Yong, a neuroscientist, initially had the idea to test the acne medicine in an animal model since minocycline has many anti-inflammatory properties that he thought could be useful in treating MS. Soon after
obtaining successful research results, in studies also supported by the MS Society of Canada and MSSRF, Yong teamed up with Metz who led the transition into a pilot clinical trial, then a Phase 2, and finally the definitive Phase 3 trial.
Not exact matches
Significantly fewer supervisors felt that learning how to write grants and
obtain funding (36 percent), developing new
research skills (35 percent), gaining a deep knowledge of a specific area of
research (32 percent), and learning to manage or supervise others (23 %) were among the top attributes important for a
successful postdoc experience.
Durocher says that many factors go into choosing a recipient: «When we're looking for a chair, we're not only looking for good
research and publications but also for opportunities for mentoring and training top graduate students and being
successful at
obtaining grant money.»
All of them are struggling to
obtain renewed funding for their
successful research projects.
In considering a smaller group, the subset of physicians who apply for NIH grants, Dickler and colleagues18 reported that MDs who become investigators are less
successful than MD - PhDs and PhDs in
obtaining a first NIH
research project grant (R01) and, if funded once, are less likely to receive a subsequent R01.
«Our faculty members have been very
successful in
obtaining support from the National Science Foundation, including major
research equipment grants and grants for cooperative training and instructional projects such as projects for training graduate students in biological and cultural evolution together with the WSU Department of Anthropology, and for training undergraduates in mathematical biology together with the Department of Mathematics.»
My father, a university professor, was very
successful in
obtaining research grants and guest professorships — during my childhood and adolescence we never lived in one place for more than a couple of years at a time.
Our board of directors recognized that there was a potential for creating significant value for shareholders by continuing operations, but on balance our board of directors concluded that the risks of a negative outcome, either due to failure of our
research and development efforts to yield a
successful outcome, or the failure to
obtain necessary financing even with positive clinical trial data, and the resulting lower liquidation value in the future, outweighed the potential value to shareholders from continuing operations.
* Design and perform all necessary
research and computations to
obtain a
successful and profitable new product represent QA / QE function for review and approval for designated design outputs.
Objective To
obtain a rewarding position in the pharmaceutical industry allowing me to utilize my laboratory,
research, and interpersonal communication skills to be a positive contributor to
successful drug development and an asset to my employer.