European Science Foundation - LESC http://www.esf.org/ LESC en European Science Foundation http://www.esf.org/fileadmin/img/logo_esf_rss.png http://www.esf.org/ 144 69 LESC TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:56:00 +0200 European biotechnologists unravel life’s big cellular factories http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/european-biotechnologists-unravel-lifes-big-cellular-factories-580.html Biotechnologists are poised to take a leap forward in understanding the detailed structure and... LESC EUROCORES Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2009

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Tue, 19 May 2009 15:16:00 +0200 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/european-biotechnologists-unravel-lifes-big-cellular-factories-580.html Biobanks will provide “electronic specimens” for medical research http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/biobanks-will-provide-electronic-specimens-for-medical-research-571.html Future medical research will focus increasingly on electronic data, with less need both for... EMRC LESC Research Conferences Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2009

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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/biobanks-will-provide-electronic-specimens-for-medical-research-571.html European evolutionary biologists rally behind Richard Dawkins’ Extended Phenotype http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/european-evolutionary-biologists-rally-behind-richard-dawkins-extended-phenotype-568.html Richard Dawkins’ Extended Phenotype (EP) concept is as relevant now as when it was first proposed... LESC Exploratory Workshops Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2009

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Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/european-evolutionary-biologists-rally-behind-richard-dawkins-extended-phenotype-568.html Key to future medical breakthroughs is systems biology, say leading European scientists http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/key-to-future-medical-breakthroughs-is-systems-biology-say-leading-european-scientists-563.html Crucial breakthroughs in the treatment of many common diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson’s... EMRC LESC Science Policy Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2009

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/key-to-future-medical-breakthroughs-is-systems-biology-say-leading-european-scientists-563.html Understanding how infectious diseases spread depends on unlocking secrets held in existing data http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/understanding-how-infectious-diseases-spread-depends-on-unlocking-secrets-held-in-existing-data-562.html Often experiments are needed to make scientific progress, but sometimes the answers lie in data... EMRC LESC Exploratory Workshops Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2008

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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/understanding-how-infectious-diseases-spread-depends-on-unlocking-secrets-held-in-existing-data-562.html Computers team up with evolution to design novel enzymes http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/computers-team-up-with-evolution-to-design-novel-enzymes-561.html The dream of designer drugs highly specific in action with zero side effects has come closer by... EMRC LESC Research Conferences Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2008

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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:05:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/medical-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/computers-team-up-with-evolution-to-design-novel-enzymes-561.html Pigs and dogs can bridge gap between mice and humans in developing new therapies http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/pigs-and-dogs-can-bridge-gap-between-mice-and-humans-in-the-developing-new-therapies-552.html Human and veterinary medicine could receive a big boost through the use of larger animals,... LESC EMRC Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2008

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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:08:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/pigs-and-dogs-can-bridge-gap-between-mice-and-humans-in-the-developing-new-therapies-552.html Computation and genomics data drive bacterial research into new golden age http://www.esf.org/research-areas/physical-and-engineering-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/computation-and-genomics-data-drive-bacterial-research-into-new-golden-age-548.html A potent combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is... PESC EMRC LESC Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2008 Research Conferences

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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/physical-and-engineering-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/computation-and-genomics-data-drive-bacterial-research-into-new-golden-age-548.html Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/rivers-are-carbon-processors-not-inert-pipelines-542.html Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not... LESC Media Centre Homepage Press Releases 2008

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:03:00 +0100 http://www.esf.org/research-areas/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/rivers-are-carbon-processors-not-inert-pipelines-542.html Solar energy as a sustainable source of European economic growth http://www.esf.org/research-areas/physical-and-engineering-sciences/news/ext-news-singleview/article/solar-energy-as-a-sustainable-source-of-european-economic-growth-533.html European researchers call for paradigm shift towards clean fuel technologies PESC LESC Science Policy Media Centre Press Releases 2008 Homepage Soc

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