After several years of meager results, the city's effort to build a biotechnology industry will shift to a more modest focus. Go to source

Hadasit Bio-Holdings (TASE:HDST), announced today that HBL CEO Mr. Ophir Shahaf will deliver a 15 minute presentation at the 2009 Biotech Showcase in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 14, at 10:15 a.m. Go to source

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca hopes to sell a nasal spray flu vaccine that is already available in the United States in Europe as well. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said on Tuesday its MedImmune biotechnology unit had submitted a marketing application for the needle-free alternative to annual flu shots to the European Medicines Agency. The vaccine, which is designed to provide immunity ... Go to source

Sigma-Aldrich bought Seppro technology and a library of 700 avian-derived antibodies from GenWay Biotech Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Go to source

Madeira Therapeutics announced today that Peter Joiner, Madeira president and chief executive officer, will present an overview of the company at the 2009 Biotech Showcase on January 14, 2009, at 2:45 p.m. Pacific (5:45 p.m. Eastern) time from the Marines’ Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco, Room A. Go to source

Organisation: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
Summary: The Analytical Chemist is a technical specialist, an innovator of analytical techniques and methods, a supervisor of staff carrying out complex operations in the field of sample processing, and a planner of the use of staff and equipment, the procurement of new laboratory equipment and the introduction of new analytical procedures.

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Organisation: HPA - Health Protection Agency
Summary: This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest microbiology departments in United Kingdom. HPA is looking for the right individual to take on this permanent post, performing serological evaluation of meningococcal vaccines. Immunoassays include ELISA, bioassays and flow analysis.

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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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