In order to seize emerging opportunities in the potato market across the globe, the Potato farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) said it is now ready to harness the abundant resources through partnership with Israel in the area of biotechnology.

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Hon. Abiodun Akinlade, has said the country may not rank among the top developed nations in the world if adequate attention was not paid to science and technology.

The Director-General, National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr. Seidu Mohammed has been elected to the board of the International Academy of Astronautics. He was recently inducted along other distinguished scientists drawn from different parts of the world at the

The second National HIV/AIDS/STI/ORID Research Conference (NHASORC) was launched yesterday with a call to the public to be involved in the ongoing HIV/AIDS research.

According to NATO's website a Tunisian research project initiated by researchers at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies (INSAT) on "Advanced Pathogen Detection for Human Protection" was one of the projects approved by the North Atlantic Treaty

LASIK Surgery and vision correction experts listed in the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory were actively involved at the recently concluded American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Dr. Stephen Brint, MD, Dr. Frederick Fraunfelder, MD,

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will deliver the opening keynote address to more than 8,000 professionals from the biopharmaceutical and related sectors at the Drug Information Association (DIA) 46th Annual Meeting. (PRWeb Nov

Oso Healthcare will provide implementation services and remote phone and online support for the ClearCanvas customer base of more than 5,000 radiology software users worldwide. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009) Read the full story at

Drug safety specialty firm BioSoteria announced that its Vice President of eLearning and Informatics earned the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP) credential from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Certification Institute. Michelle Flewell has more than

Brooke Sanders brings a new look to Pro Repro (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009) Read the full story at

Expert speakers from industry, Health Canada, EMEA, FDA, and PMDA will lead presentations at the 2nd DIA Conference on Harmonization of Risk Management Plans to be held December 10-11, 2009 in Washington, DC. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009) Read the full

The Human Anthrax Vaccine Program must be stopped. Scott Miller and Company has completed the feature film "A Call to Arms:2009 Edition" and the one-hour television documentary "Fatal Immunity: The Human Anthrax Vaccine Story" to inform the public about the

LTCI NOW is created by Imulan to inform cat owners about fast, new treatment program for FIV and FELV (PRWeb Nov 4, 2009) Read the full story at

Arrowhead's 2010 Allosteric and Orthosteric Modulator Congress, scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, PA on January 25 and January 26, 2010, will highlight key developments in the field of allosteric and orthosteric modulator drug discovery and clinical development. (PRWeb Nov

Lancaster Laboratories was the first organization to become accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and was assigned certificate number 1.01 thirty years ago. (PRWeb Nov 4, 2009) Read the full story at

94 Researchers from 74 institutions worldwide were asked a series of questions regarding their management of research data. The survey's purpose was to learn about and prove the need for knowledge management systems in academic research. 80% of the researchers

Real-time in situ FTIR analysis has become a standard tool in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries for providing information rich data that allows a more thorough understanding of reactions during the development and scale-up of chemical processes. METTLER TOLEDO is

This webinar, which will be presented on November 19 and is of interest to anyone working in continuous flow chemistry processing, will deal with the application of the ReactIR flow cell inline using various meso and micro scale flow chemistry

The Institute for Health Technology Transformation announced today a Leveraging Predictive Analytics Webinar with MEDai and Adventist Health System entitled "Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections, Enhance Rapid Response Team Efforts, and Improve Care Delivery by Leveraging Patient-Centric Data and Real-Time Predictive Analytics"

The European Commission announced that it has approved a biotech corn product for food, feed, import and processing jointly developed by DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. Corn products