The University of Queensland's Associate Professor Lianzhou Wang has won a Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award for his work on new nanomaterials for efficient solar energy conversion technology.
Computer suchen ihre Nachfolger – Human Brain Project geht neue Wege
Fuehrende europaeische Wissenschaftler bereiten derzeit das Human Brain Project vor, welches die Erforschung der Funktionsprinzipen des Gehirns eng mit moeglichen Anwendungen in der Informationswissenschaft verbinden soll.
Kleinste Strukturen – Fraunhofer-Lithographie-Workshop
Zum neunten Mal folgten Lithographie-Experten aus aller Welt der Einladung des Fraunhofer IISB zum "Fraunhofer IISB Lithography Simulation Workshop". Das Fachtreffen mit dem Schwerpunkt Modellierung adressiert ein internationales Publikum aus Industrie und Forschung und legt Wert auf einen deutlichen Praxisbezug der behandelten Fragestellungen.
Designing effective figures for scientific papers
Today we are going to tackle a general topic that deals with how data is represented in scientific papers. The use of illustrations in scientifi c publications is a longstanding tradition that goes back thousands of years. In the course of writing 1,200 Nanowerk Spotlights over the past six years, we have worked our way through thousands of papers. And if one thing has stood out, it is the quality of the illustrations included in these papers: some are just excellent and capture the essence of the findings; others, well, let's just say they could be improved upon. Here are five specific recommendations on how scientists should design effective figures.
Like fish on waves: electrons go surfing
Researchers were able to define two little quantum dots (QDs), occupied with electrons, in a semiconductor and to select a single electron from one of them using a sound wave, and then to transport it to the neighbouring QD. A single electron "surfs" thus from one quantum dot to the next like a fish on a wave. Such manipulation of a single electron will in the future also enable the combination of considerably more complex quantum bits instead of classical bits.
GCEP awards $3.5 million for energy research
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project is awarding $3.5 million to researchers at five universities to develop new technologies that could dramatically improve energy storage capacity on the electric grid.
Controlling silicon evaporation improves graphene
Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have for the first time provided details of their "confinement controlled sublimation" technique for growing high-quality layers of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide wafers. The technique relies on controlling the vapor pressure of gas-phase silicon in the high-temperature furnace used for fabricating the material.
Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes
(HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease.
People with high blood pressure who had a gene variant that reduces vitamin D activation in the body were found to be twice as likely as those without the variant to have congestive heart failure, the study found.
The finding may lead to a way to identify people at increased risk for heart disease, according to Robert U. Simpson, an assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School and his research colleagues.
They analyzed the genetic profiles of 617 people. One-third had hypertension, one-third had hypertension and congestive heart failure, and the remaining third served as healthy controls.
The researchers found that a variant in the CYP27B1 gene was associated with congestive heart failure in people with hypertension. The study is in the November issue of Pharmacogenomics.
Previous research showed that mutations that inactivate the gene reduce the conversion of vitamin D into an active hormone. Read more...
AyurGold for Healthy Blood
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Medical Opportunity over Spring Break
Global Medical Brigades is a not-for-profit national organization that has chapters at universities throughout the United States. This spring break (March 10-18, 2012), our University of Arizona club will be traveling to Honduras to provide free medical care to under-served communities living in rural areas. This is a great opportunity for all interested students looking to get hands-on medical experience.
Last year, the 27 undergraduate members of our club were able to help 600+ underprivileged individuals; this year, we are looking to exceed these numbers.
We are holding two informational meetings on September 29th at 8:45 pm in the Agave Room and October 4th at 7:45 pm in the Copper Room of the Student Union for those who are interested and want more information. If you can't attend either of these meetings (or have any questions) please email us at gmbhonduras.ua@gmail.com and we will personally answer your questions at a more convenient time.
More information about the Brigade can be found at the organization's official website: http://www.globalbrigades.org/?page_id=925
Thanks and hope to see you at the meeting!
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Global Brigades-Ghana
Come check out Global Brigades-Ghana!
Anyone that is Pre-Dental, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Pharmacy, or Pre-Nursing that is interested in carrying out an unforgettable medical brigade in Africa, should come check us out at our first info meeting in the Copper room in the Memorial Student Union on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:45 pm. The brigade offers fantastic opportunities in regards to shadowing physicians, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists, as well as being able to work with them! Students are able to gain experience in their field of interest, while providing medical attention to individuals in need in West Africa (Ghana). If you need experience with shadowing, volunteering, or you are curious about working in healtcare in other nations, then you should NOT pass up the chance to see what we have to offer! There will be fundraising opportunities throughout the year, and it is a great way to network with others interested in the same future as your self!
If you have any questions, please feel free to inquire at the meeting, or e-mail me, Mika Jankowski, the president, at mjankows1337@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Mika Jankowski
President of Global Brigades-Ghana
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UA College of Medicine Pediatrics Club
Interested in Pediatrics? Thinking about Medical School?
Come learn about The University Of Arizona College Of Medicine Pediatrics Club.
Yes, we are a club at the COM and are recruiting Undergraduate Students to participate!
Join us Tuesday, September 27 at 5 p.m. in Room 2117 at the College of Medicine.
Travel north of Speedway on Cherry and enter near the Arizona Health Sciences Library and head toward the hospital. Enter the double doors to the right (before you reach the hospital entryway). Room 2117 is at the end of the hallway to the right.
What we can offer you…
• Mentor-Mentee Events
• Clinical Skills Night
• CPR Class
• Volunteer Opportunities
Pediatrics Club Dues:
1-year Membership: $20
Lifetime Membership: $40
Questions?
Undergraduate Student Liaison: Natalia Billias nbillias@email.arizona.edu
Undergraduate Recruitment Chair: Briana Ketterer brianak@email.arizona.edu
Briana Ketterer
M.D. Candidate, 2014
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona
(480)-227-7075
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Virchow pathology collection may soon be closed to public
Pathologists across the globe will be interested to learn that the pathological-anatomical collection of the famous Doctor Rudolph Virchow, housed for almost 100 years in Berlin, may soon be closed to public viewing. Administrators at Berlin’s Charité Hospital are threatening to shut down what is often recognized as the world’s first pathology museum.
Read entire story at Dark Daily.
Source:DigiPath is Looking for to Hire Sales Representatives
DigiPath is seeking independent thinking, self motivated, and successful sales resources to lead the adoption of digital pathology worldwide. With a base salary, customary benefits, and substantial stock grant, this position’s earnings will exceed $250,000 at 100% sales quota attainment.
15 positions are available today. DigiPath, Inc. provides the next generation of affordable, innovative, and reliable digital pathology solutions. Recently, DigiPath announced its PathScope, a $24,999 digital pathology slide scanning system.
Combining PathScope with PathCloud, a dedicated Tier 1 digital pathology network, DigiPath offers the most affordable, innovative, and reliable solution worldwide. Job requirements include 1) pathology understanding; 2) previous sales success; and 3) motivation to earn money. Locations for consideration are anywhere in USA.
See more details at http://www.digipath.biz. Send your CV for consideration to info@digipath.biz.
Source:Indica Labs Release Advanced Software for Metabolic Research
Albuquerque, New Mexico 09/21/2011 – Indica Labs, Inc. announces the official release of its advanced histology analysis software for metabolic research. Developed in collaboration with two major pharmaceutical companies, the computer software algorithms provide diabetes and metabolic researchers with quantitative data relating to pancreatic islets, alpha cells, beta cells, delta cells, and other islet cell types. Using the new tool, pathologists and pharmacologists can automate the otherwise laborious tasks of counting and measuring individual islets, or counting and classifying islet cells.
Not only does the software improve efficiency, it also provides additional quantitative data that is otherwise unattainable by manual assessment. It measures a wide variety of immunohistochemical positivity in islet cells, including nuclear positivity, cytoplasmic positivity, proliferation indices, and more. The tool also generates histograms representing the islet size distribution allowing researchers to measure and quantify the number of small budding islets, and assess the cellular makeup of those islets.
Indica Labs, CEO Steven Hashagen stated:
“We are thrilled to announce the release of our pancreatic tissue analysis software. This software has already proven to automate many of the laborious tasks involved with metabolic research at several large pharmaceutical companies and the feedback we’ve received from the initial users has been tremendously positive. Needless to say, we are delighted that our products can contribute to the important fields of diabetes and metabolic research.”
This software is just one of a long list of tools being developed by Indica Labs that are focused on organ-specific or disease-specific applications including a wide variety of tumor types, adipose tissue, muscle fiber, hepatic steatosis, pancreas, and many more. All Indica software can be used on individual images captured using a traditional microscope or on larger full specimen images that have been captured using leading whole-slide scanning instruments. For more information about this product, visit http://indicalab.com/product-islet.html, or contact info@indicalab.com to schedule a complementary demonstration.
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About Indica Labs, Inc.
Indica Labs provides sophisticated pathology image processing software for whole slide tissue analysis. Indica Labs' software tools seamlessly integrate into leading digital pathology platforms to provide reproducible and highly quantitative data to pathologists in hospitals, academic medical centers, government research institutions, global pharmaceutical companies, and small biotech firms. For more information, please visit http://www.indicalab.com. Indica Labs products are intended for research use only.
Contact
Indica Labs, Inc. info@indicalab.com
Source:Dr. Bernd Scheithauer Passes Away
Source:Pathology 2.0 – Introduction to the UPMC Digital Pathology Consultation Service
A couple of loyal readers and friends passed along this mailer they received from UPMC. As the opening line says, this should not come as a surprise to anyone. What I like is their willigness to support both static and whole slide images and other formats. Gather they are not vendor specific on whole slide platform and will view and read many from many different systems. Also, frozen section support forthcoming.
True ePathology consultation service from a leader in the field of pathology informatics, digital imaging and teleconsultation. Many thanks to Drs. Michalopoulos, Yousem and Parwani for leading this service that will be used by many. There are no substitutes in pathology for "same slide, same time" with trusted colleagues in managing cases.
As the leader in Pathology Informatics and telepathology for the last 20 years, it is not surprising that the Department of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center should be one of the first to offer diagnostic consultations to the community of pathologists, utilizing an internet portal that will accept all forms of digital images from glass slides– static, whole slide, PowerPoint, or hand-held shots from your family Canon® camera.
We have spent years developing such expertise and when you combine this skill set with our Center of Excellence subspecialty model of diagnostic sign-out and clinical service, we believe you will have a unique resource available to help solve complex diagnostic problems. Our subspecialty pathologists feel comfortable handling all digital image files and have the ability, confidence, and expertise to offer you diagnoses with a rapid turn-over that can help you avoid the aggravation and costs of sending this material to Pittsburgh. At the same time, if we are not 100% sure of our impressions, you can send the material to our consultation service using traditional “snail mail” or overnight express.
For many generalists, accessing our subspecialty diagnosticians in Neuropathology, Transplant Pathology, Head and Neck Pathology, Pediatric and Perinatal Disease, Soft Tissue Pathology, Breast/Gynecologic Pathology and Inflammatory and Neoplastic Lung Disease, can help confirm the impressions of, or fine-tune the diagnoses of the generalist University or community pathologist who has rare or infrequent exposure to these specialized areas of pathology.
We look forward to engaging you in this new service. We also plan, in the near future to, offer real-time consultation for your frozen section or emergency cases. We also appreciate suggestions on how to improve our performance and on other services that you feel you need and that we could potentially provide.
We hope that you are satisfied with this consultation service and we look forward to establishing a long-term relationship with you.
Sincerely,
George Michalopoulos, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Samuel A. Yousem, MD
Vice-Chairman, Anatomic Pathology Services
Department of Pathology
Anil Parwani, MD
Division Chief, Pathology Informatics
Department of Pathology
Source:Chicago Bears Refuse To Go Digital
16 Sept 2011 – The Chicago Bears football team, at a surprising press conference today at Soldier Field, have decided that no further games will be televised during the 2011 season. The stunned audience asked for further explanation, and was told it was ruining the game of American football.
“Football is meant to be watched directly, in the stands, with none of the artificial interference of television, advertising, and silly yellow lines drawn on the field so the fans are spoon-fed a ten yard distance” said one player that refused to be named. A second Bears player, who also refused to be mentioned, added “I am tired of all of my interceptions being recorded for posterity, to be watched over and over again. If people want to be involved in watching us play, they need to be there in person, they can use binoculars to see the plays.”
While some sports like baseball are better watched in person, and others like hockey shouldn't be watched at all, most people agree that football is improved by watching on TV. If football goes back to a non-digital media, it will likely lead to increased competition from other approaches to entertaining the American public, like basketball.
The news is shocking the sports community...continue reading Digital Pathology Humor
-- Submitted by a Denver Broncos fan who is still bitter at losing Cutler, but who can’t wait to see what pathologists will do with digital pathology in the future.
Source:One Week Left to Register for APF’s September Webinar Program
2011 Distance Learning Leadership Science Series
One Week Left to Register for APF's September Webinar Program
"Developing a Successful (and Compliant) Sales & Marketing Program"
With Speakers, Rick Cooper, Esq. and Jane Pine Wood, Esq.
This webinar program will aid participants in understanding the legal and regulatory issues related to sales and marketing practices for the laboratory.
Rick Cooper and Jane Pine Wood will explain the process of developing formal (and legal) guidelines for sales and marketing activities within your practice or lab.
Participants will understand how to properly conduct and document education for lab sales and marketing personnel and why ongoing review of marketing practices is crucial for success and compliance.
This 45 minute presentation followed by Q & A will take place
Thursday, September 22, 2011
(12 pm PT, 1 pm MT, 2 pm CT, 3 pm ET)
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$149 per APF Member
$199 per Non-Member
Register online at http://www.apfconnect.org
or by calling 1-877-993-9935
Call-in information and program materials will be forwarded via email to all registered participants several days prior to the program. If you have any questions please contact the APF National Office.
Online registration will be accepted until 12 am (Central) Wednesday, September 21st Late registrations (day-of-program) must be made by calling the APF National Office at the number listed above.
About Our Speakers; Rick Cooper and Jane Pine Wood
Rick Cooper and Jane Pine Wood are attorneys with McDonald Hopkins LLC. Both their practices focus on healthcare law, representing clients in transactional, restructuring, corporate, regulatory, reimbursement, contractual, strategic planning, and venture matters. Practice group clients include private practice and academic physician groups, hospitals and health systems, laboratories, healthcare associations, multi-specialty clinics, outpatient medical facilities, and healthcare technology companies.
Rick is Chair of the National Healthcare Practice Group and Co-chair of the Healthcare Restructuring Practice Group and also serves on the firm's Board of Directors. He obtained his JD at Georgetown University Law Center and undergraduate degree Syracuse University. Rick is admitted to the bar in the state of Ohio.
Jane obtained her JD at Vanderbilt University School of Law and undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University. Jane is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, Ohio and Tennessee.
Both Rick and Jane are frequent speakers on laboratory and pathology issues at state and national conferences and contributing authors to numerous laboratory and pathology publications. They have also been honored with listings in "Best Lawyers in America" for health law.
Save the Date for Upcoming APF Educational Programs:
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October 19-23, 2011
APF is pleased to present Lab Management and Business tracks for the
ASCP 2011 Annual Meeting / WASPaLM XXIV World Congress
Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Attendee Registration and Meeting Guide available at http://www.ascp.org
American Pathology Foundation Presents its
Fourth Annual Practice Management Boot Camp:
November 10-11, 2011
JW Marriott Cherry Creek, Denver, CO
Tour of UniPath
Attendee Registration and Conference Brochure Available
APF 2012 Spring Conference
February 29 - March 2, 2011
Marriott Marquis Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA
Exhibitor Registration Available in September, 2011
Attendee Registration and Conference Brochure Available in October, 2011
Source:Aperio Webinar: Implementation Considerations for Digital Pathology – September 28
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Source:Apex Art Resident Conversation, Wednesday, September 28th, 6:30 PM
For those of you interested in hearing about my month in Seoul, South Korea as part of the Apex Art Outbound Residency program--and seeing some photos as well--you will have a chance next Wednesday, September 28th at the Apex Art Resident Conversation. The event is free is open to the public. Full details follow; Hope to see you there!
Apex Art Resident Conversation
Date: Wednesday, September 28
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Apex Art, 291 Church Street New York, NY 10013
Joanna Ebenstein, Outbound Resident to Seoul, South Korea, in conversation with past apexart Outbound Residents, including Valerie Crosswhite who participated in the Seoul exchange in 2010.
You can find out more here. Hope to see you there!
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