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Postdoctoral Fellowships at Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Canada, 2018

Postdoctoral Fellowships at Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Canada, 2018

The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics is delighted to offer Postdoctoral Fellowships in Canada. Fellowship is available for Canadian students.

The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics is a nationally supported research centre for studies in theoretical astrophysics including the origin and evolution of the universe, and the many other phenomena revealed by modern…

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CARIM Postdoctoral Talent Fellowship to Study Abroad, 2018 CARIM Postdoctoral Talent Fellowship CARIM Postdoctoral Talent Fellowship : Applications are welcomed for CARIM – Postdoctoral Talent Fellowship to give as of late advanced best CARIM ability an opportunity to pick up encounter abroad and come back to CARIM to perform fantastic research.

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The Art of Science Development

Usually when we talk about Science and Technology, we always hear about Hire Angularjs Developers in India, or about the need for Hire Angularjs Developers in India and more. Not only do we hear about Hire Angularjs Developers in India, we also go around learning about Java, php, nodejs and more. We are very happy to know that our country ranks third among the most attractive technology destinations all over the world. The Union Minister of Science and Technology of India, Dr Harsh Vardhan has announced that technology is the strongest area where the government aims at making people science-centric. Modern India has a strong focus on science and technology as it acts as a key element for the growth of the nation. Our India is holding the first position among five other nations in order of scientific exploration. Our country has regularly participated in many space missions like the mission to the moon, the famed Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Soon India is going to take the leading position of launching satellites for SAARC nations.

With the support of the government, considerable investments and development have occurred in the country in various fields such as agriculture, healthcare, space research and nuclear power. Our country is becoming self-dependent in the field of nuclear technology. There are many recent developments that took place within a span of a decade. The number of scientists coming to India for research opportunities has increased from 243 to 649 within a time span of 2012 to 2017. In the year 2017, about 649 scientists came to India to have research on nuclear technology. Our researchers witness that the space business will have tremendous growth in the next 5 years. With the increase of the space business, there will be a sharp rise in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellite launching capability.

Government initiatives:

●    In the year 2018, ‘Prime Minister Research Fellows’ scheme was provided by the Union Cabinet where our government will be providing a total cost of Rs 1650 crore for a time span of seven years starting from 2018-19.

●    The Government of India has announced an amount of Rs. 1000 crore for the second phase of Impacting Research Innovation and Technology.

●    Government has granted an amount of US $ 24.84 million to boost the academicians, entrepreneurs and researchers that will work towards the innovation of the nation.

●    In July 2018 the Atal Innovation Scheme combined with MyGov made “Innovate India Platform”, which aimed to provide a common point for all the innovation happening in India.

Achievements:

●       India achieved the first national state of the art cGMP facility for the production of herbal preparations was established in CSIR-IIIM with a production capacity of 30,000 tablets and capsules per hour and 500 litres of liquid per batch.

●       The following schemes were awarded during the last 4 years:

●       CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)and National Eligibility Test (NET): 10,687

●       Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)-Direct: 1792

●       Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship (SPMF): 158

●       CSIR JRF-GATE (for Engineering & Pharmaceutical Sciences): 116

●       CSIR Research Associateships (RA) to pursue postdoctoral research: 525

●       CSIR Senior Research Associateships (SRA): 324

●       CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme: 41

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Remembering Tania Douglas: A brilliant biomedical engineer and academic

- By Ernesta M. Meintjes , University of Cape Town , The Conversation -

Tributes from friends, colleagues, collaborators and students have poured in for South African academic Professor Tania Samantha Douglas, an internationally recognised scholar, biomedical engineer and innovator. She passed away on 20 March 2021.

She was admired by many and consulted broadly for her unique insights, in-depth understanding of South Africa’s higher education environment, and open-mindedness. Always vibrant, she was able to fully engage with issues in an unbiased manner – sharing her well-considered thoughts in a friendly and practical way.

Image: Professor Tania Douglas. Credit: Je'nine May/UCT Health Sciences.

Tania obtained the second highest grade in the country in her final school exams in 1987. She went on to read for a BScEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT). This was followed by an MS in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Then came a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, and a postdoctoral fellowship in image processing with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation in Tokyo.

In 2000, Tania returned to her alma mater. She took up a lecturer position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

In her recent work, she strove to combine biomedical engineering with social context. Her aim was to find novel solutions towards improved health. To this end, she developed a new postgraduate programme in Health Innovation teaching human-centred innovation with an emphasis on end-user engagement.

She believed and advocated that Africa needs to find solutions to its own problems and worked tirelessly to build biomedical engineering capacity across the continent.

Academic legacy

During her 21 years at the University of Cape Town, Tania held numerous leadership positions within the department and faculty. These included serving as Divisional Head for a period and serving as Deputy Dean of Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences. She also, for the past decade, led the Medical Research Council/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit.

In 2016, Tania was awarded the prestigious South African Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Innovation. Two years later she was Founding Director of UCT’s Biomedical Engineering Research Centre.

Tania excelled in all spheres of academia. She headed a large research group, and trained and graduated more than 50 master’s and doctoral students. Postdoctoral fellows and junior staff were among those she mentored. She also published extensively in leading international journals, and taught and developed courses. Her scholarly contributions were recognised through numerous awards. These included research fellowships from the International Institute for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany; and the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus programme.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Women in Engineering’s South Africa Section named her as its female academic/researcher of the year in 2009.

In 2018 she was recognised as a Quartz Africa Innovator. A year later, the South African Women in Science Awards named her as Distinguished Woman Researcher in Research and Innovation. In the past decade, she was elected a Fellow by the South African Academy of Engineering, the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, and the University of Cape Town. She was also a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

Tania’s research focused on major public health problems in South Africa. She developed novel instruments and computer-assisted techniques. Some of her early work involved developing image-processing techniques to characterise the facial phenotype associated with foetal alcohol syndrome – a condition of which the incidence in certain communities in South Africa is among the highest in the world.

Tania also made seminal contributions in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. One was the development of a ‘smart microscope’ that automated detection of TB bacilli in stained sputum smears. Another was the computer-aided detection of pulmonary pathology in paediatric chest X-rays.

She played a leading role in establishing the African Biomedical Consortium. She also launched and was founding Editor-in-Chief of the open-access electronic journal Global Health Innovation. In addition she edited the open-access eBook Biomedical Engineering for Africa (University of Cape Town Libraries; 2019).

Since 2014, Tania had served as Associate Editor of both the South African Journal of Science and Medical Engineering and Physics. In January 2021 she was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the latter.

A great void

Tania was warm and empathetic, and an inspiring mentor to many. As her friend and head of the Department of Human Biology at UCT, Professor Sharon Price, wrote:

We will remember Tania for being an amazing woman – brave, humble and brilliant. She lived her life, and carried her illness, with extraordinary grace and dignity. We will remember her for her astute intellect and her quiet humanity to build others in the process. She was talented and gracious, and we will remember her positive attitude and ever-present beautiful smile.

Tania is survived by her parents, Rita and Aubrey Douglas.

This tribute originally appeared in the South African Journal of Science.

Ernesta M. Meintjes, Professor in Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Staff Spotlight on Apala Majumdar, Reader

How long have you worked at the Uni? What does your role involve?

I have been here since August 2012. I am currently a Reader in Applied Mathematics, and this is a multifaceted role. A lot of my time goes into research into the mathematics of materials science. It also involves working with industry, people from other disciplines, training postgraduate students, working with postdoctoral and PhD researchers. I also do a fair bit of undergraduate teaching, at all levels from level 2 to level 4. I have taken up the Directorship of the Centre for Non-linear Mechanics since October 2018, and I lead certain Internationalisation initiatives at Bath as well. It keeps me busy!

What piece of advice would you like to give to a student?

Believe in yourself and enjoy what you do.

Who was your most influential teacher/educator, and why?

It was actually my mother! That is because my family moved around a lot so my schooling was interrupted at times. I spent a lot of time with my mother and she invested a lot of time and energy in educating me when I was younger, for which I will always be grateful.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a scientist – an astronomer. Then I found out the astronomy required a lot of practical hands-on skills, and I gradually realised I was slightly better suited to pen and paper, so I switched to Mathematics instead! The more I studied Mathematics, the more interested I became and now I make a living out of it!

What’s the one thing you know now that you wish you’d known when you were younger?

There is no substitute for hard work. Talent is a by-product of hard work.

What was your first job?

My first job was a competitive research fellowship. I was awarded a “Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851” research fellowship in 2006. I did my Undergraduate and my PhD at the University of Bristol, then I had a very short term post doc there too. Once I started applying for jobs, I was very pleasantly surprised to get an independent research fellowship at my first attempt. The fellowship took me to the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral researcher, which was a huge step forward, and then I moved to Bath in 2012.

If you could start your own dream business, what would it be?

It would be an enterprise in “Mathematics for Materials”. I am not quite sure that would flourish as a business, but it would be a step in the right direction.

Where is your favourite holiday destination and why?

I think it would be Montreal in Canada. It has an excellent public transport system, a good mix of the old and the new, and the architecture is very impressive. Mount Royal Park is a favourite. The city is fairly relaxed in its own way, very cosmopolitan but very hot in the summer!!

If you could meet anyone in the world dead or alive who would it be and why?

Emmy Noether. She revolutionised mathematical physics in an era when women had very little access to mathematics. Noether's theorem, has been called "one of the most important mathematical theorems ever proved in guiding the development of modern physics". She wasn’t paid for 7 years. Her resilience is inspiring, and her ability to do what she loved under adverse circumstances, and yet be a seminal figure for generations to come. The other person would be David Hilbert, one of the most influential mathematicians of all times. One of my favourite quotes is “Mathematics knows no races or geographical boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country”.

Which one superpower would you like to possess?

Multi-tasking!

Source: https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/staff-spotlight-on-apala-majumdar-reader-department-of-mathematical-sciences/

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2018 TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for young scientists from developing countries

2018 TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for young scientists from developing countries

TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for young scientists

  Application Deadline: 31 July 2018

For young scientists from developing countries (other than Thailand) who wish to pursue advanced research in the biotechnology at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) in Thailand.

TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in BIOTEC and its affiliated…

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Postdoc: SmithCollege.2.GenomicsTeachingResearch

The Department of Biological Sciences at Smith College invites applications for two full-time postdoctoral fellowship positions in genomics, to begin in July 2018. More information is below and here: http://bit.ly/2nSEj75 Postdoctoral fellows will be expected to teach two courses each year in the areas of genetics and molecular biology, bioinformatics, and/or a seminar in the area of specialization of the candidate. Research will focus on genomic approaches to studying microscopic eukaryotes or animal parasites, and postdocs will be encouraged to work with and mentor undergraduates. One postdoctoral fellow will work in the laboratory of Laura Katz (microbial eukaryotes) while the other will work in the laboratory of Steven Williams (human and other animal parasites), both in the Department of Biological Sciences. Ph.D. in Biology or relevant field is expected by time of appointment. ***** Research in the Katz lab aims to elucidate principles of the evolution in eukaryotes through analyses of microbial groups, and to assess how these principles apply (or fail to apply) to other organisms. Currently the Katz lab focuses on three interrelated areas: (1) characterizing evolutionary relationships among eukaryotes using single-cell omics and phylogenomics; (2) Exploring the evolution of germline vs somatic genomes; and (3) describing the phylogeography and biodiversity of protists in local environments (bogs, fens, coastal habitats). Information about the Katz lab can be found at http://bit.ly/1OK3f9Z Research in the Williams lab focuses on the molecular biology/genomics of parasites that cause neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in humans (particularly lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminths). Many of the labs research objectives involve PCR-based diagnostics, molecular xenomonitoring using insect vectors, drug development and studies of gene expression coupling bioinformatics and wet lab experimentation. The Williams lab also conducts research on parasites of marine mammals that will be crucial to the maintenance of healthy wildlife populations. Information about the Williams lab can be found at http://bit.ly/2nQhGjq. ***** Submit application at http://bit.ly/2nSEj75 with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a teaching statement, three representative publications, and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2018. Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest womens college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. The College is a member of the Five College Consortium with Amherst, Hampshire and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Students cross-enroll and faculty cross-teach across the Five Colleges. Details about the Department of Biological Sciences may be found at http://bit.ly/2nHNeck. Diversifying the student body, faculty, administration, staff, and curriculum is crucial to the mission of and vision for the College. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in the application process for individuals with disabilities and encourage applicants to request any needed accommodation(s). We value and are committed to a host of diverse populations and cultures, including, but not limited to, those based on ability, age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and veteran status. Smith College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer. Women, underrepresented racial groups, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Laura Katz via Gmail

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sport & Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, 2019

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sport & Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, 2019

Applications are invited for the joint postdoctoral research position in Sport & Exercise Medicine to study in South Africa. The area of postdoctoral research will be in the molecular and cellular basis of sport and exercise medicine.

Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s…

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ESU Lindemann Trust Postdoctoral Research Grants for Scientists at Host Institution in USA, 2019

The English-Speaking Union is inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research Grants for Scientists to carry out their research at a host institution in the USA. Fellowships are available for students who hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship and be normally resident in the UK.

These Fellowships enable postdoctoral scientists to pursue research in the USA without financial difficulty, and without being obliged to take up paid employment.

The English-Speaking Union (ESU) is an international educational charity and membership organisation that brings together people of different languages and cultures in over 50 countries. Through the help of our branches and international ESUs, we run educational programmes, competitions and cultural exchanges to develop confident communicators, critical thinkers and empowered citizens.

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Applications Deadline: February 11, 2019

Course Level: Fellowships are available to pursue Postdoctoral scientists.

Study Subject: Each fellowship lasts for one year and supports research in the fields of astronomy, biophysics, chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics and physics.

Scholarship Award: The English-Speaking Union offers up to three grants a year, worth $50,000 each, for postdoctoral scientists to carry out their research at a host institution in the USA.

Nationality: Fellowships are available for students who hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship and be normally resident in the UK.

Number of Scholarships: Three grants are available.

Scholarship can be taken at a host institution in the USA

Eligibility for the Scholarship

Eligible Countries: Fellowships are available for students who hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship and be normally resident in the UK.

Entrance Requirements: To be eligible to apply, candidates must meet the following criteria:

Hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship and be normally resident in the UK

Either be in the final stages of your doctoral studies at a UK university or have completed your doctorate at a UK university within the last three academic years.

English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

Application Procedure

How to Apply: Candidates will be required to complete an online application form. A letter of endorsement from the proposed host institution must be uploaded as part of this application process (please see the below ‘Notes for Host Endorsement Letter’) and two confidential references must be sent directly to the ESU before the application closing date.

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Global Challenge 12 and 24 Months Postdoc Research Fellowships at University of Sheffield in UK, 2019

The University of Sheffield is inviting applications for Global Challenge Research Fellowships for students from DAC-list country. Fellowships are available to study 12 and 24 months Postdoctoral programme.

The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It received its royal charter in 1905 as successor to the University College of Sheffield, which was established in 1897 by the merger of Sheffield Medical School (founded in 1828), Firth College (1879) and Sheffield Technical School (1884).

Students may be required to take an internationally recognised English language test such as IELTS.

Scholarship Description

Applications Deadline: January 14, 2019

Course Level: Fellowships are available to study 12 and 24 months Postdoctoral programme.

Study Subject: Applications are welcome to any department. As one of our fellows you will embark on either a 12- or 24-month project to address problems faced by those in the Global South. This could be, for example, developing access to secure food, sustainable health and wellbeing, inclusive and quality education, clean sanitation or affordable energy. You will work in collaboration with overseas institutions where you will spend between 25 – 50 percent of your time. It will be up to you to design and complete a major research project.

Scholarship Award: Grade 7 £31,302 – £39,609 per annum, with potential to progress to £43,267.

Nationality: Fellowship is available for students from DAC-list country.

Number of Scholarships: Ten fellowships are available.

Scholarship can be taken in You will carry out your research programme in collaboration with a primary DAC-list country partner and will spend between 25-50% of your time with partners in a DAC-list country

Eligibility for the Scholarship

Eligible Countries: Fellowship is available for students from DAC-list country.

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must meet the following criteria:

We are seeking to appoint up to ten 12-month post-doctoral Global Challenge Fellowships (GCFs) across the University. To be eligible you will need to hold a PhD as at the application deadline or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience.

We are seeking to appoint up to ten 24-month post-doctoral Global Challenge Fellowships (GCFs) across the University. To be eligible you will need to hold a PhD as at the application deadline or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience.

A postdoctoral researcher with the ability to demonstrate an outstanding capacity for innovative research based on a wealth of research experience.

A clear vision, set out in the proposal, which outlines the broader contribution this project can make to the field of international development.

Experience of working or conducting research in the country/countries where the research is proposed to take place and a strong relationship with the proposed partner institution(s).

A proven driver of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural knowledge exchange with a commitment to equality and diversity.

English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

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How to Apply: To apply, you will need to an application form comprising the following sections plus a letter of support from your primary partner organisation:

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Engineers evaluate snow drought in different parts of the world

Environmental engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world. Using this tool to analyze conditions from 1980 to 2018, the researchers found a 28-percent increase in the length of intensified snow-water deficits in the Western United States during the second half of the study period.

Results from the application of the new snow-water equivalent index and implications for human populations in impacted regions are covered in a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“Snow is an important global water resource that plays a vital role in natural processes, agriculture, hydropower and basic socioeconomic conditions of various regions,” said lead author Laurie Huning, UCI post-doctoral scholar in civil & environmental engineering. “While other forms of drought are well-studied, variations in snow droughts on a global scale have been examined to a far lesser extent until now.”

Huning said an analysis using the new framework shows prolonged snow droughts in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states, and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Russia and Europe over the nearly four-decade term studied.

Other regions of the world with populations that rely on meltwater from annual snowfall for basic needs – the Hindu Kush, Central Asia and the greater Himalayas in Asia; and the extratropical Andes mountain range and Patagonia in South America – experienced decreases in average snow drought severity and duration during the same time.

The team’s standardized snow-water equivalent index, derived from the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications version-2 global data set, can be tuned to variable timescales, such as 1-month or 3-month. It incorporates information about the amount and persistence of snow-water equivalent on the ground, the amount of water stored in the snowpack, which can be related to other types of droughts such as meteorological and streamflow declines, since precipitation and temperature influence snow accumulation and melt.

According to Huning, the team’s SWEI is the first such tool to enable robust comparisons of drought conditions between different regions with variations in climate and snowfall.

The study also highlights Afghanistan for its extreme vulnerability. Approximately three-quarters or more of the country’s snow-covered domain experienced a widespread drought from December 2017 to March 2018. Afghans rely on snowmelt from the Hindu Kush mountain range to irrigate croplands, but they are lacking in dams and other infrastructure to store runoff, leaving them susceptible to both droughts and floods.

Co-author Amir AghaKouchak, UCI professor of civil & environmental engineering, said the drought had an adverse impact on Afghanistan’s agricultural season in the spring and summer of 2018, causing food shortages, livestock losses and food-insecurity for more than 10 million people.

“Wealthier populations are not immune to problems associated with snow drought; just look at California’s loss of $2.7 billion and about 21,000 jobs following the 2014-15 dry spell resulting from the combination of a low snowpack, low precipitation and warm temperatures,” he said.

“Snowmelt provides freshwater to more than a billion people, one sixth of the world’s population,” Huning said. “Water from melting snow irrigates the crops of farming regions including areas that seldom if ever receive any snow during the winter, such as California’s Central Valley— so it’s important from an agricultural resources standpoint to have a clear picture of snow drought trends and their impacts.”

This work was partially supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office (grant NA14OAR4310222), the National Science Foundation (Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship EAR-1725789 and award number OAC-1931335), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant NNX16AO56G).

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Sight Diagnostics, an Israeli medical devices startup that’s using computer vision and machine learning technology to speed up blood testing, is launching a point-of-care blood diagnostics system today.

It claims the compact, desktop machine — called OLO — which analyzes single-use cartridges manually loaded with drops of the patient’s blood, can deliver “lab-grade” complete blood count (CBC) tests from only a finger prick of blood.

The idea being for clinicians to use the device to perform the most prevalent medical blood diagnostics test directly in their office, rather than a patient having venous blood drawn and sent away to a lab for analysis — a process that can take a few days.

They’re also intending to offer a high tech alternative to carrying out manual microscopy on a blood smear — another technique that can be used to conduct an point-of-care CBC test, but which requires specialist personnel taking the time, care and attention to get it right.

The team hasn’t previously disclosed total funding but are now confirming they’ve raised $25 million in equity financing (Series A and B) from VC firms, including Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors — which they say they’re expecting to take them through their US clinical trials. They are also in the process of raising a Series C. 

Sight Diagnostics is touting OLO as the high tech alternative that healthcare providers have been waiting for — with AI-powered analysis performing a blood count right then and there, after a healthcare worker has pipetted a few drops of the patient’s blood into place.

Sight Diagnostics points out that CBC tests are used to diagnose a broad range of common medical conditions, as well as for the vast majority of baseline tests ordered during routine ‘well visits’, arguing that speeding up this type of routine blood test could support faster diagnostics of medical problems. Or, indeed, speedier reassurance that a person is okay. 

The OLO system uses a patented process for ‘digitizing’ patient blood into a set of specifically colored microscope images. It then applies proprietary machine vision algorithms to the images to identify and count different blood-cell types — with the company claiming its technology simplifies blood testing so that even non-professionals can perform the tests.

According to the company, new sample-preparation methods allow them to present a small amount of blood to OLO’s microscope in a way that is tolerant to inaccuracies in the preparation process — placing what they describe as “minimal burden” on the user — as well as being robust in the face of inaccuracies in any manufacturing processes, saying this means the cost of their testing kits can remain low.

“This novel way of digitizing blood is equally important to our approach as the artificial intelligence driving the analysis,” they add.

Of course any novel blood testing technology claiming a disruptive advantage must be able to prove it is as accurate and robust as traditional lab testing methods.

Very clearly, lives are at stake.

And, well, on the disruptive startup side, the shadow cast by Theranos’ implosion is a very long one.

But — to be clear — Theranos had claimed it could deliver a full battery of laboratory tests from a few drops of blood — not just a CBC count, which is at least the initial aim for OLO. And for CBC tests having only a small blood sample to work is actually not so unusual.

“CBC tests operate even today with low sample volumes,” it says. “For example, several central-lab instruments have been cleared for capillary samples (200-300uL of blood, of which less than 10uL is actually counted), and the older manual method for CBC analysis — the traditional blood smears on microscope slides — uses less than 10uL of blood in total. This is to say that in our domain the use of low sample-volumes stands on solid scientific ground.”

Sight Diagnostics has been working on the OLO system for more than eight years at this stage.

The co-founder duo — Yossi Pollak and Daniel Levner — combine machine vision and AI expertise on the one hand (Pollak worked on algorithms for automotive machine-vision giant Mobileye), with a medical background, via Levner’s postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School (and later a CTO role at a biotech company, called Emulate).

Their key claim is that OLO produces “lab-quality” CBCs.

More specifically, they say a recent clinical trial compared its CBC analysis against Sysmex XN (“a top-of-the-line lab-grade analyzer”) to determine equivalence.

Here’s what Levner — who’s also chairman of its scientific advisory board — told us on that:

The study included the 19 CBC parameters that make up the 5-differential (‘5-diff’) CBC, as well as a number of medical/diagnostic ‘flags’. The results were analyzed statistically, including an analysis of the correlation of each parameter between the two instruments, bias (whether there is a systematic shift between the two instruments), and slope (whether there is a systematic scaling factor between the two instruments’ results).

To ascertain what quality of results was necessary to declare OLO equivalent to the Sysmex XN, we relied on values that we discussed with the FDA in our three pre-submission meetings. We applied these quality targets to our recent clinical study despite the CE Mark not sharing the same stringent requirements as the FDA, and we found that we surpassed the targets. Accordingly, we believe that our data supports the claim that OLO is equivalent to standard central-lab tests, which is our goal: testing at the point-of-care without compromising accuracy or depth of information.

As Levner notes there, they have completed a 250-person clinical trial, which took place at Israel’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center — a testing process that led to them obtaining CE Mark registration for OLO; aka the health & safety certification that’s necessary for commercial sale within certain European countries. 

“For the CE Mark declaration, we have verified that OLO complies with the CE in vitro diagnostics directive (Directive 98/79/EC IVD). Accordingly, OLO meets the full list of harmonized standards that the directive requires, including ISO 13485 (quality management system), ISO 14971 (medical device risk management), CEN 13612 (medical device performance evaluation), and various safety, stability and labeling requirements,” he further says on that.

One important point to flag is that Sight Diagnostics has not yet published peer reviewed results of any of its clinical trials for OLO.

But Levner says the results of its most recent clinical trial (testing OLO as a CBC analyzer) are “currently in preparation” for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

“We strongly believe in the necessity of sharing our data this way, but unfortunately and as you know, the process of publishing in academic journals tends to take several months,” he says, offering to share the results under a confidentiality agreement “so as not to scoop our own publication”.

Nor is OLO the team’s first blood diagnostic test. Previously they developed a diagnostic test for malaria (called Parasight), using digital fluorescent microscopy and computer vision algorithms — and they have three published journal articles that describe clinical trials on their malaria test.

Parasight was first deployed in 2014, and they say more than 600,000 of the malaria tests have been sold to date — claiming they have “accurately and consistently” diagnosed malaria in 25 countries.

Levner says the malaria test used the same underlying technologies they are now redeploying for OLO — including “common sample-preparation methods, microscope design, and artificial-intelligence based algorithms”.

While malaria testing was their first focus, they’re looking to build a far more expansive point-of-care blood diagnostics business with OLO — beginning with CBC testing but envisaging the system as a platform that will, in time, be capable of running a portfolio of blood tests. 

Although on this Levner is careful to note that each additional test would be added individually — and after “independent clinical validation”.

“We see OLO eventually consolidating a number of tests that are important to the doctor’s office and becoming a diagnostics nerve-center for the clinic,” he tells TechCrunch, adding: “We will introduce these additional tests one-by-one, with each test undergoing independent clinical validation.”

Sight Diagnostics is starting by selling OLO in Europe, with both private doctors’ offices and national health services in its sights. Levner says they’re expecting the device to be in doctors’ offices in the EU in “around three months” — noting they’re in the process of finishing up a couple of initial distribution agreements now.

“Ultimately, we intend to distribute OLO in all of Europe and beyond. However, we are prioritizing European countries that are known for being early adopters — for example, countries without a single-payer system or ones with a well-developed private market,” he adds.

He also confirms OLO has been registered in the EU using a Netherlands-based CE Notified Body.

“We are also pursuing several more national registrations that don’t require additional testing, such as Switzerland and Israel, which otherwise accept the CE Mark.”

The team is also conducting a study as part of FDA testing in the US — with a trial ongoing at three US-based sites. They’re aiming to admit more than 500 participants, and are using eight different OLO instruments for testing.

The initial push is to obtain 510(k) approval from the FDA, which would allow OLO to be used in larger US-based clinics (CLIA certified facilities). Levner says they hope to gain that approval “midway through next year”.

The subsequence step would be to obtain a CLIA waiver from the FDA — which would permit it to place instruments in small clinics and doctor’s offices — necessary to the stated goal of “bringing blood diagnostics to the point-of-care”. And the hope is they obtain that waiver in 2020. Though clearly there’s a long way to go to pass all the necessary clinical regulatory hurdles.

In addition to the co-founders, Levner says the team includes a number of medical, diagnostics and regulatory experts — naming Dr Shai Izraeli (Hematology-Oncology) and Janice Hogan (who he says has previously developed regulatory strategy for hematology analyzers) — as well as several diagnostics-industry experts he says he’s not currently at liberty to disclose.

He also says they recruited “renowned hematology experts” to lead their CBC clinical trials — naming one: Dr Carlo Brugnara, the director of the Hematology Lab at the Boston Children’s Hospital, who they quote in their press release, talking up the challenges for physicians of having to wait for blood test results, and saying: “Previous blood analyzers aimed at in-office testing have involved clinical compromises and are difficult to operate or maintain. OLO has the potential to deliver on the promise of accurate, comprehensive blood testing at the doctor’s office, even with a finger prick sample.”

Nearly half a petabyte of blood image data — sourced from Sight Diagnostics’ own clinical studies over the past four years — has been used to train the AIs powering the OLO blood diagnostics system. (Levner specifies this data “has been anonymized and used in accordance with ethical review (IRB) approvals from their respective clinical institutions”.)

While most of the additional tests they’re envisaging bringing to OLO in future would use the same single-use consumable model as the CBC test, he mentions a subset of tests they’ve been considering which could benefit from sending information digitally to a different facility.

“As one example, imagine that OLO is used to run a CBC for a patient, and an important finding is identified. In the future, the physician could order a follow-on test and have the already digitized blood images streamed to an expert,” he suggests. “The expert (or even multiple experts) could then analyze images remotely, saving the patient additional blood draws or travel.”

So while the initial business model is a traditional sales model — with Sight Diagnostics selling the OLO system plus as many test kits as required, and CBC tests taking place fully onboard the system, with no need for the device to connect to its servers — down the line, should all go to plan, there could be scope to bolt on a SaaS platform element. Such as for enabling clinicians to order additional follow on analyses, and with OLO streaming digitized blood images to remote experts. 

So if their technology is as accurate and robust as they claim, a lot more could flow from just a few drops of digitized blood.

via TechCrunch

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New Zealand Government 2018 LEARN Postdoctoral Fellowships for Developing Countries

New Zealand Government 2018 LEARN Postdoctoral Fellowships for Developing Countries

LEARN Postdoctoral Fellowships for Developing Countries

The new LEARN Postdoctoral Fellowship is now available on offer sponsored by the New Zealand Government, through the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This fellowship is available for an emerging scientist from a developing country to study in New Zealand.

The Livestock Emissions Abatement Research Network or LEARN is an awards scheme…

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Job: BrooklynC_CUNY.CompBiol

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biology with a starting date in August 2018. Brooklyn College is a microcosm of the ethnically rich borough of Brooklyn it serves as well as a mirror of the wide diversity in New York City itself. A vibrant, intellectually engaged community, our student body comprises individuals from 150 countries, speaking 105 different languages. The College and the Department of Biology are committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff. Candidates with demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusiveness through their research, teaching and/or service are encouraged to apply. The selected candidate is expected to develop a strong independent research program that is competitive for external grants, promotes collaborations, mentors and trains Ph.D. students in the CUNY doctoral program. Desired areas of focus include: Systems approaches with applications to neuroscience, developmental biology, immunology, cancer research, environmental biology, evolution, ecology, genetics, cell biology, metabolism, and genomics. The successful candidate will join a vibrant community of researchers in the Department of Biology, with areas of focus including Neuroscience, Ecology Evolution and Behavior, and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Responsibilities include: Teach existing courses and developing new undergraduate and graduate courses in topic area such as bioinformatics, computational biology, systems biology, neuroscience, immunology, and genetics/genomics. Mentor undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral Scholars in research and work with a diverse team of colleagues. Develop a high-impact, nationally recognized, extramurally funded research program and excel in teaching at the Undergraduate, Masters and PhD levels. Share responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other functions. QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. in Biology or related field from an accredited institution. Post-doctoral fellowship training including actively applying for extra-mural funding. Preference will be given to candidates whose research includes a significant computational component. Please see application instructions at: http://bit.ly/2jeHUd4 98db03e9d8d3404045b/job/ CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer. Jeremy Draghi via Gmail