Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Executive Post Graduate Program in Patent Protection, Enforcement and Management …
GIIP is inviting applications for the 8-week (full-time) Executive Post Graduate program in Patent Protection, Enforcement and Management starting from 20th February 2012 at GIIP Bangalore center.
The program curriculum has been designed with the sole objective of training professionals, with technical background, which will help them find employment, as a Patent Engineer / Associate / Attorney, with a leading Corporate, MNC, R&D Institution, KPO or Law firm of the…
Dr. Tristan Maurer to Discuss Translational Modeling in Support of Drug Discover …
Rosa & Co. LLC today announced that Dr. Tristan Maurer, Pfizer Inc., will present a webinar “Translational Modeling & Simulation in Support of Rational Drug Discovery: Principles, Challenges, and Examples” on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 1:00 to 2:00 pm EST as part of Rosa’s ongoing monthly public webinar series. The purpose of the series, “Impact of Modeling & Simulation in Drug Development”, is to foster the use of Modeling…
Max Planck Florida Institute Scientists Create First Realistic 3D Reconstruction …
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Max Planck Florida Institute Scientists Create First Realistic
3D Reconstruction of a Brain Circuit
Six Years of Work by Numerous Scientists Yields Important Milestone Toward
3D Model of the Brain
Jupiter, FL, December 8, 2011 – Researchers from the lab of Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD at the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) are reporting that, using a conceptually new approach and…
Dead Sea Scrolls Interviews with Prominent Scholars by BAR Editor Hershel Shanks
The Biblical Archaeology Society, publisher of Biblical Archaeology Review, presents “Scholars on the Scrolls,” a series of three informal yet intriguing interviews with five world-renowned Dead Sea Scroll scholars.
Host Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, chats with experts Weston Fields, George Brooke, Joseph Fitzmyer, James Charlesworth and Sidnie White Crawford about the famous leather, papyrus and copper scrolls discovered between 1947 and 1956 known collectively as the Dead…
New 38.8 Tflops Cluster Opens at the University of Bordeaux
Regional dignitaries, eminent scientists and HPC technologists gather at the University of Bordeaux to celebrate the official opening of “Avakas”, the new Bordeaux 1 super-compute cluster.
Bordeaux, France, 06 December 2011 — ClusterVision, specialist in high performance compute, storage and database clusters, has announced the formal opening of “Avakus”, the new University of Bordeaux HPC Cluster. The 38.8 Tflops (38852 Gflops) supercomputer is installed at the Université Bordeaux 1 Sciences et…
Copernicus Group IRB named a Training Magazine Top 125 company
CGIRB sits among top national, international brands
Dec. 6, 2011, Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, has been named a finalist in Training magazine's annual Top 125, which ranks companies’ excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs.
The final rankings will be announced during Training's 2012 Conference and Expo, scheduled for Feb. 13-15 in Atlanta.
Training determines its Top 125 rankings using benchmark statistics…
Red Comet Successfully Integrated and Launched a Brand New Website and Learning …
Red Comet’s Accredited Online Learning Program for High School Credit Retrieval and Credit Enhancement launches a brand new learning management platform along with a brand new website. Red Comet Offers Self-Paced Online High School Courses to all Students in the United States and Several Other Countries. These Courses are Tuition-Free in Washington State.
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PROSSER, WA – Dec 5, 2011 – Red Comet…
Red Comet Accredited Online High School Learning Program Free for Home Schooled …
Red Comet’s Accredited Online Learning Program for High School Credit Retrieval and Credit Enhancement is now FREE for Home School high school students and private high school students. Red Comet Offers Self-Paced Online High School Courses to all Students in the United States and Several Other Countries. These Courses are Tuition-Free in Washington State.
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Dr. Jay Srinivasan
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Red Comet
972 365 0561
jay@redcomet.org
PROSSER, WA – Dec 5, 2011 –…
Bryant & Stratton College Online Hosts Series of Virtual Open Houses for Prospec …
Prospective students can chat live with admissions and financial aid representatives and get questions about online education answered on December 12, December 28 and January 3
Buffalo, NY, December 07, 2011 - Bryant & Stratton College Online, a premier provider of online Associate’s degree programs, will host a series of Virtual Open House in December and January. The first event will be on Monday, December 12 from 6:00-8:00pm EST. Admissions representatives…
HealthEdSolutions.com Highlights State-Specific Career Resources and Health Tren …
Leading Provider of ACLS Certification Releases Free Online Resources for Pennsylvania and Illinois Paramedics and EMTs
Lincoln, NE, December 06, 2011 - Health Education Solutions, a leading provider of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) online courses and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) online certification, today released a new online special section: Career Resources and Health Trends: Pennsylvania (PA) and Illinois (IL). This series of articles featuring health trends, Illinois and Pennsylvania…
Highly accomplished international museum expert, George Jacob, visited the Young …
Highly accomplished international museum expert, George Jacob, visited the Young India Fellowship (YIF) campus in South Delhi last Friday evening to reveal to Fellows some of the fascinating secrets behind the global museum sector.
Indian-born, Canada-raised Jacob explained how museums have the potential to drive economies, preserve culture and contribute to the collective memory of a community or nation. The Yale graduate has been involved in more than $200 million in…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides the Last Line of Defense against Mycoplasma Co …
New 1-Liter Unit Offers Rapid, High-Capacity Filtration of Cell Culture Media
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has expanded its Thermo Scientific Nalgene 0.1 Micron PES Filter line with a new 1-liter unit, offering customers the broadest size selection on the market for 0.1 micron vacuum filtration of cell culture media to prevent mycoplasma contamination. The new unit incorporates a large 90 mm diameter membrane and…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Offers Energy Efficient Sample Storage
New Thermo Scientific Revco UxF Series of Ultra-low Temperature Freezers Maximize Sample Storage Capacity While Minimizing Energy Usage
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the Thermo Scientific Revco UxF Series of ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers. These innovative new freezers have been designed to provide laboratories with an energy efficient approach to cold storage. The Revco® UxF portfolio incorporates your choice of a high-performance or…
Louis the Frog Launches a Writing Competition for Schools
Louis the Frog is the mascot of his own website www.SpottyGreenFrog.co.uk. He has launched a story writing competition for children.
Prizes for the schools are 4 prizes of £100 to spend on the Spotty Green Frog website plus runners up prizes of £25 (also to spend on the website). The children who win the prizes for their schools will receive individual prizes as well relating to gardening and the…
Ukraine to tap into its extensive alternative energy potential
‘Energy of Nature’, is a project of strategic national importance that will ensure energy security for the country while offering investors unparalleled incentives to encourage the construction and operation of renewable energy power stations
2 December 2011; Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukraine is diversifying its energy sources and turning to harnessing its considerable renewable energy potential. The ‘Energy of Nature’ project offers solutions to much of Ukraine’s short term energy…
225 Preschoolers Compete On Annual Sports Meet
Leapbridge International Pre-School celebrates its Annual Sports Meet with hoopla
Pune, Maharashtra, December 6, 2011 – Leapbridge International Pre-School celebrated its Annual Sports Meet on 3rd December at Shree Mahavir Jain Vidhyalaya. Event commenced at 8:15 AM by a welcome ceremony followed by an awe-inspiring Torch Bearer escapade performed by Nursery Kids.
The founder director of Leapbridge Education, Mr. Ketan Gala, declared the sports meet open after the student of Kindergarten…
Childrens Cognitive Development
Genuine education is about the joys of discovery and the deep satisfaction of realizing one's potential.day care 60555,preschool 60542. At Prairie View Montessori our goal is to create an environment where this can happen for every child, at every age. The Montessori approach provides education for life.Montessori children's development where they could learn certain skills easier,called "sensitive periods". Montessori Children's Garden Aurora, IL 60504 School Profile. The school profile includes…
Index Study Reveals United States-Israel Relationship in Innovation-Related Acti …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 30, 2011 – The United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation (USISTF), a Washington-based non-profit organization that facilitates R&D collaboration between the U.S. and Israel for the advancement of science and technology, today announced the findings of its first-annual U.S.-Israel Innovation Index (USI3) [insert link to landing page] at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Index, which measures and tracks Israel’s and eight other nation’s…
Samvit 2011 – IIM Luckmow’s Annual Leadership Summit – December 3,2011
Sinking World Economy and its implications for Indian Businesses
Samvit 2011 - The Annual Leadership Summit of IIM Lucknow would be held on December 3, 2011. Samvit meaning “the potency of knowledge” was conceptualised as IIM Lucknow’s Annual Leadership Summit to bring the best from the Industry to interact with the students. Samvit represents the melting pot of unexplored ideas and a platform for discussing burning issues and events in the…
Career Webinar for Military Spouses Shows How to Land a Job Before a Base Transf …
Bryant & Stratton College Online and SalutetoSpouses.com host free webinar highlighting job search, resume and interview tips for military spouses on December 8
Buffalo, NY, December 01, 2011 - Bryant and Stratton College Online and SalutetoSpouses.com announced today a free career webinar for military spouses. The webinar, “Score a New Job Before Packing Your First PCS Box,” will be held on December 8 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST and…
HIU Students Benefit from Cloud Library System
12/01/11 Fullerton, CA- Robin Hartman (BA ’81), Director of Library Services at Hope International University (HIU), is a trend setter in the library services industry. Her implementation of a web based integrated library system has reaped rewards for HIU students. Hope’s Hugh and Hazel Darling Library is so far one of only 31 libraries worldwide to transition into using an online or “cloud” system.
In a WebEx session on November…
Cresset Introduces New Support Resources for FieldStere
Cresset has introduced a new range of support resources following the recent release of FieldStere V3.0, a key software tool aiding chemists in designing novel active molecules. In addition to phone, email and webinar support, Cresset now introduces software tutorial videos and case studies to provide insight into the features and benefits of FieldStere. The company anticipates that these resources will make the already intuitive software even more accessible…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New, Highly Efficient Cryogenic Storage Soluti …
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced new Thermo Scientific CryoExtra high-efficiency cryogenic storage containers, which provide greater sample-storage capacity in a smaller footprint.
The CryoExtra™ vacuum-insulated, stainless steel vessels are available in four different sizes, from 407 liters to 1,630 liters, accommodating both vapor- and liquid-phase storage. These containers minimize top-to-bottom temperature variation, preserving the integrity of critical cryogenically frozen samples. Its innovative lid…
OGT Launches New Website Providing Authoritative Resource Aiding Molecular Medic …
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has launched its brand new website. The new content-rich site provides authoritative insight into the latest developments, tools and issues in genomics research. Intuitive navigation makes it easy for users to find relevant resources matching their requirements, including insightful whitepapers and application notes, discussion topics via the new forum section, as well as detailed…
11/29/11 Fullerton, CA - HIU Students Share their Voices for CollegeTown Develop …
Over 400 people were in attendance on Thursday, November 17, when Hope International University (HIU) hosted its CollegeTown Preview event. Held in conjunction with Fall Preview Day, a day that shows prospective students what it means to attend a private Christian University in Fullerton, the CollegeTown event invited current and prospective HIU students to share their opinions about the expansion project by taking a brief ten-minute survey. Over 100 students…
Troubleshooting and Optimizing Mutagenesis
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, provides in-depth protocols and troubleshooting suggestions for your mutagenesis applications. As part of the new, free-to-download IDT Mutagenesis Applications Guide, an extensive troubleshooting section makes it possible to optimize your mutagenesis experiments for the best possible resulting data. Everything from primer design, reaction setup, ligation and transformation efficiency, to specific reaction components and PCR parameters, are covered. The guide provides…
Apeejay Stya University introduces Spring Semester system from this academic yea …
Classes to Start from January 2012
This system is internationally adopted by the leading Ivy League Universities
Gurgaon, November 28, 2011: In a pioneering initiative, Apeejay Stya University (ASU), Gurgaon introduces Spring Semester from this academic year 2011-2012. Apeejay Stya University (ASU), Gurgaon, one of the India’s first University established on the philosophy of Liberal Arts and is also among a few Indian universities, which allows this kind of academic freedom.
The admissions…
LED Light Bulbs: The Preferred Lighting Solution for your Business
One bright light in our less than brilliant economy is the unprecedented growth in the LED technology sector. Green Lantern Industries, a leader in commercial LED lighting, reports an astonishing 108% market growth in 2010 fueled by the adoption of LED backlighting technology in flat screen TVs. This surge in manufacturing capacity has resulted in unforeseen benefits to the LED lighting market. Green Lantern reports that this capacity scale-up has…
TARTAGLIA COMMS. TAPPED BY MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE (MPFI) Part of Germany’s …
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Part of Germany’s Prestigious Max Planck Society, MPFI is First And Only Institute of Its Kind in North America; Research Focus is on Brain Circuitry
SOMERSET, NJ – November 28, 2011 - Tartaglia Communications has been named to manage national public relations, marketing and scientific writing for the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI), a leader…
IIM Lucknow Hosts Entrepreneurship Summit 2011 from November 25-27, 2011
IIM Lucknow hosted the “Entrepreneurship Summit-2011” from November 25-27, 2011. The Entrepreneurship summit is the flagship event of the entrepreneurship cell of IIM Lucknow, conducted annually. This year the event was spread over three days and the theme was “Entrepreneurship: The rising tide in uncertain times”. The theme was chosen to emulate the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in the present global economic scenario and the emphasis would be…
Innovative Education Portal TopperLearning.com introduces new age learning Proce …
TopperLearning.com is an innovative online education portal which helps students realize their potential and helps them achieve their individual goals. TopperLearning.com aims to cater to all the academic needs of students and help them grow beyond regular tuition. This education portal is different from other regular portals, thanks to its unique and advanced learning resources which facilitate the process of quick and retentive learning.
This education portal makes use of…
JNV Kajra Regional Science Congress Concludes
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya – JNV Kajra http://jnvkajra.org/ was the host school for conducting the Regional Science Congress 2011 revolving around the theme International Year of Chemistry - IYC. Kajra situated between Pilani and Surajgarh is well known for the Kajaria Havelis belonging to the captains of the industrial house of globally reputed Kajaria Ceramics.
The school was established in 1994 under the National Policy on Education, 1986 under the Ministry…
Contract Law & Legal Document Drafting Seminar/Workshop
The team at the British Law Centre provide excellent legal English through distance learning by offering legal English courses online and have been tremendously successful, receiving many accolades for their work. The British Legal Centre is now offering legal professionals and students the chance to attend their Contract Law & Legal Document Drafting seminar. This two day workshop is an outstanding opportunity for both practising lawyers, law students and those…
Brand New Site Launched Giving Tips and Review on Dog Foods
Adelaide, Australia: A new website created for people who are looking for information about dog food has just been launched with the purpose of providing accurate information on different type of leading dog food brands available on the market today.
“I created this website to help people who are looking information on various type of dog food brand” said Wilson Tiong. “As a dog lover myself, I understand that choosing…
OGT Hosts Successful Targeted Sequencing Workshop at ICHG/ASHG 2011
Busy seminar attracts significant interest in OGT’s Genefficiency™ genomic analysis services
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, recently hosted a highly successful seminar at the International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) meeting in Montreal, Canada. The workshop, entitled “Adding value through analysis”, was well attended and outlined how the company’s Genefficiency™ Targeted Sequencing Service can be utilised to deliver rapid…
Five-day induction program kicks off Strathclyde Skil Business School year
A five-day session from September 19-23 introduced the first program to be offered from the Strathclyde Skil Business School (SSBS) campus in Greater Nodia - the Masters in Management (MiM).
As Prof. Bhimaraya Metri, Dean, SSBS has said: “This two-year Masters builds on Strathclyde's long established excellence in research and teaching.
“Students will be awarded a degree by the University of Strathclyde – a UK institution – one of Europe’s top 20…
Largest Chinese University extends Exchange Programme to Era Business School
In a move sure to strengthen academic and cultural ties, Schiuan University in the People's Republic of China and Era Business School (EBS) of Delhi have established an extensive exchange program.
Delegates from Schiuan University, one of the largest universities in China with about 70,000 students, visited the Era Business School campus to formalize a collaborative partnership between two institutions.
The Schiuan University delegation, led by Professor Shi Jian, vice-president and Tang…
Innovative Solutions Bulgaria Buys MEMS Fab
Sofia/Bulgaria, November 25th, 2011
Innovative Solutions Bulgaria Ltd. today announced the acquisition of Bulgaria’s largest MEMS fab, which is located in the north of Sofia and has been newly built and equipped in 2004. This new facility provides Innovative Solutions Bulgaria, manufacturer of the BudgetSensors® line of AFM probes and AFM calibration standards, with the much needed space for the expansion of its production capacity.
The acquisition of the new fab will…
Anagnostics and Sony DADC announce European collaboration
Sony DADC is taking charge of production of the smart consumables components of Anagnostics’ hybcell-tests. This joint development of the hybcell tests will enhance the effectiveness of the laboratory tests and advance the integration and automation of their production.
Sony DADC BioSciences is a worldwide leader in the development and production of plastic consumables and technical coatings used in medical technology. The company, based in Anif near Salzburg, is particularly successful…
Adelphi Receives NYS Grant for Teacher Preparation Program in Bilingual Science …
GARDEN CITY, NY, November 2011—Adelphi University was awarded a grant for $816,016 from the New York State Education Department to run “Project BEST: Bilingual Educators in Science and Technology,” a pilot program where a select group of 16 graduate students will be certified in science education (in their discipline) with a bilingual extension for grades 7-12. Adelphi University Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Assistant Professor Tracy Hogan is the…
Arthavyuh 2011 at IMT Nagpur
IMT Nagpur just finished celebrating its annual flagship event Arthavyuh 2011 organized by Finance Forum “Finaholics” on 8th and 9th October at Nagpur campus.
The event was inaugurated by Mr. Ajit Banerjee, Vice President, Finance & Investments, Bharti AXA General Insurance, in presence of faculty members Mr. Pawan Jain and Kulbir Singh. A number of activities including finance games, guest lectures, panel discussion, movie screening etc. were organized by the organizers…
Suresh Narasimhan Global Head of Transformation Nokia Siemens Visits Shridhar Un …
A quote attributed to former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi "There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there" means much more than a mere quote.
Suresh is Global Head of Transformation and Cross Domain Sales at Nokia Siemens Networks, currently based out of their Global Services HQ in…
Minglebox.com Upgrades Android App CAT Prep with XAT/MAT and GK Content
Minglebox.com Upgrades Android App CAT Prep with XAT/MAT and GK Content
An application for students to utilize their Android Phones as an exam preparation tool
Bangalore, November, 2011: With CAT Prep being a tremendous success and CAT exam getting successfully completed, Minglebox has now upgraded CAT prep with XAT/MAT and other GK content for suiting the needs of other MBA audiences as well. Within…
Jobsweek.in a leading online government jobs opening news provider in India
Jobsweek.in a leading online Government Jobs opening news provider in India, since its launch in August’2010 it has helped millions of government jobs seekers and advised unemployed people to get the right path to their career.
There are limited resources for government jobs openings, people are lacking information the only way is to find the government jobs information is Government department published weekly employment news paper but it is…
Reinnervate to present and exhibit at the American Society for Cell Biology annu …
Reinnervate, the expert in making routine 3D cell culture a reality, has announced that the company will exhibit and present at this year’s American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual conference (Denver, USA, 3 – 7th December 2011). Reinnervate’s Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Stefan Przyborski, will deliver a case study presentation at 18.15 on Sunday 4th December entitled ‘Enabling Routine 3D Cell Culture for Disease Modelling, Toxicity Screening and Safety…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Rapid and Efficient Nucleic Acid Purification
Informative Thermo Scientific KingFisher Nucleic Acid Purification Kits Online Video Provides an Educational Overview of the Powerful, Flexible System
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has released an educational video on its new range of Thermo Scientific KingFisher nucleic acid purification kits for enhanced sample processing. The new kits combine seamlessly with the Thermo Scientific KingFisher magnetic particle processors to maximize the speed and efficiency of user…
Evolutionary practices in schools can benefit at-risk students: Can also work fo …
BINGHAMTON, NY- Helping at-risk high schoolers succeed in the classroom has always been difficult. Binghamton University Professor David Sloan Wilson thinks that he has a solution: design a school program that draws upon general theories of social behavior.
Wilson, who has studied the evolution of social behavior throughout his career, recently had an opportunity to advise a new program for at-risk 9th and 10th graders in the upstate community of Binghamton,…
Reinnervate and Mirus Bio announce collaboration with the launch of the new 3D T …
Reinnervate (Sedgefield, UK) and Mirus Bio (Madison, USA) today announced a commercial agreement to launch a new range of products for the transfection of cells cultured in 3D.
Under the agreement, Mirus will produce and sell kits combining TransIT®-3D Transfection Reagent, alvetex® 3D cell culture plates and detailed protocols for achieving transfection of selected cell lines growing in 3D.
The kits will enable scientists to evaluate the growth of cells in 3D,…
IDT DsiRNAs Used to Map Pain Pathways in the CNS
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, distributes the highly informative newsletter, DECODED. In this quarter’s edition the work carried out by Dr Philippe Sarret and colleagues is discussed in detail. Sarret’s laboratory is based at the Université de Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada), where researchers are investigating novel ways to develop analgesics and are the first to attempt RNA interference (RNAi) via direct in vivo targeting of genes…
Mosaic™ Brings the Pieces Together
Titian’s Mosaic sample management software seamlessly integrates with all industry-standard automated vial stores
Leading sample management software provider, Titian Software, has announced that Mosaic™, the premier sample management software, can now integrate with Matrical Biosciences automated stores. This development means that Mosaic is capable of interfacing with all industry accepted compound stores. Well-known for delivering fast, efficient and fully traceable workflows for storing and preparing samples ready for use, Mosaic…
