Richard A. Lerner and Peter G. Schultz to receive Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2003
The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2003 will be awarded to the immunologists Professor Richard A. Lerner, M.D. (64) and Professor Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D. (46), both of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, USA, for their achievements in connection with the development of catalytic antibodies. This was decided by the Scientific Council of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation in Frank...Paul R. Ehrlich is the recipient of this year's Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). ... ...The award is given annually to a senior ecologist for sustained and distinguished contributions to the science of ecology and biological sciences. This year's award will be presented during ESA's 86th annual meeting in Madison, Wis., on Aug. 9.... ...Ehrlich, the Bing Profe....Do "selfish genes" program men to be more promiscuous than women? . .Beneath the veneer of civility, are people innately aggressive? . .Some researchers - and a growing segment of the general population - would answer "yes" to those and a host of other questions, suggesting that we are tightly programmed by our genes. . .But according to Stanford evolutionist Paul R. Ehrlich, there is little sc...