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• Why Aren't There More Female Leaders in Technology?

  BNET - 2009-08-03

  At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, an innovation panel discusses ways to encourage women to join the computer industry. Many women come to the industry through other sides of the business--like marketing--and need mentoring and encouragement to find their inner geeks. Panelists include Marissa Mayer, vice president of search...

  Tags: Women, Leader, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Productivity, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, AlwaysOn Summit, Stanford University, Computer Science

• Palo Alto Architectural Firm Cody Anderson Wasney Architects, Inc., Takes Home Two AIA Santa Clara Valley Awards of Excellence for Work at Stanford University and Los Altos Hills

  - 2008-10-27

  PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The American Institute of Architects Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIASCV presented their biennial design awards program on October 16, 2008 in a ceremony held at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga. Palo Alto architectural firm Cody Anderson Wasney Architects, Inc. received two of the twelve total...

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• Symposium, Patient Reunion Will Help Mark 40 Years of Pioneering Work in Heart Transplantation at Stanford

  - 2008-10-15

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The afternoon Elizabeth Craze was born 26 years ago, her parents held their breath. "She is perfect," the doctor told them. But within four months, Elizabeth, like the four siblings before her, would be diagnosed with heart failure. Three had already died in infancy. The...

  Tags: Andrew, patient, professor, Stanford, Stanford University, surgery

• Sport briefs: Job for Weir

  - 2008-10-08

  ATHLETICS: Double Commonwealth gold medalist and former British discus and hammer record holder Robert Weir has been appointed as heavy throws coach for UK Athletics. Weir, who competed at three Olympic Games, joins from Stanford University where he headed up the men's track and field programme for a number of...

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• Safer test for babies

  - 2008-10-07

  A NEW, non-invasive test for women worried that their unborn child has Down's Syndrome has been developed. The technique - developed at Stanford University, California - involves looking for tell-tale chromosome fragments in a blood sample. It allowed scientists to pinpoint signs of chromosomal abnormality in 18 pregnant...

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• Helicos Ships Genetic Analysis System To Stanford University

  - 2008-10-07

  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ:HLCS) today announced the shipment of a Helicos[TM] Genetic Analysis System to Stanford University for use in research. The unique ability of the Helicos Genetic Analysis System to obtain sequence information from individual DNA molecules couples unparalleled throughput and scalability with an unbiased...

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• Stanford University Uses Fluidigm Integrated Fluidic Circuits to Help Develop Maternal Blood Test for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities

  - 2008-10-07

  Scientists Find a Noninvasive Prenatal Test for Down Syndrome SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Stanford University has used the unique properties of the company's integrated fluidic circuits IFCs to help develop a noninvasive prenatal test for fetal chromosomal abnormalities using maternal blood. This...

  Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, researcher, Stanford University, technique

• Satellite Healthcare, Providers of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Disease Services, Honors Founder With Endowed Chair at Stanford University School of Medicine

  - 2008-10-06

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and largest providers of kidney dialysis services and kidney disease therapies, has honored its founder, Norman S. Coplon, MD, with an endowed chair at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Norman S. Coplon/Satellite Healthcare Professorship in Medicine was...

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• Asian-White Couples Face Distinct Pregnancy Risks, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers also...

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• Mysterious Snippets of DNA Withstand Eons of Evolution, Stanford Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Small stretches of seemingly useless DNA harbor a big secret, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. There's one problem: We don't know what it is. Although individual laboratory animals appear to live happily when these genetic ciphers are deleted, these snippets have been highly...

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