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Public Release: 28-Jun-2017

Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH 'Follow that Cell' challenge

Nader Pourmand, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has won the $300,000 first place prize in the Follow that Cell Challenge organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pourmand has spent nearly 15 years developing his nanopipette technology, which allows researchers to take miniscule samples from inside a living cell without affecting the cell's activity or viability.

Meeting: NIH Single Cell Analysis Program Annual Investigators Meeting
Funder: NIH

Public Release: 28-Jun-2017

Guinness World Records names graphene aerogel as world's least dense 3-D printed structure

Kansas State University

An engineering team has developed 3-D printed graphene aerogel that GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS has declared the lightest 3-D printed material in the world. The team includes researchers from Kansas State University, the University at Buffalo and Lanzhou University in China.

Public Release: 28-Jun-2017

First 'haploid' human stem cells could change the face of medical research

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Scientists have isolated and replicated embryonic stem cells containing just one set of chromosomes in humans, with implications for diagnostics, regenerative medicine and cancer research. The innovative research, which has already led to the launching of a company that develops a diagnostic kit for predicting resistance to chemotherapy treatments, has earned doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation Award from the Hebrew University.

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

First Korean biomedical researcher to win IEEE-EMBS Early Career Achievement Award

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)

Chulhong Kim, Associate Professor of Creative IT Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), has become the first Korean biomedical researcher to win the IEEE-EMBS Academic Early Career Achievement Award. Chulhong Kim's research has made remarkable contributions to the development of novel biomedical imaging techniques including photoacoustic tomography, ultrasound-modulated optical tomography, fluorescence imaging, and ultrasound imaging. The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is the world's largest international society of biomedical engineers.

Meeting: The 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

Public safety department at NJIT earns law enforcement accreditation

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Public Safety Department has received accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), whose mission is 'to promote and enhance the highest ethical and professional standards in law enforcement at all levels throughout New Jersey.'

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

Shi-Jiang Li, Ph.D., receives 2017 Alzheimer Award

IOS Press

The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to announce that Shi-Jiang Li, Ph.D., Professor of Biophysics, Radiology, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2017 Alzheimer Award.

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

Three giants in the field of radiation oncology named 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists

American Society for Radiation Oncology

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M. Bentzen, DSc, PhD; Louis B. Harrison, MD, FASTRO; and Michael L. Steinberg, MD, FASTRO, have been awarded the highest honor bestowed upon ASTRO members. They will be recognized for their achievements at an awards ceremony during ASTRO's 59th Annual Meeting in San Diego, taking place September 24-27, 2017.

Meeting: ASTRO's 59th Annual Meeting

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

Wolters Kluwer named SIIA Education Technology CODiE Award Finalist for best student assessment solution

Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that Lippincott PassPoint was named a 2017 SIIA CODiE Award finalist in the Best Student Assessment Solution category. Finalists represent applications, products and services from providers of educational software, digital content, online learning services and related technologies encompassing pre-K through post-secondary sectors. Lippincott PassPoint is part of a suite of comprehensive digital nursing education solutions.

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

An Israeli innovation feeds the world with more fish protein

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A new way to grow larger fish and feed the expanding world population has earned a Hebrew University aquaculture expert a 2017 Kaye Innovation Award. Young tilapia fed molecules developed by Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan gained 25 percent more weight versus fish that did not receive the supplement.

Public Release: 27-Jun-2017

Universal access to water requires stronger government leadership, say researchers

Elsevier

Access to water is worse now than it was in 1990. The world needs a consolidated voice to protect water as a human right, and this will require stronger leadership from governments, suggests research published in Water Resources and Rural Development. Study wins Elsevier's Atlas award.

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