ASM receives awards for PR excellence
...paign. "We are extremely gratified to receive this award and the professional recognition that it represents," according to clinical microbiologist Dr. Judy Daly, ASM Secretary who serves as spokesperson for the Campaign. "We at ASM are committed to continuing to emphasize this important public health mess......Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. "The award is just additional recognition of Dr. Young's already impressive credentials and reputation as a microbiologist and researcher," said Peter Day, director of the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment. "Rutgers is very fortunate to ......atment; and 88.9 trillion BTUs of energy. The 2001 award recipients and their achievements follow. EDEN Bioscience Corporation (Bothell, Wash.) developed technology that allows farmers to naturally stimulate plant growth and defenses without altering its DNA. The product, Messenger, has been demonstrated o...LSU Professor Emeritus wins 2001 National Wetlands Award
...elected for the award. Gosselink will receive the award in Washington, D.C., on June 28 at a ceremony on C...r wetlands support." Gosselink was chosen for the award based on his work at LSU's Coastal Ecology Institute. He has conducted research that shows the impa...APS awards more than $200,000 to its 2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship winners
...llowships in Physiological Genomics. The two-year award will provide funds totaling $69,000 to each of the three winning scientists including stipend and a mini research grant for each year. 2001 Winners of the APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics: Ryan M. Fryer, Ph.D. Medical College ...Presentation of Dr. Ingo Potrykus July 21 in Providence
...2001 at the ASPB annual meeting in Providence. The award recognizes Dr. Potrykus' outstanding contributions to science and humanity through his research. Dr. Potrykus' research contributes to food security in developing nations by developing and applying genetic engineering technology to crop plants such ...ESA announces award winners for 2001
...ient this year is Jennifer Klug. She received the award for her paper Interactions between bacteria and ph...d this year to Dr. Brian Enquist. He received the award for his paper Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants. The us...Paul Ehrlich named Eminent Ecologist for 2001
...from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The award is given annually to a senior ecologist for sustai...ce of ecology and biological sciences. This year's award will be presented during ESA's 86th annual meeting in Madison, Wis., on Aug. 9. Ehrlich, the Bing Pr...NIAID awards grant to rapidly sequence the malaria mosquito genome
...ious Diseases (NIAID) today announced a $9 million award to help reveal the genetic secrets of malaria, a c...h German scientists. In 2001, NIAID made a second award to Dr. Collins to direct a targeted Anopheles gambiae genome sequencing project. Those studies laid...Robert S. Langer to present the 2001 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture
...International Award; fifty-four recipients of this award have subsequently received a Nobel Prize. He received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize, the world's largest prize for invention, in 1998 for being, "one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine," and in 1989 Langer was elected to the Institut...URI scientist receives research award from National Park Service
...ource Research from the National Park Service. The award will be presented at a ceremony in Florida in Octo...ch points to my research accomplishments, but this award also recognizes the excellent work of my graduate students and many research colleagues at URI. Rom...Conservation biologist Michael Lannoo to win Field Museums Parker/Gentry Award
...01. Established in 1996 by an anonymous donor, the award honors an outstanding conservation biologist who has had a significant impact on preserving the worlds natural heritage, and whose actions and approach can serve as a model to others. Dr. Lannoos environmental work covers many fronts: basic research......entific research. HHMI announced that it plans to award $1 million each to 20 research scientists on the b...y members to compete for the grants, which it will award in the fall of 2002. Institute President Thomas R. Cech explained why HHMI has issued the challenge.......lence by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). The award is the oldest major AFS award and the most prestigious presented to an individual. Presented annually since 1969, it is given in r...Researchers at UT Southwestern discover how neurons communicate to 'wire' developing brain
...wan, who received the 2001 Nominata Award, the top award from the Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, for his thesis research and studies....Worlds largest scientific society convenes regional meeting October 10-13 in Lincoln, Neb.
...ard for Outstanding Achievements in Chemistry. The award consists of a medal and a $2,000 honorarium. Other meeting highlights include: Forensic geochemistry Detecting allergens in food Emission-reducing oxygenated fuels General chair is Michael D. Mosher, University of Nebraska, Kearney (308-865-838...Yale scientists receive $15 million grant for human genome research
... $15-million grant for human genome research. The award is part of the NHGRI's new Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) program. The NHGRI awarded justthree grants this year. The other two were given to the University of Washington. "We are grateful to receive such generous support and we look...U. of Colorado biology professor wins 2001 MacArthur Fellowship
...h CU-Boulder faculty member to win the prestigious award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Founda...ology from the NAS, considered the nations highest award in microbiology. He was cited "for revolutionizing microbiology by developing methods by which micr...USF Alzheimer's vaccine research boosted by $1.1-million NIH grant
...1-million National Institutes of Health grant. The award will help researchers test cellular immune responses to the beta amyloid vaccine in a "humanized" mouse model that shows brain pathology and memory losses similar to those in Alzheimer's disease. This more advanced mouse model, to be jointly develope......nd genetics, both in the School of Medicine. Each award provides $500,000 over a five year period. Hopkins is the only institution with two fellows in this year's "class" of 23. According to the MacArthur Foundation, the "no strings attached" awards are intended to recognize and support the creative eff...