AAAS president calls to restore American health system
...e to brain health. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to science, including the Janssen Award in the Basic Sciences and the Pasarow Award in Neuropsychiatry. He has also been named a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is a member of the Institute of Medicine. The n...Mount Holyoke College series examines advances in human reproductive technologies
...g on the history of genetics has won numerous book awards and praise from both scientific and lay communities. His books include The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project and Inventing America: A History of the United States. Adrienne Asch (Henry R. Luce Professor in Biolog...AVANT to develop an oral anthrax and plague vaccine for U.S. Department of Defense
...litary. "This contract represents one of the first awards from a major U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to apply modern biotechnological innovations to the development of vaccines that can offer rapid, effective protection from multiple biological agents," said Una S. Ryan, Ph.D., President and C...Two Max Planck researchers recieve the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2003
...pon it. THE LOUIS-JEANTET FOUNDATION FOR MEDICINE awards the three prize-winners a cumulative sum of 1.2 mi...ine started its activities in 1983. The Foundation awards a major scientific prize, the purpose of which is to foster innovative biomedical research in Europe...Wolf Prize shared by Texas A&M, Missouri researchers
...al science since 1992. He has won numerous awards including the Alexander von Humboldt Award in Agriculture, and he is an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow....RIT collaborates with IBM on genomic research
...e." IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) program awards computing equipment (servers, storage systems, per...g, Autonomic Computing and Deep Computing. The SUR awards also support the advancement of university projects by connecting top researchers in academia with I...International functional genomics study looks for genes that cause drug tolerance and dependence
...ently a recipient of two major national consortium awards in this new field, a $1.5 million grant given to 15 Biotechnology Centers by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Most recently, Doernbecher's research team and OHSU's Center for Research on Occupational and Envir...U-M bone marrow transplant expert receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
...s Duke Charitable Foundation funded only five such awards in four disease categories: cancer, AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, or sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders. The award includes up to $1.5 million in research funds over the next five to seven years to support Ferrara's ongoing laboratory rese...First awards for FIC global health research initiative program for new foreign investigators
...be approximately $5 million over five years. These awards were made in September 2002. The Global Health Res...l Collaborative Genetics Research Training Program awards are: Dr. Kawango Agot of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, for a project involving widow inheritanc...UC Riverside's professor Robert Graham elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America
...orth Carolina State University in 1986. His other awards include the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, UCR,1995, and the Outstanding Publication of the Year, USDA-Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1995. His research interests are weathering and behavior of soil minerals, nat...UT Southwestern postdoctoral researcher wins international Young Scientist Prize
...ion of our department's success. It's great to see awards going to the people who truly do the work and who have so much promise. Other students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world are certain to notice this award, thus providing further confirmation that UT Southwestern is delivering the goods w...Clock cues: Cellular sensing, metabolism research wins Amersham Biosciences and Science Prize
...rand Prize, the judging panel may present regional awards of $5,000 each to researchers within four geographic regions: North America, Europe, Japan, and all other countries. Amersham Biosciences and Science named six regional winners to receive $5,000 awards: JAPAN/Immune Bone-Breakers: New insights into ......biology, and molecular biology, says Wheeler. The awards will also involve developing software for improved visualization and analysis of extremely large data sets, and outreach and education programs in comparative phylogenetic biology and paleontology, emphasizing new training activities, informal scienc...World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting in Charleston, S. C., Nov. 13-16
...epth scientific presentations, several significant awards will be presented at the meeting: Joey Hatcher Gaby of Tyner Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., will be honored on Nov. 15 with the ACS Regional Award in High School Chemistry Teaching for her dedication in helping students develop problem-solving sk...Six reporters named to receive 2002 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...ths of Ireland's potato famine in 1847. The online awards category helps to promote best practices in the em... Since their inception nearly six decades ago, the awards have honored more than 300 individuals for their achievements in science journalism. The awards reco...Acorda Therapeutics receives L.W. Freeman Award for Scientific Research
...e the research and education forward in SCI." The awards ceremony will take place at The Sheraton Mesa Hotel and Convention Center at 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 14, 2002. Elliott Gruskin, Ph.D., Vice President of Research & Development for Acorda, will accept the award on behalf of the company. About ...Bio-X to fund 21 new interdisciplinary research projects
...nfronting neuroscience researchers. ''This year's awards were generously supported by President [John] Hennessy,'' Scott said. ''They are part of the larger goal of Bio-X to bring people together to create new types of science and technology. They are a celebration of the ability of people to work together...UCR's Arturo Gmez-Pompa receives Honorary Researcher Award and the Gold Medal Merit Award
...gious state universities in the country. At the awards ceremonies, Gmez-Pompa, who has been as UC Riversi...tion of natural resources. Among Gmez-Pompa's many awards are a Guggenheim Award, the Chevron Conservation Award, the Tyler Prize, the Alfonso Herrera Medal o...FIC announces first awards for international collaborative genetics research and training program
...l Collaborative Genetics Research Training Program awards are: Dr. Michael Escamilla and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Costa Rica, will train Costa Rican psychiatric residents, psychiatrists, and postdoctora...NSF awards $37.9 million in grants to study biocomplexity in the environment
...hase of a multi-year effort. Five subcategories of awards were made: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH), with 10 awards totaling $7.5 million; Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles (CBC), with 18 awards totaling $16.6 million; G...