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UC Davis Researchers Focus on Biotech and Receive $4M Grants

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Mar 23, 2015

optical microscope biotechnologyTwo prominent researchers at UC Davis are under a microscope for their work in stem-cell biotechnology. The pair from University of California, Davis was awarded close to $4 million in funding to improve biotechnology intended for physicians studying stem cell treatments.

The two grant awards, of over $1.8 million each, were awarded to Laura Marcu and Kent Leach by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to continue developing technology that is used in stem cell treatments for vascular disease, bone and cartilage repair.

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Tags: CA, Stem cell research, California, 2015, UCDMC, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Biotechnology, Sacramento, Davis, UC Davis - Medical Center, UCD

Sugary Drinks may Cost you More Than You Think

Posted by David Larsen on Mon, Jan 05, 2015

Sugar-sweetened soda consumption might promote disease independently from its role in obesity, according to UC San Francisco researchers who found in a new study that drinking sugary drinks was associated with cell aging.

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Tags: California, 2015, San Diego, UCDMC, San Francisco, UCSD, UC San Diego, UCSF, Sacramento, UC San Francisco, UC Davis - Medical Center, Northern California BioResearch, San Francisco at Mission Bay, San Francisco Bay Area

Recent NIH Post Doc Salary Increases

Posted by BCI Staff on Tue, Apr 01, 2014

Remember life as a starving student?  How about grad school? How about  your post doctoral fellowship?

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Tags: 2014, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Life Science Event, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, UC Riverside, UC San Francisco, UC Davis - Medical Center, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, post doc, salary, UC Los Angeles

Animal Science Researchers Receive $9.75M USDA Funding

Posted by BCI Staff on Fri, Apr 22, 2011


Cows get pneumonia, or bovine respiratory disease, and it kills more than a million of them each year, making BRD the leading cause of (accidental) death for beef and dairy cattle.  That translates to a loss of about $692 Million annually.  To combat this loss, the USDA has just invested $9.75 Million in a 5-year project to come up with genomic and management approaches to the BRD problem.

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Tags: CA, Bioresearch funding, animal research, Southwest, animal science, UCDMC, Research Funding, Davis, UC Davis - Medical Center, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event, 2011

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