3/12 California Stem Cell Report

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. California Stem Cell Report Burnham's Snyder Receives $1.85 Million More Despite Faulty Application March 11, 2010 at 5:23 PM Directors of the California stem cell agency this morning, on a split vote, approved a $1.85 million increase in a grant to a Southern California scientist after he submitted a proposal that would violate the agency's rules against spending CIRM funds out-of-state. Nineteen directors of those present voted in favor of the increase, although some expressed concern about the way in which the   CIRM Okays First Clinical Trial Round; $50 Million Earmarked March 11, 2010 at 4:28 PM Directors of the California stem cell agency this morning unanimously approved a $50 million foray – its first-ever -- into the financing of clinical trials. The program appears likely to be of benefit to only a handful of organizations – particularly the three that have pluripotent proposals that are now on hold with the FDA. The names of the enterprises were not disclosed during the board   CIRM VP Salary Hike Move Delayed March 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM The directors of the California stem cell agency today put off action on a proposal that would have presumably increased the current $332,000 salary cap on the newly created position of vice president of research and development. The deferral came on the same day that The Sacramento Bee carried a front page story that said California state workers received 4 percent less pay last year than in   $62 Million Effort: First CIRM-financed Lab Opens at UC Davis March 11, 2010 at 1:25 PM The chairman of the California stem cell agency, Robert Klein, opened its board of directors meeting today by celebrating the opening of a $62 million UC Davis stem cell research center. The facility, partially financed with a $20 million CIRM grant, was featured in a front page story in The Sacramento Bee yesterday. It is the first to open of a dozen labs that were partially funded by CIRM.   Live Coverage Today of CIRM Board Meeting March 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM We will be filing stories as warranted out of the CIRM directors meeting today from our post here in an Internet cafe in Manzanillo, Mexico.   Snyder Provides Additional Comment on Out-of-State Spending Proposal March 11, 2010 at 11:33 AM Evan Snyder of the Sanford-Burnham institute has emailed additional comment on his grant proposal, which this morning comes before the board of the California stem cell agency. His response came after we asked him yesterday: "How did you happen to propose spending CIRM money out of state? The agency clearly bans such actions and explicitly states that in its instructions to applicants." Here   This email was sent to agupta1213+termsc@gmail.com.  Account Login Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here This email was carefully delivered by Feed My Inbox. 230 Franklin Road Suite 814 Franklin, TN 37064