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Spain: Postdoctoral researcher

Postdoctoral researcher (ICN-Henkel) b-value.com Bellaterra, Spain Henkel, the world market leader in adhesives, sealants and surface technologies, is known for innovative chemistry and materials as the backbone of its product lines. Henkel products address many important markets, such as the packaging, automotive and electronics industries as well as craftsmen and consumers. Committed to keeping its innovation pipeline filled with new ... Read More »

USA: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

University of Florida Job Location: Gainesville, FL Job Category: Health professions Posted: February 4 The University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor faculty position in one health. Through academic training, infectious disease and toxicological research, we embrace goals of One Health interdisciplinary collaboration in tackling public health’s most complex problems. ... Read More »

USA: Temporary Research Fellow

The PI seeks a research fellow from March 1st, 2013 through August 31st, 2013, for a project supported by the USDA-funded Food Policy Research Center, involving comparing public attitudes toward genetically-modified and nanotechnology-based foods and their product labeling. Master’s degree is required. Minimum Qualifications: - interest in ethical, legal, social, or policy aspects of emerging technologies and their applications - ... Read More »

USA: Nanotechnology Lab Assistant

For over 40 years, Oakton Community College has been the setting where thousands begin or continue their college or career studies.  Educating people of all ages, from all walks of life and from more than 40 nations, Oakton focuses on improving the quality of life for everyone who enters its doors.Oakton is seeking a Nanotechnology Laboratory Assistant for the Skokie ... Read More »

Purdue researchers win $14.5 million NSF grant to take nanoHUB.org to next level

The Purdue-led Cyber Platform, a part of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), will assist researchers across the globe by developing a virtual society that shares simulation software, data and other innovative content to provide engineers and scientists with the fundamental knowledge required to advance nanoscience into nanotechnology. “Thousands of times a day the leading researchers ‘come’ to Purdue through ... Read More »

Giving transplanted cells a nanotechnology checkup

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have devised a way to detect whether cells previously transplanted into a living animal are alive or dead, an innovation they say is likely to speed the development of cell replacement therapies for conditions such as liver failure and type 1 diabetes. As reported in the March issue of Nature Materials (“MRI-detectable pH nanosensors incorporated into ... Read More »

Cloaked nanoparticles escape immune system surveillance to reach desired target

By cloaking nanoparticles in the membranes of white blood cells, scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute may have found a way to prevent the body from recognizing and destroying them before they deliver their drug payloads. The group describes its “LeukoLike Vectors”, or LLVs, in the January issue of Nature Nanotechnology. “Our goal was to make a particle that ... Read More »