Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at University of California, San Francisco

Mon, 01/18/2016 - 08:20

The UCSF Amgen Scholars Program provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research in the basic sciences with an emphasis on health-related research including Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Biological and Medical Informatics, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenics.

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles

Sun, 01/17/2016 - 12:15

The UCLA Amgen Scholars Program offers an intensive research experience working in the labs of distinguished UCLA faculty members. Students are matched with faculty mentors of their choice and work full time within their mentor's laboratory for 10 weeks.

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at University of California, Berkeley

Sat, 01/16/2016 - 10:00

Amgen Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley participates in ten weeks of intensive research in the sciences. Each student has direct participation on a research project in a faculty member's laboratory and directly with an in-lab mentor, a postdoctoral scholar and/or a graduate student.

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at the National Institutes of Health

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:30

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the Nation's biomedical research institution consisting of 27 Institutes and Centers dedicated to improving human health worldwide.

A Tale of Two Cities

Tue, 01/19/2016 - 10:00

The form and composition of cities – their size, density, diversity and complexity – provide tremendous opportunity for understanding the drivers behind type 2 diabetes, thus making cities a focal point for developing interventions that can break the rising curve of diabetes. Getting to these solutions requires an understanding of how societal factors and individual behaviour associated with urban living influence an individual’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Antea Group Case Study: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water State-Wide

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 11:05

A state environmental agency contracted with Antea®Group to assist in the execution of a state-wide clean drinking water program. Program objectives included the development of an efficient and standardized program to monitor for chemical and biological contaminants across more than 6,500 public water systems.

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at MIT

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 09:00

MIT has long been at the forefront of undergraduate research programming and is proud to partner with the Amgen Foundation on this initiative.

California Prop 65 is Evolving, Will You Be Ready?

Wed, 01/13/2016 - 15:00

Since it passed into law in 1986, California Prop 65 (known officially as The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), has been updated on a continual basis. Recently, there were changes proposed by the Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) according to an article published by Furniture Today.

BMS and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute Enter Into a Collaboration Agreement as Part of U.S. Immuno-Oncology Rare Population Malignancy Program

Thu, 12/17/2015 - 16:30

Bristol-Myers Squibb and UCLA Enter into a Collaboration Agreement as Part of U.S. Immuno-Oncology Rare Population Malignancy Research Program

Mon, 12/14/2015 - 07:00