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FIXING THE GAME: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

2011-05-07T01:58:00.000-04:00

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Book: FIXING THE GAME: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL (Harvard Business Review Press; May 2011)

Author: Roger Martin

Website:    http://rogerlmartin.com/library/books/fixing-the-game/

BNN Interview with Roger Martin on May 5, 2011 : Capitalism & the NFL -

Part One:    http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip461758
Part Two:    http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip461759
Part Three: http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip461761

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2011-05-03T22:23:00.000-04:00

Iseehear Support Desk: System Maintenance - Friday May 6, 2011 between 7:...: "Access to SoftMouseDB ( www.streamcell.com ) will be temporarily unavailable on Friday May 6, 2011 between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m (Toro..."

Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year

2010-12-27T05:24:00.001-05:00

Best Wishes and Good Thoughts in 2011 from the Iseehear Team !!!

NEW Release SoftMouseDB (v 1.2.5) Usability Improvements

2010-11-22T17:47:00.001-05:00

On Saturday evening November 20 we released an updated Mouse List Filter and the Family List Filter feature to SoftMouseDB Mouse Colony Software version to www.streamcell.com

Subscribers: Please check your email for details.

Thank you for your support

Regards,
Kelly Rodriques,
Iseehear Support Desk

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2010-10-24T08:47:00.002-04:00


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10 Years of Innovation

2010-09-05T06:22:00.003-04:00

We would like to extend a warm Thank You to all of our Families, Advisors, Friends and Subscribers for believing in us and our business plan.

Good Thoughts from Kelly, Elena, Jimmy and the Iseehear Team.

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Quebec willing to test Multiple Sclerosis treatment

2010-08-19T02:39:00.000-04:00

The Canadian Press Updated: Wed Aug. 18 2010 7:49:24 AM

A call for a national trial of a controversial M-S treatment has gained support.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc says the province would be willing to join a national clinical trial of the so-called liberation procedure.

To read and learn more: click this link Multiple Sclerosis The Liberation Treatment

Join the Iseehear Early Adopter Community.

2010-07-07T12:30:00.000-04:00

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program is designed and developed to allow subscribers to conveniently access and test Iseehear pilot applications and new features prior to commercial release.

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) also gives subscribers an opportunity to provide their requirements on what they need and want in an ideal model organism relational database and management software for genetically engineered animal models.

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First synthetic cell created by scientists

2010-05-21T03:47:00.004-04:00

Building a life form in the laboratory - piece by piece from DNA building blocks - is as groundbreaking as it sounds. See Presentation here

And this is just what the American scientist, Dr Craig Venter, has announced on Thursday evening.

Dr Venter is the controversial scientist who famously developed a "short cut" for decoding the human genome a decade ago.

And the creation of his synthetic microbe is being compared with Dolly the sheep in genetics, and Microsoft's operating system in computing.

"Synthetic life" is new science and a new technology rolled into one.

The aim is to create a whole new biological toolkit - organisms with artificially added DNA instructing them to exude cleaner oils, or novel drugs or vaccines.

Dr Venter has been promising this for years, and now that he has succeeded we'll be hearing a lot about how he has "created life in the lab".

It's not quite that - not yet - but it's close.

Dr Venter and his team built "Synthia", as their new life form is nick-named by some, from snippets of DNA called "cassettes".

But he is still relying on a naturally-occurring microbe to act as a host - with its own DNA stripped out.

Don't misunderstand me. What Dr Venter has done is incredible science. I've already heard it described as Nobel prize-winning, "landmark", work.

But there is always an element of razzmatazz surrounding Dr Venter's research that makes it harder to sift fact from hype.

It will certainly raise the profile of a whole new field of science Synthetic Biology - less than decade old.

Filming at the Royal Society this morning - where coincidentally they were hosting a meeting on

Synthetic Biology, a portrait of Charles Darwin gazed down the corridor towards the library.

I wondered what he would make of the discussion among a couple of dozen of today's brightest scientists and thinkers - gathered to ponder the latest in Synthetic Biology.

They are in no doubt that the potential is there for a new industrial revolution.

Dr Venter's microbe is just the start. Others will be inspired to build on it.

This is how Dr Venter sees his team's success: "This is an important step we think, both scientifically and philosophically. It's certainly changed my views of the definitions of life and how life works."

But just as Dr Venter unveiled his work, the critics lined up to call a halt.

There are calls for a moratorium until society can better understand the implications.

And even some of the scientists who work in the field have told me they worry that we lack the means to weigh up the risks such novel organisms might represent, once set loose in the real world.

They are by definition so new that we cannot simply compare them with the risky microbes and pathogens we know about.

Venter: Artificial living cell will benefit humanity

Dr Craig Venter, who told BBC Newsnight that it was a breakthrough that would benefit humanity. See interview here

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The first application to be hosted on 30 DAY FREE TRIAL & Promotions is SoftMouseDB - Transgenic and Knockout Mouse / Mice Breeding and Colony Maintenance Record-Keeping System.

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Launch of the Iseehear 30 DAY FREE TRIAL & Promotions website

2010-04-27T20:24:00.000-04:00

The Iseehear 30 DAY FREE TRIAL & Promotions website allows researchers to evaluate the usefulness and benefits of Iseehear's biomedical database and software offerings prior to committing to an annual subscription.

The first application to be hosted on 30 DAY FREE TRIAL & Promotions is SoftMouseDB - Knockout and Transgenic Mouse Breeding and Colony Maintenance Record-Keeping System.

Click here to find out how Iseehear can help you manage your research and experimental data management needs and requirements.

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SHADOWS IN THE CLOUD: Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0

2010-04-07T03:58:00.001-04:00

Currently reading: SHADOWS IN THE CLOUD: Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0

Available on Scribd click here

International Women's Day

2010-03-08T01:51:00.001-05:00

We (Elena, Kelly and Jimmy) are taking a moment to salute our grand mothers, mothers, sisters, aunts, friends and you on International Women's Day. Stay focused remain positive and have Good Thoughts.

International Women's Day March 8, 2010
(The originating website for the text below is --
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm )

International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.

International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for "liberty, equality, fraternity" marched on Versailles to demand women's suffrage.

The idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the last century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies.

For a brief chronology of important events, visit the URL pasted below:
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm

For some additional information and events please visit the URLs pasted below:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/iwd-jif/index-eng.html
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/events.asp
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/first.asp

Elena, Kelly and Jimmy
Iseehear Inc.

Information about SoftMouseDB and Iseehear Early Adopter Program

2010-02-25T03:04:00.000-05:00

Join the SoftMouseDB community and discover the benefits of using a relational database management system to Manage Your Mouse Colony Research. Sign up for the 30 DAY FREE TRIAL at https://www.streamcell.com

The SoftMouseDB mouse colony management software has options for tracking mice, cages, weaning, breeding and transgenic and knockout mouse / mice colonies.

Improve productivity, manage daily operations, establish accurate inventories of your mouse colonies and reduce your lab's mouse, breeding and research operating costs with SoftMouseDB.

Join the Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP).

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program is designed and developed to allow you to conveniently access and test Iseehear pilot applications prior to commercial release.

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) also gives you an opportunity to provide your requirements on what you need and want in an ideal relational database management software for genetically engineered animal models. Sign up for the 30 DAY FREE TRIAL at http://www.streamcell.net

NEW features have been added to Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) - SoftMouseDB v 1.1.5

2010-01-27T13:37:00.000-05:00

Current subscribers to the EAP - SoftMouseDB : Please check your email for details on the new features.

For New subscribers there is a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL of the Early Adopter Program (EAP) SoftMouseDB --Transgenic Mouse Breeding relational database and Colony Management software -- at www.streamcell.net

About: Iseehear Early Adopter Program

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is designed and developed to allow you to conveniently access and test Iseehear pilot applications prior to commercial release. The EAP also gives you an opportunity to provide your requirements on what you need and want in an ideal application.

The goal of the EAP is to facilitate timely feedback and communication between you and the Iseehear research and development teams:

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is looking for Enthusiasts and Visionaries who:

Share a vision of developing web based tools to improve the management of research data.
Have an interest in new technologies.
Are willing to collaborate with the Iseehear team.
Are interested in providing feedback and requirements.

For additional information, please visit www.streamcell.net

Multiple User Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Relational Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)

SoftMouseDB - Updates and New Features in the Coming Weeks

2010-01-04T04:57:00.004-05:00

1- Iseehear will be releasing SoftMouseDB updates and new features in the coming weeks.

2- If you would like to Register for a 30 DAY FREE Trial of SoftMouseDB please visit www.streamcell.com

3- Please remember to send us your requirements if there are additional features that you would like to have added to SoftMouseDB. Please use the Orange Feedback and Support buttons at the top right of the SoftMouseDB interface to communicate directly with the Iseehear team.

Thank you for your support.
The Iseehear SoftMouseDB Team
Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)

Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year

2009-12-19T13:13:00.001-05:00

The Management and Development teams at Iseehear would like to thank our Families, Advisors, Friends and Subscribers for their support. We wish you, your family and your colleagues a safe, rewarding and prosperous year in 2010.

Good Thoughts,
Elena Demireva, PhD
Kelly Rodriques
Jimmy Ayres
The SoftMouseDB Development Team

The Economic Club of Canada presents: Mr. David Appia - Chairman & CEO - Invest in France

2009-12-04T14:59:00.004-05:00

Mr. David Appia
Chairman & CEO
Invest in France

Mr. David Appia was named French Ambassador for international investment on December 10, 2008 and assumed his functions as Chairman and CEO of the Invest in France agency on January 5, 2009.

Mr Appia will present:
The "Grand Emprunt", France Preparing the Future.
A big national loan to support research and new technologies in various fields including life sciences, nanotechnologies and IT.

France Preparing the Future
Friday,December 11th, 2009
11:45am-1:30pm
One King West Hotel
Grand Banking Hall
1 King Street West.

$79 Individual with tables of 10 available
Lunch will be served
Advance registration is required
– numbers are limited
For tickets call (416) 306-0899,
visit www.economicclub.ca
or fax the attached registration form
to (416) 306-0898

About Invest in France:
To learn more about Invest in France please visit:
Invest in France North America http://www.invest-in-france.org/north-america/en/

About Iseehear:
Iseehear Inc.is a privately held Internet software and database company developing novel and proprietary data management solutions for the biomedical research community. Iseehear’s Internet based information technology solutions provide the platform and enabling technologies, which complement the advances in genetics and genomics research and facilitate the capture, recording, protection and storage of research data and intellectual property.

Iseehear has several research management solutions in the pipeline, including the SoftMouse System and the NeuroMouse project management application. The SoftMouse System and the Iseehear Early Adopter Program are currently achieving subscriber adoption with researchers in prominent universities and research oriented companies in Canada, the United States and the European Union. http://www.iseehear.com

Ottawa, Canada - SoftMouseDB - Presentation

2009-11-25T23:54:00.001-05:00

Event: Presentations of SoftMouseDB™: A relational database to efficiently MANAGE Your Transgenic Mouse Colonies Click here for additional Event Info

Venue: OHRI - Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research
Date: Tuesday December 1, 2009
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Sprott Seminar Room, Room 5225, Critical Care Wing, General Campus
Directions: 501 Smyth Road (click here for map)

Website: www.streamcell.com - SoftMouseDB - Transgenic Mouse Colony Database
Registration: Register for a 30 DAY FREE Trial - SoftMouseDB

Speaker: Kelly Rodriques CEO & Co-Founder of Iseehear Inc.
Contact: Kelly Rodriques kelly@iseehear.com

Invite your friends:

Please feel free to pass along this information to other researchers in your lab or in other labs who might also have an interest.

About SoftMouseDB:

Iseehear's flagship product, SoftMouseDB, is a web-based mouse breeding and colony maintenance software program that is ideally designed for academic researchers and laboratory clusters, to allow them to increase efficiency and productivity in the management of their mouselines, cages and mouse related experiments.

SoftMouseDB is:

A database-driven, Internet based software tool
Designed for life science lab research involving mouse genetics and mouse model experiments
Specialized for transgenic mouse breeding and mouseline colony maintenance

SoftMouseDB core features include:

Mouse Breeding and Colony Maintenance Tracking
Transparent Record Keeping of Mouse Experiments
Web-based Data Access, Storage and Backup
Local Back Up and Data Protection: Export your Records to a Spreadsheet
...and many more features!

To learn more about SoftMouseDB, please click here.

To register for a 30 DAY FREE Trial of SoftMouseDB, please click here.

Key words: (Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Relational Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) )

SoftMouseDB for Academia

2009-11-21T17:32:00.002-05:00

Iseehear's flagship product, SoftMouseDB, is a web-based transgenic mouse breeding and colony maintenance relational database and software program that is ideally designed for academic researchers and laboratory clusters, to allow them to increase efficiency and productivity in the management of their mouse lines, cages and mouse related experiments. To read more click here www.iseehear.com/academic.php

Learn more about and subscribe to SoftMouseDB at www.streamcell.com

Tip #1: Registration Process

Please submit accurate information in the Registration and Subscription process. Registrants with verified email addresses and verified affiliation with the institution indicated in their registration will be granted full access to all features. www.streamcell.com

New York City - SoftMouseDB Presentation

2009-11-17T03:26:00.021-05:00

New York City - Event: Presentations of SoftMouseDB™: A relational database to efficiently MANAGE Your Transgenic Mouse Colonies Click here for additional Event Info

Presentation 1: Columbia University Medical Center
Date: Tuesday November 17, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: HHSC 5th floor conference room Columbia University Medical Center
Presentation 2: New York State Psychiatric Institute
Date: Wednesday November 18, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: NYSPI, room 4913 New York State Psychiatric Institute
Presentation 3: New York University
Date: Thursday November 19, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Skirball Seminar Room 3rd Floor New York University

Speaker: Kelly Rodriques, CEO and co-founder of Iseehear Inc.
Website: www.streamcell.com - SoftMouseDB
Acknowledgments: Elena Y. Demireva, PhD - Public Disclosure
Contact: kelly@iseehear.com

About SoftMouseDB:
SoftMouseDB:

A database-driven, Internet based software tool
Designed for life science lab research involving mouse genetics and mouse model experiments
Specialized for transgenic mouse breeding and mouseline colony maintenance

The SoftMouseDB core features include:

Mouse Breeding and Colony Maintenance Tracking
Transparent Record Keeping of Mouse Experiments
Web-based Data Access and Communication
...and many more features!

To learn more about SoftMouseDB, please click here.

To register for a 30 day FREE Trial of SoftMouseDB, please click here.

NEW features released: Iseehear EAP - SoftMouseDB v 1.1.4

2009-11-15T11:59:00.003-05:00

NEW features have been added to Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) - SoftMouseDB v 1.1.4

Current subscribers to the EAP - SoftMouseDB : Please check your email for details on the new features.

For New subscribers there is a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL of the Early Adopter Program (EAP) SoftMouseDB --Transgenic Mouse Breeding relational database and Colony Management software -- at www.streamcell.net

About: Iseehear Early Adopter Program

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is designed and developed to allow you to conveniently access and test Iseehear pilot applications prior to commercial release. The EAP also gives you an opportunity to provide your requirements on what you need and want in an ideal application.

The goal of the EAP is to facilitate timely feedback and communication between you and the Iseehear research and development teams:

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is looking for Enthusiasts and Visionaries who:

Share a vision of developing web based tools to improve the management of research data.
Have an interest in new technologies.
Are willing to collaborate with the Iseehear team.
Are interested in providing feedback and requirements.

For additional information, please visit www.streamcell.net

Multiple User Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Relational Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)

IMPORTANT: System Maintenance - Early Adopter Program

2009-11-12T05:22:00.003-05:00

1- IMPORTANT: System Maintenance
The Early Adopter Program (EAP) - SoftMouseDB Application access will be temporarily unavailable on Saturday November 14 2009 from 8:00 PM to Sunday November 15 2009 12:01 AM. (All times are Eastern Standard Time Toronto - Please click the maintenance times in order to determine your local time.)

2- A NEW version of EAP - SoftMouseDB will be released on Sunday November 15 2009

For New subscribers there is a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL of the Early Adopter Program (EAP) SoftMouseDB --Transgenic Mouse Breeding database and Colony Management software -- at www.streamcell.net

About: Iseehear Early Adopter Program

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is designed and developed to allow you to conveniently access and test Iseehear pilot applications prior to commercial release. The EAP also gives you an opportunity to provide your requirements on what you need and want in an ideal application.

The goal of the EAP is to facilitate timely feedback and communication between you and the Iseehear research and development teams:

The Iseehear Early Adopter Program (EAP) is looking for Enthusiasts and Visionaries who:

Share a vision of developing web based tools to improve the management of research data.
Have an interest in new technologies.
Are willing to collaborate with the Iseehear team.
Are interested in providing feedback and requirements.

For additional information, please visit www.streamcell.net

Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)

SoftMouseDB v 1.0.2 released!

2009-11-01T03:36:00.001-05:00

NEW features have been added to SoftMouseDB v 1.0.2 release.

SoftMouseDB subscribers: Log in to your account at www.streamcell.com For details on the new features please check your email.

For New subscribers there is a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL of the SoftMouseDB --Transgenic Mouse Breeding database and Colony Management software -- at www.streamcell.com

About: SoftMouseDB (Transgenic Mouse Breeding & Colony Management Database Software; Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN))

SoftMouseDB is a transgenic mouse breeding and colony maintenance record-keeping database system for Life Sciences researchers and mouse geneticists.

To learn more about SoftMouseDB please visit www.streamcell.com

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009

2009-10-12T15:00:00.003-04:00

Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

12 October 2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to

Elinor Ostrom Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA,
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"

and

Oliver E. Williamson University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA,
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"

Economic governance: the organization of cooperation

Elinor Ostrom has demonstrated how common property can be successfully managed by user associations. Oliver Williamson has developed a theory where business firms serve as structures for conflict resolution. Over the last three decades these seminal contributions have advanced economic governance research from the fringe to the forefront of scientific attention.

Economic transactions take place not only in markets, but also within firms, associations, households, and agencies. Whereas economic theory has comprehensively illuminated the virtues and limitations of markets, it has traditionally paid less attention to other institutional arrangements. The research of Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson demonstrates that economic analysis can shed light on most forms of social organization.

Elinor Ostrom has challenged the conventional wisdom that common property is poorly managed and should be either regulated by central authorities or privatized. Based on numerous studies of user-managed fish stocks, pastures, woods, lakes, and groundwater basins, Ostrom concludes that the outcomes are, more often than not, better than predicted by standard theories. She observes that resource users frequently develop sophisticated mechanisms for decision-making and rule enforcement to handle conflicts of interest, and she characterizes the rules that promote successful outcomes.

Oliver Williamson has argued that markets and hierarchical organizations, such as firms, represent alternative governance structures which differ in their approaches to resolving conflicts of interest. The drawback of markets is that they often entail haggling and disagreement. The drawback of firms is that authority, which mitigates contention, can be abused. Competitive markets work relatively well because buyers and sellers can turn to other trading partners in case of dissent. But when market competition is limited, firms are better suited for conflict resolution than markets. A key prediction of Williamson's theory, which has also been supported empirically, is therefore that the propensity of economic agents to conduct their transactions inside the boundaries of a firm increases along with the relationship-specific features of their assets.

About: Iseehear (ISH) is an Internet software and database company developing novel and proprietary data management solutions for the biomedical research community. The lead product is SoftMouseDB (Transgenic Mouse Breeding Colony Management Database Software). To learn more about SoftMouseDB please visit www.streamcell.com

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

2009-10-10T13:08:00.001-04:00

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html
8 October 2009

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

Herta Müller

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 is awarded to the German author Herta Müller

"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed".

Biobibliographical notes

Source: http://tinyurl.com/yer4e7d

Herta Müller was born on August 17, 1953 in the German-speaking town Nitzkydorf in Banat, Romania. Her parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania. Her father had served in the Waffen SS during World War II. Many German Romanians were deported to the Soviet Union in 1945, including Müller's mother who spent five years in a work camp in present-day Ukraine. Many years later, in Atemschaukel (2009), Müller was to depict the exile of the German Romanians in the Soviet Union. From 1973 to 1976, Müller studied German and Romanian literature at the university in Timişoara (Temeswar). During this period, she was associated with Aktionsgruppe Banat, a circle of young German-speaking authors who, in opposition to Ceauşescu’s dictatorship, sought freedom of speech. After completing her studies, she worked as a translator at a machine factory from 1977 to 1979. She was dismissed when she refused to be an informant for the secret police. After her dismissal, she was harassed by Securitate.

Müller made her debut with the collection of short stories Niederungen (1982), which was censored in Romania. Two years later, she published the uncensored version in Germany and, in the same year, Drückender Tango in Romania. In these two works, Müller depicts life in a small, German-speaking village and the corruption, intolerance and repression to be found there. The Romanian national press was very critical of these works while, outside of Romania, the German press received them very positively. Because Müller had publicly criticized the dictatorship in Romania, she was prohibited from publishing in her own country. In 1987, Müller emigrated together with her husband, author Richard Wagner.

The novels Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger (1992), Herztier (1994; The Land of Green Plums, 1996) and Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet (1997; The Appointment, 2001) give, with chiselled details, a portrait of daily life in a stagnated dictatorship. Müller has given guest lectures at universities, colleges and other venues in Paderborn, Warwick, Hamburg, Swansea, Gainsville (Florida), Kassel, Göttingen, Tübingen and Zürich among other places. She lives in Berlin. Since 1995 she has served as a member of Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, in Darmstadt.

For additional information Herta Müller please visit http://tinyurl.com/yer4e7d
Works in German
Works in English
Works in French
Works in Spanish
Works in Swedish
Selected Criticism

About: Iseehear (ISH) is an Internet software and database company developing novel and proprietary data management solutions for the biomedical research community. The lead product is SoftMouseDB (Transgenic Mouse Breeding Colony Management Database Software). To learn more about SoftMouseDB please visit www.streamcell.com

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

2009-10-10T12:21:00.002-04:00

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

6 October 2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to

Charles K. Kao
Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"

and the other half jointly to

Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"

The masters of light

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for two scientific achievements that have helped to shape the foundations of today’s networked societies. They have created many practical innovations for everyday life and provided new tools for scientific exploration. In 1966, Charles K. Kao made a discovery that led to a breakthrough in fiber optics. He carefully calculated how to transmit light over long distances via optical glass fibers. With a fiber of purest glass it would be possible to transmit light signals over 100 kilometers, compared to only 20 meters for the fibers available in the 1960s. Kao's enthusiasm inspired other researchers to share his vision of the future potential of fiber optics. The first ultrapure fiber was successfully fabricated just four years later, in 1970.

Today optical fibers make up the circulatory system that nourishes our communication society. These low-loss glass fibers facilitate global broadband communication such as the Internet. Light flows in thin threads of glass, and it carries almost all of the telephony and data traffic in each and every direction. Text, music, images and video can be transferred around the globe in a split second.

If we were to unravel all of the glass fibers that wind around the globe, we would get a single thread over one billion kilometers long – which is enough to encircle the globe more than 25 000 times – and is increasing by thousands of kilometers every hour.

A large share of the traffic is made up of digital images, which constitute the second part of the award. In 1969 Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith invented the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device). The CCD technology makes use of the photoelectric effect, as theorized by Albert Einstein and for which he was awarded the 1921 year's Nobel Prize. By this effect, light is transformed into electric signals.

The challenge when designing an image sensor was to gather and read out the signals in a large number of image points, pixels, in a short time.
The CCD is the digital camera's electronic eye. It revolutionized photography, as light could now be captured electronically instead of on film. The digital form facilitates the processing and distribution of these images. CCD technology is also used in many medical applications, e.g. imaging the inside of the human body, both for diagnostics and for microsurgery.
Digital photography has become an irreplaceable tool in many fields of research. The CCD has provided new possibilities to visualize the previously unseen. It has given us crystal clear images of distant places in our universe as well as the depths of the oceans.

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2009

2009-10-09T05:14:00.001-04:00

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009

Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

October 9, 2009

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America

"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

Oslo, October 9, 2009

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

2009-10-08T02:56:00.005-04:00

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Thomas A. Steitz
Ada E. Yonath

Press Release Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

7 October 2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 jointly to
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"

The ribosome translates the DNA code into life

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 awards studies of one of life's core processes: the ribosome's translation of DNA information into life. Ribosomes produce proteins, which in turn control the chemistry in all living organisms. As ribosomes are crucial to life, they are also a major target for new antibiotics.

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level. All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome.
Inside every cell in all organisms, there are DNA molecules. They contain the blueprints for how a human being, a plant or a bacterium, looks and functions. But the DNA molecule is passive. If there was nothing else, there would be no life.

The blueprints become transformed into living matter through the work of ribosomes. Based upon the information in DNA, ribosomes make proteins: oxygen-transporting haemoglobin, antibodies of the immune system, hormones such as insulin, the collagen of the skin, or enzymes that break down sugar. There are tens of thousands of proteins in the body and they all have different forms and functions. They build and control life at the chemical level.

An understanding of the ribosome's innermost workings is important for a scientific understanding of life. This knowledge can be put to a practical and immediate use; many of today's antibiotics cure various diseases by blocking the function of bacterial ribosomes. Without functional ribosomes, bacteria cannot survive. This is why ribosomes are such an important target for new antibiotics.

This year's three Laureates have all generated 3D models that show how different antibiotics bind to the ribosome. These models are now used by scientists in order to develop new antibiotics, directly assisting the saving of lives and decreasing humanity's suffering.

For additional information please visit http://tinyurl.com/yeyb8cy

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009

2009-10-06T02:39:00.001-04:00

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009

"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"

Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Carol W. Greider
Jack W. Szostak

Summary of Press Release Press Release source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

5 October 2009

For the complete summary of Press release visit http://tinyurl.com/yc69tqt

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists who have solved a major problem in biology: how the chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation. The Nobel Laureates have shown that the solution is to be found in the ends of the chromosomes – the telomeres – and in an enzyme that forms them – telomerase.

The long, thread-like DNA molecules that carry our genes are packed into chromosomes, the telomeres being the caps on their ends. Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak discovered that a unique DNA sequence in the telomeres protects the chromosomes from degradation. Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn identified telomerase, the enzyme that makes telomere DNA. These discoveries explained how the ends of the chromosomes are protected by the telomeres and that they are built by telomerase.

If the telomeres are shortened, cells age. Conversely, if telomerase activity is high, telomere length is maintained, and cellular senescence is delayed. This is the case in cancer cells, which can be considered to have eternal life. Certain inherited diseases, in contrast, are characterized by a defective telomerase, resulting in damaged cells. The award of the Nobel Prize recognizes the discovery of a fundamental mechanism in the cell, a discovery that has stimulated the development of new therapeutic strategies.

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EUROBIO 2009 Lille - Grand Palais- from September 23rd to 25th

2009-09-17T15:14:00.001-04:00

THE PARTNERING AND TECH TRANSFER EVENT FOR THE BIOINDUSTRY

EUROBIO 2009 Lille, France- (Grand Palais) - from September 23rd to 25th.
www.eurobio-event.com

Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Iseehear will be attending EUROBIO 2009 in Lille.
Iseehear’s EUROBIO 2009 objectives are:

1- Grow our customer base in Europe for SoftMouseDB with a specific focus on research labs / biotech, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and CRO’s working on mouse models

2- Develop version 2 of SoftMouseDB (Iseehear is open to the opportunity to collaborate with a company with a similar interest)

3- Ultimately to establish an Iseehear subsidiary in Europe

Kelly Rodriques will be available for meetings on September 24th and 25th. To arrange a meeting please email kelly@iseehear.com

About Iseehear:
Iseehear's mission is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of biomedical Research Lifecycle Management™, by increasing research productivity, accelerating the discovery process and enhancing the capture and filing of intellectual property ultimately speeding up the commercialization of scientific discoveries.

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5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009: "Transgenesis: New Developments and Applications"

2009-09-15T11:05:00.000-04:00

Iseehear Inc is a sponsor of the Transgenesis: New Developments and Applications 5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009

The 5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009 will take place on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at the Goodman Cancer Centre – McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
To learn more please visit:

The Quebec Transgenic Research Network : 5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009: www.rrtq.org/Evenement.aspx?evt_id=8

The Quebec Transgenic Research Network
www.rrtq.org

The program for the 5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009: "Transgenesis: New Developments and Applications" www.slideshare.net/Iseehear/qtrn-2009-program-iseehear-sponsor

Poster for the 5th QTRN Annual Symposium 2009: "Transgenesis: New Developments and Applications" www.slideshare.net/Iseehear/qtrn-2009-poster-iseehear-sponsor

About: SoftMouseDB (Transgenic Mouse Breeding Colony Management Database Software)

SoftMouseDB is a transgenic mouse breeding and colony maintenance record-keeping database system for Life Sciences researchers and mouse geneticists.

To learn more about SoftMouseDB please visit www.streamcell.com

Tip #2 SoftMouseDB

2009-09-11T13:13:00.002-04:00

Tip #2: Use the Orange Feedback, Defects and Support buttons at the top right of the SoftMouseDB interface to communicate directly with the Iseehear team.

Iseehear’s goal is to make the process of entering data into SoftMouseDB as easy and convenient as possible for you. That said, we welcome all feedback, suggestions and additional feature requirements that you may have in order to improve the service.

To learn more about SoftMouseDB transgenic mouse management database, please visit www.softmousedb.com

Biography of Francis Crick

2009-09-07T10:18:00.000-04:00

New biography of Francis Crick

Francis Crick: Hunter of Life’s Secrets is the first full-length intellectual biography of the co-discoverer of the double-helix.

SoftMouseDB v 1.0.1 released

2009-08-30T16:23:00.001-04:00

New >>> SoftMouseDB v 1.0.1 released

New features have been introduced to SoftMouseDB. www.streamcell.com

SoftMouseDB subscribers: Please check your email for a list of the new features released.

For New subscribers there is a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL of the SoftMouseDB --Transgenic Mouse Breeding database and Colony Management software -- at www.streamcell.net

Thank you for your support.
August 30, 2009
The Iseehear Team
www.iseehear.com