Dec. 21, 2011

Eppendorf Young Investigator Award 2012: Call for Entries!

Eppendorf Young Investigator Award 2012: Until 15 January 2012, young researchers working in Europe who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply. This highly prestigious prize was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. moreAug. 03, 2011

KNOSSOS and RESCOP - Unraveling the Neural Network of the Brain

KNOSSOS and RESCOP, are two new computer programs that a research team from the Heidelberg-based Max Planck Institute for Medical Research developed for the fast and accurate reconstruction of neural networks. They mapped more than 100 neurons - and they did so faster and more accurately than with previous methods. Until now, mapping this vast network posed a practically insurmountable challenge to scientists. moreAug. 03, 2011

Beckman Coulter Genomics Launches Automated Target Capture Sequencing Service

Beckman Coulter Genomics has announced a completely automated, high-capacity, target capture sequencing service that delivers quality sequencing data and streamlines sample preparation for targeted next generation sequencing.
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Top Scientist 2011 Award

International p.b.i. celebrates its 55th Anniversary in 2011 and will present the "Top Scientist 2011 Award" to a scientist that has been a major contributor to the dissemination of science and research in the food, dairy and biotech industries. The Award will be presented during the "Grand Gala of Food Science" to be held in Milan on December 2, 2011. moreAug. 01, 2011

Merck Millipore Completed Acquisition of Biotest AG

Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the microbiology business of Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany. moreAug. 01, 2011

Acids Transformed into Bases

Transforming a family of compounds which are acids into bases, this phenomena was now achieved by chemists at the University of California-Riverside. As our chemistry lab sessions have taught us, acids are substances that taste sour and react with metals and bases (bases are the chemical opposite of acids). For example, compounds of the element boron are acidic while nitrogen and phosphorus compounds are basic. moreJul. 29, 2011

CERN Experiment Weighs Antimatter with Unprecedented Accuracy

The Japanese-European ASACUSA experiment at CERN reports a new measurement of the antiproton's mass accurate to about one part in a billion. Precision measurements of the antiproton mass provide an important way to investigate nature's apparent preference for matter over antimatter. moreJul. 29, 2011

Map of Arabidopsis Protein Interactions

Science usually progresses in small steps, but on rare occasions, a new combination of research expertise and cutting-edge technology produces a 'great leap forward.' An international team of scientists, whose senior investigators include Salk Institute plant biologist Joseph Ecker, report one such leap in the July 29, 2011 issue of Science. more