World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting June 2-4 in Indianapolis
...plewer@dow.com ). In addition, the following awards will be presented at the meeting: Hamid G. Kia , Ph.D., principal research engineer, and Harry A. Mitchell , staff scientist, at General Motors R&D Center in Warren, Mich., will receive an ACS Industrial Innovation Award for developing a family of......ducators reviewed proposals and recommended the 42 awards approved by the Institute's Board of Trustees on May 4. Awardees are:...Computer modeling targets epidemics, bioterror
...ly understand biological processes," he added. The awards have been made to: A collaboration of scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (lead), the Brookings Institution, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University of Maryland and Imperial College (London)....Leslie Ann Schiff wins 2004 Carski Foundation Award
...gs, and publications. Schiff has received numerous awards at the University of Minnesota for her efforts, culminating in her 2002 election to the University of Minnesota's Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the University's highest recognition of its most distinguished scholar-teachers. An honors grad...Govindarajan Dhanasekaran wins 2004 Sarber Award from American Society for Microbiology
...-year graduate fellowship, and numerous prizes and awards for academic excellence from the Madras Veterinary College. He plans a career researching RNA viruses (viruses that contain the genetic material RNA, instead of DNA) that cause diseases in humans and animals, in order to produce recombinant vaccines ...Andres Vazquez-Torres honored with 2004 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
...n medical microbiology and infectious disease. The awards are given in memory of Irving S. Sigal, who was instrumental in the early discovery of therapies to treat human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS. Although still in the early stages of his career as a researcher and teacher, Vazquez-Torres is already ...American Society for Microbiology honors Timothy Yahr with 2004 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
...n medical microbiology and infectious disease. The awards are given in memory of Irving S. Sigal, who was instrumental in the early discovery of therapies to treat human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS. Yahr is honored for important work on the genetics and physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escheric...AIUM to honor ultrasound pioneers at its 2004 Annual Convention
...tute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) will present awards to several individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of medical diagnostic ultrasound at the 2004 AIUM Annual Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 20, 2004. The 2004 William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award recipient will be Peter...New York microbiologists awarded research grants in antibiotic resistance and lyme disease
...h in antibiotics and Lyme disease with prestigious awards from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They are Felipe C. Cabello, M.D., of Hartsdale, N.Y., and Ira S. Schwartz, Ph.D., of Spring Valley, N.Y. Dr. Cabello, professor of microbiology and immu...APS announces four 2004 Young Investigators awards
...eir research programs. Winners will receive their awards on Monday, April 19 at the APS annual meeting in Washington, D.C. 2004 Young Investigator Award Winners: Sarah Gebb, Ph.D. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver The Giles F. Filley Memorial Award in Respiratory Physiology and Med...APS awards 55 minority travel fellowships to EB 2004 (April 17-21) in Washington, DC
...ga T. Ziba , Baylor College of Medicine The travel awards are open to graduate students, postdoctoral students and advanced undergraduate students for minority groups underrepresented in science (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders). For more information, please contact Sta...National Academies advisory: NAS Annual Meeting April 17-20
.... TO 9 P.M. -- AWARD CEREMONY. Recipients of NAS awards in 2004 will be honored, including MAURICE F. STRONG, who received the Academy's most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. A reception will follow from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. APRIL 20, 2 P.M. TO 5 P.M. MICROBES IN TIME AND SPACE. This symposi...Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
...can position the researchers to compete for larger awards from other public and private sources. The National Academies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE was launched in 2003 to stimulate new modes of scientific inquiry and break down the conceptual and institutional barriers to interdisciplinary research. The Nat...HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
... of HHMI's international program. For a new set of awards to be made in 2005, HHMI will provide 80 scientists with five-year grants of $50,000 to $100,000 annually to conduct basic biomedical research in their own countries. In the first of the two competitions, the Institute will select 40 scientists who a...Brown earns prestigious geography award
...lied Geography. The medal was presented during the awards ceremony of the 100th anniversary meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Philadelphia. The medal is named after James Anderson, who served as the chief geographer of the United States while working at the U.S. Geological Survey. Brown ...'Top Houston Women in Technology' honoree at UH
...eives one of the "Top Houston Women in Technology" awards for 2004. This year's awards mark the 25th anniversary of the Association for Women in Computing (AWC), a national organization d...The biological clock: What really makes us tick
...ng the UH faculty in 1995. He has won a number of awards for his research, among them the Aschoff-Honma Prize that he received this September in Japan. The award is presented every two years to a scientist working in the field of biological rhythms and currently carries a monetary award of one million yen...Five Marine Conservation leaders receive world's top award from Pew Institute for Ocean Science
...he program. "The competition for these prestigious awards is intense, and the honor for each one is well-deserved." ...NIEHS/NTP Director Dr. Kenneth Olden receives Society of Toxicology's Public Communications Award
...ctor of NIEHS/NTP, Dr. Olden has received numerous awards and honors, including the City of Medicine Award in 1996, and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of Rochester and the College of Charleston in 2003. Dr. Olden, his wife, Sandra White, Ph.D., and daughter, Heather, live in Durham. He a...AACR awards scholarships to minority and underrepresented scientists
...revention and cure of cancer," Foti added. "These awards seek to improve the inclusiveness of cancer resear...nders. The 65 early-career scientists who won the awards this year were selected on the basis of their qualifications, references from mentors, and an estima...