Science Market Update

$1 Million Grant Awarded to UC Research Team for "Super-sunscreen"

Posted by Sam Asher on Thu, Jul 31, 2014

The heat of summer brings us out into the water and directly in the line of fire of the sun’s UV radiation. Many of us grumble about applying sunscreen and wish it could be simply applied once for the whole summer. Thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a research team at the University of Cincinnati is developing a topical cream that makes this fantasy possible by taking UV protection to a new level.

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Tags: 2014, Midwest, University of Cincinnati, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Cincinnati, OH, UCinci

U Alabama: Researchers Discovered an Improved Method to screen HPV

Posted by Anita Zhang on Wed, Jul 30, 2014

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are believed to be caused by HPV infection, which cause more than 270,000 deaths annually. Of the more than 85% are in developing countries.

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Tags: 2014, University of Alabama, BioResearch Product Faire Event, UAlab, Birmingham, AL

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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Tags: 2014, University of Texas Austin, Life Science Funding, Texas, UTAustin, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, TX, new funding, Ausin

$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

OSU Drug Explodes E. Coli

Posted by Sam Asher on Thu, Jul 24, 2014

If a malicious bacterium seems particularly hardy in the face of current treatments, it’s probably only because we haven’t discovered its secret weakness. This seems to be the prevailing ideology at Ohio State University: earlier this month we saw how deactivating a single gene starves Salmonella and renders it essentially harmless. Now OSU researchers have pinpointed a protein in E. coli that, when inhibited, causes the bacteria to explode.

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Tags: 2014, Midwest, Ohio State University, Ohio, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Columbus, OhStu

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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Tags: 2014, Oregon State University, BioResearch Product Faire Event, OR, Corvallis, research grant, new funding, ORSTU, Oregeon

$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

Research Funding Spotlight: U. Wisconsin University Research Park

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Mon, Jul 21, 2014

One of the best ways to get results marketing lab supplies is to increase your lab supply company’s brand recognition at a well-funded research campus. Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. often spotlights major research funding news at the institutions with which we organize our life science vendor shows. This week, we would like to give our readers some useful research funding information on the University of Wisconsin's University Research Park.

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Tags: 2014, University of Wisconsin Madison Research Park, WI, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Madison, UWiscRP, University of Wisconsin Research Park, BioResearch Product Faire Front Line Event, Research Funding, Madison

Life Science Grant Worth $8.1M Awarded to University of Alabama

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Jul 18, 2014

Researchers at the University of Alabama recently received $8.1 million in life science funding from the National Institutes of Health for a study involving the etiology of geographic and racial differences in stroke. The life science grant was awarded in January of 2014 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a branch within the National Institutes of Health.

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Tags: 2014, new research funding, Alabama, University of Alabama, University of Alabama Birmingham, BioResearch Product Faire Event, UAlab, Birmingham, AL, new grant

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