Sentences with phrase «accelerate research in»

«This joint effort between USDA and DOE will help accelerate research in the critical area of plant feed stocks, which hold one key to making biofuels production both cost effective and sustainable on a national scale,» said Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a statement.

From their site: «OMICtools strives to accelerate research in bioinformatics, making tools accessible to everyone and offering a stimulating work environment to assist life scientists extracting new findings from the omics data.»

The scientist is convinced that the new method will also help to accelerate research in the research on renewable energies and the understanding of diseases.

«Previous studies have shown that black people are more likely to have a poor sense of smell than whites and yet may be less likely to develop Parkinson's disease,» said Chen, who is part of MSU's Global Impact Initiative, an effort to help accelerate research in key areas affecting the world such as health and energy.

«We believe in France's potential to be a leader in AI and want to contribute to the resources necessary to accelerate research in France,» Facebook's director of AI research in Paris, Antoine Bordes, said, according to the FT.

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' cents Investment credits: The stimulus will extend generous bonus depreciation terms included in the 2008 stimulus through 2010, and extends accelerated alternative minimum tax or research credits instead of taking bonus depreciation.

But rather than buying up a genetic research outfit, it decided to build its own in the form of the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), an ambitious four - year old effort to sequence as many exomes (the protein - encoding part of the genome) as possible, pair them with medical records, and accelerate drug development.

Thiel, the venture capitalist and Musk's fellow PayPal co-founder, worries that pushback against A.I. has the effect of drawing more attention to the field, thus accelerating research and progress in the field.

In addition to capital, 301 INC will also give its portfolio companies access to General Mills» extensive capabilities and expertise across supply chain, research and development, finance and marketing to accelerate their businesses.

But before everything actually accelerates, the medical research industry will need three things: (1) A larger sample size; (2) A way of letting people share their information in a granular fashion and; (3) A place to put the terabytes of medical data that ResearchKit generates.

The company also said that it wanted to hire 50 more people in its team to accelerate the research process.

FILE PHOTO: Celgene Executive Chairman Robert Hugin takes part in a panel discussion titled «Accelerating Medical Research» at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 27, 2015.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

Instead, they offer piece meal «nickel and dime» strategies including cutting small business taxes (not helpful)-RRB-, providing renovation tax credits in the future (definitely not helpful), extending accelerated depreciation on business investment (hasn't helped so far), and new incentives for research and innovation (very expensive incentives already exist).

The mission of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is to accelerate next generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend patients» lives in pursuit of a cure.

The developer of the digital currency for payments Dash Core and the Arizona State University (ASU) have signed a contract worth $ 300 thousand to accelerate research and development in the field of blockchain.

«Tree damage is likely to accelerate the decline of the coconut production in the Philippines,» said Jason Wong, a research analyst at Euromonitor, in an email.

While the initiative had gotten off to a slow start, Morgan Stanley Research believes it will accelerate in 2018.

The universe is expanding in all directions)-- 1965: discovery of microwave cosmic background radiation (the echo's of the big bang)-- 1998, two independent research groups studying distant supernovae were astonished to discover, against all expectations, that the current expansion of the universe is accelerating (Reiss 1998, Perlmutter 1999).

Snack giant Mondelēz International has opened a new research and development hub in Poland as part of a $ 65 million investment aimed at accelerating growth and innovation.

They do NOT claim that soy CAUSES cancer... only that substantial research exists that shows it accelerates the growth and multiplicity of tumors in patients who already have cancer.

In January 2013, Burundi's Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation, Hon. Laurent Kavakure, signed an agreement with IRRI Director General Robert Zeigler to further promote and accelerate rice research and rice - based cropping systems.

Champions 12.3, a coalition of 30 CEOs, government ministers, executives of research institutions, farmer organisations and civil society groups, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos and aims to accelerate progress toward meeting target 12.3 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which seeks to halve per capita food waste by 2030.

The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to a step - change in their partnership to accelerate delivery on the rapidly growing needs of the African rice sector, in particular, and the Sustainable Development Goals, in general.

National strategies have been implemented to accelerate research and its application in areas including biological control, crop rotations and polycultures.This has resulted in major changes in some of the goals of Cuban plant breeding and a search for more appropriate methods of participatory plant breeding.

At GFI, David combines his background in plant biology and regenerative medicine to help companies and academic research institutions accelerate the development of plant - based and clean meat alternatives to animal products.

The compelling business case now presented by this research gives all of us in the consumer industry one more reason to accelerate implementation initiatives.

Governments, companies, and research institutions should accelerate programs to exchange information, share know - how and good practice, and build technical capacity in food loss and waste prevention and reduction across the food supply chain.

A study from the University of California - Los Angeles Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research shows people with diets deficient in omega - 3 fatty acids were more susceptible to accelerated brain aging.

Recent studies show poor sleeping habits cause both brain damage and brain shrinkage, and may even accelerate onset of Alzheimer's disease.1 Previous research published in the journal Science2 revealed that your brain removes toxic waste during sleep through what has been dubbed «the glymphatic system.»

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature ConsResearch), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Consresearch in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

«Restricting calories can slow your basal metabolism, and if by - products of metabolism accelerate aging processes, calorie restriction sustained over several years may help to decrease risk for chronic disease and prolong life,» says lead author Leanne M. Redman, associate professor of Clinical Sciences at Pennington Biomedical Research in Baton Rouge, LA.

U.S. and Cuban scientists are planning a new round of research collaborations as part of joint work to accelerate progress on combatting threatening mosquito - borne illnesses such as dengue fever and Zika virus — the latest development in an ongoing collaboration between the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

In the SDLE Research Center at Case Western Reserve, PET samples were exposed to various accelerated weathering conditions.

«We're interested in determining patients» sleep patterns,» says John Kane, head of schizophrenia research at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y. Kane, who is conducting a Proteus - funded pilot study, says, «For certain mental illnesses, changes in sleep patterns are an early sign that an illness is accelerating.»

You need to bring your energy, passion, vision, and enthusiasm for the complex and challenging tasks we encounter in scientific research, especially the groundbreaking, novel approaches encountered in accelerating the translation from discovery to improved clinical practice.

Research carried out two decades ago, however, showed that this expansion is accelerating, which suggests that Einstein's Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy.

The objective of the research project led by Marko Kallio, Principal Scientist at VTT, was to accelerate the drug development process by identifying new compounds that would possess similar binding properties and cellular phenotype, but a different chemical structure, as the selected drugs in clinical use or investigational compounds in development.

The not - for - profit WestLink Innovation Network Ltd. was established in 2000 in an attempt to accelerate the commercialization of scientific inventions at 25 western Canadian universities, colleges, and research institutes.

Commercial success will provoke competition and accelerate investment in manufacturing, engineering and research.

The result fit with prior research indicating that accelerated growth of new brain cells in the dentate gyrus, in a process called neurogenesis, is necessary for antidepressants to cure rats of their depression.

O'Connell said that Dell is also using packaging materials recycled from agricultural waste, such as wheat straw, in its efforts to accelerate innovation - goals echoed by the AAAS Research Competitiveness Program and advanced through its involvement in award programs like the Catalyst Award.

Both books also tackle the resulting shift in ethical, aspirational, and legal landscapes in biomedical research as molecular scientists rushed to form industrial ties, universities accelerated patenting and licensing activities, and entrepreneurs created biotechnology companies.

«Clear - cut research priorities could accelerate a great many things, for instance, authorization by regulatory agencies, reimbursement by payers, implementation in clinical practice, and ultimately the development of effective treatments.»

The Accelerated Research Pathway is designed for candidates who are committed to an academic career in a pediatric subspecialty.

Ziskin, a Hollywood film producer who died of metastatic breast cancer, was a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, an initiative founded in 2008 by nine women in the entertainment industry to accelerate groundbreaking research and bring new treatments to patients as quickly as possible.

One of the latest lines of research suggests that poisons in the air might accelerate aging in the brain.

IRON overload may accelerate Alzheimer's disease, according to research that also reveals the role of beta - amyloid precursor protein (APP), which forms plaques in affected brains.

«In this paper, we try to put together the information that led us to the controversial hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea accelerates age - related decline, which has promoted debate and stimulated research in the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of CoimbrIn this paper, we try to put together the information that led us to the controversial hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea accelerates age - related decline, which has promoted debate and stimulated research in the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbrin the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra.