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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. California Stem Cell Report California Stem Cell Directors End Public Session Tonight April 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM Directors of the California stem cell agency just concluded their public session tonight without approving any grant applications or taking other significant action. Their session will resume tomorrow morning at the City of Hope in the Los Angeles area. We will have coverage again then.   $5.9 Million Grant to Duke Scientist Moving Forward Again April 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM Directors of the California stem cell agency began a discussion tonight of a $5.9 million grant to help lure a Duke University scientist to California despite a statement earlier today that the matter would not be brought up. James Harrison, outside counsel to CIRM, this afternoon said in an email that the matter would not be considered. Asked about the change this evening, Harrison replied in   CIRM Directors with Conflicts of Interests on Biology Grants April 28, 2010 at 8:19 PM Here is the list of the CIRM board members scheduled to be recused from voting on or discussing grant applications this evening on which they have conflicts of interest. You can find the review summaries of the grants here. The list was prepared by CIRM legal staff. CIRM Basic Biology Award II Application # Members in Conflict RB2-01494 Feit,Hawgood,Lansing,Sheehy RB2-01496 Lansing,Levin,Steward   Live Coverage of Today's CIRM Directors Meeting April 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM We will have live coverage and stories as warranted from today and tomorrow's meeting of the CIRM board of directors. We will be listening via the Internet from our post here on the water in El Salvador. The agenda includes $30 million in grants, perhaps reasons for the delay on the Wechsler-Reya grant, changes in outside contracting policies and a vote to stifle legislation that would reform   Action Stalled on $5.9 Million CIRM Grant to Recruit Duke Scientist April 28, 2010 at 3:54 PM The California stem cell agency today called an abrupt halt to scheduled approval of a $5.9 million grant to lure a Duke University cancer stem cell researcher to the Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Ca. No reason was immediately offered for the removal of the grant application from the agenda today of the CIRM directors. James Harrison, outside counsel for CIRM, said in an email, "This   Wechsler-Reya Still Mulling Move to California's Burnham April 28, 2010 at 1:02 PM Cancer stem cell researcher Robert Wechsler-Reya says he has not yet made a decision to leave Duke University and come to California, where he would be the recipient of CIRM's first Research Leadership Award. Directors of the California stem cell agency today or tomorrow are scheduled to approve a $5.9 million grant for Wechsler-Reya to help lure him and his wife, stem cell scientist Tannishtha   CIRM Millions Help Snag Duke star Wechsler-Reya for Burnham April 28, 2010 at 12:03 AM The recipient of CIRM's first Research Leadership Award, with $5.9 million in funding, is Robert Wechsler-Reya (at left) of Duke University, a reliable source said today. He is leaving Duke and joining the Sanford Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Ca., where the CIRM-funded research is expected to be performed. Sanford Burnham is providing "an extremely generous commitment of laboratory space,   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