The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has collected a sixth country for its international collaborations. German and Californian scientists will be able to submit joint grants for collaborative projects that focus on immunology. Researchers would, however, be funded by their respective governments. Read more
Several sources of new bond funds might be coming into the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), but CIRM’s Don Gibbons emphasizes that none of them are yet “done deals.” … Read more
The governing board for the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine announced that it had decided to award $58 million to 26 grants for training stem-cell scientists and lab technicians. Delivery of these funds will have to wait, however, because California is unable to sell bonds on the public market. CIRM board members are even discussing raising funds through the private bond market. (See the press release as well as the story from the San Diego Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle ) … Read more
Posted on the Great Beyond for Natasha Gilbert Reports in the British media that grant applications to create hybrid human – animal embryos for research were turned down on moral grounds, have been rejected by the funding bodies and scientists involved. The story broke in the Independent newspaper on Monday, which claimed Stephen Minger, a leading stem cell scientist at King’s College London, said that the grant applications may have been blocked by scientists on the funding committees who are morally opposed to the creation of cloned hybrid embryos. But when Nature spoke to Minger he said the Independent misinterpreted … Read more
It’s now official that the head of California’s stem cell institute will receive a salary of $150,000 for what’s considered a part-time job. Another post could garner $300,000; the state’s budget deficit has led the California governor to dismay at approving any government salaries not essential to the institute’s mission. (See Nature’s news story available for subscribers, plus previous blog posts. Read more
Salaries and appointments for CIRM officials … Read more
CIRM added yet another country to its list of collaborators, Spain, on December 3rd. Read more
California’s stem cell funding agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom, expediting collaborations between scientists in the two locations. Read more
Credit crunch hurts California stem-cell facility … Read more
Cheaper genome scanning … Read more
