Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...y eyes to the scope and wide range of new products coming out." The ABC competition was not only great preparation for taking science in university, Nguyen ranks working with scientists at the National Research Council as the highlight. "They've been such good role models for us and c...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...ted. "I have not before experienced anything coming close to the degree of transformation that Joe has brought about in our community," says Peter Walter, PhD, chairman and professor of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. "He projects seemingly endless energy and infectious enthusiasm ...ICTP celebrates 40th anniversary, 'Legacy for the Future'
...us in Trieste, Italy. Some 200 scientists will be coming to Trieste to celebrate the anniversary of an institution that is widely respected and revered as one of the premier organizations for the promotion of science in the developing world. The following Nobel Laureates will be among the participants: Wal...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...lenge is how to handle the massive amounts of data coming out of ongoing genomics projects and to make it readily accessible to the broader community of students, researchers and breeders. This year's awards include database awards to the University of Arizona focused on proteins involved in repackaging DNA...ORNL's Delmau joins Technology Review's list of top young innovators
...r remarkable record of scientific achievement and, coming at this early point in her career, also signifies her tremendous potential in the field of chemical sciences," ORNL Director Jeff Wadsworth said. Her work has centered on technologies for the treatment of nuclear wastes in Europe, Japan and the U...Genes expose secrets of sex on the side
...nk of ourselves as a monogamous species, but we're coming from an evolutionary history that's probably slightly polygamous. If we're shifting toward monogamy, it's so recent it hasn't left an imprint on our genome." Or the same reproductive behavior is continuing, but in a culturally accepted fashion,...Brain has center for detecting sound motion
... patient to report that "there was a humming sound coming toward [her] face." When the researchers presented moving sounds to the patient while they recorded from the electrodes, they also detected the strongest activity in the right posterior STG. After the operation, however, the patient showed what the r...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
... also are distinctive in plethodontid salamanders, coming in three different types: ones attached to the jaw so they stick out only slightly; tongues attached by a stretchy muscle, which allows them to be thrown out an appreciable distance to snag food; and so-called "ballistic" tongues that have no muscula...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
... carbon-neutral, sustainable energy economy in the coming years. In addition, one of the questions she is addressing -- the role of feedback mechanisms -- lies at the heart of how we can accurately predict climate change." Of her research, Torn says, "Most important, I am working to characterize the feedba...Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...three dimensions. The first such instrument is now coming to the United States in 2005, thanks to a $732,624 National Science Foundation grant to a Maine interdisciplinary biophysical research program. The Institute for Molecular Biophysics brings together expertise in biophysics and engineering at the U...Extreme stretch-growth of axons
...as opposed to a chemical stimulus. "The stretch is coming from the whole body growing," explains Smith. "For example, the growing spine bones in the whale likely exert mechanical forces on the axons in the spinal cord." The researchers conclude that this is a genetic program for growth that has been conser...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...have these wonderful invaginations and protrusions coming off of them," explained Higgs, who is also a member of the Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Research Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center and a member of the program in immunology. Higgs and his lab focused much of their work on lymphocytes, ...One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
.... What Snow correctly suspected was that the water coming from that pump was carrying particles or what he called "special animal poisons" that caused the disease, an idea scoffed at by most of the medical community of that time, most of which believed that diseases were spread primarily through the air. ...JGI announces community sequencing program portfolio
...of its Community Sequencing Program (CSP) over the coming year. "The CSP selections represent a rich collection of microorganisms as well as higher plants and animals that inhabit both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems," says Eddy Rubin, JGI Director. "By making JGI's powerful resources available to no...Clemson University spin-off uses corn to make plastics, provide cleaner air
...ating jobs that will help keep the top researchers coming out of the university in the Upstate." This NSF grant allowed Tetramer to hire three more employees, bringing total employment to eight. The company plans to staff 20 full-time employees over the next five years. In addition to possible jobs for Clem......nt. The genome project's giant leap for mankind is coming not with a single small step taken on one summer's night but with thousands of small steps spread out over the course of several years. The importance of solving the human genome and the genomes of other species is that those billions of letters o...Tobacco promising factory for biopharmaceuticals
...ues at Virginia Tech and around the nation. Before coming to Virginia Tech in 2001, Zhang was a research and development scientist for two years at Covance Biotechnology Services (now Diosynth RTP) in Cary, N. C. Zhang received his bachelor's and master's degrees in metallurgical physical chemistry from th...Newcastle scientists get UK's first stem cell license
...ld be the major field for the life sciences in the coming decade." Richard Maudslay, One NorthEast Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the region'sScience & Industry Council, said: "This announcement is a clear demonstration that the NorthEast can lead in cutting-edge areas of science and that our investm...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
.... But in the hypoxic events, the upwelled water is coming from the sub-Arctic, and is even colder, more nutrient rich and lower in oxygen than usual. Upwelling-favorable summer winds bring this water closer to shore. And in this situation, the high nutrient waters support even more growth than usual of mic...Computer imaging of Archeopteryx skull suggests this dinosaur-bird link could fly
...lyers, for example, need to coordinate information coming from their eyes and ears, while relying less on smell. Because of the markings the Archeopteryx brain left inside its skull, the scientists could tell that it had a large midbrain region, where this ear/eye crosstalk would occur, and complex inner ...