12 2010
Six-day conference on marine biotechnology held in Italy, June 2010
A six-day conference on marine biotechnology will be held in Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy from 20 to 25 June 2010.
This conference is designed to promote scientific excellence in marine biotechnology, give a platform for leading scientists and young researchers to present their work and discuss the future of the field in Europe. Organised around seven-half day sessions, event topics will include:
- algae and seaweed biomass;
- aquaculture;
- bioprospecting;
- human and environmental health;
- enzymes;
- marine bionanotechnology and biomaterials;
- marine models;
- pollution and bioremediation;
- bioinformatics and research infrastructures
31 2010
Scripps researchers win race to synthesize marine natural product Palau’amine
The compound Palau’amine, discovered in 1993, is so chemically complex that finding a way to produce it in the laboratory became the most hotly pursued synthetic chemistry goal in modern history. Groups around the globe dedicated millions to the challenge, but it is a team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute that has finally completed the quest.
31 2010
GRC hosts Marine Natural Products conference in California, Feb 2010
The mission of the 2010 MNP GRC is to bring traditional participants in this area, including natural products chemists, synthetic chemists and marine biologists, together with specialists in newly emerging areas of marine microbiology, molecular biology, genetic engineering and genomics in a highly interactive forum where new avenues of research will be developed.
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by February 7, 2010.
31 2010
Collaboraton working with deep sea microorganisms for agriculture solutions
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI), is collaborating with the laboratories of research microbiologist Dr. Paul Jensen and Professor William Fenical at the University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institute, to find deep sea microorganisms with potential applications for pest management. UC’s Industry University Cooperative Research Program (IUCRP) awarded Dr. Jensen’s Lab a Discovery Grant for the joint project.
Dr. Jensen’s lab collaborates with the lab of Dr. William Fenical who is internationally recognized for significant discoveries of new pharmaceutical compounds from naturally occurring marine microorganisms. MBI is also developing a novel marine microorganism discovered by Dupont and Biomar, S.A. for use as a rice herbicide.
28 2010
Federal stimulus dollars go to cooperative group targeting discovery of marine-derived anticancer leads
The overall goal of the National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group (NCDDG) program is to discover marine natural product leads for cancer chemotherapy. There are four laboratory programs operating in a close and synergistic fashion as follows:
- Lab Program #1 led by Prof. Phillip Crews (PI of this NCDDG), University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
- Lab Program #2 led by Prof. William Gerwick, Oregon State University (OSU)
- Lab Program #3 led by Dr. Amy Wright, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI)
- Lab Program #4 led by Prof. William Fenical, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (SIO-UCSD).
| Amount of Award: | $273,147 |
| Award Date: | 09/25/2009 |
14 2010
GlycoMar files four patents advancing search for new drugs from the sea
GlycoMar Limited announces the filing of four US patent applications, which marks an important step forward for its drug discovery program. Four new composition of matter patent applications have been jointly filed with Verona Pharma plc for products that have been discovered as a result of their collaborative research program. These novel products have been identified from a number of marine organisms and have shown significant anti-inflammatory activity with clinical potential.
The compounds produced by GlycoMar from marine organisms including starfish, sea squirts, and marine worms.
11 2009
New Activity Found For A Potential Anti-cancer Agent From Marine Sponges
Pateamine A (PatA), a natural product first isolated from marine sponges, has attracted considerable attention as a potential anti-cancer agent, and now a new activity has been found for it, which may reveal yet another anti-cancer mechanism. That’s the assessment of Daniel Romo, a Texas A&M chemistry professor, and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University who are pioneers in research involving this novel marine natural product.
04 2009
Conference exploring potential commercial developments using Antarctic microorganisms to take place in Cambridge on 19 November 2009
The event has speakers from the pharma, personal care and chemical industries and will be very useful for anyone with an interest in natural product exploitation. The programme is planned to provide plenty of networking opportunities and will be particularly beneficial for BD managers and academics with an interest in commercialising their natural product research.
10 2009
Norway establishes new strategy for marine bioprospecting
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen and State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Rikke Lind recently presented the government’s national strategy for marine bioprospecting.
“Marine bioprospecting is a strategic focus area in which Norway has positive potential for asserting itself in international competition. The government’s aim is to unlock the great potential for wealth creation which lies within marine bioprospecting,” said State Secretary Rikke Lind of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
01 2009
Recent marine survey in Fiordland, NZ found deep water community, new species completely unknown to science
Recently, a team from DOC, NIWA and the Fiordland Marine Guardians in New Zealand carried out a ten-day survey of the creatures living up to 200 metres deep in the fiords of Doubtful and Dusky Sounds. Little is known about what lives within this unique fiord ecosystem below diveable depths, and it had previously been supposed that there was not much life on the steep rock walls of the fiords below 40 metres.
Fish surveys were done using a baited underwater video system. NIWA taxonomic experts are working on identifying some of the unknown animals that were captured on video.
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