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GLOBAL GENETICS CONSORTIUM. "A consortium of 69 institutions in 13 countries hopes to address the problem by creating an organization to enable the free flow of information in genomic medicine. On 5 June, the consortium, which is calling itself the ‘global alliance’, announced that the organization will develop standards and policies to encourage data-sharing of a person’s DNA sequence combined with clinical information." " " http://lnkd.in/d_vdR_p View in LinkedIn

CHINESE CLONING AND SEQUENCING FACTORY. "The scale of ambition is staggering. BGI is not only the world's largest centre for cloning pigs - it's also the world's largest centre for gene sequencing... a comparison for scale: a UK project seeks to sequence 10,000 human genomes. BGI has ambitions to sequence the genomes of a million people, a million animals and a million plants. "A third category is if it looks cute: panda, polar bear, penguin, you should really sequence it - it's like digitalizing all the wonderful species."" " http://lnkd.in/dS9xzhP View in LinkedIn

BANKING SHAME. "The chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, will be paid $20m (£12.1m) for the past year's work. Mr Dimon's pay was cut to $11.5m in 2012 following huge trading losses. This was half the $23m he received in 2011. Over the past year, JP Morgan has paid around $20bn to regulators for various violations relating to the US financial crisis."" " http://lnkd.in/du8iUvw View in LinkedIn

CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION AMBITIONS. "Higher education in China has played a significant part in economic growth, scientific progress and social development in the country "by bringing up large scale of advanced talents and experts for the construction of socialist modernization." In recent years, China has also became a major destination for international students." This country wants to create world-class universities, and is recruiting top talent. " " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_China View in LinkedIn

CHINESE RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES: "investment in renewable energy is now part of China's economic stimulus strategy. Researchers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University have found that the People's Republic could meet all of its electricity demands from wind power by 2030."" " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_China View in LinkedIn

SAUDI SEQUENCING INITIATIVE. "Up to 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia are to have their genetic codes mapped in a new human genome project. The research will look at genes linked with diseases, and pave the way for prenatal and premarital screening. The project, funded by the Saudi Arabian national science agency, will create a DNA database to develop personalized medicine."" " http://lnkd.in/dnx2Mq4 View in LinkedIn

AUSTRALIAN FOOD ROADMAP MAY 2013. "Acting CEO of AusBiotech, Glenn Cross, said: “As an advocate for biotechnologies in the production of food, we welcome Australia’s first National Food Plan and its related initiatives. In particular we are pleased to see the inclusion of a specific section on biotechnology.”" " http://www.ausbiotech.org/updates/default.asp?Pg=7 View in LinkedIn

EUROPEAN SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON COMET 2014. "The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft could become the first mission to land a probe on a comet. If all goes well, it will land on comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko in November."" " http://lnkd.in/d6AMzgv View in LinkedIn

EC FOOD AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND BIOTECH. A European Commission vision (2011). Green, sustainable, biodiverse, and healthy. Using science innovation to its maximum potential. " " http://lnkd.in/dj_Q-su View in LinkedIn

NOVEL SOURCES OF BIOMASS AND THE OCEANS OF TOMORROW. Thoughts by the European Commission (2011). "Building a European knowledge based bio-economy by bringing together science, industry and other stakeholders to exploit new and emerging research opportunities that address social, environmental and economic challenges."" " http://lnkd.in/dj_Q-su View in LinkedIn