IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks

Research Triangle Park, NC June 1-4, 2009

From now until the IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks beginning June 1st, SIT will dedicate its front-page resources to better acquainting the international park community. Starting today, we will briefly familiarize you with some other faces who will be at the Raleigh conference as a preliminary means of introduction.

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22 June 2009

It's what's on the inside that counts

In a new study examining the differences between chronological and molecular human age, researchers from the University of North Carolina have found a strong correlation in weak individuals. Those who do not exercise (or smoke excessively) exhibit dramatic increases in the P16^INK4a blood protein as time progresses over those who do (or do not). This ‘biomarker’ may render certain lifestyles more likely to artificially hasten the molecular aging process and affect how patients respond to surgery or chemotherapy. Results published in Aging Cell online.

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12 June 2009

fMRIs show the nature of thought

A team of Duke neuroscientists, along with the university’s Fuqua School of Business, have concluded that how and where the brain responds to risks and rewards can predict decision-making strategies an individual employs. Scanning 23 participants with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) devices to highlight which areas of the brain are activated in ‘real world’ monetary situations, researchers found there were no blanket ‘rational’ and ‘irrational’ zones, as previously thought, but rather the engaging level of computation coupled with individual personality traits determined the cognitive response. Results published in Neuron online.

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29 May 2009

IASP RTP 2009 Featured Science Park

SCION-DTU A/S

As one of the oldest parks in the IASP, Scion-DTU is home to some of Denmark's finest developmental achievements over the last half century. Erected in 1962, the park spans a whopping 1,000,000 sq. m and hosts 180 tenant companies and institutions. As its roots are cemented in the pan-academic web of the university system, it works to accomodate all forms of research: biotech, eletronics, nanotech, medico, ICT, life sciences, and environmental innovation. Scion's goal is that by 2011, "all high-tech companies will contact [them] when they want to grow on a European scale".

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27 May 2009

IASP RTP 2009 Featured Science Park

HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK

A leader in the production of semi-conductors and optoelectronics, Taiwan’s Hsinchu Science Park broke ground when it opened in 1980. Nearly 30 years later, it remains a world pioneer in advanced research and development. Hsinchu hosts about 400 tenant companies, the vast majority of which are domestic, but as time goes on, the park looks to expand its global prowess. Other major focuses include biotechnology, computers, ICT, telecomm, and lasers. Hsinchu provides 10,000 people jobs, with more developing all of time.

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26 May 2009

IASP RTP 2009 Featured Science Park

TECHNOPOLE RENNES ATALANTE
France: a country known for its food, art, culture, and science parks. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Technopole Rennes Atalante was constructed in 1984 as a means of business expansion and technological start-up in the Ille et Vilaine area. Today it employs over 15,000 in the private sector within 257 companies (80% of which are engineers and technicians). Most of the companies concentrate in biotech, computers, electronics, ICT, environmental affairs, media, or life and health sciences. Its proximity to 2 major universities and 28 colleges isn't all that bad, either.

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