Latest Initiative Offers up to $100,000 in Free Corning Products to Researchers Who Generate Successful Results Using Corning's Newest Innovative Cell Culture Products
LOWELL, Mass., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) on Nov. 17th announced a new grant award program, "Mission: Possible," aimed at encouraging scientists to conduct original research using one of Corning's newest cell culture products. To be eligible to participate, researchers must use either Corning's 10-layer HYPERFlask(R) Cell Culture Vessel or one of their newest vessel surfaces -- Corning(R) CellBIND(R) Surface, Ultra-Low Attachment Surface or Ultra-Web(TM) Synthetic Surface -- to generate successful results from their research.
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Corning will present a total of 20 free product grant awards ranging from $2,000 USD to a first prize of US$25,000. Entries to the program will be judged by a distinguished panel of leading scientists, including Professor Min Li, Ph.D., professor of neurosciences at Johns Hopkins University; Professor Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at Penn State University; Joydeep Lahiri, Ph.D., research director at Corning Incorporated; and Ye Fang, Ph.D., senior research scientist at Corning Incorporated.
"Corning is constantly developing new products and technologies to meet tomorrow's needs for improved research and production tools," said Jeanne Phillips, product line manager for specialized cell culture products, Corning Life Sciences. "The program's mission is to further demonstrate our commitment to innovation and technology and our ability to advance groundbreaking research."
Applications for "Mission: Possible" are due by April 30, 2009, and winners will be announced June 30, 2009. The submitted research must focus on one of the following fields: cellular neurobiology, immunology, adult, embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells, primary cells, cancer cells or cellular mechanisms of disease.
To learn more about the "Mission: Possible" program, please visit http://www.corning.com/lifesciences/mission . Corning Life Sciences has been a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years. For additional information on Corning Life Sciences products, please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll free in the United States, (+1) 978-442-2200 internationally, or visit http://www.corning.com/lifesciences .
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Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
