OXFORD, England, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oxford College of Marketing has long been recognised as the leading provider of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) courses. The College began in Oxford and has expanded over a number of years to offer centres in London, Reading, Liverpool, Sheffield, Gatwick, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Croydon, High Wycombe, Birmingham and now Uxbridge.

The Oxford College of Marketing is already receiving enquiries from marketing professionals living and working in Uxbridge and beyond such as Wembley, Slough, Denham, Gerrards Cross, Beaconsfield, Ealing, Heathrow, Staines, Northolt, Ruislip and Windsor.

PERTH, Australia, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Venture Marks First Major Bahamian Exploration Project in 22 Years

Energy exploration company, BPC Limited (THE COMPANY: (AIM: 'BPC')) today announced a new offshore joint venture with Norway's StatoilHydro (OSE: 'STL', NYSE: STO) to launch the first major exploration project in Bahamian waters since 1986.

A competent persons report, published last year, stated that there could be multiple 500 MMBOE oil fields in 18 leads recognized in BPC's southern Bahamas licenced area (source: Competent Person's Report by Moyes Co., Inc. contained in BPC's AIM admission document, August 2008). The CPR evaluated BPC's licenced area adjacent to and along trend of the 'JV' area.

OXFORD, England, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oxford College of Marketing has long been recognised as the leading provider of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) courses. The College began in Oxford and has expanded over a number of years to offer centres in London, Reading, Liverpool, Sheffield, Gatwick, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Croydon, Uxbridge, Birmingham and now High Wycombe.

The Oxford College of Marketing is already receiving enquiries from marketing professionals living and working in High Wycombe and beyond such as Amersham, Chesham, Marlow, Beaconsfield, Aylesbury, Slough, Wendover, Cookham and across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

LONDON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fraunhofer FOKUS and industry experts collaborate to help organisations test and verify conformance with standardised document formats; updates to additional translator projects unveiled.

The variety of software programs and document formats in the market can make it difficult for organisations to exchange data among disparate systems. For example, to carry out their public service, communicate with citizens and operate efficiently, most government employees need to access, read and edit multiple types of documents. International standards for document formats are an important step toward providing individuals and organisations with this kind of document interoperability, but the creation of standards is just the beginning.

PARIS, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance have signed a letter of intent for a long-term research partnership.

The Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance (which comprises the companies: bioMérieux, Transgene, Shantha Biotechnics, ABL and Silliker) would like to pool their resources and efforts to fight infectious diseases through major research projects, spanning the following fields:

- Clinical diagnostics and theranostics (in partnership with bioMérieux and Transgene) - Food safety and microbiological control, nutrition, health and environment (with bioMérieux and Silliker) - Immunotherapy (with Transgene and Shantha Biotechnics)

NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fortent Connect is First Complete System for Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud, Customer Due Diligence, and Reporting

Fortent (http://www.fortent.com) today announced the introduction of Fortent Connect, a solution designed to help mid-sized financial institutions fight crime and manage regulatory compliance. Fortent Connect is easy to use and implement, and delivers high performance at a competitive price.

We developed Fortent Connect in response to a market need for an all-in-one financial crimes solution that can deliver great results within today's tight budgets, says Sandy Jaffee, Fortent's Chairman and CEO.

PARIS, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Novexel, a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance, announces that its two most advanced pipeline products NXL104 and NXL103 are the subject of four posters at the 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). The ECCMID conference is taking place in Helsinki between 16th and 19th May 2009.

OXFORD, England, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Alliance a Key Step for OBT to Broaden its Exciting Pipeline of Therapeutic Antibodies

Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) today announced a strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline to discover, develop and commercialise novel, therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of primary, metastatic and recurring forms of cancer.

Under the alliance, GSK will develop novel antibody therapies against selected OBT targets. In parallel OBT will develop one of its own monoclonal antibodies through to clinical proof of concept, at which point GSK will have an exclusive option to in-license this monoclonal antibody and will thereafter assume responsibility for further clinical development and commercialisation on a worldwide basis.

If you didn't know better, you might think the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania was proof of alchemy.

There, in the ancient East African Rift at a place known to local Maasai people as the Mountain of God, Oldoinyo Lengai spews forth carbon dioxide-laden lavas called carbonatites. The carbonatites line the volcano's flanks like snowballs.  Oldoinyo Lengai is the only place on Earth where carbonatites currently erupt -- and where carbon dioxide from a volcano doesn't vanish into thin air as a gas.

In a paper published this week in the journal Nature, scientists report the results of a study of Oldoinyo Lengai's volcanic gas emissions, sampled by the team during a carbonatite lava eruption.

Is "Multiplicity" your favorite movie?   Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once or create an evil twin (and name him Skippy)?   A research project called LifeLike is trying to bring that a little closer to reality.

Project LifeLike is a collaboration between the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) at the University of Central Florida and aims to create visualizations of people, or avatars, that are as realistic as possible. While their current results are far from perfect replications of a specific person, their work has advanced the field forward and opens up a host of possible applications in the not-too-distant future.