MVAnews LETTER no 5, October 2002
NEWS INDEX read here or at www.mva.org
New PhD application round in Medicon Valley
MVA Seminar on Biostatistics
Kasper Almholt receives the Ole Plougmann Award
Membership Discount
Nature Supplement on Science Networks in Scandinavia
Genzyme opens office in Medicon Valley
New report on Ethics and Law within Danish Biotech
Biotech 300
New Seed Capital to Skåne
MVA News
NEW PHD APPLICATION ROUND IN MEDICON VALLEY
The Greater Copenhagen Authority (HUR) and Region Skåne hereby invite scientists from the Øresund region to participate in the Medicon Valley PhD Programme. Deadline 1 December 2002. More Information
MVA SEMINAR ON BIOSTATISTICS
Medicon Valley Academy and SAS Institute invites to a seminar on biostatistics 31 October 2002. NB! Free admission. More Informationand Registration
KASPER ALMHOLT RECEIVES THE OLE PLOUGMANN AWARD
The 29 year old PhD student from Finsens Institute Kasper Almholt receives the Ole Plougmann Patent Award (DKK 50.000) at Medicon Valley BioConference 2002. More Information
MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT
MVA members can now get discount on adds in Magisterbladet and on Magister.dk. More Information
Medicon Valley News
NATURE SUPPLEMENT ON SCIENCE IN SCANDINAVIA
12 December 2002, Nature will publish a supplement to Nature presenting a totally unique view of Scandinavian science to the global scientific community. More Information
GENZYME OPENS OFFICE IN MEDICON VALLEY
23 October 2002 one of the largest biotech corporations in the world, Genzyme Corporation, opens in Medicon Valley. More Information
NEW REPORT ON ETHICS AND LAW WITHIN DANISH BIOTECH
"ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN EUROPEAN REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY - possibilities and pitfalls" - Is a new report by Linda Nielsen, rector og Copenhagen University and member of the European Group on Ethics, and Berit A. Faber, Secretarial director of The Danish Council of Ethics. More Information
BIOTECH 300
The complete list of Swedish biotech companies is now available through BiotechSweden. NB! Free access until 31 October. More Information
NEW SEED CAPITAL TO SKÅNE
Scandinavia’s most experienced science park, IDEON in Lund, is welcoming a new seed capital company, Lumitec, to its premises. More Information
Conferences and Events - see MVA calendar
DANISH GROWTH AWARDS
Ernst & Young invites everybody to take part in the ceremony of the Danish Growth Awards. 5 November 2002. More Information
INDUSTRIENS DAG
The event aims at promoting the cooperation and communication between Danish and Swedish researchers and students within the fields of biotech, medicotech, pharma. and medicine on one hand as well as supporting fields and the business world on the other. 20 November 2002, Copenhagen. More Information
Q-ONE BIOTECH EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES
"From Cell Line to Product - Current Concepts in Cell Line Safety" 26 November 2002. NB! Free admission. More Information
STATISTICAL GENETICS WORKSHOP
A series of five workshops in statistical genetics will be held 9-13 December 2002, at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin. More Information
New Medicon Valley Academy Members - see MVA member list
October
Temporent AB; Ventac Partners A/S; Genesto A/S; DB Lab A/S
September
Biofarma A/S; Union Medico Aps; Frederiksværk Kommune; Siemens
August
Gallup A/S; International Patent-Bureau A/S; HemeBiotech A/S; Hobolth Instruments ApS; Rheoscience A/S