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Jennifer Nieuwkerk

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Advanced Research Facilities Support Scientists at U. Arizona

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Lab suppliers working to find markets where life science professionals keep their well funded research labs and advanced research facilities stocked with life science products may want to take a closer look at the University of Arizona, Tucson. This nationally renowned research university is home to over 57 shared research facilities and a wealth of research funding. The University of Arizona, Tucson website states, “This extensive offering provides faculty, scientists and students with access to not only to the latest instrumentation, but also to experienced staff with expertise in designing and conducting experiments and analyzing data.”

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UCLA Receives more $ with $15M Life Science Grant

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Mon, Aug 11, 2014

Part of a new $37.5 million life science grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been made available to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. The research funding will be shared with fellow science researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to build and test wireless implantable devices that can detect memory deficits caused by injury and try to restore normal function. The purpose of these devices is to help improve brain function for service members, veterans and others after traumatic brain injury or disease.

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Tags: 2014, CA, University of California Los Angeles, new research funding, California, Los Angeles, LAVS, UCLA, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, new research grant

New Lab Building at Rockefeller University

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Rockefeller University is a well-funded research institution on the verge of expansion, with a new two-story, 160,000 square foot laboratory building priced at $240 million in the works, a new $25 million research fund established for new techniques in drug discovery and a recent NIH grant for researchers studying vaccine response totaling $2.4 million.

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$1.3M New Life Science Grant Awarded to University of Arizona

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Researchers at the University of Arizona recently received a $1.3 million new life science grant from the National Institutes of Health. The research funding was awarded in April of 2014 by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The project, entitled “The Cost-Effectiveness of School-Based Supervised Asthma Therapy” is being led by Dr. Lynn Gerald. Dr. Gerald is the Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair, Professor, and a Scientist in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. In addition to this project receiving NIH research funding, her research interests include clinical, behavioral and epidemiological research in asthma, COPD, and tuberculosis.

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Tags: 2014, University of Arizona, new research funding, AZ, UAZ, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Tucson, research grant

NIH Awards $2.7M in Life Science Funding to University of Utah

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Research funding at the University of Utah is on the rise with the latest news of new NIH life science funding awarded to researchers this year. The National Institutes of Health awarded the University of Utah $2.7 million for studies involving data coordinating at the Center for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care. The departments receiving this latest research funding include Pediatrics and the School of Medicine. The funding organization within the National Institutes of Health is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

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New Research Funding Spotlight: University of Texas, Austin

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Tue, Jul 29, 2014

It has been a good year for University of Texas at Austin researchers in terms of new research funding: At least three studies have received upwards of $650,000 in life science funding from the National Institutes of Health. “Remodeling Potential of the Mitral Valve Following Surgical Repair,” the highest NIH-funded life science study so far this year, received $1.3 million. Additionally, “Training Interventions and Genetics of Exercise Response” and “Novel Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Alcoholism Medication Development” received $684,724 and $664,347 respectively.

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$7.2M in Life Science Funding for Genetic Disease Study Awarded to UCLA

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Mon, Jul 28, 2014

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of California, Los Angeles a $7.2 million life science grant to study genetic diseases and develop ways to diagnose rare genetic disorders. UCLA is the only university on the West Coast and one of only three in the United States with a laboratory that can carry out genomic sequence directly usable for patient care, making it the ideal university to receive this life science grant.

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Tags: 2014, CA, new research funding, Southwest, Los Angeles, LAVS, UCLA, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, life science grant, UC Los Angeles

New Research Building Opens With OHSU Life Science Funding

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Oregon Health and Science University along with two other public Oregon schools recently opened a new life sciences building, the state’s largest academic building, on Portland’s South Waterfront. The project received $110 million in life science funding from taxpayers, $92 million in funding from Oregon Health and Science University institutional funding, $83 million from OHSU philanthropy and $10 million from the TriMet regional mass transit agency. The riverfront property for the new research building was donated by the Schnitzer family to help OHSU increase its campus presence in Portland.

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Tags: 2014, new research building, Oregon Health and Science University, Life Science Funding, Oregon, BioResearch Product Faire Front Line Event, OR, OHSU, Portland, life sciences building

Life Science Funding Totals $3M at Oregon State in New NIH Grant

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Wed, Jul 23, 2014

The Oregon State University Superfund Research Program recently received $3 million in life science funding from the National Institutes of Health. This multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary and multi-institution program makes its goal the development of new technologies to assess polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present at many Superfund sites and the analysis of the potential risk these hydrocarbons may have for people who come in contact with them. The NIH Project Information page goes into more details on the goals of the Oregon State University Superfund Research Program:

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$3.1M in Life Science Funding for U. Oregon Zebrafish Database

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Tue, Jul 22, 2014

Researchers at the University of Oregon, Eugene recently received $3.1 million in life science funding from the National Institutes of Health to fund a zebrafish model organism database. Dr. Monte Westerfield, the project leader, is a professor of biology at the University of Oregon. His research interests include understanding the mechanisms that regulate the differentiation of neurons as well as understanding the molecular genetics of ear and eye and development. The NIH Project Information page provides more details on the goals of the study receiving this latest round of life science funding:

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Tags: 2014, UOr, Northwest, University of Oregon, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, OR, Eugene, new grant, new funding

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