University of Washington researchers map rice genome
... Ramsey, UW vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. "It will provide valuable knowledge that may ultimately be used to address food supply issues throughout the world. We're very pleased that the University of Washington's commitment to genomics research is producing results...Analytical chemists earn national recognition for metals research
...ement. Joseph Caruso, professor of chemistry and dean of UC's College of Arts and Sciences, went to New Oleans with several graduate students for the PittCon meeting, one of the most important gatherings for analytical chemists each year. Caruso provided an overview of the field while his graduate stud......his new technology," said Dr. Safari Bonfils, dean of science and engineering at the National University of Rwanda. "The students will use this technology for applications in agriculture, social science and the sciences. This will be very helpful for our country, especially for planner...Warman named to Hughes Institute
...scal year exceeds $600 million. Nathan A. Berger, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, said, "This is truly an honor for Dr. Warman, the Department of Genetics, and the CWRU School of Medicine. Receiving an appointment from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is tremendo...Stanford researchers win National Science Foundation grants for information technology research
...ortant sector of the global economy." Jim Plummer, dean of Stanford's School of Engineering, said that "information technology is the basis of many new initiatives in the School of Engineering. These grants are tremendously helpful in strengthening our existing programs and helping us build these new init...Finding a market for 'ecosystem services'
...orkshop organizer Barton "Buzz" Thompson Jr., vice dean of the Stanford Law School and the Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law. Thompson pointed to the New York City water department's 1996 decision to allocate $1.5 billion to preserve the Catskill and Delaware watersheds rather than spe...Largest grant ever to Indiana U fuels Genomics Initiative
...without their meanings," said Dr. D. Craig Brater, dean of the IU School of Medicine and achief architect of the proposal made to Lilly Endowment. "Physicians and researchers involved in the Indiana Genomics Initiative will collaborate to discover the meanings of thosewords," Brater said. "They are the ke...Zooming liquid particles show technological promise
...Anderson Professor ofchemical engnineering and now dean of the P.C. Rossin College ofEngineering and Applied Science. Chen, an expert in heat transfer and multiphase flow problems, suggestedthat Chaudhury apply the gradient effect to heat-transfer problems. Thetwo researchers began a collaboration t...UC Davis will establish new graduate school of the environment
...an unequivocal way." The school will be led by a dean and allotted 10 new faculty positions to hold join...the John Muir Institute for the Environment. The dean will promote environmental scholarship and education at the administrative level and strengthen cros......" according to Raymond Woosley, MD, PhD, associate dean for clinical research at Georgetown University Medical Center and principal investigator of the study. "After the prolonged QT interval has developed, it can lead to an abnormal heart rhythm that causes blackouts or even sudden death." Some people h......ctly to James N. Thompson M.D., vice president and dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and GCRC principal investigator. Take steps toward establishing an outpatient pediatric general clinical research center in the new Brenner Children's Hospital. Create a research affiliation with the Downt......vice president for health and biomedical sciences, dean of the faculty of health sciences, and dean of the faculty of medicine. "This will enable researchers to study very complex brain functions tha...LSU researcher finds new petroleum method, receives patent
...the process," he said. Dr. Thomas Klei, associate dean of research and advanced studies in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine said, "We are very excited about the potential of Dr. Catallo's discovery. These types of research efforts are an integral part of the school's growing program in environmental......r in planning at DAAP, now professor and associate dean at Florida Atlantic University. Nick Chaparos, professor emeritus of design, DAAP. Melissa McVay, graduate student in planning, DAAP. Kate Fischer, graduate student in planning, DAAP. Katerina Janeteas, doctoral student in classics (archaeolo...Montana State University begins major trout and salmonid book collection
... said, 'Don't do this. You're crazy'," MSU library dean Bruce Morton said about starting a special fish collection that will rank among the best in the country. "It was, 'Why haven't you thought of this before'?" So far the collection numbers more than 11,000 pieces, from Roushs gift from his brother t......M.D., senior vice chancellor, Health Sciences, and dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "We believe this institute is poised for national prominence. The Pittsburgh region, and more importantly, patients stand to benefit from the exciting developments we can expect to take place in the...Scientists map the complete genome of an important agricultural bacterium
...s Medical Institute. In September, she will become dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences the largest of Stanfords seven schools....UC Davis biomedical engineering department awarded $12 million by Whitaker Foundation
...ollege and the campus," said Zuhair Munir, interim dean of engineering at UC Davis. "The Whitaker Foundation grant will allow the college to pursue this new direction with vigor, and to set up a strong program that can be ranked among the best in the nation," Munir said. At the convergence of biology, med...Israeli teams grows heart cells and insulin producing cells from human embryonic stem cells
...bility of heart donors," notes Prof. Rafael Beyar, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. "This new research may lead to breakthrough interventional tools to treat this devastating disease."......nimals. Over the past few years, Prof. Lia Addadi, dean of the Weizmann Institutes Chemistry Faculty, and Prof. Steve Weiner, of the Institutes Structural Biology Department, have conducted a series of studies examining ways in which animals build their skeletons. The scientists have revealed that animal...