01/08/2009
NEWS: Search for DMS dean awaits ongoing review (The Dartmouth)
A year after microbiology and immunology professor William Green began a non-renewable term as Dartmouth Medical School dean following the abrupt resignation of Stephen Spielberg last January, the College has yet to begin a search for a new dean. The search will not begin until the Bard Group, a private consulting company, finishes its review of the medical school's organizational and ...
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01/09/2009
Biotech classes target minorites (Contra Costa Times)
Industry veteran starts training program that gives experience to students seeking jobs
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01/09/2009
Listeriosis probe 'joke' (Toronto Sun)
Several people approached to lead a promised probe into the deadly listeriosis outbreak were unavailable or unwilling to take on the grim task, says a senior government source.
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01/08/2009
Displacing petroleum-derived butanol with plants (EurekAlert!)
( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from brake fluid, to paint thinners, to plastics. According to a University of Illinois researcher, butanol made from plant material could displace butanol made from petroleum, just not at the fuel pump.
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01/09/2009
OSU parking rates could rise (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
A proposal to raise annual parking permit prices at Oregon State University next fall by 23 percent is gaining momentum with officials after being presented last month to the OSU Faculty Senate.
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01/08/2009
Tuberculosis Bacteria Co-Opt Body's Defenses to Gain Foothold (Newswise)
Tuberculosis bacteria can commandeer the body's defenses in the early stages of infection and redirect them for their own offensive strategies.These findings overturn the traditional explanation that tubercules form to protect the body from the spread of a TB infection. Instead, they are ways of seeding the infection in other spots.
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01/09/2009
Research and Markets: Examine Israel's In Vitro Diagnostics Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Israel In Vitro Diagnostics Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012" to their offering.
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01/09/2009
OSU 2008 Fall Term Honor Roll (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Oregon State University recently announced the students named to the Scholastic Honor Roll for fall term. A total of 576 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 2,451 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Benton County students on the Honor Roll included:
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01/08/2009
Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests (Science Daily)
A pre-clinical study found a new nasal spray vaccine to provide complete protection against a major botulism toxin, according to a new study.
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01/08/2009
Springer expands its portfolio in plant sciences with Phytoparasitica (EurekAlert!)
( Springer ) Beginning in February 2009, Springer will publish the journal Phytoparasitica, both electronically and in print starting with Vol. 37, Issue 1. Backfiles of the journal to June 1973 will be available on Springer's online information platform SpringerLink. The journal appears five times a year and was previously published by Priel Publishers as Phytoparasitica -- Israel Journal of ...
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