An Indo-US Joint Conference on "Infectious Diseases: Novel Strategies for Design & Development of Vaccines and Drugs", Jan 5-8, 2010 will be held at TIFR, Mumbai. The conference is supported by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Commemoration 2008-2010, TIFR. US participants have affiliations to Johns Hopkins School of Health, Baltimore, Purdue University, West Lafayette and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda. Indian participants are drawn from a host of National Institutes (TIFR, Mumbai, NII, New Delhi, ICGEB, New Delhi, ILS, Bhubaneshwar, IISc, Bangalore, PERD, Ahmedabad, etc) Universities and Medical Establishments. The goal is to review the current trends in vaccine and drug design developments against infectious diseases and build a strategic partnership in research between USA and India. We believe that this conference will generate collaborative opportunities in areas of mutual interest and will enhance scholarly interaction between the scientists from the two countries.
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Researchers at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center are collaborating with Indian colleagues at the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research and General Electric Co.'s John F. Welch India Technology Center to launch a center focused on how advancements in nanomaterials can address growing energy needs.
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Purdue's Discovery Park and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in sponsoring the 4th annual symposium of the Global Research Laboratory (GRL), September 21-22, 2009
The GRL and this event have gained attention in both Korea and the United States, attracting participation from a variety of groups: faculty researchers, students, corporate sponsors, biotechnology companies, economic developers, government representatives, entrepreneurs and investors, and many others.
The symposium will include two Discovery Park Lecture Series sponsored keynotes; Ken Bradley, Ph.D., a Partner at ARCH Venture and Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D., MD., the Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health (more information below).
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Purdue's Discovery Park and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in sponsoring the 4th annual symposium of the Global Research Laboratory (GRL), September 21-22, 2009
The GRL and this event have gained attention in both Korea and the United States, attracting participation from a variety of groups: faculty researchers, students, corporate sponsors, biotechnology companies, economic developers, government representatives, entrepreneurs and investors, and many others.
The symposium will include two Discovery Park Lecture Series sponsored keynotes; Ken Bradley, Ph.D., a Partner at ARCH Venture and Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D., MD., the Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health (more information below).
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Our goal in this symposium is to illustrate the changing nature of academia-industry partnerships and spark new conversations about the future of these collaborations. Accordingly, we bring together a set of accomplished panel members from both academics and industry representing Europe, United States and India who will examine various aspects of such partnerships from the perspective of their specific milieu. The presentations in this symposium are organized around three major themes: the attributes and success factors that are necessary to realize the value of academia-industry collaboration in the current environment, perspectives on emerging forms of such partnerships, and the future of these partnerships. The panelists will engage with these themes based on their extensive experience in the high technology, business and public policy fields.
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Qatar Foundation is developing a range of science and research capacity building programs to address major needs of the State of Qatar ranging from establishing scientific research programs to creating a critical mass of scientists needed to ensure successful implementation and sustainability of Qatar Foundations ambitious research agenda.
This also includes the development of a coordinated and integrated research setting to facilitate optimal use of research technology platforms while ensuring the highest standards for the conduct of scientific research through regular monitoring and assessment.
One step towards building a strong foundation for science, research and technology development in Qatar is the development of three research institutes, namely:
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INDIANAPOLIS & WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.--(Business Wire)--
Participants from Eli Lilly and Co. and Purdue Research Park-based Chao Center trained the Russian agency that is equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Lilly, the Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing and the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) partnered with health policy-makers from Rozdravnadzor in Moscow to conduct the training. Goals included improving Rozdravnadzor's knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices, advancing Russian standards for manufacturing pharmaceutical technology and quality control, and achieving an ongoing dialogue between Rozdravnadzor and other regulators on laws and regulations in pharmaceutical operations and inspections.
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MehrCountries around the world are facing similar mobility, safety, and infrastructure challenges. At the same time, increased globalization has created a need for more efficient intermodal connections where international transportation networks meet. These challenges provide innovative
pathways for transportation research programs to take advantage of the abundant opportunities available for international collaboration.
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INDIA HAS VOTED FOR SCIENCE. IN MAY, HALF A BILLION PEOPLE CAST THEIR BALLOTS, AND THEY
decisively favored spurring the development of the worlds second most populous nation. The
reelected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his new coalition government have made a
commitment to reduce poverty and disease, create employment, and stimulate rural and industrial
development. Attaining these goals will require substantial new investments in science and
technology (S&T) plus much greater investments in human capital.
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Director Bickham travelled to Portugal to participate in the 61st annual Scientific Committee Meeting of the International Whaling Commission as part of the US delegation. The meeting was held on the island of Madeira, May 31 to June 12 and information about the Scientific Committee meeting as well as the meeting of the commission can be found at: http://www.iwcoffice.org/Meetings/meeting2009.htm
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Friday, Jun. 26, 2009
The Truant Monsoon: Why India Is Worried
By Madhur Singh / New Delhi
The bad news for India is scrawled across the scorching sky. Not a speck of monsoon clouds has been spotted over much of north and northwestern India for weeks, and the meteorological office has confirmed fears that the country will get late and below-normal rains this year.
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Purdue University's Bindley Bioscience and Birck Nanotechnology centers will lead an international research symposium on Thursday (June 11) focused on advancements in nanomedicine and cellular engineering.
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Purdue professors Jay P. Gore and Klein Ileleji are traveling to Zhejiang University in China this week...
Ahmed Elmagarmid, professor of computer science and the director of the Indiana Center for Database Systems and the Cyber Center in Discovery Park, was one of 20 academicians invited to attend the 2009 World Economic Forum on the Middle East.
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Purdue students Kristeen Hudson, Brian Paplaski and Joshua Hall are taking their first place finish at the university's Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition in February to a global competition in Hong Kong on June 3-6.
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Researchers at Discovery Park are joining colleagues from Indian and other U.S. institutions for a three-day conference this week at Purdue University on nanotechnology's growing role in creating future electronics.
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Pankaj Sharma, associate director of international operations at Purdue University's Discovery Park, has been named a Fulbright New Century Scholar, an appointment given this year to 30 top academics and professionals from the U.S. and abroad.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) The South Asian summer monsoon critical to agriculture in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan could be weakened and delayed due to rising temperatures in the future, according to a recent climate modeling study.
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Purdue President France A. Córdova extended the university's partnership with Cummins Inc. and a women's engineering college during a 10-day trip to India and Hong Kong.
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Infosys Global Internship Program
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Satyam has become the first service provider from the Indian sub-continent to join Purdue University's PLM Industrial Advisory Board. This makes Satyam the 12th member of Purdue University's PLM Industrial Advisory Board consortium, which has Rolls Royce, P&G, IBM, Boeing, EDS, Cummins, Honda, Siemens PLM, Dassault Systemes, Eli Lilly, and PACE as the other members. This consortium is jointly supported by industrial firms, Purdues Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and Purdue University.
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Engineering used to be all about technical skill. By the 1980s came calls to include professional competency in the wellrounded engineer's skill set. Now in the spotlight: a third dimension, global competency. How can Purdue educate engineers to work with people who define problems differently from themselves?
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A delegation from India focusing on international trade and possible partnerships with Purdue University and the state of Indiana will tour Discovery Park and the Purdue Research Park during a Feb. 28 campus visit.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A delegation from Purdue University's Discovery Park will travel to India from Jan. 29 to Feb. 7 to meet with government, industry and university officials and sign a collaborative agreement with the country's Department of Science and Technology.
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Five Purdue University graduate students are traveling to India through a Discovery Park program to participate in international conferences on global climate change and the mechanics of cells.
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With oil and gasoline prices still at their highest levels in 15 years and demand for fossil-fuel energy surging in emerging countries like India and China, Purdue researchers are looking at how a fuel based on hydrogen can help cure this nation's energy woes...
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What was the common goal for the U.S. president in India and the India trade delegation visiting Purdue? To outline how these two worlds thousands of miles apart can work together to establish research alliances...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering has announced a $100 million gift to endow an Alfred Mann Institute at Purdue University.
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A delegation from Purdue's Discovery Park and the Purdue Research Park will join global leaders next week at the BIO 2008 International Convention, showcasing how they are working together at the state, national and international levels to help heal, fuel and feed the world.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A delegation from Purdue's Discovery Park and the Purdue Research Park will join global leaders next week at the BIO 2008 International Convention, showcasing how they are working together at the state, national and international levels to help heal, fuel and feed the world.
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Governments in Africa can aid in the fight against cancer by establishing cancer registries and becoming educated in the use of drugs to manage pain, according to a cancer researcher in Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The chairman of the Science Advisory Council to India's prime minister is the keynote speaker at Purdue University's Discovery Lecture Series event on June 18, outlining how India is reaching out to the international research community.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University delegation will travel to China this month to explore interdisciplinary research collaborations with the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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A Purdue University delegation will travel to China this month to explore interdisciplinary research collaborations with the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue researcher R. Graham Cooks and Discovery Park administrator Pankaj Sharma are traveling to India this month to meet with government, industry and university officials to explore research agreements in analytical instrumentation, climate change, energy, health care and pharmacy.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Five Purdue University graduate students are traveling to India through a Discovery Park program to participate in international conferences on global climate change and the mechanics of cells.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Russian physicist Victor Veselago, whose research in 1967 gave birth to the scientific field of metamaterials, will give a lecture at 3 p.m. Tuesday (June 12) at Purdue University and tour research laboratories in Discovery Park's Birck Nanotechnology Center.
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A Purdue University team will help residents of 10 African countries increase their supply of cowpeas thanks to an $11.4 million Gates Foundation grant to Purdue Agriculture...
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These findings support a 2001 theory by Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and suggest that there is an additional factor to be included in climate models that may change predictions of future climate scenarios...
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Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman, along with representatives from Purdue University and Indiana University are touting the state's life sciences in Boston today...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican's observer to the United Nations, will give a public lecture this month on the Purdue University campus and visit several laboratories in Discovery Park.
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Purdue University researchers will meet with Nigerian officials and health-care professionals this month in Africa to introduce a new low-cost technology that would make it possible to perform affordable, widespread medical testing for millions of AIDS victims in Africa...
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West Lafayette,In a university where one out of five international students is from India, the country has never really been far from its management's consciousness...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A Purdue Research Park-led delegation is strengthening ties with high-tech companies in Sydney, Australia, and showcasing the research parks life sciences assets at the AusBiotech 2006 National Biotechnology Conference & Business Partnering and Investment Forum, which began Sunday, Nov. 19.
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INDIANAPOLIS Fossil fuel production represents a decidedly finite resource. The 2.3 billion people creating an unprecedented energy consumption market in China and India should go nuclear in a very big way, said Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar on Nov. 7...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's communication scholars are participating in the first China Public Health Communication Conference at Tsinghua (Pronounced Ching-zu) University in Beijing.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A researcher at Purdue University is leading an effort to manufacture low-cost devices that would make it possible to perform affordable, widespread medical testing for millions of AIDS victims in Africa and enable them to receive treatment...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Twenty-seven hospital officials from China will come to Purdue University on Wednesday (April 19) for a seminar as part of a four-day visit to Indiana.
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While President Bush was touting trade with India last week, a business delegation from India was touring Purdue University's research facilities...
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While President Bush was touting trade with India last week, a business delegation from India was touring Purdue University's research facilities.
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Monash has strengthened its ties with the US-based Purdue University following a visit from some of Purdue's senior staff in January.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue University will take part in the Indo-U.S. Inter-University Collaborative Initiative in Higher Education and Research that will be launched Thursday (Dec. 8) at the presidential palace in New Delhi by Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
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The international efforts at Discovery Park are enabling Purdue's achievements and global recognition for research and education. Our execution strategy involves developing interdisciplinary partnerships in addressing global grand challenges.
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Associate Professor of
Industrial Technology
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