Researchers at the University of Arizona’s Arizona Cancer Center received a $3.7 million renewal of funding this year for cancer research. Led by David Alberts, who, according to the University of Arizona website, has made his career’s focus researching translational cancer prevention and treatment, the center was awarded the research funding by the NIH earlier this year. Alberts’ research teams work in laboratory-based and clinical research settings studying the chemoprevention and treatment of breast cancer, colon cancer, ovary cancer and skin cancer. The NIH RePORTER provides more information on the Arizona Cancer Center in the funding abstract:
Read More
Tags:
2013,
University of Arizona,
UAZ,
NIH funding,
NSF funding
Researchers at Ohio State University received a $4.3 million Cancer Center Support Grant from the NIH this year. Led by Dr. Michael Caligiuri, the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of only 41 designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation. According to the Ohio State University website, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute are focused on creating a better understanding of laboratory, clinical and population-based cancer research. Researchers at Ohio State University make it their goal to develop more effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis and therapies.
Read More
Tags:
2013,
Ohio State University,
Ohio,
Ohio State,
OhStu,
NIH grant,
NSF funding
Duke University’s Duke Forward program, a five-year, $3.25 billion fundraising campaign, has been going well this past year. Between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, Duke University received $410.9 million in philanthropic contributions. According to a Duke University news article, this is the highest annual donations total in the university’s history.
Read More
Tags:
2013,
Duke University,
North Carolina,
Duke
Researchers at Columbia University recently received a $5.9 million grant from the NIH for the university’s Support the Implementation and Expansion of High-Quality HIV Care and Prevention program. According to the NIH RePORTER, the project leader is David Hoos, MD. Columbia University’s HIV Prevention and Treatment Research webpage says of their HIV prevention goals:
Read More
Tags:
2013,
New York,
Columbia University,
Columbia
Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. selects a winner of our Five Star Program at the end of every life science show who demonstrated outstanding communication and marketing skills in working to sell lab equipment and life science products. Our Five Star Winners communicate well with attendees, demonstrate their products, compose themselves professionally and create eye-catching displays. Generally, our Five Star Winners attract a large number of attendees to their table, work until the very end of the show and do an excellent job communicating their product’s message.
Read More
Tags:
Emory University,
2013,
University of Georgia Athens,
Duke University,
5-Star Winners,
5-Star Program,
South,
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,
Emory,
UGA,
Duke,
UNC
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington Cancer Consortium recently received $9.8 million this year in the form of a Cancer Center Support Grant from the NIH. Corey Lawrence, President of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was also listed as the project’s leader. According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center website, Lawrence is an internationally respected expert in virology, immunology and vaccine development whose research focuses on herpes viruses, HIV and other viral infections, especially those connected with cancer.
Read More
Tags:
2013,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Washington,
WA,
NIH grant,
Hutch
Researchers at Rockefeller University received a $1.9 million NIH grant this year for the project “Identification of Cell Type-Specific Actions of Antipsychotic Drugs.” The study is being led by Paul Greengard, PhD. According to the Rockefeller University webpage, Greengard’s research aims are to understand the molecular basis of communication between neurons in the brain in mammals, clarify the molecular defects responsible for a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders and determine the molecular mechanisms by which neuro- and psychoactive drugs produce their pharmacological actions.
Read More
Tags:
Rockefeller University,
2013,
New York,
RockU,
NIH funding
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently received a $3.5 million NIH award for their study “Gene Expression Patterns in Human Tumors Identified Using Transcript Sequencing.” The study is being led by Charles Perou, PhD. According to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website, Dr. Perou is a distinguished professor of genomics at the university whose research interests include characterizing the biological diversity of human tumors using genomics, molecular genetics and cell biology.
Read More
Tags:
2013,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina,
NIH award,
UNC
Lab suppliers working to sell lab products and life science products may be interested in the latest funding news at Emory University. Recently this year, Emory University researchers led by Dr. Bali Pulendran received a $2.9 million NIH award to study systems biological analysis of innate and adaptive responses to vaccination. According to the Emory University website, Dr. Pulendran is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. The NIH RePORTER includes an abstract with a description of the project receiving funding, which says:
Read More
Tags:
Emory University,
2013,
Georgia,
Emory,
NIH award
At the end of each Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. event, we announce the winner of our Five Star Program who went the extra mile as an exhibitor to sell their life science products and lab products. Our Five Star Winners engage with researchers, put a lot of work into creating eye-catching displays, conduct equipment demonstrations, and interact with attendees in an exceedingly professional way. We launched our Five Star Program in 2011 as a way of recognizing and rewarding the best sales reps at our life science marketing events.
Read More
Tags:
University of California San Diego,
University of California San Francisco,
2013,
University of Southern California,
University of California Berkeley,
University of California Davis,
Anschutz Medical,
Texas A&M University,
Texas Medical Center,
UNR,
Southwest,
5-Star Winners,
5-Star Program,
USC,
Colorado State University Fort Collins,
Colorado State University,
National Jewish Health,
Southwest life science marketing events,
LAVS,
SDVS,
TAMU,
tmc,
UCDMC,
SFVS,
UCO,
UCBerk,
CSUFC,
NJH,
Fitz,
CoSTU
