EGT Group’s proprietary HiLyte Fluor™ dyes are a series of excellent fluorescent labeling dyes with fluorescence emissions that span the full visible and near infrared spectrum. The hydrophilic property of most of the HiLyte Fluor™ dyes makes conjugations to protein... - January 17, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group