The American Phytopathological Society Announces 1997 Awards
...MN.--The American Phytopathological Society (APS), announces its 1997award recipients. These awards will be presented at the 1997 APS AnnualMeeting, August 9-13, in Rochester, New York. Ten members named Fellows in the Society are: Dennis Gross, Washington StateUniversity; Gary Harman, Cornell University, Ne...Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 consensus
The Archives of Environmental Health announces publication of the firstconsensus definition of the controversial syndrome known as multiplechemical sensitivity (MCS). The 1999 Consensus on MCS, signed by 34 medicalresearchers and clinicians from the United States and Canada, appears in theMay/Jun......are available upon request. W.M. Keck Foundation announces first class of distinguished young scholars inmedical research -- $25 million program provides unprecedented support to nation's best andbrightest young medical researchers -- Program addresses lack of funding for new and unproven ideas LOS ANGEL...Rescuing brain cells in stroke patients from the brink of suicide
...August 15 in the Journal of Neuroscience, the team announces a seriesof experiments where it used the virus to modify brain cells from mice, makingthe cells more resistant to death after a stroke. Like psychologists talking adespondent man down from the ledge, scientists kept cells from preventingsuicide by th...Whitaker Foundation funds Washington University biomedical engineering facility
Washington University announces plans to build Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5, 1999 --In recognition of The Whitaker Foundation's long-term support of Washington University's scientific research and education, coupled with the recent rece......earch study, publishedtoday in the journal Nature, announces that scientists have determined the order of 33 million DNAbases, the chemical components of the genetic code, for nearly 700 genes on chromosome 22. Chromosome22 is the first human chromosome to be sequenced under the federally sponsored Human Genom...IIASA launches book series in adaptive dynamics
...nal Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) announces initiation of a new book series in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. The Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics series, edited by IIASA's Adaptive Dynamics Network (ADN) project, is the first to extend evolutionary game theory in a way t...Initial awards announced under new international bioethics education and career development award
...r (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the funding of five initial awards and three planning grants to institutions in developing countries under the new International Bioethics Education and Career Development Award Program. These awards respond to a need for training programs focused s...Scientists report first complete genome sequence of a plant
...genome. Today, the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative announces that it has completed the DNA sequence of the remaining chromosomes, which represent two-thirds of the entire genome. The principal teams in the new report are: Chromosome 1 TIGR; Stanford Genome Technology Center; Plant Sciences Institute, U...NIH launches online AIDS oral history project
...bout AIDS, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the launch of a new Web site titled "In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS" ( http://aidshistory.nih.gov ). The site features compelling stories told in the transcripts of interviews NIH Historian Victoria A. Harden, P...Get 'Research on the move' with BioMed Central
BioMed Central announces the launch of its new AvantGo research channel, an innovative new service, which offers researchers free access to biological and medical research abstracts on the move, via their handheld computer (whether Palm, Handspring or Pocket PC). The BMC Res...New mutant mouse repositories established for biomedical researcher community
... (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the official opening of a Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers (MMRRCs) network. This network will function as a one-stop shop for the U.S. biomedical research community to donate and acquire mutant mouse models. The MMRRC network is now accepting ...Stigma and global health: Developing a research agenda
... and international organizations (see list below), announces a major international conference oriented toward developing a research agenda that will lead to the mitigation of the impact of stigma on individuals and societies. Such an agenda would be expected to include activities designed not only to better u...Fogarty International Center announces new research training program in genetics
...r (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces a new research training program to support international collaborations in human genetic sciences. FIC, with seven NIH partners and the World Health Organization, issued a call for proposals for the new International Collaborative Genetics Research ......of Health (NIH), together with eight NIH partners, announces a new Global Health Research Initiative Program (GRIP) for New Foreign Investigators to promote the productive re-entry of young NIH-trained foreign investigators from the developing world to their home countries. FICs partners are the National Inst......ntry and the world. The Grants section of the site announces new areas in which the institute is investing money and gives specific instructions on how to apply for grants. Newsroom: The Newsroom is a ready resource for print and broadcast reporters and editors to find descriptions of the latest scientific ...Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Secretariat to move to Sweden
...r (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces today that Stockholm University, Karolinska Institute, and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control have been selected to serve as Secretariat of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) for 2003 to 2005. Since 1999 FIC has served as...NSF funds $10.2m maize gene sequencing push
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces today the award of $10.2 million over two years to two projects for initial sequencing of the Zea mays (maize or corn) genome. One project will be led by investigators at the Donald Danforth Center for Plant Sciences, St. Louis, who will collaborate ...NIGMS center grants will spice up chemical libraries
...echnologies to develop customized libraries, NIGMS announces support for two Centers of Excellence in Chemical Methodologies and Library Development (CMLD). Each center is a collaborative effort involving several researchers and projects. NIGMS is awarding a total of more than $5.5 million for the first year...Pan-African Malaria Conference November 17-22 in Arusha, Tanzania
...r (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the Third Pan-African Malaria Conference of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM). The MIM conference, now open to members of the media, will be held November 17 to 22, 2002, in Arusha, Tanzania. The MIM conference will bring together malaria...