Press Releases from PR&D - Public Relations for Research & Development (7 total)
BALZAN PRIZES 2008: PRIZE WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED ON 8 SEPTEMBER
Vienna, 2 September 2008. The International Balzan Foundation will announce the winners of this year’s prestigious Balzan prizes on 8 September 2008 in Milan. The foundation will be awarding the prizes in honour of exceptional research in Preventive Medicine, the Science of Climate Change, the Visual Arts Since 1700 and Moral Philosophy. The prizes, which are each worth one million Swiss Francs, are to be presented on 21 November in…
"Wanted - spaceship engine noise" Intelligent sound database developed
St. Poelten, AUSTRIA 26 May 2008 – From 30 May 2008, media producers will be able to access an efficient and easy-to-use new technology that will help them track down the sound effects they need. After two and a half years of development work, the AllThatSounds (ATS) intelligent database for sounds and noises is going online at allthatsounds.net . The database has been designed and developed by a research…
EU TEAM DEVELOPS NEW ALZHEIMER'S VACCINE FROM AUSTRIA
A recently approved project of the sixth EU Framework Programme – MimoVax – is focussing on a new target for an Alzheimer's vaccine. The project, coordinated by the Austrian company Affiris GmbH, centres on the use of immune reactions to combat previously overlooked forms of the beta-amyloid that cause Alzheimer's disease. It is being run by seven partner organisations from three countries and has received an exceptionally positive response from…
EQUAL PAY. BETTER PERFORMANCE. EXPERIMENT REVEALS: STANDARDISED CONTRACTS MAKE E …
Standardised employment contracts based on the \"equal work, equal pay\" principle boost motivation. There is a clear increase in performance levels and market efficiency compared to working conditions based on individually negotiated contracts. This important finding was uncovered by scientists from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, as they analysed results from an economic experiment. The project, supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), has attracted great interest in Austria, as…
Vienna: The Human Genome on 6 x 4 cm - Symposium on Molecular Diagnostics
The importance of molecular diagnostics for cancer treatment is set to increase significantly in coming years, according to a symposium held yesterday in Vienna. The reason for organising the symposium was the acquisition of a cutting-edge microarray analyser as part of the EU OVCAD (Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis) project. The device provides what is currently the most sensitive technology for analysing the activity of all human genes and therefore enables the…
Campus Vienna Biocenter: Nanostructures of the Infective Apparatus of Salmonella
In Salmonella, structural changes to the molecular infection apparatus also signal an end to its further assembly. The mechanistic details of this sophisticated feedback system, which takes place at molecular level, have now been published in NATURE. Better understanding of how this pathogen’s needle-like secretion injectisome is formed will offer new approaches to preventing the infection process in future. The results obtained by the team of Thomas Marlovits, joint IMP-IMBA…
Genetic Fingerprint unmasks Microbial Vandals
For the first time DNA analysis can identify paper-degrading microorganisms. This is made possible by a molecular process developed for fungal infected documents at the University of Vienna with support from the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Fungal species can now be clearly identified by means of a DNA region known as ITS1, making it easier to choose effective countermeasures for conserving historic documents.
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