BioIndustry Group from Russia and the US State Department to Visit Santa Cruz.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIO 2004 Annual Convention SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 A delegation of Russian scientists working through the US State Department's BioIndustry Initiative will be presenting a full day program at the University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university, one of the ten campuses of the University of California. on Thursday, June 10 beginning at 10 AM. The goal of the BII BII Bank Internasional Indonesia BII British Institute of Innkeepers BII Bioindustry Initiative (US Department of State) BII Bronco II (Ford truck; predecessor of the Explorer) BII Basic Issue Item is to combat bioterrorism; as such the BII is sponsoring more than 100 leading scientists and biotechnology industry representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan to participate in BIO 2004 and visit to Santa Cruz. A Unique Program According to BII Director, Jason E. Rao, PhD, a 1993 graduate of Santa Cruz: "This unique international program has incredible potential, both in joint efforts to combat terrorism, and in opening up significant opportunities for US industry. We are tapping into one of the greatest scientific communities during a time of enormous growth and opportunity. The possibilities are endless." The full day event will begin with opening remarks by Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers and Professor and Chair, Joseph Konopelski of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The group will also be addressed by Ronald F. Lehman II, PhD, Director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. . Dr. Lehman chairs the governing board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC ISTC International Science and Technology Center ISTC International Student Travel Confederation ISTC Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (UK) ISTC Independent Sector Treatment Centre (UK) ), a collaborator with the BII. Working for the Common Good Among the many distinguished scientists presenting at the event, one will be Raisa Martyniuk, PhD, from the State Research Institute of Virology virology, study of viruses and their role in disease. Many viruses, such as animal RNA viruses and viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages, have become useful laboratory tools in genetic studies and in work on the cellular metabolic control of gene expression and Biotechnology, VETOR. Dr Martyniuk noted that the major goal of VECTOR is to fight emerging infections. "The only way to do this is through collaboration. We are working for the long term because there are many emerging and newer problems such as SARS and Avian flu. We want to develop a new generation of anti-virus drugs, vaccines, and new methods of diagnostics of infectious diseases. We are working together for the mutual benefit of people throughout the world." BII Collaborations The BII collaborates on its mission with the ISTC, Moscow, a multinational nonproliferation non·pro·lif·er·a·tion adj. Of, relating to, or calling for an end to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by additional nations: a nonproliferation treaty. program; the Boston-based CIMIT CIMIT Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy (Massachusetts General Hospital) CIMIT Centro de Investigacion Medica Instituto Traumatologico (Chile) , Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, a consortium of Harvard teaching hospitals, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and Draper Laboratory; and its Russian counterpart, TEMPO, the Non-Commercial Partnership Center of Modern Medical Technology. |
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