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___________________________________________________________________________ Call for Assistant News Editors http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/04-2003/msg01.html ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - May 19, 2003 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000143.html - Striatonigral degeneration, Infantile http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000144.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact hum-molgen@nic.surfnet.nl Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, W. Kalle, A.W.I. Lo, R.V. Nemade, U. Sattler http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Food For Thought: Obesity, Diabetes May Be All In The Head Researchers have homed in on a brain mechanism that reduces food intake and affects the availability of blood glucose. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg28.html - Polymer Scientists Become DNA Detectives A report in the June issue may offer a new fast and simple method for identifying SNPs and detecting them in individuals. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg27.html - Knockout Rats Join Mice In The Lab Paper describes the first ever “knockout” lab rats, allowing researchers to study the effect of specific gene defects on rat physiology. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg26.html - Foxy Duo Make Sugary Signals Two molecules, FOXO1 and PGC-1a, interact directly to turn on genes that stimulate insulin-dependent glucose production. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg25.html - Bone Bonanza An Insight in this week's Nature presents a collection of articles that explore key elements of skeletal biology. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg24.html - Cause Of SARS Confirmed The identity of the agent that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been confirmed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg23.html - Young 'Old' Mice Offer Clue To Premature Ageing Mice engineered to grow old before their time may help researchers understand premature ageing syndromes. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2003/msg21.html - Contact Genetic News editors news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biochemistry / Immunology: Post-doctoral fellow Department of molecular biosciences, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2251.html - Biochemistry / Immunology: Senior Clinical Data Coordinators ICON Clinical Research, Inc., San Francisco, 94101 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0971.html - Biotechnology: Post-doctoral fellow University of Kaiserslautern, 67653 Kaiserslautern Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2246.html - Biotechnology: Sales Manager France amaxa GmbH, 50829 Köln http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0973.html - Cell and Molecular Biology / Anatomy: Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Associate) University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia 22908 USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2254.html - Genetics: PhD position University College London - Department of Biology, London NW1 2HE http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0449.html - Genetics: Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics of Human Obesity Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2253.html - Genetics: Development Manager - Medical Diagnostics Stoakley-Dudley Consultants Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1A6 Canada http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0974.html - Medical Research (others): Associate Director/Director of Clinical Research KerrFairchild Int'l, San Diego, 92126, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0978.html - Medical Research (others): WISSENSCHAFTLICHE/N MITARBEITER/IN (prom.), (Medizin, Biologie) als HGF-Nachwuchswissenschaftler/in Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/academic_positions/0101.html - Medical Research (others): Clinical Data Associate Randstad, CAMBRIDGE, http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2252.html - Medical Research (others): Research Assistant Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., Orange, 92856, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0972.html - Neurology / Neuroscience: Post-doctoral Fellow UCL, London WC1N 3BG, UK http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2255.html - Others: Data Management Project Leader ICON Clinical Research, Inc., Irvine, 92602, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0976.html - Others: Quality Professionals - Compliance Validation/Change Mgmt. 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