Archive for July, 2007

ImClone’s earnings fall as drug faces competition (The Star-Ledger)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

ImClone Systems, a biotechnology company with operations in New Jersey, said yesterday second-quarter earnings fell as competition bit into sales of its cancer drug Erbitux.

Original post by Lyle

InNexus Appoints FDA Expert Dr. Jur Strobos to Chief Medical Officer (wallstreet:online AG)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (OTCBB: IXSBF, TSX VENTURE: IXS), a drug development company commercializing

Original post by Lyle

Signal Processing Quick Study Guide. FREE first 2 chapters in the trial version (All About Symbian)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Boost Your grades with this illustrated quick-study guide. Use it from an undergraduate school all the way to graduate school and beyond. FREE first 2 chapters in the trial version

Original post by Lyle

Television chefs filled in as teachers for youngster (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

John Pick-Jacobs’ mother didn’t cook much while he was growing up, and neither did his grandmother, who helped raise him in a single-parent household. But his grandmother did love watching cooking shows on television. …

Original post by Lyle

Wyatt Technology’s Dynapro Dynamic Light Scattering (Dls) Instrument Used In Innovative Study Of Complex Assembly And … (PharmaceuticalOnline)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software announced its instruments have been selected by scientists at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health and Science Center, San Antonio to study the dynamics of macromolecular complex assembly and disassembly.

Original post by Lyle

ESU chapter of scientific research honors teachers, students (Pocono Record)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

The East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Chapter of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research honor society, recently honored three area teachers and 25 ESU students for excellence in scholarly pursuits of the sciences.

Original post by Lyle

Green Korn USO (antiMUSIC)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

(PR) Korn announced today that they will be joining the effort to tour green by fueling all their vehicles with bio-diesel. This effort will lessen their environmental impact on this year’s Family Values Tour by using domestically produced bio-fuels in all 16 of their touring vehicles.

Original post by Lyle

Pavan named University Division Academic All-American of the Year (Lincoln Journal Star)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Another day, another impressive award for Nebraska volleyball star Sarah Pavan. This year’s Honda-Broderick Cup winner — recognizing the top female student-athlete at the NCAA Division I level — Pavan was named Monday as the University Division Academic All-American of the Year.

Original post by Lyle

Some recent science

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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Original post by John Nicklin

World climate predictors right only half the time

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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Original post by John Nicklin

MitoPharm Founder Dr. Robert Ko in Collaboration with Dr. Ka-Ming Ng and the Hong Kong University of Science and … (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

MitoPharm Corporation, Inc. (Pinksheets: MTPM), today announced that its founder, Dr. Robert Ko, is introducing a new, commercial - scale process for the extraction of “(-) Schisandrin B″ and “Schisandrin B.”

Original post by Lyle

First biofuel in NZ goes on sale (TVNZ)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Gull is being congratulated for selling New Zealand’s first biofuel at the pump. The company has launched Gull Force 10 in Auckland. It consists of 10% bio-ethanol made from whey.

Original post by Lyle

Kemper funds redistributed (Maneater)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Grant continues to provide for outstanding faculty members. The number of faculty members who receive the anticipated yearly bonuses at MU have decreased in the past two years, but funds for the gifts haven’t disappeared.

Original post by Lyle

University programs (The Hill)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Georgetown University’s Center for Professional Development offers a broad range of courses, geared toward academic inquiry and effective management techniques. Courses are held in the center in Arlington, Va.

Original post by Lyle

Maya Hammoud receives Distinguished Service Award (The Peninsula)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

DOHA • Maya Hammoud, M D, Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, received the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in a ceremony this spring.

Original post by Lyle