News: Even Gates feels the pinch Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 25th November 2008 07:24 PM GMT] As the global economy continues to falter -- taking funding opportunities and life science companies with it -- even the mighty Bill ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Critics rip Cell paper Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 25th November 2008 05:01 PM GMT] Improper citation, disregard for antecedent research, and shoddy experimentation - those are just a few of the allegations levied against a recent research paper written by a team of Stanford University scientists. One of the paper's chief critics, ... Click to continue View comments (37) | Comment on this news story News: Science orgs. praise HHS pick Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 20th November 2008 10:26 PM GMT] Scientific trade groups organizations seem quite pleased with the appointment of former Senator Tom Daschle to the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. But ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story News: NIH budget bump gets Senate vote Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 18th November 2008 10:03 PM GMT] In the current, lame-duck session of Congress, an economic stimulus bill introduced yesterday (Nov 17) would give the National Institutes of Health a $1 billion boost for FY 2008. The ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: deCODE falls from NASDAQ grace Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 18th November 2008 06:26 PM GMT] The NASDAQ giveth and the NASDAQ taketh away, especially if you're a biotechnology company. While California-based Celera Genomics made it onto the semi-annually updated NASDAQ Biotechnology ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Book lists key govt. science posts Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 14th November 2008 03:02 PM GMT] Job seekers hoping to land a position in President-elect Barack Obama's administration would be wise to pick up a copy of the US government's Plum Book, which lists some key science positions to be filled as Obama ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: New AIDS vaccine lab for NYC Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 12th November 2008 04:32 PM GMT] The world's first independent laboratory devoted solely to the development of an AIDS vaccine opens today (Nov. 12) in Brooklyn, New York. The new facility represents a new front in the ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Invitrogen-ABI merger gets EU nod Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 11th November 2008 08:57 PM GMT] Life science supply companies Invitrogen Corp. and ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: New NIH head talks budget, priorities Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 10th November 2008 05:34 PM GMT] Starting this month, a former physician took on the unenviable task of serving as the interim-director of the National Institutes of Health, assuming the reins from Elias Zerhouni. ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this news story News: Obama good for science, experts say Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 5th November 2008 05:06 PM GMT] Science groups are welcoming Senator Barack Obama's landslide victory as the 44th President of the United States. Throughout his campaign, Obama made several promises regarding American ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this news story News: New name for Invitrogen, ABI Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 4th November 2008 05:16 PM GMT] The new company formed by the merger between life science suppliers Invitrogen Corporation ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: The carbon costs of campaigning Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 4th November 2008 04:03 PM GMT] The results are in - no, not the election, but the total carbon footprints. In the past two years John McCain and ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this news story

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