Funding opportunities from NASA !

A local consortium is offering many funding opportunities for Biotechnologists !!

Seminar in Biotechnology - Tuesday Meeting - 9th Sept 2014 - Room 919

The use of electronic devices in the classroom is currently being debated. Some instructors allow access to all devices whereas some instructors have a “no device “ policy.  The authors of today’s paper, conclude that multitasking on electronic devices impairs learning.  In today’s journal club,  we will examine whether the data supports this conclusion.    

The road less travelled

 A very relevant podcast from the Life Scientific  

"Carol Robinson describes her remarkable journey from leaving school at 16 to work as a lab technician at Pfizer, to becoming the first female Professor of Chemistry at both Oxford and Cambridge University, despite an eight year career break to bring up three small children."

Trevi raises 25 million !

Local Biotech company, Trevi raised 25 million to start trial on new anti-iching medication.

I didn't like Math and Science but I'm a Biomedical engineer !

An interesting profile of a  biomedical engineer 

A Human mutation that prevents Diabetes

Investigators at Amgen, Pfizer and DeCODE  have discovered a mutation in a zinc transporter that appears to prevent the onset of Diabetes.  This will likely have significant therapeutic interest.

How to develop a clear and engaging presentation

A key part of the training in the Capital Biotechnology program is to enable students to develop a clear and engaging presentation. In this video,  Susan  McConnell  presents some very useful tips on creating a clear and interesting scientific presentation.  

Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells

In our intro Biotechnology course , there  has been considerable interest in generating reagents  useful for the development of functional liver cells.  In this report, investigators at the Gladstone Institute  report success in  transforming  human skin cells into functioning liver cells. 

MIT’s Synthetic Biology Center collaborates with Pfizer to advance synthetic biology research in drug discovery and development

An interesting article  that discusses the significant  move in Pharma to go back to Biotechnology basics.

Looking for a Summer Biotech internship ?

A very useful compilation of summer Biotech  internships.

An interesting article on using RNA interference to target agricultural pests

Using  double stranded RNA to target  mites!

Alexion increasing Drug Portfolio

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, buys new drug therapies from Moderna Therapeutics

The Foundations of Molecular Cloning - Past, Present and Future

A very useful and practical article  on the history and application of molecular cloning.