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Public Release: 10-Feb-2012
$5.5 million gift aids search for alternative energy Scientists at the University of Missouri are the recipients of a five-year, $5.5 million gift from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation that will help focus efforts in fundamental, physical sciences in the search for new alternative energy sources. 
Sidney Kimmel Foundation
Contact: Christian Basi
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
RI Hospital receives $2.2 million grant to study prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis Rhode Island Hospital has received a grant of $2.2 million from the United States Department of Defense to support a research study on a treatment that may prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis, a common condition in men and women who suffer joint injuries to the knee and hip. The research will allow for further development of lubricin, a manufactured recombinant protein similar to a natural form of lubricant for the joints that may prevent osteoarthritis following trauma.
US Department of Defense
Contact: Nancy Jean
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
UofL receives Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges TB biomarkers grant The University of Louisville has been awarded its first Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant, $576,800 over two years to pursue an innovative research project to identify and validate tuberculosis biomarkers, titled "Disposable Sampling Plate and Breath Test to Identify Patients with Active Tuberculosis."
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Jill Scoggins
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
SomaLogic Inc. receives Grand Challenges tuberculosis biomarkers grant SomaLogic Inc. announced today that it will receive a tuberculosis biomarkers grant through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative that seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world. Urs Ochsner, head of the Infectious Diseases Research Group at SomaLogic, will pursue an innovative research project to identify and validate TB biomarkers, titled "SOMAmer-based detection of tuberculosis biomarkers."
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Fintan Steele, Ph.D.
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
The Forsyth Institute receives Grand Challenges tuberculosis biomarkers grant The Forsyth Institute announced today that it will receive a tuberculosis biomarkers grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Jennifer Kelly
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
£7 public funding available for research to deliver better fruit and vegetables A new research initiative launched Feb. 9 aims to bring academic researchers together with industry in order to deliver bigger yields of better quality fruits and vegetables for the consumer through more sustainable farming practices.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Contact: Mike Davies
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
Innovators funded to develop bold, out-of-the-box ideas to save lives in developing countries Grand Challenges Canada announces 15 grants valued in total at more than $1.5 million to support bold, out-of-the-box ideas from some of Canada's most creative innovators to improve global health conditions. Contact: Lyn Whitham
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Researchers study parenting behaviors of stressed-out birds Virginia Tech and Queens University researchers are studying stress hormones in tree swallows, what happens when stress is ongoing, and the impact on parenting.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Lindsay Key
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
5 University of Houston assistant professors receive NSF CAREER awards Five junior faculty members at the University of Houston have been awarded NSF CAREER awards for their outstanding work as researchers and educators.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Laura Tolley
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Research partnership to improve treatments for cancer patients The Australian Cancer Research Foundation has committed $2 million towards the fit-out of two new cancer research laboratories at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
Australian Cancer Research Foundation
Contact: Penny Fannin
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
New Kavli Institute announced at the University Of Tokyo The Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, receives a major endowment from the Kavli Foundation, joining the family of Kavli institutes. Contact: Ms. Tszuke / Ms. Takemoto
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
BWH Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care awarded $1 million grant from Department of Defense The Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital has been awarded a $1 million plus, four-year grant from the US Department of Defense.
US Department of Defense
Contact: Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
Lauren Sciences LLC awarded MJFF grant to develop a V-SmartTM therapeutic for Parkinson's disease Lauren Sciences LLC, a privately held biotechnology company furthering development of its new V-SmartTM nanovesicle platform technology, announced today the award of a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The grant from MJFF will support development of the novel V-SmartTM nanovesicles for systemic, targeted delivery of GDNF (glial-derived naturetic factor) across the blood brain barrier (BBB) to the brain for treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Contact: Susan Rosenbaum
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
Osteopathic student garners national award for cleft palate research A College of Osteopathic Medicine student has been awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health for his work on identifying the causes leading to cleft palate. Youssef Kousa, a fifth-year candidate in the college's D.O.-Ph.D. program, will receive $65,000 over 21 months for tuition, fees and a stipend.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Jason Cody
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
CIHR invests in Queen's-led study on end-of-life decision making At a time when there is tremendous concern about the utilization of technology at the end of life and the costs of technology, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has funded a multi-center study aimed to improve end of life decision making amongst seriously ill, elderly hospitalized patients.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Contact: Anne Craig
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
Donation opens new opportunities for more effective diabetes treatment The Swedish medical university, Karolinska Institutet, has received a grant of 1.6 million euros from the Stichting af Jochnick Foundation for research into the fundamental causes of diabetes. The grant will make it possible to use unique methods to study how the release of insulin is regulated in living organisms -- and this will create new opportunities for developing more effective drugs against diabetes.
Stichting af Jochnick Foundation
Contact: Per-Olof Berggren
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
University of Miami student Bignami among 5 Guy Harvey Scholarship recipients University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science graduate student Sean Bignami received a Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation scholarship for his studies of how the changing chemistry of marine waters as a result of ocean acidification might affect the early development of large marine fish.
Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
AFER announces 2011 Genentech Fellowship recipients ARVO Foundation for Eye Research congratulates the first AFER/Genentech Age-related macular Degeneration Fellowship recipients -- Balamurali K. Ambati, M.D., Ph.D., and Stephen H. Tsang, M.D., Ph.D. Each received $40,000 to support their age-related macular degeneration research and will be honored at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 6, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Genentech
Contact: Katrina Norfleet
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Pioneering research will assess the effects of obesity on bone development Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood. Contact: Amy Pullan
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Batchelor Foundation challenge grant to support helicopter purchase The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science announced that it has received a challenge grant for $700,000 from the Miami-based Batchelor Foundation to support its exploration research efforts. The funds will be applied toward the acquisition of a helicopter outfitted with a suite of scientific equipment that will serve as the basis for a one-of-a-kind platform for environmental observations at the School.
Batchelor Foundation
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
WHOI scientists will install first real-time seafloor earthquake observatory at Cascadia Fault A $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will fund the first seafloor geodesy observatory above the expected rupture zone of the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia fault -- an offshore, subduction zone fault capable of producing a magnitude 9 earthquake and generating a large tsunami.
W.M. Keck Foundation
Contact: WHOI Media Relations
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
Institute for Aging research awarded $2.7 million grant to investigate 'dowager's hump' The Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, today announced that Dr. Lisa Samelson and the Institute were awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a five-year study to better understand the cause of hyperkyphosis, a condition that causes extreme forward curvature of the spine.
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Contact: Cathleen Genova
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
The shape of things to come: Researchers examine the future of UK high streets At a time when the future of UK town centers is high on the political agenda and the Government's response to the Portas Review4 is awaited, researchers at the University of Southampton have been awarded over £250,000 to evaluate alternative visions of the future of UK high streets over the next 25 years.
Economic and Social Research Council
Contact: Peter Franklin
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
New investment aims to establish the UK as a global graphene research hub Today sees the announcement of full details of how an additional £50 million will be spent to keep the UK at the forefront of research into 'wonder material' graphene. 200 times stronger than steel yet less than an atom thick, graphene is the strongest and thinnest material ever measured, and also the world's most conductive material. It has a wide range of potential uses, including electronics, flexible touch screens, sensors and in composite materials. Contact: EPSRC Press Office
Public Release: 1-Feb-2012
Creating the perfect partial salt replacement In the quest to lower sodium consumption in the North American diet, a team of University of Alberta researchers recently received $340,000 to conduct sensory and taste trials of the salt flavor enhancement product it created with a new, cleaner and more efficient technology.
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, Alberta Innovates – Bio Solutions
Contact: Mirko Betti
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