DETROIT - Wayne State University has awarded nearly $2.4 million in investments in four programs, including seed grants for interdisciplinary research in Computational Biology ? part of WSU?s efforts to develop an institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award proposal for the National Institutes of Health. The program, now in its fifth year, was divided into
LANSING - Brendon Ringlever of BL Government Affairs office in Lansing discusses the negotiations on the 2008 Michigan budget in this special edition of Newsmaker Interview. Some chips on the table include making Michigan a Right To Work state, meaning employees would have the option of joining, or not joining, a union that represents workers.
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan scientists have received a pilot grant of nearly $1.3 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to test whether nanoparticles can help wounded solders on the battlefield by administering sustained, safe doses of the most effective painkillers long before they can reach expert medical help. The ultimate goal
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Mozilla released on Tuesday an update to Firefox 2 that patches the Mozilla side of a flaw shared with Microsoft Internet Explorer. The update, Firefox 2.0.0.6, also patches a privilege escalation vulnerability. Current users of Firefox 2 will receive an update notice. Others can download it from the Mozilla site. Researcher
HOUSTON - Think of it as a briefcase for electricity. Houston-based Trulite is developing a portable hydrogen-powered generator, the KH4. Pour water into the unit, and it will crank out 150 watts of power, and 200 watts at its peak. While that won't run your house, it's enough to recharge power tools or a laptop
NOVI ? Red Level Networks is expanding ? literally. On Tuesday, the IT Solutions provider is hosting a combination open house, ribbon cutting ceremony, complete with politicians. Even the Microsoft Across America Truck will be on hand. The party starts at 2 pm and runs until 8 pm with the ribbon cutting ? by Novi
ANN ARBOR ? Young Basile has hired former Pfizer attorney and bioscientist Mehdi Ganjeizadeh to lead its new Life Science industry group in its new office in downtown Ann Arbor across the street from Ann Arbor SPARK. Ganjeizadeh said he chose Young Basile because of its entrepreneurial environment and the opportunity to build a new
KALAMAZOO ? Biotech and pharma contract researcher Global Lifescience Solutions on Tuesday announced it has inked a new partnership with the Michigan High Throughput Screening Center at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Through the new partnership, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies can now take advantage of HTS screening offered by MHTSC and high content screening offered
LANSING - When Pfizer announced it was moving its Ann Arbor laboratory and some of its other operations out of the state, Gov. Jennifer Granholm quickly announced the availability of loan funds to help displaced employees start new businesses in the state. But with the budget for Fiscal Year 2007-08 still unresolved, the status of
LANSING - If proponents of a Michigan public safety surcharge on phones want to raise $135 million annually, they have to make the monthly fee $1.27, not $1.35, as proposed in HB 4852. Mark Wolf with the House Fiscal Agency projects the $1.27 figure based on charging all landline, cell, pre-paid, Voice over Internet Protocol