Sentences with phrase «as contract research»

But increasingly, he says, the pharmaceutical industry is farming out its clinical trials to for - profit entities, known as contract research organizations.

So spare a thought for those individuals working as contract research staff (CRS) in higher education and research bodies in Scotland, because they too have been fighting for a better deal for decades.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Among the documents the committee has published today (with some redactions) is the data - licensing contract between Global Science Research (GSR)-- the company set up by the Cambridge University professor, Aleksandr Kogan, whose personality test app was used by CA as the vehicle for gathering Facebook users» data — and SCL Elections (an affiliate of CA), dated June 4, 2014.

The contracts include early - stage technology R&D (such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Cooperative R&D Agreements (CRADAs) and Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs); late - stage technology (such as the highly competitive Department of Defense (DoD) Rapid Innovation Fund); and commercial off - the - shelf technologies, such as one APC Member that sold its unique temperature - retention fabric to the Pepsi Corporation, after it was developed for the U.S. Army.

As for the other founders, Prof White notes his research interests as the ramifications of blockchain on property transfer and digital contractAs for the other founders, Prof White notes his research interests as the ramifications of blockchain on property transfer and digital contractas the ramifications of blockchain on property transfer and digital contracts.

A bid of # 45m for Wenger is not as far - fetched as previous seasons e.g. Ozil, 40 & a pound bid for Suarez (which after researching, did actually activate the clause, but the Liverpool owners just dismissed the clause in the contract....).

They can not even research arsenal.com to get contract details correct, one even referred to Becitas as a Greek team.

The appointments, made hours after the new administration was sworn into office earlier this month, include a $ 100,000 job as research assistant to the board of trustees, a $ 78,000 contract to a Farmingdale public relations firm and a $ 65,000 job as secretary to the village volunteer fire department.

«Cambridge Analytica licensed data for no more than 30 million people from GSR, as is clearly stated in our contract with the research company.

«Our view is that the government should, as the normal course of business, put contracts out to bid,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit government watchdog organization.

In one instance, the Toas memo states, a SUNY RF employee «was allowed, outside the scope of a contract and for work that was outside the purview of the Research Foundation relationship with SoloPower,» an Oregon - based solar energy company, «to work as an independent contractor for SoloPower.»

An outstanding question is how the seemingly inevitable leadership change will effect SUNY Poly's hundreds of millions in corporate research spending each year and multi-million-dollar research contracts, as well as projects pending across the state.

The changes mirror guidelines set forth by the Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit think tank, Police Executive Research Forum, or PERF, which has advised the police department on ethics reforms as part of a three - year, $ 675,000 contract with the county.

Ninety - two percent of parents surveyed by a city - contracted research firm rate the Pre-K For All program as good or excellent, citing educational and behavioral benefits for their children.

And whereas the Research Foundation does not require that contracting opportunities be advertised in the State Contract Reporter, the Construction Fund advertises all its contracts there, regardless of size, as well as on its own website.

Rozzelle credited research by town board member Jim Sofranko, who operates an electrical contracting company in West Shokan, and positions taken in the county resolution as benefiting the board's decision.

Hospitals: full - time - equivalents include (a) current professional and medical staff, such as doctors, nurses, and medical technicians, whether on a permanent, temporary, contract, or visiting basis, at all sites covered by the license; (b) all researchers, research associates, and medical students employed or enrolled at the hospital.

Most of the students enter the program as working professionals: approximately two - thirds come from the pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device industries, while the remaining third are employed in contract research organizations and other scientific organizations.

«Our goal is to get research contracts from the world of industry and commerce into McGill so that our scientists can do research that is relevant to market needs, relevant to real people and real places, and engages society as a whole.»

These terms also apply to temporary contracts financed from external funding sources (Drittmittel), as well as for an employee's transfer from one university to another university or research institution.

After 20 years of research and almost as many years fighting industry groups in court for control of their data, government scientists can finally publish two papers showing that underground miners exposed to diesel fumes have a threefold increased risk for contracting lung cancer.

I have a yearly contract, so I have less job security than tenure offers — though this doesn't worry me because in reality I can stay as long as I, with the help of my team, continue to secure funding for my research.

I spent the following year as a postgraduate fellow under contract with the physics department of the local university, continuing my research project at INFM - TASC.

Once young researchers have gone through the first two stages of their career, their situation seems to get a little easier when they are eligible for research contracts such as Ramon y Cajal (RyC).

Research careers in Spain are also made less attractive to non-EU researchers in particular due to the additional restrictions that apply to their eligibility for permanent contracts, which are traditionally seen as civil servants positions.

As a «Specially Appointed Assistant Professor,» he has a five - year contract to teach physics in English to foreign M.S. and Ph.D. students, in addition to doing research.

I started working as a research chemist at the company that had granted me the student bursary, as this was part of the contract agreement.

The French Ministry for Higher Education and Research recently announced plans to offer the opportunity to work as a doctorant - conseil to most Ph.D. students through the doctoral contract they typically sign at the beginning of their Ph.D..

In exchange, employers and funders should provide a stimulating research environment, treat researchers as professionals, offer family - friendly working conditions, improve the stability of employment contracts, and provide fair access to social security benefits.

As a result, most of the named institutions now classify postdocs as individuals in training, within 5 years of being awarded a Ph.D. degree, who are primarily engaged in research with minimal teaching or other responsibilities, and are in a temporary appointment that does not constitute an employment contract with the universitAs a result, most of the named institutions now classify postdocs as individuals in training, within 5 years of being awarded a Ph.D. degree, who are primarily engaged in research with minimal teaching or other responsibilities, and are in a temporary appointment that does not constitute an employment contract with the universitas individuals in training, within 5 years of being awarded a Ph.D. degree, who are primarily engaged in research with minimal teaching or other responsibilities, and are in a temporary appointment that does not constitute an employment contract with the university.

There are also some nontraditional careers, such as working for a clinical research organization, where clinical research personnel are contracted out to various institutions or companies who are conducting clinical research.

Research and Development Group: Is involved with developing new technologies and optimising existing technologies, as well as performing commercial research coResearch and Development Group: Is involved with developing new technologies and optimising existing technologies, as well as performing commercial research coresearch contracts.

A researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Maryland, has contracted rabbit fever — also known as tularemia, USAMRIID officials announced today.

1968: GE Quadruped Transporter The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contracted General Electric in 1968 to build the Quadruped Transporter, known as the Walking Truck or the Giant Elephant.

Young researchers on short - term contracts in particular view the law as the last — or at least the latest — blow to their professional ambitions at the hands of the Italian academic research system.

Bounceur's contract has now been renewed as an attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche, which allows him to continue his research part time while teaching.

Universities have spectacularly expanded their contract research portfolios, as they are forced to generate income and demonstrate their scholastic merit from the scale of their research income.

As the German minister for education and research, Edelgard Bulmahn, argued in a previous Next Wave article, the major objective of the 12 - year qualification limit was to finally call a halt to the insecurity that results from the ongoing employment of young researchers on temporary contracts.

While discovery - type positions tend to be filled by postdocs and graduate students, people who perform drug formulation research and contract manufacturing at places like the universities of Kentucky, Iowa, and Maryland often take permanent positions as group leaders, supervisors, or technicians, Mayer adds.

Action potentials, also known as nerve impulses, are electrical messages sent from our brains to other organs and muscles; for instance, nerves in the brain transmit action potentials through neural networks to direct our arm muscles to contract in order to call into action our hands to lift or hold an item, a primary research focus at the Columbia Motor Neuron Center, to which both the Zhang and Wichterle labs are affiliated.

The association, which represents research institutes contracted to work for industry, says that British firms will fall behind their Continental rivals as a result.

Callarman is involved with technology transfer policies at ASU, and as a business professor he tends to believe that faculty and universities «sell their souls» when they do contract research.

Just as his temporary contract was running to its end in 2003, Rothenberg won a Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), a lump sum of?

Last month, I told you how the termination of my current research contract is rapidly approaching, how my last iron is in the fire, and that the funder of last resort, as it were, has decided not to cough up.

The OSR post-award office (Harris Building Suite 1100, 3300 Whitehaven Rd.) is responsible for award receipt, agreement negotiation and sponsored research spending account setup, as well as management and close - out of grant, cooperative agreement and contract awards, including sub-awards, independent contractor agreements and clinical trial agreements.

Additionally, the ROI Science Foundation Ireland co-investigator must be a member of the academic staff of an eligible Research Body (permanent or with a contract that covers the period of the grant) or a Contract Researcher with a contract that covers the period of the grant, who is recognised by the eligible Research Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thResearch Body (permanent or with a contract that covers the period of the grant) or a Contract Researcher with a contract that covers the period of the grant, who is recognised by the eligible Research Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thcontract that covers the period of the grant) or a Contract Researcher with a contract that covers the period of the grant, who is recognised by the eligible Research Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thContract Researcher with a contract that covers the period of the grant, who is recognised by the eligible Research Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thcontract that covers the period of the grant, who is recognised by the eligible Research Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thResearch Body as an independent investigator and will have an independent office and research space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thresearch space at the host eligible Research Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of thResearch Body for which he / she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of the grant.

From October 2012 to December 2016 she worked as a Research Assistant through a contract with the University of Cambridge and the ELAN pharmaceutical company.

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

ISB is one of three organizations awarded a contract by NCI to develop a cloud - based platform that will serve as a large - scale data repository and provide the computational infrastructure necessary to carry out cancer genomics research at unprecedented scales.