wenty-eight presentations delivered at the Joint JRC Nano event and 2nd ENPRA Stakeholders Workshop are now available on-line.
Fabricating polymer tandem solar cells with a graphene-based conductive glue
Apart from making graphene, graphene oxide itself itself is a fascinating material that has many intriguing properties. Researchers have noe developed a graphene-based conductive glue that can function as a metal-free solder for creating mechanical and electrical connections in organic optoelectronic devices. As a proof-of-concept, they fabricated polymer tandem solar cells - multi-junction photovoltaic devices, in which two sub-cells are stacked to achieve higher overall solar absorption - by a direct 'gluing' process. The water-based sticky interconnect and the associated adhesive lamination process could transform the serial layer-by-layer fabrication of tandem devices into a parallel mode, in which the subcells can be independently fabricated and adjusted to balance their photocurrents for achieving high efficiency.
NSTI nano tech Boston 2011 – FutureCarbon Goes U.S.
FutureCarbon, the leading provider of super-composites based on carbon nanomaterials, is making a first-time appearance at this year's NSTI nano tech show in Boston from June 14 through 15.
Happiness Protects Your Heart
(HealthDay News) -- People who are enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than less happy people, researchers from Columbia University report.
In this prospective study of the relationship between happiness and heart disease, researchers concluded that if everyone did more of the things that made them happy, they could significantly reduce their risk of heart attack and angina.
"We were excited to discover in a large population-based sample of adults that the tendency to express positive emotion predicted fewer heart attacks across a period of 10 years," said lead researcher Karina Davidson, director of Columbia's Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health.
"The study suggests that those people who are happier have heart-protective outcomes," she added.
Davidson speculated that several factors may combine to producing this effect. Happier people tend to sleep better and to practice more heart-healthy behaviors, she said.
"But they may also be physiologically different than those of us who are more unhappy," Davidson said. Read more...
Digital Pathology Research Services Offered by i-Path
i-Path understands that off-the-shelf systems rarely deliver and now supports researchers with end to end project management. Working closely with the customer to understand requirements and delivering results in an efficient and cost effective way.
1. Web based software for slide management, sharing and viewing Upload clinical, pathological and research data to a single web-based portal for the management of digital pathology projects
“This repository (the Northern Ireland Virtual Tissue Archive) of tumour samples is essential for the development of new targeted therapies in cancer and will support the local, national and international development of Stratified Medicine” Dr Jackie James, Northern Ireland Biobank Scientific Lead.
2. Image analysis as a service
Complete image analysis services for whole slide samples and TMA slides
“Working with i-Path we have found an additional service to offer our clients which few other CROs are offering” Dr Karl Mulligan, Head of Operations, Almac Diagnostics.
3. Tissue Microarray Software and Management
Web based remote management and manual scoring of TMA studies
“i-Path’s TMA Toolbox revolutionised how we scored TMA slides for this project. The software is sophisticated in its set up and easy to use, revolutionising TMA workflow and biomarker discovery” Dr Dean Fennell, Clinician Scientist.
Learn more at http://www.i-path.co.uk
ACOs and Medical Homes: Preparing Your Lab for Dramatic Changes in How Physicians Use Clinical Laboratories
Positioning your lab to provide critical value-added
services in the new healthcare environment
LIVE EVENT JUNE 23
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YOUR PRESENTERS:
Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS, is the medical director of Medical Informatics at ARUP Laboratories
James M. Crawford, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Justin M. Clark (Moderator), Director of Operations, THE DARK REPORT
LIVE Event June 23 – Register NOW!
Less than seven months from today, the federal Medicare program begins contracting with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), leaving clinical laboratories and pathology groups with precious little time to craft an intelligent strategy for serving this new model of integrated patient care.
But ACOs are not the only new challenge ahead for the lab testing industry. Medical Homes are another equally credible way to deliver integrated patient care. In recent years, this model has caught fire with both providers and payers as early Medical Home efforts delivered surprisingly impressive improvements in patient outcomes.
Clinical lab managers and pathologists should recognize that ACOs and Medical Homes represent the most radical attempt to reform healthcare since the “closed panel, gatekeeper”-model HMOs of the 1990s. Everyone in the lab industry remembers how that experiment turned out: Local labs lost access to large numbers of patients in their communities. National labs rushed to offer HMOs loss-leader pricing and found themselves in deep financial trouble-not to mention the fact that such deeply-discounted prices for lab testing have remained at this dismal level ever since.
No one in the lab industry wants the ACO/Medical Home trend to undermine the clinical integrity and financial solvency of the nation’s laboratory testing organizations. That’s why it’s imperative your laboratory prepare for the era of ACOs and Medical Homes, which begins only 35 short weeks from today.
Get the insight and analysis you need to understand the ACO and Medical Home patient-care model when you join The Dark Report and DarkDaily.com for this timely audio conference “ACOs and Medical Homes: Preparing Your Lab for Dramatic Changes in How Physicians Use Clinical Laboratories” on Thursday, June 23, 2011.
In a fast-moving, information-packed 90 minutes, you’ll learn from two keen observers of the ACO and Medical Home patient-care models. First up is Brian Jackson, MD, MS, Medical Director of Laboratory Informatics at ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City.
Dr. Jackson is working with many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals and health systems as they assemble their Accountable Care Organizations and make decisions about how these nascent ACOs will use laboratory testing services as well as their need to access laboratory test data. You’ll get an insider’s perspective on how these ACOs will deliver integrated patient care.
To tackle the subject of Medical Homes, you’ll hear from James Crawford, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NS-LIJ), one of the nation’s largest urban health systems. He chairs the NS-LIJ working team that’s developing the health system’s Medical Home program.
Dr. Crawford will provide a nuanced understanding of the Medical-Home-integrated patient-care model, along with several robust strategies that your laboratory organization can use to become a valued lab-testing provider to the Medical Homes in your community.
This is essential information about ACOs and Medical Homes that your clinical lab or pathology group needs so it can fully understand the operation of these radical new care models, plus the challenges they will present to your laboratory organization.
Both ACOs and Medical Homes have the potential to dramatically change the way medical care is provided. In this new world, for example, healthcare payments will be based on the value provided to patients rather than on a fee for service. While fee-for-service won’t go away, providers will be able to earn a lot more by keeping their patients healthy.
This audio conference is a terrific opportunity for you and your management team to come up to speed on the challenges and opportunities that ACOs and Medical Homes will create. It’s your best chance to find out how your lab can add substantial value to the performance of both Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) so be sure to register today.
And don’t forget: You can have everyone on your lab team participate with you. For just one registration, you can all listen, learn, and get personalized answers to questions about your lab’s unique needs. Register today to guarantee your participation.
THE DARK REPORT AUDIO CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
TIME: 1 p.m. EDT; 12 p.m. CDT; 11 a.m. MDT; 10 a.m. PDT PLACE: Your telephone or speakerphone COST: $195 per dial-in site (unlimited attendance per site) through 6/10/11; $245 thereafter TO REGISTER NOW: Click here or call 1-800-560-6363 toll-free |
For one low price-just $195 (through 6/10/11; $245 thereafter) you and your entire team can take part in this fast-paced, insightful audio conference. Best of all, you’ll be able to connect personally with our speakers when we open up the phone lines for live Q&A.
Here’s just some of what you’ll learn during this in-depth 90-minute audio conference:
- How ACOs will bring hospitals and office-based physicians into a single patient care continuum.
- The many ways your lab can compete based on clinical value rather than on traditional metrics (price-per-test, turnaround time, etc.).
- Key principles and operating requirements of a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH).
- How a PCMH model compares with an ACO model-and why that’s important for your lab.
- The appropriate clinical and financial strategies that your lab and pathology group can use with ACOs and Medical Homes.
- The different approaches that ACOs and Medical Homes are expected to use for contracting with and reimbursing clinical labs and pathology groups.
…and much more!
How to Register Now:
1. Online
2. Call toll free: 800-560-6363.
Your audio conference registration includes:
- A site license to attend the conference (invite as many people as you can fit around your speakerphone at no extra charge)
- A downloadable PowerPoint presentations from our speaker
- A full transcript emailed to you soon after the conference
- The opportunity to connect directly with the speaker during the audience Q&A session
Register Now! Or for more information, call us toll-free at 800-560-6363
Distinguished Faculty:
Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS is the Medical Director of Medical Informatics at ARUP Laboratories. He directs the informatics department, including the e-business and medical content teams. He received his BA in mathematics, his MS in medical informatics, and his MD from the University of Utah. He also completed a clinical pathology residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Prior to his employment at ARUP, Dr. Jackson was a staff clinical pathologist and informaticist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a product manager for a Belgium-based medical software firm, and a National Library of Medicine informatics fellow at the University of Utah. His research interests include economic analysis of diagnostic testing and physician utilization of laboratory tests. He is certified in clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology.
James M Crawford, MD, PhD is Professor and Chair at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, and Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services, North Shore-LIJ Health System in Manhasset, NY. He serves on the North Shore LIJ Physician and Ambulatory Network Services (PAANS) Executive Committee, and is a member of the North Shore-LIJ Health System Interim Steering Committee for formation of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). At the national level, Dr. Crawford is involved in advocating for the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), serving as a co-chair of the Center for eHealth for the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. He is past-president of the Association of Pathology Chairs, and is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) board of directors. Dr. Crawford’s specific area of practice expertise is hepatic and gastrointestinal pathology, and he is a former editor-in-chief of Laboratory Investigation, an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. He is author of more than 200 papers and chapters and senior editor of three books.
ACCENT® Continuing Education Credit
The American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) designates this program for a maximum of 1.5 ACCENT® credit hours towards the AACC Clinical Chemist’s Recognition Award. AACC is an approved provider of continuing education for clinical laboratory scientists in the states of California, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and West Virginia.
iPath White Papers to Check Out
Caliper to Present Key Findings on Applications of Multispectral Imaging and Pattern Recognition Technology at ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting
Results Demonstrate Feasibility of Automated, Digital Workflow to Assist Visual Analysis of Tumor Samples Susceptible to Human Error
HOPKINTON, Mass., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced the presentation of key findings that validate an automated, digital pathology workflow for faster and more accurate characterization and analysis of tumor samples, during the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Results demonstrate proof-of-concept for the application of Caliper's Vectra® multispectral imaging system and the inForm™ pattern recognition-based image analysis software to help automate challenging visual assessments in pathology. In the study, these technologies were utilized to count and determine the density of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in ovarian cancer. The results generated by the digital pathology system were compared with those achieved through manual analysis, revealing that the semi-automated workflow showed a TIL score that correlated strongly with manual assessments, demonstrating that TIL assessments can be made practical for routine use. While this study was conducted using ovarian tumor samples, the automated workflow has applications in other cancer types, including melanoma and pancreatic.
"TIL counting has been shown to be prognostic and predictive of therapeutic response; however, it is not used today because it is too difficult to do visually or manually," said Kevin Hrusovsky, President and CEO of Caliper. "This approach has immediate applications for cancer research and clinical trial design. Ultimately, this technology may be integrated into the clinical workflow by helping pathologists accurately and efficiently identify and measure specific biomarkers, which can be used to determine personalized treatment regimens for patients."
While researchers can utilize this workflow to study the tumor microenvironment and/or stratify patients in clinical trials, results also demonstrate that Caliper's multispectral imaging and pattern recognition technology can also provide pathologists with an enabling tool that augments their ability to evaluate tumors and nodal status beyond the standard, manual staging techniques.
Caliper, Vectra, and inForm are trademarks of Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
About Caliper Life Sciences
Caliper is a premier provider of cutting-edge technologies enabling researchers in the life sciences industry to create life-saving and enhancing medicines and diagnostic tests more quickly and efficiently. Caliper is aggressively innovating new technology to bridge the gap between in vitro assays and in vivo results, enabling the translation of those results into cures for human disease. Caliper's portfolio of offerings includes state-of-the-art microfluidics, lab automation and liquid handling, optical imaging technologies, and discovery and development outsourcing solutions. For more information please visithttp://www.caliperLS.com.
SOURCE Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
Webinar from Aperio: GLP Compliance in Digital Pathology
Thursday, June 30, 2011
2 Sessions to choose from:
7:00 am Pacific Time, 10:00 am Eastern Time
(3:00 pm London GMT / 9:00 am Mexico City Standard Time)
OR
4:00 pm Pacific Time, 7:00 pm Eastern Time
(8:00 am Japan Time / 9:00 am Australia EST July 1)
Presenter:
Curtis Adams, Ph.D., Sr. Life Sciences Product Manager, Aperio
In this 60-minute complimentary webinar, we will present an overview of how digital pathology can help meet GLP regulations.
Topics include:
- Research areas requiring GLP compliance
- Requirements for GLP validation
- IQ/OQ/PQ
- Advantages of being GLP verified
- In house testing vs. vendor services for GLP validation
To register for the 7am PDT session, click here.https://aperio.webex.com/aperio/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=486968685
To register for the 4pm PDT session, click here.https://aperio.webex.com/aperio/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=485389991
You may also register by visiting the Aperio Events page.
You will receive a confirmation email upon registration with a web link that will lead you to the online event. Simply visit the link at the assigned time. The session is secure and easy to access. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact the Aperio Events Team at events@aperio.com or 760.539.1192.
A Paradise Bizarre: Benefit Party for the Fabulous, Incomparable Proteus Gowanus Interdisciplinary Gallery and Reading Room
Proteus Gowanus Interdisciplinary Gallery and Reading Room--my hands down favorite gallery in New York!--is having an excellent sounding benefit party this Saturday evening, and you are invited. Free food and wine and a variety of paradisical and profane amusements await! Oh, and its a good cause, too; Support Proteus Gowanus and you also support Observatory and the Morbid Anatomy Library, who number among its projects in residence!
Very much hope to see you there.
A Paradise Bizarre
A Fairground of Acts, Exhortations and Seductions
and our 2011 Benefit Celebration
Saturday, June 11, 7-10 pm
A Fairground of Acts, Exhortations and Seductions
and our 2011 Benefit Celebration
Saturday, June 11, 7-10 pm
A carnival-bazaar of music, dancers, writhers, preachers,
fixers, puppets, therapists - in intimate interactions -
designed to save your soul or make you forget you ever wanted to.
Paradise Bizarre is the culmination of our
yearlong exploration of Paradise
through art, artifacts, books, performances and events,
bringing together old and new Protean collaborators
True believers, heathens, skeptics, pagans, atheists and heretics all welcome!
Music by
Goddess!
Harpist Crista Patton
Special Guests:
Nina Katchadourian, artist
Dickson Despommier, Vertical Farming visionary
Saint Peter, at our gate
Food and wine donated by Marquet Patisserie, Stinky Brooklyn, Brooklyn Fare
and others to be announced
Buy your $60 tickets now (less for groups)
PERFORMERS:
Paul Benney, Dark Forest: A Tour of the Underworld
Burlesque Dancers
Dickson Despommier, a sermon
Goddess! the band
Ethan Jacob Gould, The Dybbuk and the Daughter: A Puppet Show
Nina Katchadourian, a song
Madhu Kaza, This Is Where We Meet: a bedtime story
Rosamond King, Poetry Doctor
Clarinda MacLow and Onome Ekeh, Cyborg Teknotherapists
Tessa Murphy, Angel
Crista Patton, Harpist
The Poetry Brothel
Peter Simon, St Peter
Plus assorted Ranters and Sermonizers at the open pulpit,
including you if the spirit moves you!
MEPAG Set for 1st International Meeting
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Meeting 24, NASA
Marc's note: For the first time NASA's community-based forum, the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), will be holding its meeting outside the U.S., and in this case in Lisbon, Portugal. This is significant in the context of tighter budgets for all concerned where future Mars missions will see greater international cooperation to share costs while at the same time achieving mutual desired science and exploration results. The era of NASA doing Mars mission wholly or mostly on its own appears to be ending. At least for the foreseeable future.
Some of the key topics of the meeting include:
- Discussion of NASA's and ESA's Mars program status, budget, current missions, and forward planning.
- First MEPAG meeting that can respond to the Decadal Survey results.
Speaking of Aging: How to Be a Parent to Your Parent – Patch.com
Speaking of Aging: How to Be a Parent to Your Parent Patch.com ... service by Dr. Erlene Rosowsky, a licensed psychologist who is a core faculty member of the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology(MSPP) and an Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. ... |
Shape of the Future: Make Your Own Products to Sell with Shapeways – Auctionbytes
 Auctionbytes | Shape of the Future: Make Your Own Products to Sell with Shapeways Auctionbytes A company called Shapeways allows creators to upload their designs so they can be manufactured and then sold on various sites such as Etsy.com, and even from Shapeways' own Shops. And in May, the company, which started in the Lifestyle Incubator of ... |
Space Girl | Bad Astronomy
How big a scifi dork are you? Probably not as much as Charmax76, who made this video called "Space Girl", from the song of the same name by The Imagined Village:
Wow. I like the song, but I love the graphics. I recognized something like 3/4 of those scenes, probably more. And I like the order she put them in: you see women in somewhat trivial roles at first, but as the video progresses they get tougher and tougher. Not always, but that’s the trend. That reflects TV and movies, I think, too. Again, not always, but women have much better roles in scifi than they did even 30 years ago. The way video ends is… well. It made me sad. Doctor Who fans know why.
Another very different but clever animation for this song is also online.
Tip o’ the spacesuit visor to Buzzfeed.
Temple med school to open Pittsburgh campus – Philadelphia Inquirer
 WDUQNews (blog) | Temple med school to open Pittsburgh campus Philadelphia Inquirer Temple's first class of 30 students at its other satellite medical school campus, in Bethlehem, will begin studies in August. Larry Kaiser, dean of Temple's medical school, said doctors are more likely to begin practicing in the places where they train ... Allegheny General to open medical school campusPittsburgh Post Gazette West Penn Allegheny, Temple University to start new medical school in PittsburghTribune Review New medical school coming to PittsburghBeaver County Times Wilkes Barre Times-Leader -WDUQNews (blog) -Danbury News Times all 35 news articles » |
New partnership holds bright promise – Palladium-Item
New partnership holds bright promise Palladium-Item Some of the converging forces at play here are these: The second-largest medical school in the nation is under directive to grow an added 30 percent to accommodate an aging baby boomer bubble, and to grow at a time of sparse resources coupled with a ... |
Don’t be a Weirdo: Facebook’s Freaky Facial Recognition – Kipp Report
Irish Times | Don't be a Weirdo: Facebook's Freaky Facial Recognition Kipp Report The new and improved feature is able to find and select the faces of a picture you upload on Facebook and accordingly suggest names to be tagged for each page. Having used the feature, Kipp will have to admit the function has always been right on the ... Facebook Photo Tagging: A Privacy GuidePCWorld |
Concussion help now in your hands – News & Observer
Concussion help now in your hands News & Observer High school coaches in North Carolina are supposed to remove players from practice or games if they are suspected of having had a concussion. The players are not to return until after being cleared by a medical ... |
Harvard Medical School Adviser: The facts about cataracts – Detroit Free Press
Harvard Medical School Adviser: The facts about cataracts Detroit Free Press QUESTION: I think I may have a cataract in one of my eyes. I heard somewhere that they need to be "ripe" before I get surgery. What does this mean, and is it true? Can I prevent future cataracts? ANSWER. The lens of the eye is normally clear and has a ... |
Lenders seek payment after classes are ceased – Tbo.com
Lenders seek payment after classes are ceased Tbo.com Bryent Vessey says he was just a few courses away from an associates degree from Ultimate Medical Academy when his classes stopped this winter and he started getting notices about the $13000 he had in school loans. "I started getting stuff in the mail ... |