Purdue leads center using pollution-busting plants, microbes
...d chemistry to engineering. The center's associate directors are Lakshmi N. Reddi, a professor and head of Kansas State University's Department of Civil Engineering, and John T. Novak, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. "Much of the work w...Prevalence of ICU nurses has strong link to patient outcomes
...y. The authors also surveyed 39 local ICU medical directors and nursing directors about their ICU staffing, including the nurse-to-patient ratio during the day and evening. Seven ho...... to university administrators, corporate personnel directors and others working to improve recruitment and rete... by physicians ($125,000). Directors and assistant directors make about $115,000; managers earn $90,000; principal investigators, $97,000; scientists, $86,000; a...E.O. Wilson to speak on 'future of biodiversity'
...iology at Harvard. Wilson serves on the boards of directors of The Nature Conservancy, ConservationInternational and the American Museum of Natural History, and lectures around the world. His most recent book is Consilience (1998). Who: Edward O. Wilson What: Lecture on "The Future of Biodiversity" ......son, M.D., who will join current associate program directors Richard Weinberg, M.D., for nutrition, and John R. Crouse, M.D., for core laboratories. Geriatrics studies will be carried out in the Geriatric Research Center, a GCRC satellite in the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation. Add a resear...Officials design Web-based software for managing hazardous chemicals
...tutions and corporations. Gibbs is on the board of directors of the new company. "One way or another, every lab has to track their chemicals," says Peter A. Burnes, who recently left Gibbs' department to become ChemTracker's product development director. Burnes points out that the ChemTracker system already ha...Baylor College of Medicine garners research grants to sequence rat genome
...d. According to Groves, "All of our foundation directors who are involved with Helen and Robert Kleberg's legacy are proud of this gift to Baylor College of Medicine, particularly because our founders were so interested in science and the field of genetics. We are very pleased to help further the Foundati...Lawrence Livermore Lab, UC Davis Cancer Center ink alliance to develop integrated cancer program
...rence Livermore scientists will be named associate directors of the UC Davis Cancer Center or will be named principal investigators of research initiatives, both to broaden opportunities for federal funding as well as to enhance graduate and post-graduate education. Felton, a specialist in cancer causation and...Two distinguished scientists to share leadership of new Life Sciences Institute
...es. "We are very fortunate, indeed, to have as directors two great scientists who possess the personal qualities to attract and support other great scientists at our University," said Bollinger. "They will be outstanding as scientific leaders and co-directors of the Institute, maintaining their own excell...Last unidentified sport fish in North America gets a scientific name
...erman from Apalachicola who serves on the board of directors of the Florida Bass Federation, said he was not surprised by the news. "I've known about shoal bass for quite awhile," he said. "I've caught some up in the Flint River, where the water is very clear and it1s really swift moving in the upper regions."......han others," said Fitt, who isalso on the board of directors of the Key Largo Marine Research Laboratoryin Florida, a private, nonprofit research organization where a number ofcoral scientists conduct research. "However, if the algae in the corals areunhealthy or stressed, the hosts either expel or digest them...... transplantation program, and chair of the boardof directors of the American Liver Foundation. Chronic hepatitis B is currently blamed for about 6,000 deaths a year in theUnited States, Dr. Vierling said. Hepatitis C is responsible for 10,000 deathsbut those numbers are expected to jump sharply. "With hepatiti......tal epidemiologists,health officers, andlaboratory directors and staff, among others. Hopkins' new Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies (CCBS), establishedlast year,intends to play a key role in developing national and international policies fordealing with thethreat of biological weapons, according to ...New Forest Owners Prefer Enjoying Their Land Over Working It
...oxygen once I'm gone." As a member of the board of directors for the Florida Forestry Association,Rivers shares Jacobson's concerns over the fragmentation of Florida'sforests. "If the land is not managed, you're growing trees of no value," hesaid. "It's a waste." The next step for forest managers statewide, Ja...... Edlin's colleagues in the study are research directors Jennifer Lorvickand Ricky N. Bluthenthal, statisticians Elizabeth A. Erringer and Alex H. Kral,and data manager Michael D. Ray, all of UCSF....Virginia Tech Biologists' Discoveries Could Help Target Cancer Treatment
...onnors and SusanGreger and David Atkins, corporate directors of the Corporate Office of Scienceand Technology at Johnson & Johnson, at a program at the Fralin BiotechnologyCenter at Virginia Tech on Thursday, June 18. Greger said that Johnson & Johnsonhas given about 100 "focused giving grants" in the last 10 ...