Tucson researcher receives national award
... Olin Corp. Charitable Trust of Norwalk, Conn. The award is named for Francis Patrick Garvan, president of the Chemical Foundation from 1919-1937, and John Merrill Olin, a chemical engineer and former chairman of the board of Olin Corporation....Detroit researcher receives national award
...rran of the University of Pittsburgh to second the award nomination. "Marty has proposed completely new mechanisms after many years of experiment and debate." When asked how he ended up in chemistry, Newcomb described himself as "one of those kids who tried to blow up the basement." He added, "Later, as I ...$1.6 million in new grants to local schools will put more Maryland teens, teachers in research labs
...e Montgomery County schools. The special one-time award to Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md., is HHMI's first grant to an individual school, as well as the Institute's first science education grant in Prince George's County. The largest high school in Maryland, Eleanor Roosevelt serves as b...CIIT researchers honored for 'Paper of the Year'
...l tert-Butyl Ether in Humans." She won the student award from the Risk Assessment Specialty Section. The Society of Toxicology is a professional and scholarly organization representing scientists who practice toxicology in the United States and abroad. CIIT is a scientifically independent, not-for-profit ......rmones and chemical messengers. NIH is planning to award additional pharmacogenetics research projects in subsequent years....Scientists, research advocates honored as Albert B. Sabin Heroes of Science
...rces into basic biomedical research. "Tonight's award recipients are true Heroes of Science, havingdevoted their time, knowledge, skills and energies to ensure thatresearch continues to give Americans the full benefit of medicalprogress," said Heloisa Sabin, widow of Dr. Albert B. Sabin. At thetime of ...White House honors Hutchinson Center Scientist with Presidential Early Career Award
...wards for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE. The award is described by the White House as the nation's hi...onor. "I'm delighted to have been chosen for this award -- it's a very great honor to receive this kind of recognition so early in my career. It's a testame...The Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI) will award $16.25 million in new grants to support the resear...er way at HHMI, as follows: The Institute plans to award $15 million in grants to support researchers inthe Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, and the form......lution. Ten years ago she won a MacArthur "genius" award for her work applying principles of engineering to understanding basic biological processes, ranging from how kelp withstand wave action to the evolutionary origins of novel modes of locomotion, such as gliding. She and her students are still studyin...Biomedical scientists from Russia to Rio to explore biology's frontiers at HHMI in June
...s three new competitions under way. The first will award $14 million to help scientists devise new approach...infectious and parasitic diseases. The second will award $15 million for biomedical scientists in the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Sovi...Susan Okie receives microbiology communcations award
...account of a trip on the space shuttle. The annual award carries an honorarium of $2,500 plus expenses to attend ASM's General Meeting in Los Angeles May 21-May 25, 2000. It recognizes outstanding achievement in increasing public awareness, knowledge, and understanding of microbiology. Runner-up awardees ...$1.5 million awarded to marine conservationists
World's largest and most prestigious award for preservation of the sea Ten ocean ambassador...ervation makes the fellowships the world's largest award for marine conservationists. The 2000 recipients are from countries across the globe including Argen...Hutchinson Center researcher awarded Block lectureship
... Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer.The award is presented annually by the Arthur G. James Cance...e environment on colorectal-cancer risk.Past Block award recipients include Drs. Richard Klausner, Judah Folkman and Bert Vogelstein....Warman named to Hughes Institute
...ellcome's largest and most prestigious awards. The award will begin July 1. He will use the funds to support his research in arthritis, specifically to delineate the proteins and pathways that maintain human joints and their potential for treating heritable and acquired forms of the disease. This is the s......as 2,500 members in 23 states and Puerto Rico. The award is given for major contributions to the field of fisheries. Ney was cited for his long-term, pioneering research on reservoir fish communities.Since 1976, he and his students have studied energy flow and trophic relationships of reservoir fish assemb...$16.3M grant will fund program to develop mouse models for neurological research
...rs. The federal grant -- the largest single grant award in the Laboratory's 71-year history -- will fund a Neuroscience Mutagenesis Facility to create at least 50 new mouse models a year in neural disease areas including motor function, epilepsy, obesity, hearing, vision, learning, and memory deficits. In...AAAS seeks entries for online category in Science Journalism Awards
...stablished for the science journalism awards. The award winners will be honored at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., in February 2001. Contest Rules The contest year is July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000. All entries must be post marked on or before midnight August 1, 2000. Entries ...Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program expands to become national
...ll be made each year from 2001 through 2009. Each award will provide $20,000 per year for up to three year...e course of the award, Merck representatives visit award recipient institutions to meet with students to learn about their research and related interests, an......r of clinical laboratory immunology, this national award recognizes major lifetime accomplishments in this research field. Dr. Douglas received the award and delivered the 2000 AMLI Abbott/Erwin Neter Memorial Lecture on July 13 at the annual AMLI meetin......ternational competitions under way. The first will award $15 million for biomedical scientists in the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; the other, $16.25 million for biomedical scientists in Canada and Latin America. This international program complements HHMI's principal act...