Wake Forest receives $20 million NIH grant to oversee diabetes genetics study
...of the Department of Public Health Sciences. "The consortium is an ambitious global effort to identify genes co...ent diabetes or juvenile diabetes," said Rich. The consortium has three main goals: Establish a new, worldwide collection of 2,500 families with at least two ch...'OptIPuter' design for data-intensive computer wins $13.5 million NSF award
...) today awarded $13.5 million over five years to a consortium led by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The funds will support design and development of a powerful distributed cyber "infostructure" to support data-intensive scientific research and co...$10 Million center for theoretical biological physics created at UCSD by NSF
A consortium of research institutions in La Jolla, Calif., has been awarded $10.5-million over the next five years from the National Science Foundation to establish the world's leading center in the emerging field of theoretical biological physics. The new Center...UNC, other universities will help NASA develop space-age materials
...ity. To spur their development, NASA has awarded a consortium of research institutions grants that should total $30 million within 10 years to create new materials that might revolutionize civil aviation and space travel. The award will establish an Institute for Biologically Inspired Materials (IBIM) to invest...NASA turns to universities for research in space-age materials
NASA has selected a consortium of research institutions to develop new generations of materials that could revolutionize civil aviation and space travel. The award will establish an Institute for Biologically Inspired Materials to investigate and design materials that simulate rep...UCSB ecology center to receive grant
...hip for Biodiversity Informatics (PBI), which is a consortium comprised of NCEAS, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), the University of Kansas (KU), the University of New Mexico (UNM), and several partnering institutions Arizona State University, the University of North Carolina, the University of Vermo...Scientists, researchers, animal advocates & regulators to discuss alternatives to animal testing
... Board of the ACT are composed of an international consortium of experts in the field of alternatives, including Dr. Andrew Rowan, HSUS senior vice president for research, education and international issues. The HSUS is the primary organizer of the conference. According to Rowan, "The Fourth World Congress will...Consortium for Archaeal Genomics and Proteomics established at Penn State
...exceed $1.3-million over the next four years. The consortium will research the structure and function of the ge...f the Bacteria and Eucarya domains, as well. The consortium is a collaborative research effort lead by Penn State that includes researchers at the Whitehead/Mas...Pufferfish DNA yields clues to human biology
WALNUT CREEK, CA - An international research consortium led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genom...r Molecular and Cell Biology. Other members of the consortium are the UK Medical Research Council's Human Genome Mapping Resource Centre in Cambridge, England, th...Pufferfish DNA yields clues to human biology
WALNUT CREEK, CA An international research consortium led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genom...r Molecular and Cell Biology. Other members of the consortium are the UK Medical Research Council's Human Genome Mapping Resource Centre in Cambridge, England, th...Breakthrough in profiling of yeast genome
...e scale. Bussey says the work of the international consortium could lead ultimately to the discovery of better drugs for the treatment of human disease, not only drugs to treat fungal infections, but also drugs that act on gene products shared by the yeast and human genomes. These common genes are implicated in...UC & sister institutions form 'Institute Without Walls' for transdisciplinary collaborations
..., Iowa State University, Rutgers University, and a consortium of Max Planck Institutes led by the Max Planck Ins... Physics of Solids in Dresden. UC San Diego and a consortium of French scientific institutions in the Paris area are expected to become ICAM branch members short...Harvard Medical School consortium receives grant to harness microbe genomes for environment/energy
... Lipper Center for Computational Genetics. The HMS consortium will examine the bacteria Prochlorcoccus, Pseudomo...ds, especially in low concentrations of water. The consortium includes Sallie Chisholm, PhD, MIT professor of biology and civil and environmental engineering, Mar...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $80 million for undergraduate science education
...rning. Members of the Atlanta University Center, a consortium that includes historically black colleges and univ...th the American Indian Research Organization and a consortium of the state's tribal colleges. To help attract more Native American undergraduates, the university ...New NSF institutes to strengthen mathematics as base for national S&T
...le computer models for environmental systems. The consortium is led by Duke University in collaboration with North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences. The Research Conference Center of the American Institute of Mathemat...Researchers arming farms to halt increases in greenhouse gases
...s (CASMGS, pronounced "chasms"), a nine-university consortium of which Purdue is a member. Kansas State Universi...ition to Purdue, universities participating in the consortium are Colorado State University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Michigan State Univer...DNA testing identifies suspect bacteria in coral reef disease
...Fouke said. The disease must be viewed as a whole consortium of bacteria that move in and create a unique physical and chemical microenvironment where the pathogens can take up residence. Then the wholesale destruction of coral tissue begins. Before a disease can be successfully treated, the pathogens that ar...WCS launches new program aimed at reducing unsustainable hunting overseas
... also a member of the Bushmeat Crisis Taskforce, a consortium of organizations working to bring this vital issue to the forefront of conservation. "Unsustainable hunting and wildlife trade not only gravely threatens wildlife, it also jeopardizes the lifestyles, health and cultural well-being of people in tropi...New research could spearhead permanent nuclear waste storage
...ded usage, according to the Tri-Party Agreement, a consortium of the DOE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology. Of the 177 tanks, 149 of them are have only one outer wall, and 67 of these single-shelled tanks are suspected to have leaked an estimated 1 million ......nsas State University is the lead institution in a consortium to mitigate greenhouses gases. The team is led by ...nt of the largest grants received in the past. The consortium is comprised of expert scientists from Colorado State University, Iowa State University, Kansas Stat...