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Western USA: 2021 Lab Sales and Networking Events

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Dec 10, 2020

“...so well organized and attended. Happy at every event of theirs that I attend. They have the best shows!"  

 

We invite you to showcase your laboratory research products to top-funded BioResearch Product Faire™ events at universities held virtually across the West for 2021.


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UCI Receives Prestigious Lab Designation for Infectious Disease Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Jul 18, 2016

biosafety.jpgWith the rise of infectious diseases, like the Zika virus and Ebola virus, research centered on these diseases has risen in importance over the last few years. The University of California, Irvine has become a leader in infectious disease research thanks to a prestigious designation by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The high-containment biosafety level 3 training laboratory (BSL-3) at UC Irvine was recently designated as a National Biosafety & Biocontainment Training Center, making it the third such center in the United States.

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Tags: CA, University of California Irvine, infectious diseases, UCI, UC Irvine, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Western, Biosafety Training Center

UCLA Life Science: Biochemists Convert Glucose Without the Help of Cells

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Jul 11, 2016

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A team of biochemists at UCLA have created a novel system of converting glucose into highly useful chemical compounds, such as those needed to create biofuels and pharmaceuticals. Previous research endeavors relied on using cells to convert sugar into desired compounds. This has been difficult to achieve because cells would rather use sugar for their own natural uses, such as building proteins and cell walls. The UCLA biochemists have recently developed a way to achieve the conversion of glucose into desired compounds- without using cells.

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Tags: CA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Biochemistry, chemistry research, Chemistry, LAVS, UCLA, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, 2016, Western, glucose

Construction of New $160M Cancer Research Building Underway at OHSU

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Jun 27, 2016

Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. (Image courtesy of Cacophony via Wikimedia Commons)

The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University, a world-leader in cancer research, recently accomplished raising $1 billion in funding to help support the groundbreaking life science research being conducted at the center.

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Tags: new research building, Oregon Health and Science University, Northwest, cancer research, OR, OHSU, Portland, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Western, Knight Cancer Institute

Fred Hutch Researchers Identify Biology-Based Treatment for Lung Cancer

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Jun 20, 2016

Smoking, one of the causes of small-cell lung cancer.

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) makes up about 10 - 15% of all lung cancer diagnoses, and is caused by smoking and inhaling second-hand smoke. This is an aggressive type of cancer that spreads quickly, and recurs extremely frequently after patients undergo chemotherapy treatments. Treatments for SCLC have not changed much in the past 30 years, but a team of researchers led by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has been investigating potential new therapy methods for the cancer and recently uncovered a gene that has the potential to be used in biology-based treatments for SCLC. (Image courtesy of Lindsay Fox via Wikimedia Commons and EcigaretteReviewed)

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Tags: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, WA, cancer research, Seattle, Hutch, 2016, Fred Hutch, BioResearch Product Faire, Western, small-cell lung cancer, L-Myc, SCLC

$8M Granted to Irvine Researchers for Q Fever Vaccine

Posted by Laura Braden on Fri, May 27, 2016


Q fever, an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii, is common among livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats. The bacteria can be transmitted to humans through the inhalation of barnyard dust that is contaminated with animal excretion containing the bacteria. Along with passing from livestock to humans, Q fever has been aerosolized in the past and used for biological warfare.

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(Image Courtest of Wikimedia Commons and the National Institutes of Health)

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Tags: CA, vaccine research, infectious diseases, NIH funding, UCI, UC Irvine, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Western, Coxiella burnetii, Q Fever

CU Anschutz Researchers Find Hormones From Breast Milk Contribute to Babies Gut Health

Posted by Laura Braden on Fri, May 13, 2016

Happy baby.It is well known that infants rely on their mothers for food and nutrients in their early years. However, the effect that the hormones in this food have on an infant's development has not previously been known. Recent research conducted at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center has shown that hormones in human breast milk contribute to the health of the feeding infant. (Image by Voiceboks via Wikimedia Commons)

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Tags: University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, CO, Fitz, Aurora, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Western, gut bacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Breast milk

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