Plant gene discovery could enhance plant growth, reduce fertilizer needs and phosphate pollution
...8 at the ASPB Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort & Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista near Orlando. Dr. Harrison's research was funded by the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation....Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
...hards of the large ceramic preparation vats, which held 10-15 gallons. Boiling fruits or grains is the first step in preparing chicha. Like the mash created in the beer brewing process, the boiling vats contained the sugary mass that would be converted to alcohol in the fermentation stage. From these boil......dlands, Texas, all of whom qualified during trials held in late June for the U.S. Olympics diving team. She also coaches multi-event athletes at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. In addition to Olympics athletes, McNitt-Gray works with some of USC's coaches who want to integrate the...Carnegie Mellon University hosts ACS-PRF summer school on green chemistry
... 7, 2004 WHERE: During the day, lectures will be held in the chemistry lecture hall in Doherty Hall. In the evenings, lectures will be held in the Mellon Institute auditorium. Participants will be in the laboratories in Doherty Hall 27 p.m....FDA approves VYTORIN, first and only to powerfully reduce LDL cholesterol through dual inhibition
...osing range, the ezetimibe component of VYTORIN is held constant at 10 mg, while the simvastatin component ranges from 10 mg to 80 mg. The recommended starting dose for VYTORIN is 10/20 mg. Patients requiring LDL cholesterol reductions greater than 55 percent can be started on 10/40 mg. Patients requir...First International Scientific Conference on Childhood Leukaemia
...rst international scientific conference ever to be held into the incidence, causes and prevention of child...me to attend all sessions. A news briefing will be held on the opening morning (Monday 6 September). A second media alert with more details will be sent to ...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
... based on an Academy-sponsored colloquium that was held in Charleston, South Carolina, in September of 2003. Experts in the fields of bacteriology, virology, eukaryotic microbiology, medicine, biotechnology, molecular biology, and education met to discuss what new directions microbiology should take in t...From orchards and fields to townhouses and offices
...upon production agriculture. The symposium will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2004 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Members of the media are invited to attend annual meeting events. Complimentary registration is available. The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a n...Dr. Patricia Limerick to speak at ESA annual meeting
...ological Society of America's 89th Annual Meeting, held this year in Portland, Oregon August 1 6, 2004. ...nment in the Pacific Northwest. The event will be held on Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 PM 10 PM at the OCC. For more information about these events, and oth...Symposium to tackle questions of genetic engineering and biodiversity
... Risks and Benefits of Genetic Engineering," to be held July 31 and Aug. 1 at Columbia University in New Y... the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), being held at Columbia July 30-Aug. 2. The symposium and workshop were organized by University of Minne...National Corn Growers Association announces valuable maize genome data now available to scientists
...additional information. Ceres, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company utilizing multiple integrated plant genomics technologies to develop innovative products. For more information on Ceres, see: www.ceresbiotechnology.com Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont, is the world......cal Society of America's 2004 Annual Meeting to be held in Portland, Oregon, August 1-6, 2004. The theme for the meeting is "Lessons of Lewis & Clark: Ecological Exploration of Inhabited Landscapes." Close to 4,000 scientists are expected to attend. The five-and-a-half day program will include a full age...Society for conservation biology conference
...ual meeting of the Society of Conservation Biology held in New York City from July 30 to August 2nd. Th... Media are invited to attend the 4 day conference, held on the Columbia University campus at 116th and Broadway, New York City. Below are a few of the hund...New lower-cost assay system equivalent to flow cytometry for accurate CD4+/CD8+ cell counts
... Sunday at the 15th International AIDS Conference, held July 11 17 in Bangkok, Thailand. Data from three separate study sites showed that results obtained using the Guava EasyCD4 and EasyCD8 Assays for the enumeration of Human CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells showed excellent correlation with the standard, ...UCSD undergraduates participate in collaborative studies abroad on cyberinfrastructure
...s will participate in the PRAGMA 7 workshop, to be held in San Diego, and will be expected to submit paper...ate research conference. A gathering will also be held for PRIME participants to celebrate their successes, and to engage more students and faculty mentors...Plant pathologists look to forensics to aid in biosecurity
... plant diseases they cause. This symposium will be held Sunday, August 1, 2004 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Members of the media are invited to attend annual meeting events. Complimentary registration is available at www.apsnet.org/meetings/2004/media.htm ....UK biotechnology business plan competition now open to students in the US and Canada
...ncil Where: Workshops and Final Competition to be held in the United Kingdom When: Final Application De...da will be selected to attend a three-day workshop held in the UK. The workshop will include presentations from leading figures in the UK biotech industry o......e future of nanomaterials. The conference will be held simultaneously at two National Academies facilities: the Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.; and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, Calif.; the locations will be linked by video conference. Reporters who w...Bacterial protein recycling factor possible key to new class of antibiotics
...very close to where the two ribosomal subunits are held together, which explains an earlier observation that the disassembly reaction by RRF may be followed by dissociation of the two subunits. In short, the recycling process goes like this: RRF, along with EF-G, binds to the ribosome. This promotes the ...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, held this year June 28-30 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. More information is available at http://chemistry.org/meetings/greenchem2004.html ....