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Portland receives $100K EPA grant to improve environmental health for Citizens (ME)
With the help of a $100,000 grant from EPA, the City of Portland will address local environmental issues, including to implement EPA strategies for reducing exposures to local toxic pollutants. The grant is part of EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is an initiative to help community groups identify and address the critical environmental health issues in ...
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New Biocides Regulation improves human health and environmental protection
A new Regulation on biocidal products applying from 1st September will significantly increase the safety and simplify the authorisation procedure of biocides used and placed on the market in the EU. Biocides are chemicals used to suppress harmful organisms such as pests and germs (i.e. moulds and bacteria), including insect repellents, disinfectants and industrial chemicals like anti-fouling ...
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Creative Enzymes Offers Personalized and Customized Probiotic Blends
Creative Enzymes, a professional enzyme provider located in New York, USA, is always hammering away at research and trials in order to provide customers with enzyme services and products with its greatest effort. The company provides high-quality and pure multi-strain probiotic custom blends to meet clients’ unique application goals and health demands. In addition, the introduction of ...
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Synbiotic Health Appoints Erin Vyhlidal as VP Corporate Finance
Microbiome-based ingredient company Synbiotic Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Erin Vyhlidal as Controller and Vice President, Corporate Finance. Vyhlidal is a CPA (inactive registrant) with twenty years’ experience in accounting. She previously oversaw a team of nine as VP Corporate Finance at Farmers National Company in Omaha, NE, after working at PricewaterhouseCoopers as ...
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Radiopharm Theranostics signs agreement with ANSTO for the supply of key isotope lutetium-177
bydney, Australia - November n, lull — Kaaiopnarm I neranostics (A:>a:kauj, a aeveioper or a world-class platform of radiopharmaceutical products for both diagnostic and therapeutic uses, is pleased to announce agreement with Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to supply the Company with isotope non-carrier-added lutetium-177 (Lu-177) for its trials in ...
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New Research Collaboration with Janssen Biotech
Immune Biosolutions Inc. (IBio), a JLABS @ Toronto resident company, today announced a research collaboration and license agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The agreement, facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC, will focus initially on the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies in oncology. The ...
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Collaboration demonstrated in established top-notch degree program
San Antonio is known for collaboration and mutual support in the life science sector. The Translational Science (TS) PhD degree program is one such example. A joint degree program between the UT Health San Antonio, UTSA, and UT Austin (the degree-granting institutions) and the UT School of Public Health (as a collaborating institution), the TS PhD degree program was established and approved by ...
By BioMedSA
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Celdara Medical Announces Funding for Alzheimer’s-Focused Fellowship Opportunities
Celdara Medical, LLC today announced that the National Institute of Aging’s Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI) initiative has awarded an R25 Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award to fund the company’s comprehensive training program focused on Alzheimer’s Disease: the Alzheimer’s-focused Celdara Medical High-Potential Entrepreneurs’ Fellowship ...
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Kallyope Announces CEO Transition as Company Advances to its Next Stage of Growth
Kallyope Inc., a leading biotechnology company focused on identifying and pursuing novel therapeutics involving the gut-brain axis, today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Jay Galeota as President and he will succeed Nancy Thornberry as Chief Executive Officer by October 1, 2021. Mr. Galeota also joins the Kallyope Board of Directors. Ms. Thornberry will remain actively involved ...
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Celdara Medical Names Entrepreneur Fellows
Celdara Medical, LLC today announced the selection of five outstanding researchers as the recipients of the 2021 Celdara Medical High-Potential Entrepreneurs’ Fellowships (CHEF). The program provides a part-time, year-long experiential learning opportunity at Celdara to senior graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Fellows receive an opportunity to hone their executive skills ...
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Synbiotic Health Welcomes Kevin Hooper as Director of Business Development
Microbiome-based ingredient company Synbiotic Health announces that Kevin Hooper has joined the company as Director of Business Development. Hooper has more than 14 years’ experience in sales and business development, most recently at the global ingredient supplier IFF Health. At Synbiotic Health he will work with Steve Prescott, Senior Vice President of Business Development, to implement ...
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Healthcare Industry Leader Scott Serota Joins Theranica Board of Directors
Theranica, a prescribed digital therapeutics company developing advanced electroceuticals for migraine and other pain conditions, today announced the appointment of Scott Serota to its Board of Directors. "Over the course of the past few decades, which I have dedicated to enabling patients of various medical conditions access to new treatments, I developed passion for supporting the advancement ...
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Nature in urban environments reduces stress
Contact with nature in urban areas can have numerous health benefits, a new study finds. The researchers found people whose homes had views of different kinds of vegetation had significantly lower levels of stress hormones, indicating that green spaces play an important role in healthy cities. Urban nature — such as trees and public parks — is beneficial to human health. A number of ...
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Dyno’s 2020 Summer internship in Data Science and Machine Learning
Dyno’s Data Science team hosted its first class of interns amidst the socially distant heat of summer 2020. Five outstanding individuals joined us to help tackle challenges in computational biology, machine learning, software engineering, and, of course, remote company building. These individuals left lasting contributions to our science and our culture. This post is an opportunity to ...
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Sage Therapeutics and Biogen to Host Investor Webcast on December 6, 2022 to Discuss Potential Commercialization Plans for Zuranolone
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAGE) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) today announced that the companies will host a joint investor webcast to discuss the planned commercialization approach and opportunity for their investigational product, zuranolone, on Tuesday, December 6 at 8:00 a.m. ET. Zuranolone is being evaluated as a potential rapid-acting, once-daily, oral two-week treatment for major ...
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Virginia Catalyst Awards Contraline S600,000 for Clinical Translation
RICHMOND, VA – October 26, 2020 – The Virginia Catalyst, formerly known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), today announced that it has awarded $2.1 million in grants to three life and bioscience projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These grants, which will be met with significant matching funds from partner companies, were awarded as Round 11 of ...
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Synbiotic Health Announces the Expansion of their R&D and Commercial Capabilities with the Acquisition of a New Facility in Madison, Wisconsin
Synbiotic Health, a market leader in the discovery, development, and commercialization of probiotic ingredients, announced that the company has expanded its R&D and commercial capabilities with the acquisition of a 43,000 sf facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The new facility is dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced probiotic ingredients for improved health. The Madison ...
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Male Contraceptive Initiative Invests SI Million in Contraline
RICHMOND, VA – October 26, 2020 – The Virginia Catalyst, formerly known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), today announced that it has awarded $2.1 million in grants to three life and bioscience projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These grants, which will be met with significant matching funds from partner companies, were awarded as Round 11 of ...
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EMOTIV Enlists Two Machine Learning Heavyweights as AI Takes Aim at the Human Brain
EMOTIV, the bioinformatics pioneer advancing understanding of the human brain using electroencephalography (EEG), today added two renowned scientists to its executive leadership team, naming Dr. Gary William Flake as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Dr. Scott Rickard as Chief AI Scientist. The new hires underscore EMOTIV’s strategic objectives to meet the quickening pace of advancements ...
By Emotiv Inc.
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How to deal with the trend of population aging to achieve a sustainable future
The World Social Report 2023 calls for concrete measures to support an aging global population in the face of rising pension and health care costs. According to a study published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, population aging is the defining global trend of our time. Countries can benefit by promoting equality of opportunity from birth, so that everyone has the ...
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