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Stevens Physics Professor Stefan Strauf Receives NSF CAREER Award for Quantum Research
Dr. Stefan Strauf, Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been honored by the National Science Foundation with the prestigious CAREER Award. The objective of Dr. Strauf's awarded research is to address the problem of scalability of semiconductor quantum photonic devices, which are currently limited by the inherently random nucleation process of self-assembled quantum dots. - February 03, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
CDC Awards Contract to PharmaJet for Development of Needle‐free Intradermal Vaccine Delivery Device
Funding advances development of needle‐free injector that enables reduced doses and antigen‐sparing of vaccines. - February 03, 2011 - PharmaJet, Inc.
New Lin28 Antibody Announced by Novus Biologicals
Novus' new Lin28 antibody is useful for immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry and Western blot. By Western blot, Lin28 antibodies recognize a band at approximately 29kDa. This new Lin28 antibody was validated by Western blot on NTERA-2 cell lysate and 293T cells overexpressing LIN28. - January 26, 2011 - Novus Biologicals
Sustainable Now Technologies Appoints Ryan Dibble as Chief Financial Officer
Sustainable Now Technologies (SNT), a green technologies developer located in Signal Hill, California, has announced today the appointment of Ryan Dibble as Chief Financial Officer. - January 21, 2011 - Sustainable Now Technologies
Mitegen Appoints New CEO
Mitegen LLC (“Mitegen”, the “Company), a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, announced today that Robert Newman has been appointed... - January 19, 2011 - MiTeGen, LLC
Synpromics Appoints Andrei Lyne as CFO
Synpromics Ltd. is pleased to announce that Andrei Lyne has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. The new appointment demonstrates Synpromics’s commitment to build a world-class management team to fully exploit the exciting potential of its innovative technology. - January 19, 2011 - Synpromics Ltd
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) Exhibits at LabAutomation
The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) is pleased to announce its participation in LabAutomation2011, January 29 - February 2, 2011, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California. All conferees, exhibitors, and media are invited to visit the LRIG booth, #492 to get the latest... - January 17, 2011 - Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG)
Bioo Scientific Launches a Sensitive ELISA for Detection of Melamine Contamination in Food
Today Bioo Scientific released the MaxSignal® Melamine ELISA Kit for the sensitive detection of melamine contamination in food samples including milk, milk powder, feed, meat and even chocolate. - January 14, 2011 - Bioo Scientific
Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. Announces Opening of Enrollment in U.S. Phase I Colorectal Cancer Study
The principal investigator of the new colon cancer trial using Reolysin is Dr. Sanjay Goel of the Montefiore Medical Center at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. - January 13, 2011 - Oncolytics Biotech
Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. Announces Awards of Major Research Contracts
Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. (OTCBB: PBMC, “PBI”), a provider of biomarker laboratory services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics industries, announced today that it has been awarded two major research contracts with two multinational pharmaceutical companies (the... - January 13, 2011 - Pacific Biomarkers Inc
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Reports Activity of New Drug Against Deadly “Superbug”
NovaBay recently announced that in tests conducted at a third-party laboratory, its experimental drug NVC-422 showed in vitro activity against NDM-1. - January 13, 2011 - NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dr. Pinar Akcora Joins Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that Dr. Pinar Akcora, formerly of the University of Missouri-Columbia, has joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science faculty as an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Akcora is the recipient of the... - January 09, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Semprus BioSciences Names Ulla Wallin Director of Clinical Affairs
Semprus BioSciences today announced the appointment of Ulla B. Wallin, BSN, Sc.M., as the company’s first Director of Clinical Affairs. - January 07, 2011 - Semprus BioSciences
Affinity Life Sciences Announces Expansion of Their cGMP Manufacturing Facility to Provide Additional Capacity for Biomarker Assay Development and Lyophilization Services
Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. is a New England based contract manufacturing and research organization committed to providing scientific and quality expertise to meet the unique production demands of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Affinity's introduction of this space allows for even greater capacity and efficiency for projects ranging from R&D to cGMP compliant production. - December 31, 2010 - Affinity Life Sciences
Stevens Dr. Yu-Dong Yao Named an IEEE Fellow
Noted wireless technology researcher Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Professor and Department Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Stevens Institute of Technology, has recently been distinguished as an elected Fellow of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This... - December 24, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Dr. Thomas Herrington Elected to ASBPA Board of Directors
Dr. Thomas Herrington, Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering and Assistant Director of the Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been elected to the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Board of Directors. "This appointment is recognition... - December 24, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Dr. Miasnikov and Dr. Gilman Receive National Security Agency Grant
Dr. Alexei Miasnikov and Dr. Robert Gilman of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology recently received a two-year research grant from the National Security Agency's (NSA) Mathematical Sciences Program to test their novel approach to the Andrews-Curtis conjecture,... - December 24, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Wockhardt Foundation & ONGC Come Together for Khel Khel Mein
ONGC partners for a noble cause with Wockhardt Foundation to help underprivileged children. - December 12, 2010 - Wockhardt Foundation
New THAP11 Antibody from Novus Biologicals
Novus Biologicals just announced a new THAP11 antibody (catalog # NBP1-49463). THAP11 antibodies, also known as Thanatos-associated protein 11 antibodies, are useful for cancer studies and stem cell research. THAP-11 is a regulator of embryonic stem cells and is in the same field as Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog. - December 09, 2010 - Novus Biologicals
IO Informatics’ Knowledge Explorer 3.3 Helps Researchers Utilize and Share Data Through New Integration Capabilities
Award-winning bioinformatics software provider, IO Informatics, Inc. announces a new release of its flagship product, Knowledge Explorer version 3.3. The highly anticipated product rollout offers what the company believes to be the best in integration technology coupled with one of the most... - December 08, 2010 - IO Informatics, Inc.
Stevens Digital Triage Team Wins 1st Place in International ISPE Poster Competition
Two student teams from Stevens advanced to the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Student Poster Competition at the 2010 ISPE Annual Meeting. After contending with teams from the world's top science and engineering schools, one Stevens team, represented by Biomedical Engineering student Rosemary Garofalo, walked away with first prize. - December 08, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Bioo Scientific Awarded Funding from NSF for the Biomolecular Detection of miRNA
Bioo Scientific was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to support its research for the biomolecular detection of microRNA. - December 08, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
PharmaJet and USAMRIID Enter Collaboration on Continued Development of Future-Generation Smallpox Vaccine Combined with Needle-Free Delivery Technology
Searching for for effective methods to deliver DNA vaccines, USAMRIID's experimental vaccine against smallpox will be evaluated in pre-clinical studies utilizing PharmaJet's needle-free injection technology - December 08, 2010 - PharmaJet, Inc.
Stevens Professor Chandramouli Delivering Cognitive Radio Keynote in India
Dr. Rajarathnam Chandramouli of Stevens Institute of Technology, will deliver a keynote lecture at the International Workshop on Cognitive Radio (IWCR). A companion element of the IEEE International Conference on Internet Multimedia Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA), IWCR 2010 will be... - December 01, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Dr. Mitola to Address Future of Radio Standards at Wireless Innovation Conference
Vice President for The Research Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology and Distinguished Professor Joseph Mitola is participating in a cognitive radio panel at SDR ’10: The Wireless Innovation Conference this Wednesday, December 1 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mitola and other leaders in... - December 01, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Dr. Miasnikov Receives Marsden Fund Award
Dr. Alexei Miasnikov, Director of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology, recently received the prestigious and competitive Marsden Fund Award as a Principal Investigator on the project, “From automatic groups to automatic structures and beyond,” an... - November 21, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Dr. Joseph Mitola Presents Future of Wireless at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010
Distinguished Professor Joseph Mitola, Vice President for The Research Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology, will travel to Miami to present and participate at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010. Dr. Mitola will focus his remarks on emphasizing the importance of security in future commercial systems for electric power, healthcare, and other critical infrastructures. - November 21, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute Doctoral Candidate Publishes on Graphene's Potential with NSF Support
With the help of a world-class Stevens faculty, support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program through the New Jersey Alliance for Engineering Education (NJAEE), and an award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Milan Begliarbekov is conducting groundbreaking research of graphene. - November 19, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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