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ARIT Poster Session 2018 at the annual Austrian Research and Innovation Talk (ARIT)

By Monika Trebo | August 9, 2018

The ARIT Poster Session 2018 will be featured as part of the annual Austrian Research and Innovation Talk (ARIT) on Saturday, December 8, 2018 from 9:45am - 4:00pm at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The poster session is organized in collaboration with the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, ASCINA, and the Research and Innovation Network Austria (RINA) of the Office of Science and Technology Austria in Washington, DC (OSTA Washington).
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JEMI Mentoring Initiative

By Monika Trebo | July 3, 2018

Mentoring is a priceless opportunity, but matching the best mentors with mentees is a science. For this reason, the Office of Science and Technology Austria (OSTA Washington) co-founded the Joint European Mentoring Initiative (JEMI), a collaboration project of European Science Diasporas in North America.
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ASciNA Mentoring-Programm 2018/19

By Monika Trebo | June 7, 2018

Das erfolgreiche Mentoring-Programm des Vereins Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASciNA) startet eine neue Ausschreibung unterstützt vom Alumni Club der Medizinischen Universität Wien, der Technischen Universität Wien und der Technischen Universität Graz.
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Karolin Luger elected to National Academy of Sciences

By Monika Trebo | May 12, 2018

Karolin Luger, Investigator, HHMI, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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ASciNA Award: Jetzt bewerben! Einreichfrist endet am 20. Mai 2018

By Monika Trebo | April 19, 2018

ASciNA fordert seine Mitglieder auf, sich mit wegweisenden wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten für den Forschungspreis zu bewerben. Unter dem Motto "Forschen in Nordamerika" werden wissenschaftliche Publikationen ausgezeichnet, die von hoher wissenschaftlicher Exzellenz sind und wichtige Fragestellungen bearbeiten. Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 20. Mai 2018!
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Prof. Kainerstorfer at Carnegie Mellon University is developing a hand-held, optical breast cancer imaging device for frequent monitoring at home.

By Monika Trebo | March 5, 2018

The project has made it into the 2nd round of STAT Madness, which is an online competition. Please take a moment and consider voting for CMU. https://www.statnews.com/feature/stat-madness/bracket/ The CMU logo is a colorful triangle. Click on the triangle and then vote. Please vote and spread the word to friends and colleagues! Voting for the 2nd round ends 3/8.
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Peter Nagele to Lead Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago Medicine

By Monika Trebo | January 31, 2018

Peter Nagele, MD, an internationally recognized trauma anesthesiologist, researcher, and educator, has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago Medicine, effective March 1, 2018. For details, please see news release at https://www.newswise.com/articles/view/688734/.
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OSTA Exploratory Study: Möglichkeiten zur direkten und strategischen Vernetzung im Bereich Forschung, Technologie und Innovation zwischen Österreich und Nordamerika

By Monika Trebo | January 30, 2018

Jürgen Haberleithner, ASCINA Chapter Head in Mexiko, hat kürzlich eine Studie im Auftrag des Office for Science and Technology Austria OSTA in Washington DC durchgeführt. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist es, empirische Grundlagen zu schaffen, um zu einer besseren Vernetzung der österreichischen Wissenschaftsdiaspora in Nordamerika und österreichischen und europäischen Einrichtungen beizutragen. Es wäre sehr interessant Eure Rückmeldungen zu bekommen, ...
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Lab for Open Innovation in Science for senior scientists (LOIS)

By Monika Trebo | October 30, 2017

Die Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft bietet im nächsten Jahr wieder ein Lab for Open Innovation in Science for Senior Scientists (LOIS). Die Deadline für die Anmeldung ist am 15. November, die Ausschreibung dazu findet ihr hier: http://www.ois.lbg.ac.at/LOIS-overview.html
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Marshall Plan Foundation verlieh Poster Preise am ARIT 2017

By Monika Trebo | October 10, 2017

Die Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Poster Preise, die ebenfalls am ARIT 2017 verliehen wurden, gingen an: - Patricia Bubner: "Rediscovering a nutritious, drought tolerant, and gluten-free grain: The Millet Project". - Tibor Wladimir: "The Near Future of Medicine: An Implantable Biosensor for Rejection Monitoring in Cardiac Implants". - Lukas Landegger: "Hearing the Light: Advances in Optogenetic-based Auditory Implants".
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