A strong pipeline makes the Copenhagen Region biotech cluster well prepared for the challenges ahead. With 185 drug candidates in preclinical and clinical development, Denmark ranks third in Europe. Go to source

Biotechnology companies in the United States are raising less cash than they have in a decade, in part because of the global economic crisis. The reductions have led to bankruptcies and threaten development of drugs based on biomedical breakthroughs. Go to source

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC:ACTC) and CHA Biotech Co, Ltd. (CHA), a leading Korean-based biotechnology company focused on the development of stem cell technologies, announced today the formation of a new international joint venture. The new company – Allied Cell Technology – will develop human blood cells and other clinical therapies based on ACTC’s proprietary hemangioblast cell ... Go to source

WORCESTER, Mass. & SEOUL, Korea----Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. and CHA Biotech Co, Ltd. , a leading Korean-based biotechnology company focused on the development of stem cell technologies, announced today the formation of a new international joint venture. Go to source

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraskans are helping Europeans policymakers who are wrestling with the European Union’s aversion to genetically modified crops. University of Nebraska-Lincoln plant geneticist Sally MacKenzie was part of a Nebraska delegation that visited Europe. Go to source

Organisation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Summary: The successful candidate will support the selection and timely development of potential new medicines through close interactions with discovery therapeutic areas, and affiliated non-clinical and clinical development functions.

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Organisation: University of Paris-Sud
Summary: Interactions and Dynamics of Surface Geology (IDES) is a laboratory from the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) and University of Paris-Sud 11. IDES is looking for a Ph.D. student to study the microstructures and molecular processes involved in the biomineralization of commercially-important bivalve larvae. These techniques will be employed to understand how future changes in the climate of coastal waters, caused by predicted increases in temperature and CO2, will affect the growth and development of shellfish larvae.

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Organisation: Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
Summary: The objective of the CRG is to promote excellent basic research in biomedicine and, particularly, in the genomic and proteomic fields.

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Organisation: ETH Zurich
Summary: Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the research project “LiverX: Systems Biology of Hepatic Insulin Resistance” at the Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases (CC-SPMD) which is part of SystemsX.ch, the Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology.

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Organisation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Summary: The Scientific Training Officer will manage and develop the Advanced Training Programme at EMBL. A special focus will be the implementation of new Laboratory Training Courses, also in collaboration with EMBL Corporate Partners. He / she will directly report to the EICAT Coordinating Manager.

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Organisation: EFSA
Summary: Experts sought to cover plant health and plant protection, GMOs, feedstuffs, animal health and welfare, toxicology, contaminants in the food chain, biological hazards including TSEs, dietetic products, allergies, novel foods and nutrition.

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