US, China clash over call for ‘transparent’ COVID-19 investigation The United States calls on China to allow a team of COVID-19 investigators from the World Health Organization to interview “caregivers, former patients and laboratory workers” in the central city of Wuhan. But Chinese authorities say they want to end politicalRead More →
DALLAS & NASHVILLE, Tennessee – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Pharos Capital Group, LLC (“Pharos”), a Dallas and Nashville-based private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Horizon Oncology (“Horizon”), headquartered in Lafayette, in Indiana. The acquisition marks the launch of Verdi Oncology, Inc. (“Verdi”), an oncology and clinical research practice management company.Read More →
Should managers without research training be in charge of academic institutions? The French agricultural research institute INRA has had a tumultuous summer. The surprise and largely unwelcome nomination of politician Philippe Mauguin as president of INRA has caused a shock wave in the French scientific community. Researchers from INRA andRead More →
According to the USDA-Economic Research Service, 550-pound steers sold in November 2014 for $ 302.66 per cwt; in October, 800-pound steers sold for $ 238.80. Yet Randall Raymond, DVM, at Simplot Land and Livestock, is working hard to create an even more valuable and profitable fattening calf. How? ‘Or’ What?Read More →
BOSTON – The role of the endocrinologist in the management of diabetes has changed dramatically over the past 50 years and will continue to change rapidly in the years to come. A special symposium held at the 75th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) highlighted everything doctors andRead More →
NORWALK, Connecticut, February 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS) (Nasdaq: FDS), a leading provider of integrated global financial information and analytical applications to the investment community, has announced today it has acquired Code Red, Inc. Code Red provides research management technologies to the investment community,Read More →
“The Araku-Paderu region is ideal for setting up a veterinary biological research institute.” To meet the requirements of the laboratory for diagnosis and epidemiology of diseases, he suggests that the existing centers in each of the three regions can be transformed into reference laboratories instead of a large center. LeverageRead More →
During my PhD, I was never good at managing my research data. If you ask my old private investigator, I guess she would actually tell you that I was pretty bad. So much so that she had an emergency meeting for a lab book with the rest of my groupRead More →
In 2007, a pair of talented scientist-programmers called Mekentosj released Papers, a Mac OS X application that did for scientific literature what iTunes did for music. They tracked the desktop version with an iOS app that works as a stand-alone program or in conjunction with your Mac. Combining Papers withRead More →