Science Market Update

Stanford Receives $50M Booster Shot from Gates Foundation

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Mar 02, 2015

syringeLife science researchers at Stanford University are getting a booster shot from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has pledged to give $50 million over the next 10 years to establish the Stanford Human Systems Immunology Center on the school's California campus.

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Tags: CA, AIDS Research, California, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, AIDS vaccine research, research grants, new building expansion

UCSB Researchers Participate in Initiative Awarded $1.9M

Posted by Robert Larkin on Wed, Feb 25, 2015

stormcloudsImportant things are on the horizon for scientists at UCSB.

Several researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara will take part in the newly funded UC-wide Institute for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts (ISEECI). Biology professor Barry Sinervo from UC Santa Cruz is heading the initiative, which was awarded $1.9 million in 2014 as part of the UC President’s Research Catalyst Award.

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Tags: CA, California, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Front Line Event, Research Funding, UCSB, Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara

USC Receives $300k for Stem Cell Fellowships

Posted by Robert Larkin on Wed, Feb 25, 2015

young-scientistYoung scientists often contribute in spectacular ways to bioresearch. Without adequate funding, however, many important and dedicated junior scientists are limited in how they are able to contribute to scientific understanding.

Paying for lab equipment, salaries, and adequate research resources can all be limiting factors for some scientists, but perhaps not for junior post doctoral fellows working on stem cell research at the University of Southern California.

Thanks to a recent gift from the Hearst Foundations to USC in the amount of $300,000, exceptional junior postdoctoral fellows can continue to pursue stem cell research and work on important projects at USC.

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Tags: CA, University of Southern California, Stem cell research, California, USC, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, Life Science, post doc, Bioreseach

UC Riverside Bioresearcher Awarded $1M for Mosquito Studies

Posted by Robert Larkin on Fri, Feb 20, 2015

mosquitoMosquito bites and the deadly diseases they transmit are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are biting back- thanks, in part, to grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling nearly $1 million.

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Tags: CA, University of California Riverside, California, 2015, life sciences research, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, UCR, NIH grants

UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine receives $50M

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Feb 09, 2015

geffen2The sciences of medical care, medical teaching and bioresearch at University of California, Los Angeles have received a boost in the form of an unrestricted gift of $50 million. Given to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA from the estate of Irma and Norman Switzer, the gift was announced Nov. 12 at a gathering of faculty, staff members, the school’s board of visitors and friends of the Switzer family.  

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Tags: CA, cardiovascular research, California, Los Angeles, 2015, LAVS, UCLA, Research Funding, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event

Berkeley Continues to go “Green” in a $100B+ Industry

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Feb 02, 2015

dewGoing “green” in chemistry has become a lot more lucrative than was anticipated just 18 short months ago. In June of 2013, Biotechnology Calendar Inc. reported that the green chemistry market was expected to grow from $2.8 billion in 2011 to $98.5B by 2020 and will save the industry $65.5B. However, recent reports indicate that we may actually see growth in the bio-based chemicals market from $78B in 2012 to $198B by 2017, eventually accounting for 50% of the chemicals market by 2050. 

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Tags: CA, University of California Berkeley, chemical research, California, 2015, Berkeley, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, green life science research

UCSF Makes Lemonade, Receives $1.35M for Pediatric Bioresearch

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Jan 20, 2015

lemonsWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade… and if you’ve got lemonade, make a lemonade stand. However, when Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation gives you millions in research funding, now you can help cure childhood cancer. Thanks to a little girl who once made lemonade to raise money for childhood cancer research, two UC San Francisco faculty members are among researchers being nationally acknowledged for their work in pediatric oncology.

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Tags: CA, Bioresearch funding, Leukemia, California, Pediatric Cancer Research, grants, 2015, Biotechnology, Life Science, UCSF, San Francisco at Mission Bay, cancer research funding, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event

USC Bioresearchers Hope to Halt Cancer Growth

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Jan 19, 2015

stopUSC researchers Heinz-Josef Lenz and Min Yu are hoping to put a stop to cancer…literally. Though differing in methodology and the specific foci of their research, both Lenz and Yu are working towards halting cancer proliferation via their groundbreaking research at USC.

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Tags: CA, Bioresearch, breast cancer, breast cancer research, cancer research, California, USC, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event

Dirty Secrets about Hand Soap

Posted by David Larsen on Mon, Jan 12, 2015


The American Society for Microbiology released a study that showed some interesting results about whether or not people are actually washing their hands. Here are some results of the findings. 

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Tags: CA, Microbiology, California, 2015, Chemicals, UCDMC, BioResearch Product Faire Event

Turning on the Fat-Burning Gene at USC

Posted by Sam Asher on Thu, Jan 08, 2015

As we usher in the new year, many resolve to burn off the fat they stored up during the holiday season. We talked about how biotechnology can help with this endeavor last year in our article about burning fat like a squirrel. Just in time to ring in 2015, the University of Southern California has released a study about a revolutionary way to control fat storage.

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Tags: CA, University of Southern California, California, USC, 2015

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