Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly 10,000 students.

An important study raises concern about the way intensive care physicians approach patients and families facing serious end-of-life medical decisions. Based on interviews with more than 1,200 ICU physicians at five major medical centers across the country, researchers conclude that

Tonight the Serbian capital, Belgrade, is playing host to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. Last year's parade of Euro-pop was followed by scornful commentary in the media, and some said there was little point in the UK taking part any

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter will attend BIO 2008 in San Diego, California, June 18, 2008, marketing the State's bioscience sector to more than 20,000 bioscience company executives, researchers, economic development agencies and service providers attending the four-day event. A Colorado

Responsibilities:The Genentech Bioinformatics Department seeks an exceptionally talented andmotivated individual to apply oncogenomics in the selection of patient populations for Genentech therapeutic products. Responsibilities will include the development of informatics tools for discovery of molecular markers and signatures, application of

54539BR) A highly motivated and skilled cancer biologist is sought to join the Tumor Genomics group to lead research projects in biomarker discovery in cancer. The successful candidate will be involved in fundamental research related to the mechanisms of DNA

We are looking for dynamic scientists to help support the research efforts of the U.S. Army Medical Command's Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute and its collaborators. These openings are for Ph.D.-level physical and life scientists with interest and experience in

The Biomedical Informatics Core of the Clinical Translational Science Center (CTSC) at Weill Medical College of Cornell University is recruiting a data analyst to perform biomarker discovery in high-throughput data sets generated in clinical and basic science laboratories across the

The University of Manchester http://www.manchester.ac.uk/jobs Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences Research Associate Ref:MHS/80458 Salary £27,446- £33,780 per annum This post, available for 5 years, offers the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team working

ArrayExpress is an international repository gene expression data and other array based data and an EBI core repository. The ArrayExpress production team acquires, curates and integrates gene expression and HTP data from Array based technologies from individual submitters and institutions.

Ireland funds great research maybe it's your turn! Science Foundation Ireland, (SFI) the national foundation for excellence in scientific research is investing in academic researchers and research teams who are most likely to generate new knowledge, leading edge technologies, and

The MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE (MDC) BERLIN-BUCH, in particular Prof. Nikolaus Rajewsky, Head of the Division of Systems Biology, is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (Systems Biology of gene-regulatory elements) The MDC Berlin-Buch is a member of

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) leads the world in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding gene function in health & disease. The cornerstone of all studies in this field is the human genome reference sequence.

The aim of the project is the development of genome-wide phylogenetic footprinting approaches for the identification of novel cis-regulatory elements. Applicants should have a strong interest in evolutionary questions and/or the regulation of gene expression, as well as in computational

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., is leading the industry in developing a new class of drugs based on RNAi—drugs that we believe will significantly improve human health. The scientific community considers RNA the breakthrough

When watching progress in medical science, you have to keep your eye on less flashy improvements in infrastructure and methodology. It is progress at that level that enables the later big, bright advances that capture all the attention. Here's an

Continuing the infrastructural bioscience theme, ScienceDaily notes new knowledge that will lead to greater and more effective control over totipotent stem cells: "Our study suggests that what we believe about how embryonic stem cell self-renewal is controlled is wrong. Our