5TH ANNUAL RALLY WILL BE HELD SEPT 22TH, 2012

5th ANNUAL RALLY FOR ALI

IN SEARCH OF A CURE FOR DIABETES

ALL DONATIONS WILL GO TO HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE

PICNIC FOR A CAUSE

KRAUSE’S GROVE, 2 Beach Road, Halfmoon, NY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

1:00 PM TO 6:00 PM ~ RAIN OR SHINE

$30.00 per adult ticket at gate - $20.00 for children under 12

includes donation to Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

5 hour picnic with soda, beer, games, raffles, 50/50, live music

JAMBONE - THE BEAR BONES PROJECT - BLUE HAND LUKE

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY AWARD-WINNING IRISH STEP DANCER

GRACE CATHERINE MOMROW (Ali’s cousin)

Abundant food and dessert being served 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Those who wish to join a pre-picnic motorcycle cavalcade around the beautiful Tomhannock Reservoir in Ali’s honor will meet at the Troy Plaza on Hoosick Street at 10:00 A.M. for sign up and the cavalcade will kick off at 11:00 A.M. sharp.

For more info: https://www.facebook.com/Rally4Ali


For Further Information

Contact

For the Run, Wally Urzan

518-368-4826

For the Picnic & Cause

Alison Fisk

AFisk10302@aol.com




Saturday, May 21, 2011


POSTED: Thursday, May. 19, 2011


California State to see first graduates in stem cell program

 - McClatchy Newspapers

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Of the more than 4,500 California State University, Sacramento, students set to graduate Friday and Saturday, eight can claim a unique distinction: They're the first graduates of the university's new master's degree program in stem cell science.
The program is geared toward finding students work in a field that is taking off in California thanks largely to a voter-approved ballot measure that provided billions of dollars in funding for stem cell research.
Unlike many of their classmates still searching for work in a bleak economy, the Sacramento State program's graduates all have jobs lined up, except for one student who is pursuing a Ph.D.
"It's the right time and the right location," to be involved in stem cell research, said Elaina Kenney, 28, a Sacramento native who will receive her master's degree Friday at Power Balance Pavilion.
The main reason for that is a measure approved by voters in 2004. Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, authorized $3 billion in bonds to fund research into the primordial cells that can develop into more specialized cell types.
It's made the state one of the world's largest funders of stem cell research and established the Sacramento area as a hub in the efforts to find treatments for cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
The agency established by the ballot measure, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, reported in January that the first $1.1 billion in grant money was expected to create 25,000 jobs statewide and to generate $200 million in tax revenue through 2014.
The agency gave Sacramento State a $1.3 million grant for stem cell master's program.
Much of the grant-funded work in this region is being done at the University of California, Davis, Institute for Regenerative Cures, a cutting-edge facility on Stockton Boulevard that has received more than $61 million in Prop. 71 funding.
The high-tech facility a few blocks from the University of California, Davis Medical Center is in a sprawling former California State Fair exhibit hall, built in the 1940s with a red brick exterior and red tile roof.
UC Davis is collaborating with Sacramento State on the master's degree program by offering students seven-month internships and practical training at the institute.
The institute and other stem-cell labs on the university's main campus in Davis, have extended job offers to most of the first crop of Sacramento State graduates.
As a student, Kenney helped researchers study stem cell treatments for leukemia. Now, as a professional researcher, she'll be part of a team studying potential cures for bladder cancer.
She attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and worked at a physical therapy clinic before deciding she was ready for new challenges and enrolling in the master's program.
Brian Fury, 40, also from Sacramento, lost his computer job and decided to go back to school to study for a new career. He studied potential HIV cures as an intern and also will be employed at the UC Davis institute.
"Some of the students are retooling. Some are straight from undergrad," said Thomas Peavy, a Sacramento State professor and the program's academic coordinator. "The program is designed to get students into the workforce," as lab managers or similar positions, he said.
Funding for embryonic stem cell research, which was curtailed during the Bush administration, resumed under the Obama administration. Controversy over the source of embryonic stem cells has subsided as scientists have turned to cells derived from skin and bone marrow.
Pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology start-ups and universities will all be in need of stem cell researchers in the coming years Peavy said.
"This is going to be a big industry," he said.


Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/05/19/2022248/california-state-to-see-first.html#ixzz1N0zE6z1q

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