From goodman.lawrence from gmail.com Wed Jun 3 14:17:15 2009 From: goodman.lawrence from gmail.com (Lawrence Goodman) Date: Wed Jun 3 14:45:12 2009 Subject: [Bio-www] Toy company about Evolution for Kids Message-ID: <7BDF63BB-2295-4B78-9A79-30ECB1F30816@gmail.com> Forgive the intrusion, but I am writing to let the scientific and educational communities know about a new toy company dedicated to teaching younger kids about evolution, www.charliesplayhouse.com ("Games and Toys Inspired by Darwin"). The first toy is an 18-foot long timeline that introduces kids to over 60 amazing creatures that have sprouted up in the last 600 million years. The company was founded because there are literally no toys out there focusing on evolution even though the market is replete with toys about chemistry, physics, astronomy, and virtually any other branch of science. The big toy companies also shy away from the subject because of fears of a political backlash from creationists. Please help me spread the word about this company. It's not easy to be starting a company right now, but it's especially hard when so many educators and parents think evolution is a subject little kids can't handle. Of course, it is, and this company even makes it fun. www.charliesplayhouse.com _________________________ Lawrence Goodman w- (401) 626-4704 goodman.lawrence@gmail.com From robertjohnday from gmail.com Wed Jun 17 08:50:55 2009 From: robertjohnday from gmail.com (Rob Day) Date: Wed Jun 17 12:18:36 2009 Subject: [Bio-www] Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) Message-ID: It's clearly time to make the change to the paperless lab. In tough economic times, research organizations all over the word are placing increasing emphasis on legal accountability, commercial patent protection, secure collaboration and intellectual property rights. Subsequently, many researchers are finding that taking notes with pencil and paper, and storing digital information in ad-hoc, unstandardized or non-compliant systems can be legally risky, expensive and inefficient. More and more organizations are seeing the benefits of storing and managing their research assets in a centralized server-client system that allows workgroup organization, controlled access, advanced searching and authenticated audit trails. Finally, administrators can instantly see WHO is performing research, WHEN and WHY they did it, and exactly WHAT was discovered and recorded. CERF by Rescentris is a cross-platform, fully compliant, state-of-the- art, award-winning lab notebook and document management software solution (also known as an Electronic Lab Notebook or ELN). CERF can help organizations of any size gather, track and manage research data. CERF is also highly customizable and extensible, capable of interfacing with other sources of data in ways that administrators can closely control. Rescentris is based in Columbus, Ohio. We were founded by and are mainly staffed by former research scientists. We will not be undersold by any comparable server-client software solution. In some cases we can offer free trials to customers who aren't quite sure how our laboratory notebook software can help them. If you know of any research groups that are about to embark on an expensive new research project, a risky collaborative venture, or research in a strictly regulated or legally "high stake" sector, I would strongly urge you to tell them to investigate the use of ELN software as a way to protect their R&D investment and avoid accountability issues that can be the result of poor research record- keeping. You can lean more about our company at www.rescentris.com. From marketing from embl.de Tue Jun 23 09:20:21 2009 From: marketing from embl.de (EMBL Courses & Conferences) Date: Tue Jun 23 13:47:52 2009 Subject: [Bio-www] EMBL Events - Please subscribe Message-ID: <124576683179130532@lxmail03.embl.de> Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to join our mailing list to receive information about events taking place at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Please use the following link to subscribe to our mailing list to receive our newsletter, event posters or e-announcements: http://www.embl.de/events/newsletter If you do not wish to receive any information from EMBL, please reply with the subject "unsubscribe". Thanks for your interest in our events. Best wishes, the Team of the EMBL Course & Conference Office ......................................................................................................... European Molecular Biology Laboratory Course & Conference Office Meyerhofstr. 2 69117 Heidelberg Germany Email: conferences@embl.de