NSF funds Expresso project, a bioinformatics collaboration
... from Virginia Tech has won a prestigious $600,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Next Generation Software (NGS) Program. The award supports the further design and implementation of Expresso a sophisticated computational system for...HFES honors 2001 awardees at 45th Annual Meeting
... of Aachen University of Technology, Germany. This award recognizes a non-U.S. citizen who has made outstan...n Award Mihriban Whitmore was granted this year's award for an outstanding application of empirically determined principles to the design of the Spacelab Gl...MIT instrument monitors molten materials
... at MITs Plasma Science and Fusion Center, won the award for the MilliWave Viscometer. The device is among "the 100 most technologically significant new products" as determined by R&D Magazine and a panel of experts. Woskov attended a black-tie awards ceremony October 4 in Chicago. The new instrument mea...NSF awards University of Georgia $8.7 million for crop genetics research
...utting Genes in Context A four-year, $3.97 million award will enable UGA plant geneticist Andrew Paterson a...Patersons grant is a renewal of a $3.2 million NSF award made three years ago. The earlier grant concentrated on building a basic toolkit to enable researche...New resources to assist with gene transfer clinical studies
...al Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today the award of cooperative agreements in the amount of $2.65 million to establish National Gene Vector Laboratories (NGVLs) at five locations: Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute (Duart...NSF awards two plant genome grants to University of Minnesota
...ty of Minnesota. The university received the total award of $3,081,245. The legume project is coordinated a...tigators at the University of Minnesota. The total award for the project is $5,803,691, of which the university received a subaward of $3,098,136. The princi...New generation of leaders in cancer research honored
...Marks Prize for Cancer Research, a unique $125,000 award to be shared by young investigators for major accomplishments in cancer research, have been named. The prize, named after Paul A. Marks, M.D., President Emeritus of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), recognizes significant contributions ...Researchers say gene discoveries could translate to health benefits, but consent should be updated
...administration at UNC through a career development award from the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. While at the CDC in Atlanta, she headed a multidisciplinary group that began exploring the need for better informed consent approaches and documents. A report on ideas they generated appears in...UC Irvine Advanced Power and Energy Program awarded $3 million grant by California Energy Commission
...P director. "The four studies addressed under this award are focused on key issues associated with this new...nmentally preferred power generation. The current award specifically will provide: $991,695 over three years to establish a fuel simulation facility; $698,6...APS announces its 2002 Distinguished Lectureships
...inguished Lectureships for 2002. Presentations by award winners will be given at the Experimental Biology ... Cannon Award Lecture This is the Societys highest award and is presented to an outstanding physiological scientist. Dr. Cowley will present his lecture on ...Deep-ocean research program office established at Penn State
...ate in 1996, and a Presidential Young Investigator award from the National Science Foundation in 1991. Support staff hired to fill two of the new jobs created at Penn State as a result of the RIDGE grant include Patty Nordstrom, program assistant, and Liz Goehring, education and outreach coordinator....Early detection device for exposure to chemical warfare agents being developed
...ing a two-year, Small Business Innovation Research award jointly to Dr. De Luca's, biotech company, Altec, Inc., and Dr. Buccafusco's company, Prime Behavior Testing Laboratories. Chemical warfare agents, insecticides and even some drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease work by inhibiting cholinesterase, a...UNC-Chapel Hill gene therapy center awarded $9.2 million from NIH
...s of airway epithelia in health and disease. "This award speaks to our basic research capability and our unique strength in animal models. It also acknowledges the importance of understanding the basic science first before moving into the clinical setting," Samulski said.Two program projects will be aimed ...Agrobacterium genome sequence is complete
...at effort took less than one year following an NSF award in late 2000 to UW Genome Center director Maynard Olson. "This is the only case in nature where DNA and proteins from bacteria are transferred into plants or animals," said Nester. "At one time, many scientists said it couldn't be done. But in fac...Russian universities receive US funding to improve basic scientific research capabilities
...e four universities that will each receive a grant award of $1 million under BRHE and their areas or specialization are, in alphabetical order: Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (joint award): Basic Investigation of Matter Under Extreme Conditions Per...Scientists describe structures of protein molecules that enable two-way signaling between cells
...iomedical Sciences who won the schools top student award for research last year. They described the molecular details of how neurons sense their environment as they project their fibers to distant locations in the body. This finding was reported in a September issue of Nature. Now, a team from the Memorial...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
...ng in the context of a DFG priority programme. The award ceremony for the prizes of the 2002 Leibniz Programme, to be awarded by DFG President Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, will take place at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin on the 6th March....January media highlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
...entist (35 or younger during the year in which the award is to be presented) for outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge through original research that marks a major advance in the earth sciences. The award, consisting of a gold medal and a cash prize, was endowed by Dr. and Mrs. Fred...AAAS announces Science Journalism Award winners
...Project and Celera Genomics. The producers won the award for portraying the impact of science on society and keeping a well-exposed topic stimulating through an exciting mix of interviews, sharp writing, and graphics. Since the inception of the awards program in 1945, more than 300 individuals have been ho......selected as the 2002 Othmer Gold Medal winner. The award ceremony will take place at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Friday, June 28, 2002. Since joining the MIT faculty in 1977, Langer has specialized in controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering. His discoveries und...