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Need leadership skills? Ask a golden shiner fish!

It appears that a leadership training does not necessarily need to consume a lot of money. Need a leadership mentor? Meet Notemigonus crysoleucas, a golden shiner.... Read more

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Preview of plant pathogens

In the Department of Plant Protection and Biotechnology at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG, a subject of a particular care is potato, one of the major players in European kitchen and economy. Currently ongoing projects are focused on pectolytic plant pathogens of Pectrobacterium a... Read more

Tags Pectrobacterium , Dickeya , blackleg , wet rot , plant pathogens , potato , gene expression , plant protection

Microbiologists united once again - this time in Gdansk

6th International Weigl Conference on Microbiology took place 8-10 July 2015 at the University of Gdansk, Poland. This biennial event is a result of Polish-Ukrainian cooperation and the tribute to Prof. Rudolf Weigl.... Read more

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Think Asia. invest Thailand

If you wish to set up an operation in Thailand, your best contact point is the Office of the Board of Investment (BOI), which operates under the Prime Minister's Office and is the principal government agency for encouraging investment. The BOI also acts as Thailand's marketing arm and actively promot... Read more

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Cornelius exclusively brings swiss Iingredient to the UK

Cornelius is an independent European manufacturer and distributor of branded and own brand speciality chemicals, raw materials and ingredients supporting new product development in Health & Nutrition, Care Products and Industrial markets.Speciality chemicals distributor and manufacturer Cornelius is ... Read more

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2015 BIO International Convention

The international BIO convention took place in 15-18 of July in Philadelphia, PA, in the heart of the U.S. biopharma industry. ... Read more

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The right temperature worldwide

The LAUDA exhibition presence at ACHEMA 2015 is right at the heart of the future. This family company demonstrates its innovative capacity as a worldwide leading manufacturer of constant temperature equipment and installations with a whole range of new devices.... Read more

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Acceleration! The origin of world class science in Gdansk

On 25th of June 2015 during the inauguration conference in Gdansk Science and Technology Park a ceremonial opening of Gdansk Life Sciences Center was held. The Center aims to accelerate the most interesting concepts in biology and biotechnology and develop projects for commercialization. Thanks to a ... Read more

Tags selvita , Gdansk Science and Technology Park , Gdansk Life Sciences Center , Polpharma , Svanvid , Pomeranian Special Economic Zone

DHL expands ColdChain network services for life sciences and healthcare sector in Europe

DHL Freight, the road freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, integrates three additional certified Life Sciences & Healthcare Competency Centers to its LTL (less than truckload) ColdChain network. With new stations in Lyon, Milan and Madrid, DHL is further extending its services for tempe... Read more

What's new in European microbiology? Highlights from FEMS Congress 2015

6th Congress of Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) took place 7th to 11th of July in Maastricht, Netherlands. Just as the previous meeting, the conference gathered over 2 thousands of participants from all over the world. The wide subject range allowed everyone find something sui... Read more

Tags conference , microbiology , FEMS , CRISPR

12th Baltic Network Conference – registration is open

The conference registration and submission of the abstracts for the 12th Conference of Baltic Antiviral Network "Viral infections of the regional significance" is already open. The event will take place in Moscow, October 3-5 2015. The organizing committee is looking forward to hosting numerous key-n... Read more

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The biggest event of the life science sector - BioForum 2015

Wroclaw in Western Poland has become the center of life science sector for two days. From 20th to 21st of May, numerous guests, including bio-tech companies, technology parks, investors and students had the opportunity to network and discuss the burning issues of this rapidly developing field of scie... Read more

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Warsaw Innovation Days

Warsaw Innovation Days (WID) taking place from 8 to 30 June 2015 are the opportunity to exchange ideas and build innovative interdisciplinary solutions for science, technology and business. ... Read more

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XXI Biotechnology Summer School

Biotechnology Summer Schools (BSS) are the tradition of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG in Gdansk. For 21 years the meetings join fun with science, gathering students and scientist in outdoor lecture sessions given by eminent speakers from all over the world. XXI BSS will took pla... Read more

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“Heart-on-a-chip” proposed as a potent tool for drug screening

Lack of models properly reflecting human organism environment for the analysis of drug safety and efficiency is an ongoing issue. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have come up with “heart-on-a-chip” model that can serve as a tool for testing cardiovascular medications.... Read more

Tags heart , chip , drug screening , cells , animal model

1st Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and Co-infection with HIV

For the first time, partners from central and eastern European institutions are going to discuss viral hepatitis and co-infection in Warsaw, Poland during a two-day meeting on 22-23 June 2015. The workshop is organized by Virology Education.... Read more

Tags poland , workshops , hepatitis , viral infections

Polish-Czech twinning program

Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education together with Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the call for research internship proposals within The Executive Program with Czech Republic 2016-2017.... Read more

Tags poland , czech republic , internship , ministry of science and higher education

Ukraine joins E.U. Horizon 2020 program

European Commissioner Carlos Moedas and Ukrainian education and science minister Serhiy Kvit exchange signatures in Kiev joining Ukraine into Horizon 2020. It is a multidimensional 7-year research program worth €80 billion, which hopefully contribute to economic growth in war-devastated Ukraine.... Read more

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InnoNeuroMed as a first Polish innovative neuromedicine platform

Collaboration of the representatives of the Polish most prominent research institutes and pharmaceutical companies resulted in the establishment of the first innovative neuromedicine platform “InnoNeuroMed” in the country. Professor Leszek Kaczmarek from Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, the ... Read more

Tags poland , innovations , neurobiology , diagnostics , neuromedicine , platform , innoneuromed , Leszek Kaczmarek

2015 ISPE Europe Annual Conference

The 2015 ISPE Europe Annual Conference focusing on Driving Effectiveness in Pharmaceutical Operations with Integrated Quality will be held in Frankfurt, Germany during 4-7 May 2015. The event will be a great place for meeting pharmaceutical, regulatory and technology experts from all over the world.... Read more

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