Vidyo for Rural Medicine | Enhancing Alaska’s Statewide Medical Communications – Video




Vidyo for Rural Medicine | Enhancing Alaska's Statewide Medical Communications Request a Free Demo of Vidyo: http://bit.ly/XPRWyI Vidyo and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) have partnered to enable thousands of Alaska … Continue reading

Economic Action Plan 2013 – Benefits Quebec Aerospace Industry

MONTREAL, March 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – Aro Montral, Quebec’s aerospace cluster, is pleased with the industry-specific measures announced yesterday in Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2013. “The measures announced are a positive response to the recommendations issued in the Aerospace Review report tabled last November Continue reading

NASA Solicitation: Research and Development Servicies From The Mississippi Research Consortium

Synopsis – Mar 01, 2013 General Information Solicitation Number: NNS13DA002 Posted Date: Mar 01, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Mar 01, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Mar 11, 2013 Current Response Date: Mar 11, 2013 Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 541712 Contracting Office Address NASA Office of Procurement, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 Description NASA/SSC has a requirement for Research and Development Services from the Mississippi Research Consortium. NASA/SSC Office of Procurement intends to issue a sole source, firm fixed price conctract to the Mississippi Research Consortium under the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-3 (a)(2)(ii) and 10 U.S.C Continue reading

NH Trade Center launches aerospace, defense group

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire is starting a program that will aim to unite the hundreds of companies in the state involved in the aerospace and defense industries. The International Trade Resources Center at the state Division of Economic Development is starting the program next month Continue reading

The WIN Consortium and the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Become Partners in Advancing Personalized Cancer Medicine

VILLEJUIF, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium in personalized cancer medicine is proud to announce that the University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center has joined as a member of the Consortium. WIN is a global network of leading academic, industry, and patient advocacy organizations working to make personalized cancer care a reality for patients worldwide. UCSD Moores is NCI-designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, a ranking conferred on select institutions that stand at the forefront of NCI-supported cancer research Continue reading

Creation of an International Gene Therapy Consortium

QUEBEC, Feb. 4, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – In the latest issue of the journal Molecular Therapy, Professor Jacques P. Tremblay (president of the Association of Gene Therapy of Quebec and researcher in the Research center of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Quebec) launches a call – with 50 other world experts in gene therapy – for the creation of an International Gene Therapy Consortium for Monogenic Diseases. Continue reading

The road to systems medicine

( Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres ) A European consortium has joined forces in the Coordinating Action Systems Medicine – CASyM, supported by the FP7- Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, to develop a road map outlining an integrative strategy for the implementation of systems medicine across Europe. This consortium combines extensive … Continue reading

California High School Girls Build Experiment for Space Station – Video




California High School Girls Build Experiment for Space Station Nearly 150 people showed up Dec. 4 for the kickoff of a unique program that is allowing high school girls to get a feel for a career in science, technology — and space exploration. Fifteen girls from around San Diego County, each from a different school, are building a micro-experiment scheduled to be deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2013. Continue reading

WIN Consortium and Pfizer Collaborate to Advance Personalized Cancer Care

VILLEJUIF, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) in personalized cancer medicine consortium today proudly announced that Pfizer, Inc (PFE) is the first pharmaceutical company to become a member of the consortium. Continue reading

Health Authority, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Announce Teaching Health Center in Wayne …

DETROIT–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Detroit Wayne County Health Authority (Health Authority) and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSU) have been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a teaching health center in Wayne County. Teaching Health Centers are central to the Affordable Care Act as a tool expand primary care in medically underserved areas and increase the supply of primary care health providers over time. The teaching health center grant, which amounts to $21 million over three years, will involve post-graduate rotations through federally qualified health centers, free clinics, community mental health services, and other provider sites Continue reading

Transfusion Medicine RFID Consortium details plans for commercializing technology to track and monitor blood products …

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –The Transfusion Medicine RFID Consortium announced today that S3Edge Inc., the software partner for the consortium has been selected to exclusively commercialize the RFID and barcode based Blood Product Tracking suite of applications designed and built under a private, academic, and public initiative funded by the NIH. Continue reading

WIN Consortium to Conduct a Clinical Trial Using FoundationOne™, Foundation Medicine’s Comprehensive Genomic Profile …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genomic analysis to routine clinical care, today announced that Michael J. Pellini, M.D., president and chief executive officer, will present an overview of the company at the Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) 2012 Symposium being held June 28-29 in Paris, France. Continue reading