Nanotechnology : Biotechnology, Companies and Institutions

NanoBio Chemicals India Private Limited

drajitzambre — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:44:04 +0100

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www.nanobiochemicals.com

Contact Email

ajitzambre@gmail.com

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Street address

#217/7, 1st Cross, Ganesh Marg, Hindwadi, Belgaum. Karnataka, INDIA

Zip or postal code

590011

Telephone

+91 831 246 6522

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+91 831 246 6522

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Dr. Kattesh Katti

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We deals with variety of water soluble biocompatible metallic nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanorods, nanotriangles, nanohexagons, nanocrystals, etc.
The naomaterials and nanoconstructs are available for gold, silver, palladium, platinum and iron in aqueous base.
These nanomaterials have wide spectrum utility for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers in academia and industry.
The major applications can be exploited in disease diagnosis, therapeutic effectiveness, Novel drug delivery formulations and also in areas other than biomedical field.
Biocompatibly coated gold and silver nanoparticles allow systematic variations in metal content, thus providing unprecedented means of developing mono or multi nanolayers with assorted metal content for variety of materials and biomedical research applications.
Aggregation of gold and silver nanoparticles in ionic media is a common phenomenon, thereby impeding researchers from carrying out important experiments in ionic fluids.
The technology allows retention of nanoparticulate properties of gold and silver even in the presence of high concentrations of ions. The new dispersible solution phase nanoconstructs allow customers to directly utilize gold and silver nanoparticles in solution phase for such research and product development applications that involve spraying, spin coating, emulsification, mixing, and implanting processes.
Gold nanoconstructs allows researchers to use “one-step” direct labeling of biocompatible gold nanoparticles with target specific proteins/peptides and various markers.
Silver nanomaterials has potential anitmicrobial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, germicidal, etc. applications in health, hygeine, packaging and environmental restoration domains.
Palladium and platinum nanoparticles are unique resources for catalytic testing and manufacture of specialty fine chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates.

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ubio

bishorvi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:28:38 +0000

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Web url

http://www.ubio.in

Contact Email

contact@ubio.in

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Street address

312, 9th D main, HRBR Layout, Bangalore

Zip or postal code

560043

Telephone

91 9911290419

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Ceo, president

Dr V I Bishor

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Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

dgaige — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:37:53 +0000

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http://www2.sigmaaldrich.com/suite7/Area_of_Interest/Chemistry/Materials_Science/Nanotechnology/Nanotech_Intro.html?cm_mmc=NanoVIP-_-affiliate-_-link-_-link

Contact Email

ContactSigma-Aldrich@sial.com

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Street address

3050 Spruce Street

Zip or postal code

63103

Telephone

(800) 521-8956

Fax

(800) 325-5052

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Ceo, president

Jai Nagarkatti

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Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals and in industry. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 36 countries and has over 7,600 employees providing excellent service worldwide.

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Industrial Tomography Systems (ITS)

irishmik — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:30:54 +0000

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Web url

http://www.itoms.com

Contact Email

sales.support@itoms.com

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Street address

Speakers House 39 Deansgate Manchester

Zip or postal code

M3 2BA

Telephone

+44 (0) 161 832 9297

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+44 (0) 161 839 5195

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ITS provides electrical tomography instrumentation, software, sensors and technical support. This enables customers to continuously scan a volume and determine the distribution of electrical properties as they change over time.

Tomography involves taking measurements around the periphery of an object (eg process vessel or patient) to determine what is going on inside.

The best known technique is CAT scanning in medicine, however process tomography instrumentation is cheaper, faster and more robust.

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Andor Technology plc

AndorTechnology — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:07:21 +0000

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Web url

http://www.andor.com

Contact Email

marketing@andor.com

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Street address

425 Sullivan Avenue

Zip or postal code

06074

Telephone

+44 28 9023 7126

Fax

+44 28 9031 0792

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Ceo, president

Conor Walsh

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Andor Technology plc is at the forefront of developing and manufacturing instruments for the global spectroscopy and scientific imaging markets.

The company's range of CCD and intensified CCD camera systems are used throughout the world for academic, industrial and government research across a wide range of fields such as biotechnology, physics and chemistry. Using Andor products these customers can break new ground by performing experiments that were previously considered impossible. Independently conducted customer research confirms that Andor’s low light solutions are considered world beating.

Established in 1989, Andor's Corporate Headquarters are in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Operating in a global market, Andor's US Headquarters opened in Connecticut in 1997. Andor has regional sales offices in Europe and the US. Andor Japan, established in August 2000, handles the company's Asia / Pacific Operations. More recently in December 2006, the company opened its first representative office in Beijing, China.

Andor sells its products globally to academic, research and OEM markets directly, through distributors and value added resellers.

The company successfully listed onto the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market and commenced dealings in its Ordinary Shares in December 2004 (AND).

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Biomimetics is dedicated to the design, development and production of innovative medical materials, implants and devices

Biomimetics Australia — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:09:21 +0000

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Web url

http://www.biomimetics.com.au

Contact Email

b.ben-nissan@biomimetics.com.au

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Street address

Zip or postal code

2000

Telephone

61432607349

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Biomimetics Group is dedicated to constant Research and development aswell as the design and production of quality,innovative and functional medical implants and devices for orthopaedic, maxillo-facial, dental and ocular applications.

By using the principles of Biomimetics we have applied a number of natural materials with nanotechnology and biomimetic methods to develop and produce superior medical implants and devices that have distinct advantages over currently existing commercial products.

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Allrun Nano Science & Technology Co., Ltd

allrun — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:28:02 +0000

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Web url

http://www.allrunnano.com

Contact Email

service@allrunnano.com

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Street address

Room 308, Building 2, 500Caobao Rd.Shanghai.China

Zip or postal code

200233

Telephone

+86-021-64759692

Fax

+86-021-64759693

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Ceo, president

Zuhan Wang

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Created in 2002, Shanghai Allrun Nano Science & Technology Co., Ltd. is located in Shanghai (China) and initially owing a large know-how in nano science and technology. Our staff consists of top-ranking scientists, doctors abroad, and experienced engineers who are active in nano technology field. As a high-tech company in the emerging field of nano science and technology, Allrun Nano aims at bettering human life through creative nano technology by company's talent researchers and customer-oriented philosophy, and developing products that offer a compelling advantage for our customers and strategic partners. The broad collaboration recourses to universities and institutes make the company pioneer in industrialization of nano technology.
Allrun Nano's technologies consist of distinct nanomaterial manufacturing processes, surface treatment technologies of nanomaterial, and its bio-medical application technologies. Allrun Nano has created an integrated platform of nanomaterial technologies that are designed to deliver nanomaterial solutions for market application.
Since 2002, Allrun Nano has set up a close, stable, strategic relationship with Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology (RIMNST) in Shanghai Jiao Tong University which covers many research platforms such as nanomaterial, nano bio-medicine, nanofabrication, ect.
Our products:superparamagnetic nanoparticles, superparamagnetic fluid, magnetic devices, nanopowder, nano fuction composites, function fanrics and adjuvant agent. More information please click our webside.

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NanoValent Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:15:07 +0000

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Web url

www.nanovalent.com

Contact Email

jameshamilton@nanovalent.com

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Street address

910 Technology Blvd, Ste G

Zip or postal code

59718

Telephone

6148043150

Fax

4065868421

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Ceo, president

James Hamilton MD

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Avanti NanoSciences

Benj — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:26:26 +0000

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Web url

http://www.anano.at-gc.com/

Contact Email

Info@ANano.AT-GC.com

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Street address

7720 Bel Air Road, Suite 200

Zip or postal code

21236

Telephone

301-540-5474

Fax

270-447-4777

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Avanti NanoSciences is focused on the Life Science market segments that consistently demand new and innovative technologies to further research, development and clinical capabilities.

These markets already represent a $32 billion opportunity that is rapidly growing based on the availability of new and innovative enabling technologies. Capturing market share with attractive and sustainable returns on investment is definitely achievable.

Despite their value, current technologies have significant limitations preventing their utility in broader research and diagnostic applications where rapid, accurate and cost-effective analysis of multi parameter testing is critical. Current immunological or PCR based methods do not provide a high level of sensitivity or reproducibility and are expensive and time-consuming. Various template amplification technologies provide sensitive and reproducible analysis but are limited to analyzing up to 4 to 5 genes at a time and thereby become prohibitively expensive for monitoring larger sets of expressed biomarkers.

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CSM Instruments SA

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:42:10 +0000

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Web url

http://www.csm-instruments.com

Contact Email

info@csm-instruments.com

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Street address

Rue de la Gare 1

Zip or postal code

2034

Telephone

+41 32 557 5600

Fax

+41 32 557 5610

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Ceo, president

Jacques Francoise

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CSM Instruments has been established for over 25 years as the world leader for Advanced Mechanical Surface Testing and we manufacture the following instruments:

//// Scratch Testers (Nano, Micro or Macro) for Adhesion and Scratch resistance
With more than 1000 Instruments worldwide, our devices are necessary tools for industries for whom surface properties are essential

//// Nano or Micro Indentation Testers for Hardness and Elastic Modulus
Using depth-sensing indentation, the depth is continuously monitored simultaneously with the applied load.
Coating mechanical properties can be easily characterised, independently to those of the substrate.

//// Pin-on-Disk Tribometers for the Friction coefficient and Wear
Available with many options, Tribometers can accurately simulate real in-service conditions in controlled humidity or temperature (from 20°C - 1000°C).

//// The Calotest is used to measure the Coating Thickness
Highly reproducible method for coatings in the thickness range 200nm - 50um.
With the Calotest, you can check coating thickness in a very short time (1-2 minutes) without any special sample preparation.

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Piezo Stages by Mad City Labs

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:52:43 +0100

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Web url

http://www.piezostage.com/

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evelyn@madcitylabs.com

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Mad City Labs, Inc. designs and manufactures a diverse range of piezo stages suitable for high precision positioning. Our piezo based nanopositioners are suited for many applications in microscopy, metrology and photonics. Single Z axis piezo stages are ideal for confocal microscopy, 3-D imaging, Z stack image reconstruction. In addition, our engineering team can offer innovative custom nanopositioning solutions with fast lead times. All nanopositioning systems offered by Mad City Labs incorporate PicoQTM sensor technology for absolute positioning via closed loop control. With sub-nanometer resolution, high stability and absolute position control, our nanopositioners are the ideal solution for your precision positioning requirements.

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Centre for DNA Nanotechnology ( CDNA )

Benj — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:34:49 +0100

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http://www.cdna.au.dk/

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CDNA and Department of Chemistry, Building 1-511, Room 428

Zip or postal code

DK-8000

Telephone

+45-8942 3907

Fax

+45-8619 6199

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Centre for DNA Nanotechnology (CDNA) was established by a major grant from The Danish National Research Foundation (Danmarks Grundforskningfond). The interdisciplinary centre involves researchers from Chemistry, Physics and Molecular biology.

CDNA is based at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) at Aarhus University, and includes the senior scientists Prof. Kurt V. Gothelf, Prof. Flemming Besenbacher and Prof. Jørgen Kjems. Internationally CDNA has close collaboration with Prof. Thomas H. Labean at Duke University, USA and Prof. Hao Yan at Arizona State University.

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North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Benj — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:25:54 +0100

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Web url

http://www.ncbiotech.org/

Contact Email

info@ncbiotech.org

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Street address

15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Post Office Box 13547

Zip or postal code

27709-3547

Telephone

919.541.9366

Fax

919.990.9544

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In the early 1980s, the state’s General Assembly appointed a legislative study commission to determine how North Carolina could ensure long-term economic benefits from biotechnology.

A yearlong study by the commission concluded that North Carolina needed a private, non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to biotechnology development.

The state legislatures then established the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, headquartered in Research Triangle Park, as the world’s first government-sponsored organization dedicated to developing the biotechnology industry.
Mission

The 66-member staff seeks to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business and education statewide.

The Biotechnology Center is not a site for laboratory research or company incubation. Instead, it works to strengthen the research capabilities of North Carolina’s companies and universities.

This strategy avoids duplication of effort and uses limited resources more efficiently.
Funding

The Biotechnology Center receives nearly all of its funding from the General Assembly. Our state appropriation for FY 06-07 is $13.1 million, and our budget for the year is $17.6 million.

Since 1984 the Biotechnology Center has invested more than $187 million in state monies to develop biotechnology statewide.

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Turbobeads GmbH

Benj — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:51:01 +0100

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Web url

http://www.turbobeads.com/

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info@turbobeads.com

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Street address

P.O. Box

Zip or postal code

CH-8093

Telephone

+41 44 633 63 34

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Ceo, president

Robert Grass, Wendelin Stark

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The new technology enables the covalent bonding of functional groups to the surface of magnetic particles. The particles, with diameters below 50 nm, achieve magnetic moments 5x exceeding the moment of ironoxide beads and 10x exceeding the moment of dynabeads.

It is our goal to create innovative solutions to magnetic separation on any application scale – from microreactor to pilot scale and industrial fabrication.

Grass et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 4909 (2007).

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iCell Therapeutics, Inc.

Benj — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:30:07 +0100

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Web url

http://www.icelltherapeutics.com/

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info@icelltherapeutics.com

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Street address

Suite 203 1275 West 6th Ave.

Zip or postal code

V6H 1A6

Telephone

+1 (604) 221-7554

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As there is an increased volume of receptors of LDL in certain cells as a result of a disease or inflammation reaction, the LDE tends to concentrate in these cells when injected into the bloodstream, as demonstrated in patients carrying certain types of cancer. iCell has been successful in using the LDE to formulate new therapeutic agents applied to the treatment of subset of populations with tumors over-expressing LDL receptors.

LDE - a lipid emulsion without protein

LDE is an artificially made microemulsion formed of quasi-spherical nanoparticles basically composed of a monolayer of phosphatidylcholine surrounding a core of cholesteryl esters. Small amounts of unesterified cholesterol and triglycerides are also present. LDE mimics the lipid portion of LDL and when in contact with the plasma, acquires apolipoproteins from the circulating native lipoproteins undergoing lipolysis. One of the proteins acquired by the microemulsion, apo E, is recognized by the LDL receptors. This enables the LDE particles to bind to these receptors. LDE is then removed from the circulation by LDL receptors present on the cell membrane. Once taken up by LDL receptors, LDE is internalized into the cytoplasm via LDL receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Relative to native LDL, LDE is more rapidly removed from the plasma because it binds to the receptor through Apo E, and not through apo B100 as does native LDL. The affinity of apo E for the receptor is several folds greater than that of apoB1003. Consequently the emulsion particles are even more efficiently removed by the receptors than the native LDL.

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Agave BioSystems

Benj — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:32:50 +0100

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Web url

http://www.agavebio.com/

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Street address

401 East State Street, Suite 200

Zip or postal code

14850

Telephone

(607) 272-0002

Fax

(607) 272-0089

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Through our expertise in micro and nanofabrication techniques, much of the work centers on the miniaturization of lab-scale diagnostic and analytical instrumentation. Agave BioSystems is also engaged in a number of research projects where biological components for sensor systems are being tailored to complement ongoing work in the area of nanofabrication. Several of these sensors are being developed to combat biowarfare and bioterrorists agents, but will have broad application in the food, environmental and medical industries. Principal funding for our research and development activities is provided by a number of research contracts from agencies including the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.

Agave BioSystems enjoys a close collaborative relationship with Cornell University and many of its research groups. Agave BioSystems has also established a highly sophisticated capability with its facilities in Ithaca, NY, Austin, TX and through business relationships with the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology, the Alliance for NanoMedical Technologies, and the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility. By these means, Agave BioSystems has access to a wide range of microfabrication, molecular biology, and biochemistry materials, equipment and facilities.

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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

chinnamuthu — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:55:29 +0100

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Web url

http://www.tnau.ac.in/

Contact Email

chinnamuthu@tnau.ac.in

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Street address

Coimbatore

Zip or postal code

641003

Telephone

91-422-6611254

Fax

91-422-6611454

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Ceo, president

Dr.C.Ramasamy

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The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) had its humble beginning as an Agricultural School established in Chennai (erstwhile Madras) during the year 1868. Later, in 1906 it was relocated in the agriculturally progressive district of Coimbatore as an Agricultural College. During 1908, students were first admitted into the Agricultural College for an educational programme leading to Licentiate in Agriculture (L.Ag.).

1920 - B.Sc. (Agri.) three year course started.
1930 - Recognized as a Post-graduate Centre.
1960 - B.Sc.(Agri.) four year course started
1971 - Formation of TNAU.

TNAU, rated as the ‘numero uno’ State Agricultural University in India, continues to maintain its hegemony in academic excellence, including agricultural research, policy interfacing and outreach programmes. TNAU received the ‘Best University Award’ and ‘Best performing University’ from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for 1998.

•The University’s constituent colleges received accreditation from ICAR / AICTE for superior standards of education and infrastructure.
•Well trained faculty in different areas of specialization.
•Largely responsible for the noteworthy and rapid agricultural development of the State of Tamil Nadu.

Vision

•Contribute to improvement in the lives of people depending on agriculture and other rural avocations.
•Maintain excellence in agricultural education and research and in the communication of the results of research to user groups.
•Facilitate collaboration in agricultural education, research, policy interfacing and outreach with national and international institutions.
•Make agriculture in Tamil Nadu and India globally competitive.

Mission

Our mission is to help the farming community in improving their level of living by developing and disseminating technologies, provide impetus to education and research, foster innovation in high productivity and strive to solve problems encountered in attaining self sufficiency in food production of our country.

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Amirta Center for Nanosciences

Benj — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:27:46 +0100

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Web url

http://www.aimshospital.org/research/centre-for-nanosciences.html

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Street address

Amrita Institute Of medical Science, Elamakara, Kochi-26

Zip or postal code

682026

Telephone

0484-4001167

Fax

0484-2802020

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The Amrita Nano Biomedical Engineering Centre, or ANBEC, has been established to conduct research and development work on devices and components at the interface between biology, medicine and engineering, where nanoscience and technology can provide a significant value added benefit over existing technologies. The focus of the centre is research for a variety of medical applications in diagnostics and treatment, including:

* Tissue Nanoengineering
* Nanostructured Membranes and Thin Films
* Nanocomposites
* Surface Nanomodification

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nAmbition GmbH

Benj — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:14:12 +0100

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Web url

http://www.nambition.com/

Contact Email

info@nambition.de

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Street address

BioInnovationsZentrum Tatzberg 47

Zip or postal code

01307

Telephone

49 351 796 5400

Fax

49 351 796 5499

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nAmbition GmbH was founded in Dresden in July 2004. nAmbition’s largest partner is JPK Instruments AG of Berlin, who is engaged in the development, production and worldwide distribution of high-quality nano-analytic instruments for life science applications.

nAmbition has completed its first financing round in 2005. Investors are, aside from partner JPK, Dresden Fonds GmbH and the Technology Holding Company (tbg).

Within the scope of a major joint project of the BMBF (Federal Ministry for Education and Research) with the Workgroup Cellular Machines headed by Prof. Dr. Daniel Müller of the Technical University Dresden, nAmbition has concluded one of the largest German nano-biotechnology research and development projects on 31.12.2006.

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Stem Cell Technology Company

Benj — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:43:40 +0100

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Web url

http://stemcellstech.com/

Contact Email

info@stemcellstech.com

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Street address

No. 7 - 3rd alley - Sanaei St. - Karimkhan bridge - the north

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Telephone

+98 - 21 - 88861065-7

Fax

+98 - 21 - 88828746

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Though the main focus of the present time is on research projects, development of clinical products for the regeneration of damaged or diseased tissues is the long-term objective of this center. Tissue engineering as a multidisciplinary field integrates the concepts of the life sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and engineering, with surgical techniques, and requires close interaction between specialists in different fields. To this end, top researchers in different fields including basic sciences, medicine, and engineering have been employed. Developing modern technologies especially Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and Stem Cell Biology, there have been attempts to improve in this field and be quite independent of high tech countries.At this time, four research teams including Biomaterials and Nanotechnology, Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Surgery, are cooperating in this center for the recent research projects.