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Nobel Laureate Hartmut Michel Joins Verseon's Scientific Advisory Board

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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verseon is pleased to announce that Dr. Hartmut Michel, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has joined the company's scientific advisory board. Dr. Michel's work in X-ray crystallography established methodologies for crystallizing cellular membrane proteins and elucidating their structures.

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  • FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verseon is pleased to announce that Dr. Hartmut Michel, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has joined the company's scientific advisory board.
  • Dr. Michel is a recipient of the Biophysics Prize of the American Physical Society and is one of the original eleven recipients of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize , the highest honor awarded in German scientific research.
  • Verseon's team is excited to have Dr. Michel join the company's scientific advisory board.
  • We are honored to have him on our advisory board."

Nobel Laureate Hartmut Michel Joins Verseon's Scientific Advisory Board

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verseon is pleased to announce that Dr. Hartmut Michel, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has joined the company's scientific advisory board. Dr. Michel's work in X-ray crystallography established improved methodologies for crystallizing cellular membrane proteins and elucidating their structures.

Key Points: 
  • FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verseon is pleased to announce that Dr. Hartmut Michel, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has joined the company's scientific advisory board.
  • Among the many awards and prizes Dr. Michel has received are the Biophysics Prize of the American Physical Society and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize , the highest honor awarded in German scientific research.
  • Verseon's team is excited to have Dr. Michel join the company's scientific advisory board.
  • We are honored to have him on our advisory board."

Scientific Organizations Form International Group to Advance Ukrainian Science and Support Researchers; Breakthrough Prize Foundation Provides $3 Million

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Monday, October 24, 2022
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As the war in Ukraine continues, the global research community is increasingly concerned about immediate and lasting damage to the Ukrainian science enterprise and global research.

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  • As the war in Ukraine continues, the global research community is increasingly concerned about immediate and lasting damage to the Ukrainian science enterprise and global research.
  • "The world needs Ukrainian science, and Ukrainian science needs support," said Yuri Milner, founder of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
  • The Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the "Oscars of Science," recognizes the world's top scientists in the fields of life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics.
  • The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global video competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science.

Scientific Organizations Form International Group to Advance Ukrainian Science and Support Researchers; Breakthrough Prize Foundation Provides $3 Million

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Monday, October 24, 2022
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As the war in Ukraine continues, the global research community is increasingly concerned about immediate and lasting damage to the Ukrainian science enterprise and global research.

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  • As the war in Ukraine continues, the global research community is increasingly concerned about immediate and lasting damage to the Ukrainian science enterprise and global research.
  • "The world needs Ukrainian science, and Ukrainian science needs support," said Yuri Milner, founder of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
  • The Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the "Oscars of Science," recognizes the world's top scientists in the fields of life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics.
  • The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global video competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Professor and Director of the Sarafan ChEM-H institute at Stanford University, Joins the Rondo Therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rondo Therapeutics, a privately-held biotechnology company advancing next-generation immuno-oncology platforms, announces the addition of Carolyn Bertozzi, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rondo Therapeutics, a privately-held biotechnology company advancing next-generation immuno-oncology platforms, announces the addition of Carolyn Bertozzi, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board.
  • Dr. Bertozzi is a Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Sarafan ChEM-H institute at Stanford Universityand is a world leader in the field of glycobiology, generating new insights regarding disease-associated changes in cell surface glycosylation patterns.
  • Jessica Stark, Ph.D., an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in the Bertozzi Research Group, is also joining Rondo as a scientific consultant.
  • Dr. Stark has pioneered new approaches in understanding the role of glycobiology in the functioning of the innate immune system.

Anthony Hyman, Ph.D., pioneer of biomolecular condensates and co-founder of Dewpoint Therapeutics, recognized with two leading science awards

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Thursday, July 21, 2022
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His discoveries indicate that slight changes among factors in cells can result in condensates that perform critical functions.

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  • His discoveries indicate that slight changes among factors in cells can result in condensates that perform critical functions.
  • For example, we know that such liquid condensates are central to the malignant nature of cancer cells, offering new approaches to treatment.
  • Dewpoint believes that a vast range of conditions have pathways that are regulated by condensates or arise from the dysfunction of condensates.
  • Scientists or investors interested in biomolecular condensates can also visit condensates.com for news and updates in the field.

DBN Group Jointly Tackle Down Pressing Agricultural Problems with Top-notch Scientist and Award Winners

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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BEIJING, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing Dabeinong Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd., an agricultural high-tech enterprise, lately hosts the Zhongguancun Global Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Forum ("the Forum") through Global Agricultural Technology Innovation Platform (GAIN)  to explore the latest research finding from the studies of the top-notch scientists. During the forum, DBN Group has also named the recipients of the 12th DBN Science and Technology Award that thirty-one awards were conferred to agricultural scientists and researchers who have greatly contributed to the advancement of China's agricultural sciences by making pioneering discoveries and developing innovative technologies to address the issues in a wide range of fields spanning seed science, livestock vaccines, and cotton cultivation and management.

Key Points: 
  • Over 1 million people have watched livestreams of the Forum, which can be viewed here .
  • "Over the past 23 years, DBN Group has honored and recognized numerous landmark scientific and technological discoveries in China's key agricultural fields.
  • Their dedication and contribution strengthen China's food security, enhance food safety, protect ecological safety, injecting forces that drive agricultural modernization and sustainable development for China and beyond," said Dr. Shao Genhuo, Chairman of DBN Group.
  • "Building on our previous milestones, we hope to continue boosting cooperation with global partners in order to better serve the agricultural communities and the industry as a whole, jointly tackling pressing agricultural problems and improving people's well-being," he added.

DBN Group Jointly Tackle Down Pressing Agricultural Problems with Top-notch Scientist and Award Winners

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Agriculture, Creativity, Lists of science and technology awards, Science, Nobel Peace Prize, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Research, Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Food safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Food security, Nobel Prize, Industry, Professor, Agricultural science, Huazhong Agricultural University, GAIN, Forum, Chemistry

BEIJING, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing Dabeinong Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd., an agricultural high-tech enterprise, lately hosts the Zhongguancun Global Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Forum ("the Forum") through Global Agricultural Technology Innovation Platform (GAIN)  to explore the latest research finding from the studies of the top-notch scientists. During the forum, DBN Group has also named the recipients of the 12th DBN Science and Technology Award that thirty-one awards were conferred to agricultural scientists and researchers who have greatly contributed to the advancement of China's agricultural sciences by making pioneering discoveries and developing innovative technologies to address the issues in a wide range of fields spanning seed science, livestock vaccines, and cotton cultivation and management.

Key Points: 
  • Over 1 million people have watched livestreams of the Forum, which can be viewed here .
  • "Over the past 23 years, DBN Group has honored and recognized numerous landmark scientific and technological discoveries in China's key agricultural fields.
  • Their dedication and contribution strengthen China's food security, enhance food safety, protect ecological safety, injecting forces that drive agricultural modernization and sustainable development for China and beyond," said Dr. Shao Genhuo, Chairman of DBN Group.
  • "Building on our previous milestones, we hope to continue boosting cooperation with global partners in order to better serve the agricultural communities and the industry as a whole, jointly tackling pressing agricultural problems and improving people's well-being," he added.

International Virchow Prize for Global Health launched

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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BERLIN, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination phase of the newly established Virchow Prize for Global Health has begun. This major international award honours outstanding achievements towards addressing today's complex health challenges. The Prize is awarded annually in Berlin, with the inaugural ceremony held 15 October 2022, on the eve of the World Health Summit.

Key Points: 
  • BERLIN, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination phase of the newly established Virchow Prize for Global Health has begun.
  • The Virchow Prize for Global Health aims to incentivize and spur great minds in their commitment to global health.
  • Each year, the official announcement of the Virchow Prize for Global Health laureates is released on 13 October, the birthday of Rudolf Virchow.
  • By establishing and granting the Virchow Prize for Global Health, the Virchow Foundation for Global Health strives to raise awareness of current global health issues and to award achievements which significantly improve the impact on the broad health challenges we face today.

International Virchow Prize for Global Health launched

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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BERLIN, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination phase of the newly established Virchow Prize for Global Health has begun. This major international award honours outstanding achievements towards addressing today's complex health challenges. The Prize is awarded annually in Berlin, with the inaugural ceremony held 15 October 2022, on the eve of the World Health Summit.

Key Points: 
  • BERLIN, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination phase of the newly established Virchow Prize for Global Health has begun.
  • The Virchow Prize for Global Health aims to incentivize and spur great minds in their commitment to global health.
  • Each year, the official announcement of the Virchow Prize for Global Health laureates is released on 13 October, the birthday of Rudolf Virchow.
  • By establishing and granting the Virchow Prize for Global Health, the Virchow Foundation for Global Health strives to raise awareness of current global health issues and to award achievements which significantly improve the impact on the broad health challenges we face today.