The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3
HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS
Salk scientist Ursula Bellugi elected to National Academy of Sciences

leaves language, facial recognition and social skills remarkably well preserved in contrast to severe inadequacy in other cognitive aptitudes. This disorder arises from a faulty recombination event during the development of sperm or egg cells. As a result, almost invariably the same set of about 20 genes is deleted from one copy of chromosome seven, making Williams syndrome a unique model system to study how a genetic predisposition interacts with the environment to sculpt the brain in unique ways. With unflagging enthusiasm, Bellugi moves closer to understanding how missing genes and the resulting changes in brain structure and function ultimately shape behavior. As of today, 14 of the Salk Institute's 59 faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences.

About Ursula Bellugi:

Ursula Bellugi graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned her doctorate at Harvard University. She served briefly on the faculty at Harvard University before joining the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where she directs the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience.

Dr. Bellugi has been the recipient of multiple honors, including two MERIT awards from the National Institute of Child Health and Development; the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute on Deafness; and the Foundation IPSEN Prize in Neuronal Plasticity, together with Torsten Wiesel and Wolfgang Singer. Dr. Bellugi has served on an Advisory Council to the NIH, and is an Associate of the Neurosciences Research Program as well as the Dana Brain Alliance. Her research has been presented to Congress as part of the Decade of the Brain and at recent symposia on Genes, Brain and Cognition. Dr. Bellugi has been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and the Distinguished Woman of the Decade Award from the City of Los Angeles. About the National Academy of Sciences:


'"/>

Contact: Gina Kirchweger
Kirchweger@salk.edu
858-453-4100 x1340
Salk Institute
1-May-2007


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Doernbecher Childrens Hospital scientist earns coveted Javits award
2. UK scientists working to help cut ID theft
3. Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
4. Weizmann Institute scientists discover a control mechanism for metastasis
5. Cornell scientists link E. coli bacteria to Crohns disease
6. UCLA scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells
7. ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
8. UF, French scientists seek test to detect gene doping in athletes
9. In a first, Einstein scientists discover the dynamics of transcription in living mammalian cells
10. Universes stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
11. Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation

Post Your Comments:
(Date:11/24/2009)...ors to understanding how sounds associated with Na...al or if they hear it at all. , The same type o...uses to detect flaws in the space shuttle,s behemo...o peek inside the giant head of a whale. The scans... of a whale,s hearing anatomy using a breakthrough...
(Date:11/24/2009)...arkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has be...eley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) using a st... the Advanced Light Source (ALS). These protein mo...lication, and are vital to the survival of all bio...as the human papillomavirus, which has been linked...
(Date:11/24/2009)...ng held secrets of the earth,s history locked in i...very little information on the environments that h...of years. Now, a team of researchers from nine ins...tune of $10 million dollars by the National Scienc...gs literally. These scientists will drill through...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Rocket science leads to new whale discovery 2Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action 2Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action 3Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action 4LSU gets to the bottom of things -- in Antarctica 2Research Finds New Crop of Breast Cancer Genes 47543 1Research Finds New Crop of Breast Cancer Genes 47543 2New Study Documents High Prevalence of Serious Mental Illnesses Among Nations Jail Populations 47540 1New Study Documents High Prevalence of Serious Mental Illnesses Among Nations Jail Populations 47540 2Horizon Therapeutics HZT 501 Significantly Reduces Incidence of NSAID Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Patients With Mild to Moderate Pain 4506 1Horizon Therapeutics HZT 501 Significantly Reduces Incidence of NSAID Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Patients With Mild to Moderate Pain 4506 2Horizon Therapeutics HZT 501 Significantly Reduces Incidence of NSAID Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Patients With Mild to Moderate Pain 4506 3Horizon Therapeutics HZT 501 Significantly Reduces Incidence of NSAID Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Patients With Mild to Moderate Pain 4506 4Horizon Therapeutics HZT 501 Significantly Reduces Incidence of NSAID Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Patients With Mild to Moderate Pain 4506 5
(Date:11/24/2009).../PRNewswire/--HealthRoboticstodayannounced,thatith...ed,investors.ThisrecentlyformedToronto-basedcompan...andwillmarket,install,andsupport,HealthRobotics,i....onaryproductofferingsi.v.STATION(TM),i.v.SOFT(TM),...eassistanceonan"asneeded,basis"toitsstrategicpartn...
(Date:11/24/2009)...ire-FirstCall/--CellTherapeutics,Inc.(CTI)(Nasdaqa...erJaffrayHealthCareConference.Theconferencewillbeh... CTIwillpresentonTuesday,December1at11:00a.m.Easte...presentationwillbeavailableat www.celltherapeutics... , ,PiperJaffrayHealthCareConference,NewYorkPalac...
(Date:11/23/2009)...ltra-fast communication, computation and more powe...ying to use quantum states as carriers of informat...sicists have shown, mathematically, how to gently ... while keeping the information intact. Their work ...ew Letters and highlighted with a Viewpoint in P...
(Date:11/23/2009)...PRNewswire-FirstCall/-YMBioSciencesInc.(NYSEAmex: ...ythatidentifiesandadvancesadiverseportfolioofpromi...ment,todayreportedthatCytopia(ASX:CYT)hascommenced...t,orally-administeredJAK1/JAK2inhibitor.Thetrialis...roposaltomergeCytopiaintoYMhasbeenpreviouslyannoun...
Breaking Biology Technology:Health Robotics Continues its Global Expansion With December 09 ASHP's Launch of Joint Venture in Canada 2YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS FIRST PATIENT IN PHASE I/II TRIAL OF JAK1/JAK2 INHIBITOR, CYT387 ENROLLED BY CYTOPIA 2YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS FIRST PATIENT IN PHASE I/II TRIAL OF JAK1/JAK2 INHIBITOR, CYT387 ENROLLED BY CYTOPIA 3YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS FIRST PATIENT IN PHASE I/II TRIAL OF JAK1/JAK2 INHIBITOR, CYT387 ENROLLED BY CYTOPIA 4
Other News:
... While cardiovascular disease occurs in both men .... Risk factors and protective factors for heart di...sms responsible for these differences are so far u...linked genes or sexual hormones such as estrogen a...
...HCarnegie Mellon Universitys Peter J. Adams has be...ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study how glo...act U.S. air quality. Spyros Pandis, a chemical en... on the grant. ... Adams, an associate professor o...
...s are the worlds treasure houses of biodiversity, ... may be more evenly distributed in some forests th... management and preservation strategies. That is o... study of a lowland rainforest in New Guinea, publ...
...al plow-based agricultural methods and the need to...ning to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new stu...es appear to increase soil erosion to the point th...ontgomery, a University of Washington professor of...
Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts 2Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant 2Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity 2Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity 3Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields' 2
...e Department warnings against unnecessary travel i...and Albanian archaeologists launched a field study...heir quest is to learn more about a Greek colony t...C., but the team instead found an unexpected abund...
...rs at Columbia University have synthesized large q...lates with age in human eyes and may.contribute to... The Columbia team also was able to isolate a...including the vitamin A derivative, called A2E. .Q...
...y a UC San Francisco investigator have genetically...cing animals that exhibit anxiety, thereby.offerin...which the serotonin.brain system contributes to an...er 7 issue of Proceedings of the National.Academy ...
...el's most pressing but least known problems-what t...ssian scientists are designing a.cocktail of bacte...nts. The.resulting methane gas could be used to po... a revolution in the science of biodegradation," s...
Amid Albanian Turmoil, Archaeologists Unearth Secrets Of The Stone Age 2Amid Albanian Turmoil, Archaeologists Unearth Secrets Of The Stone Age 3Columbia Researchers Synthesize Compound With Possible Link To MacularDegeneration; Work Is Critical To Pinpointing Causes Of Disease, Scientists Say 2Columbia Researchers Synthesize Compound With Possible Link To MacularDegeneration; Work Is Critical To Pinpointing Causes Of Disease, Scientists Say 3Columbia Researchers Synthesize Compound With Possible Link To MacularDegeneration; Work Is Critical To Pinpointing Causes Of Disease, Scientists Say 4Genetically Engineered Mice Exhibit Anxiety, Offering Insight Into Role Of Serotonin In Brain 2Genetically Engineered Mice Exhibit Anxiety, Offering Insight Into Role Of Serotonin In Brain 3Genetically Engineered Mice Exhibit Anxiety, Offering Insight Into Role Of Serotonin In Brain 4