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	Date	Events
	February 23, 2010	Poseidon Sciences announces expansion of its eco-toxicology testing to support R&D effort of marine companies to develop eco-friendly products. Please click here to read the news.
	February 2010	Simulation of marine coating performance under natural tropical seawater conditions. Proceedings of the European Coatings Conference. Berlin, Germany. February 9-10, 2010. To read the article, please click HERE.
	October 2009	Poseidon Sciences participates in the 5th International Congress of Vector Ecology held on 11-16 October 2009 in Belek, Antalya, Turkey. The topic of the oral presentation authored by Jonathan R. Matias and Araceli A. Lorella was MR-08 (menthol propyleneglycol carbonate) as a nontoxic GRAS alternative to pyrethroids in indoor, area wide and personal protection against insects. To read the abstract of this presentation, please click HERE.
	July 2009	An article entitled "Barnacles, Darwin and Marine Paint Research" was published in Paint & Coatings Industry magazine. The article was written in celebration of Charles Darwin's 150th anniversary of writing the Origins of Species and Poseidon's odyssey in marine paint sciences. To read more, please click HERE.
	May 2009	Poseidon presented a paper entitled " Enhancing productivity of marine coatings R&D through dynamic simulation of erosion of coated panels in a tropical ocean environment" at the NPCA/FSCT International Marine and Offshore Coatings Conference, May 18-20, 2009. Virginia Beach, VA.
	April 5, 2009	Poseidon Sciences and SHMRC begins marine paint testing on small wooden boats in South India. To read more, please click here.
	March 16, 2009	Poseidon and Tanzanian government collaborate on development of biocontrol method of malarial mosquitoes using annual fish. To read more, please click here. Please click the links below to read more. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/143093.php http://www.scidev.net/en/news/larvae-eating-fish-employed-in-malaria-fight.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_news
	December 15, 2008	Poseidon launches subsea test facility at 30-45 meter depths to evaluate the biofouling in deeper waters. To read more, please click here.
	November 16, 2008	Poseidon presented a paper entitled The insect repellent activity of menthol propyleneglycol carbonate, a GRAS synthetic derivative of naturally occurring menthol at the symposium Current Research and Developments of New Insect Repellents during the 56th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Reno, Nevada.
	October 30, 2008	A lecture was presented by Dr. Matias entitled *Development of Antifouling Coatings and Biocides: the Odyssey from R&D to commercialization* at the Marine Fouling Prevention: Industry Science and Technology workshop held at Biopolis, Singapore. Also a poster was presented at same workshop by Dr. Sister Avelin Mary and Dr. Matias entitled Simulation of shear stress on marine coatings using a novel dynamic test system in an open ocean tropical environment. Read more about this poster presentation.
	April 2008	Scientists from Poseidon Sciences and Marical (Portland, Maine) co-authored a poster presentation at the Benthic Society Meeting entitled Barnacles have calcium sensing receptors that are likely involved in settlement behavior. To view this poster, please click here.
	September 18, 2006	Poseidon makes a presentation at the 2nd International TRI/Princeton Conference on Applied Hair Science (Princeton,New Jersey) on new applications of its nontoxic repellent as treatment of head lice in scalp hair. Read More...
	August 30, 2006	Poseidon will present work on the use of MR-08 in shampoo as a method of treatment of head lice infestation at the forthcoming TRI/Princeton meeting entitled Second International Conference on Applied Hair Science to be held on September 18-19, 2006. Read More... For more information, please click the link below: Press_Release_Head_Lice_Med_News_Today.htm
	August 28, 2006	Poseidon scientists completed the evaluation of MR-08 as a potential adjunct treatment for head lice infestation of hair in children. Read More...
	June 26, 2006	Poseidon reports its first series of studies on prevention of sand fly biting in human volunteers. The study shows that MR-08 is dramatically more effective than DEET as a repellent against sand flies. These finding have important implications in the prevention of leishmaniasis that affect 2 million people each year. To know more, please click here.
	June 6, 2006	Poseidon and SHMRC expands research program to look for natural products from marine environment as part of a collaborative effort with academe and industry. To read more, click here.
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