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Graphene molecular illustration (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) The chemical company BASF and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research opened a joint Carbon Materials Innovation Center at BASF’s Ludwigshafen, Germany site. The three-year collaboration is expected to cost some €10 million ($US 12.9 million). A 12-member task force from both organizations will research the . . . → Read More: BASF, Max Planck Institute Open Joint Carbon Materials Lab  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Joint ventures/collaborations  chemistry, energy, Europe, materials science, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors Maurice Fallon wearing the prototype sensor array (Patrick Gillooly, MIT) Computer scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a portable array of sensors that can create a digital map of a person’s environment, such as a building, while the person wearing the system walks around that environment. Maurice Fallon (pictured right), a research . . . → Read More: Wearable Sensor System Creates Real-Time Environment Maps One comment - (Comments are closed) New products computer science, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, robotics, software, university Gene Morse (University at Buffalo) University at Buffalo in New York and two universities in the southern African nation of Zimbabwe will collaborate on a new nanotechnology research program in pharmacology. University of Zimbabwe in Harare and the Chinhoyi University of Technology in Mashonaland West, working with Buffalo’s Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and . . . → Read More: Buffalo, Zimbabwe Universities Partner on Nanotech Medicines 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations Africa, biomedical, energy, engineering, life sciences, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, university (National Institutes of Health) National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Biodel Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in Danbury, Connecticut, a Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a special form of glucagon used in artificial pancreas systems for diabetes patients. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants are awarded by U.S. federal science agencies to . . . → Read More: SBIR Grant to Support Glucagon Made for Artificial Pancreas Comments are closed Finance, New products biomedical, chemistry, grant, life sciences, NIH, pharmaceuticals (National Institute on Aging, NIH) Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb and Vanderbilt University in Nashville will collaborate on new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, a progressive brain disorder. The financial magnitude and length of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed. Under the deal, Vanderbilt’s Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery will identify drug candidates from current . . . → Read More: Bristol-Myers, Vanderbilt to Partner on Parkinson’s Drugs One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, genomics, licensing, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Sriram Subramanian (University of Bristol) Computer scientists at University of Bristol and Lancaster University in the U.K. and Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland created a display technology that can physically adjust parts of the screen at different angles to provide more dramatic 3-D effects. The developers of the Tilt Displays, as the . . . → Read More: Tilted Screen Displays Developed for Mobile Devices 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products computer science, engineering, Europe, physical sciences, U.K., university PNS illustration (St. Jude Medical) St. Jude Medical Inc., a medical device developer in St. Paul, Minnesota, received a CE mark indicating regulatory approval in Europe for its Eon line of neurostimulators to treat chronic migraine. The CE mark, an acronym for the French Conformité Européene, indicates a product meets safety, health and . . . → Read More: European Approval Granted for Implanted Migraine Device One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, engineering, Europe, life sciences, medical device (National Institutes of Health) Acton Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Marlborough, Massachusetts reports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Aerospan, an orally inhaled corticosteroid for the prevention of asthma attacks. The FDA approval, says Acton, came in response to a supplemental new drug application, and will enable the company to launch the . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Inhaled Aerosol Asthma Maintenance Drug Comments are closed Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, FDA, licensing, life sciences, pharmaceuticals Apparao Rao (left) and Ramakrishna Podila (Clemson University) A physics professor at Clemson University in South Carolina will lead a team developing new nanoscale carbon materials for storing energy, funded by a grant from National Science Foundation. The four-year, $1.2 million project is headed by physicist Apparao Rao and includes participants from Clemson . . . → Read More: NSF Grant to Fund Study of Energy Storage Nanomaterials 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products chemistry, cleantech, grant, materials science, nanotechnology, NSF, physical sciences, university Tigerlabs, a support center for start-up companies in Princeton, New Jersey, is forming an accelerator program for new companies in health care information technology. The program, known as Tigerlabs Health, is scheduled to begin in February 2013, and accepting applications through 15 November 2012. The accelerator program will provide $20,000 in seed funding, mentorship, Microsoft . . . → Read More: Health IT Accelerator Formed, Seeks Entrepreneur Applicants One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, computer science, engineering, entrepreneurs, investment, physical sciences, software, venture capital |
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