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Private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Jesuits, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States.

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• 15 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States, founded by the University of California, Berkeley in 1952.

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• 16 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Berkeley Lab is a member of the national laboratory system supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Office of Science. It is managed by the University of California (UC) and is charged with conducting unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Located on a 200-acre site in the hills above the UC Berkeley campus that offers spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Lab employs approximately 4,200 scientists, engineers, support staff and students. Its budget for 2010 is $707 million, with an additional $104 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, for a total of $811 million.

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• 14 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852.The oldest centre of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French.

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• 16 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Institute established to perform research in organic chemistry, molecular biology and bioorganic chemistry that has a experience in drug design and technology development; namely 17 original drugs were discovered and introduced into the market and more than 70 original preparation methods of known medicines were invented. Presently IOS has on-going projects with 11 pharmaceutical companies. Together with business partners more than 270 patents have been filed in the last 5 years. Services include: Process chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Pharmacology and biological studies, Analytical chemistry, and Custom synthesis.

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

A public institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, that offers bachelor''s, master''s, diploma and doctoral degrees in business, engineering, law, science, and the social sciences.

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 students in about 100 schools and clinics, it is among the largest universities in Germany.

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• 13 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is the UK''s expert on information and digital technologies for education and research. JISC inspires UK colleges and universities in the innovative use of digital technologies, helping to maintain the UK''s position as a global leader in education. JISC helps institutions make best use of technology to manage all aspects of their business. JISC provides access to the world-class Janet (UK) network, quality digital resources and a range of specialist advisory services. JISC provides: * A world-class network - JANET * Access to electronic resources * New environments for learning, teaching and research * Guidance on institutional change * Advisory and consultancy services * Regional support - JISC RSCs Partnerships JISC develops partnerships to enable the UK education and research communities to engage in national and global collaborations to overcome the challenges of delivering world-class ICT solutions and services. Funding Opportunities JISC funds a wide range of infrastructure, services, innovative projects and studies. A large number of these originate from a successful response to a grant funding call (previously known as a JISC Circular), inviting eligible HE and FE institutions to bid for project funding. JISC also procures other activities (usually studies such as an evaluation or market research), through invitations to tender which are available to other organizations to bid against. JISC is the name of our organization. Historically, it stood for Joint Information Systems Committee.

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• 13 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

An independent, international center of excellence in plant science and microbiology. Their mission is: * To generate knowledge of plants and microbes through innovative research * To apply their knowledge of nature''s diversity to benefit agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being * To train scientists for the future * To engage with policy makers and the public

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• 16 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Hospital known officially as the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital since 1978, is an acute-care teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The hospital is affiliated with McGill University

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Public central university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on liberal arts and applied sciences.

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan.

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• 15 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare.

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• 13 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

One of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Their goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community.

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• 14 years ago - submitted by Anita Bandrowski

Multi-disciplinary research organization with strengths in crops, soils, land & environmental research, studying food, energy & environmental sustainability in Aberdeen and Dundee, UK. The James Hutton Institute brings together the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI (Scottish Crop Research Institute) both of which have illustrious histories. The new institute was created on 1 April 2011. The new organization will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues, such as food, energy and environmental security, and developing and promoting effective technological and management solutions to these. The James Hutton Institute is an internationally networked organization and operates from multiple sites, including two main ones in Scotland at Aberdeen and Dundee. It employs more than 600 scientists and support staff, making it one of the biggest research centers in the UK and the first of its type in Europe. The institute is one of the Scottish Government''s main research providers in environmental, crop and food science and will have a major role in the Scottish knowledge economy. James Hutton (1726 1797) was a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, an eighteenth century golden age of intellectual and scientific achievements centered on Edinburgh. He is internationally regarded as the founder of modern geology and one of the first scientists to describe the Earth as a living system. His thinking on natural selection influenced Charles Darwin in developing his theory of evolution.

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• 15 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

Software suite for electrophysiology data acquisition and analysis by Molecular Devices. Used for the control and recording of voltage clamp, current clamp, and patch clamp experiments. The software suite consists of Clampex 11 Software for data acquisition, AxoScope 11 Software for background recording, Clampfit 11 Software for data analysis, and optional Clampfit Advanced Analysis Module for sophisticated and streamlined analysis.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A public organization whose duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of knowledge growth and of its applications for the scientific, technological, economic and social development of the Country. To this end, the activities of the organization are divided into macro areas of interdisciplinary scientific and technological research, concerning several sectors: biotechnology, medicine, materials, environment and land, information and communications, advanced systems of production, judicial and socio-economic sciences, classical studies and arts. CNR is distributed all over Italy through a network of institutes aiming at promoting a wide diffusion of its competences throughout the national territory and at facilitating contacts and cooperation with local firms and organizations. From the financial point of view, the main resources come from the State, but also from the market: even 30% of its balance sheet, an extraordinary result, is the result of revenues coming from external job orders for studies and activities of technical advice as well as from agreements with firms, contracts with the European Union and with the other international organizations. One of CNR institutional duties is the carrying out of research activities in pursuit of excellence and strategic relevance within the national and international ambit, through its network of research institutes. The network of CNR research institutes, which are distributed all over the national territory, is multidisciplinary: it has competences in the field of health and biology, of computer science, of environment and climate, of chemistry and physics, of behavioral, economic and social sciences.

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• 14 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg

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• 12 years ago - submitted by Christie Wang

An independent, non-profit, research institute with experience in epidemiological research and macro health planning with a record of delivering real health and economic value to a range of public and private sources including governments, universities, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and large multi-national concerns. iPRI is conducting a broad range of research projects with emphasis on prevention of chronic diseases and conditions. All iPRI projects have an international dimension, and their results are expected to impact on clinical and preventive practices. Projects may include authoritative reviews and meta-analyses, secondary analyses of existing data and samples and collection of new data and biological samples in the field. All iPRI projects result in publications in leading scientific journals. Projects may be funded by public or private sources, as well as by iPRI itself. In all cases, sponsors have no influence in the planning, conduct, analysis or reporting of the projects. iPRI is also engaged in several research projects with partners from low- and medium-income countries.

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• 13 years ago - submitted by Andrea Stagg