AGI announces the winners of Earth Science Week 2003 contests
The American Geological Institute is proud to announce the winners of the Earth Science Week 2003 contests. The contests are designed to encourage students and the public to participate in this annual celebration that recognizes the importance of Earth sciences in our lives. The most recent contests incl...2nd Annual CDB Symposium: Developmental Remodeling (March 29 - 31, 2004; Kobe, Japan)
...ms," was convened in March 2003. We are pleased to announce that the second symposium in the series will focus on the theme of "Developmental Remodeling," and will be held from March 29 to 31, 2004 in the CDB auditorium. This symposium will cover a broad range of subjects relating to the plasticity of bio...American Society of Hematology honors prominent researchers with major awards
... The American Society of Hematology is pleased to announce the winners of two of the Society's highest honors. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D., has been chosen to receive the 2003 William Dameshek Prize, and Janet Rowley, M.D., has been awarded the Henry M. Stratton Medal. Dr. Gilliland and Dr. Rowley are bein...Whalley picked for keynote address at The Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Annual Meeting
...he Gerontological Society of America is pleased to announce that Professor Lawrence J. Whalley of Scotland's University of Aberdeen has accepted President George Martin's invitation to present the keynote address on November 21st at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego. Whalley has recently drawn ...Pollutant-eating microbe could speed gasworks cleanup
...pic probing (SIP) in a contaminated site. And they announce the discovery and isolation of a bacterium that biodegrades naphthalene in coal tar contamination. Although naphthalene is not the most toxic component in coal tar, the microbiologists say their discovery might eventually help to speed the cleanup o...AGI Foundation endows congressional geoscience fellowship honoring William L. Fisher
... American Geological Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the establishment of the William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellowship Endowment to enable selected geoscientists to work as congressional staffers. "The endowment was created to ensure a lasting commitment for the geosciences and is named i......t can cause disease." Nicholls and his colleagues announce their findings in two separate papers in the October issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics (available now online). The first paper describes how breakpoint regions on human chromosome 15 contribute to chromosome rearrangements in evolution ...Microbes' 'blueprints' promise insights into oceans, more
...ms of scientists, including a group from MIT, will announce the genetic blueprints for four closely related forms of these organisms, which numerically dominate the phytoplankton of the oceans. The work will be reported in the August 13 online issues of Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...Lake ecosystem critical to East African food supply is threatened by climate change
...and Brent McKee of Tulane University in Louisiana, announce that climate change in the region is harming Lake Tanganyika's ecosystem, decreasing fish stocks by as much as 30 percent over the past 80 years. Lake Tanganyika is large and deep, filling the chasm of a riftvalley bordering the Democratic Republic o...APS awards more than $33,000 to its 2003 undergraduate research fellows
...American Physiological Society (APS) is pleased to announce its 2003 Undergraduate Research Fellows. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member. Now in its fourth year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical resear...Collaborative grant to Rutgers and Rep. of Georgia for salmonella research
...ng its review of additional proposals and plans to announce further cooperative research awards in the near future....AGI launches Earth Science World ImageBank
...he American Geological Institute (AGI) is proud to announce the launch of the Earth Science World ImageBank, a free service, ( http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank ) with high-quality, fully-indexed images. Launched with approximately 1,000 fully-indexed images, the Earth Science World ImageBank continu...New center for preparation and distribution of adult stem cells
...ter has begun setting up operations and expects to announce its opening date shortly. Researchers may contact the center at cgt@tulane.edu . NCRR is part of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. NCRR is the nation's leading federal sponsor of resources ...Journal announces scientific releases
...s of the scientific journal, Blood, are pleased to announce the first-ever availability of regular scientific releases, one to two every month, beginning July 2003. Releases will focus on the latest findings from the scientific world, specifically on blood disorders, ranging from leukemia and lymphoma to si...Plants and people share a molecular signaling system, researchers discover
Scientists announce in the current issue of the journal Nature their discovery that plants respond to environmental stresses with a sequence of molecular signals known in humans and other mammals as the "G-protein signaling pathway," revealing that this signaling strate...University of Idaho, Utah State University team first to clone equine
...a news conference on the UI campus this morning to announce its birth. The foal's DNA comes from a fetal cell culture first established in 1998 at the University of Idaho. As scientifically and commercially significant as their accomplishment is for the horse industry, Woods said he is most excited because th...U. of Idaho-Utah State team to display cloned mule
...and Utah State University scientific team plans to announce a research finding of major importance to the livestock industry at a news conference planned May 29 at 10 a.m. at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.Further details are available to media representatives who register with the American Associat...Copper chelation is a promising new therapy for clogged arteries
... Research Institute (MMCRI) in Scarborough, Maine, announce their discovery that the renarrowing of arteries following balloon angioplasty can be halted by copper chelation therapy. Preventing the function of copper in the body stops arteries from reclogging following the mechanical stress of removing arteri...AF&PA to announce EPA partnership and roll out 55% paper recovery goal
... Association (AF&PA) will host a teleconference to announce its partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its new 55% paper recovery goal. The EPA partnership is designed to renew the paper industry's challenge to the American public to increase paper recovery and reduce the amount ...Nominations now being accepted for a major award in cancer prevention research
...e Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF) announce that nominations are now being accepted for a major international Award in recognition of outstanding cancer prevention research. The second annual AACRCancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research will ...