Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...emorial Fund" by an employee in the White House in honor of his beloved spaniel. It explained that the donation would fund clinical research programs that could lead to discoveries that would benefit future generations of companion animals. The president of the United States was one of thousands of bere...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...what has now come to be called Timothy syndrome in honor of Katherine Timothy's long and distinguished career as a scientist investigating the causes of cardiac arrhythmias, said Keating. Timothy knew that Keating, who was at the University of Utah at the time, had a longstanding interest in arrhythmia...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...ham Senior Living facility in Jamesville, NY, will honor Robert Cleveland, who has lived for more than 78 years with type 1 diabetes, and his brother Gerald Cleveland, who has lived for 72 years with the disease. "Robert Cleveland and Gerald Cleveland have led remarkable lives despite the challenges tha...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
.... The Lawrence Award was established in 1959 to honor the memory of the late Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence who invented the cyclotron (a particle accelerator) and after whom two major Energy Department laboratories in Berkeley and Livermore, Calif., are named. The Lawrence Awards will be presented at a ce...Health of world's sea lions the focus of Wakefield Symposium
...n held annually since 1982. The series is named in honor of Lowell Wakefield, a long-time Alaska fisherman, who is credited with modernizing Alaska's red king crab fishing industry. Changes in the abundance of sea lions is a growing concern to fisheries and conservation groups, either because fisheries ar...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...hs turns out to be a new species, they'll have the honor of naming it. ...Joslin President awarded medal from international diabetes organization
...of diabetes research and is the highest scientific honor awarded by the EASD. Dr. Kahn also is the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. As part of the honor, Dr. Kahn presented the distinguished Claude Bernard Lecture, considered to be the highlight of the weeklong EASD annua...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
...hiteHouse ceremony Thursday (Sept. 9) afternoon in honor of his selection for the Presidential Early Career...sts and Engineers. The annual award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their inde...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...overnment agencies. The award is given annually to honor and support the extraordinary achievements of youn...1996 by President Bill Clinton and are the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers at the beginning of their independent ca...NJIT professor receives Presidential Award for breakthrough research with adult stem cells
...ward, established in 1996, is the highest national honor for young scientists and engineers. Eight federal ...s award for new faculty members, the career awards honor the nation's best young scientific researchers. Arinzeh is also developing new undergraduate and gra...Will a reduction in military spending improve our environmental future?
... law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton to honor Mr. Barnard, counsel to the firm, for his contributions to environmental and public health law. The lecture is delivered during the orientation program for the incoming class of AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows, in recognition of Mr. Barnar...International symposium on nutritional genomics
...to these problems than others. The symposium will honor Bruce N. Ames, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at UC Berkeley and senior scientist at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), for his lifelong contributions to science and for his vision in promoting human health t...American Society of Mammalogists honors CI president Russell Mittermeier with Aldo Leopold award
..., CI announced today. The ASM created the award to honor individuals who have made outstanding and lasting ...of Directors. "What a wonderful surprise and great honor it is to receive only the second award named after the greatest conservationist of all time, Aldo Le...Colleagues to recognize research leadership in cancer detection, prevention and treatment
...er research: AACRG.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award, in honor of a founding member of the AACR and a research di... in 1982 by Warner Lambert Company (now Pfizer) to honor Dr. Bruce F. Cain, whose scientific interests involved the design, synthesis and biological evaluati...Major scientific discovery in cancer research to be honored
...iday, September 17, 2004. The award is intended to honor an individual scientist for his or her highly original research. In order to be eligible, candidates must be recently published, active researchers, working in academia, industry or government anywhere in the world. The winner will give an award l...Workforce achievements celebrated at NASA Marshall Center Awards ceremony
...ally contributed to NASA's mission, is the highest honor NASA can bestow on a civil servant. At the same ... Public Service Medal. The award is NASA's highest honor for a non-government individual whose accomplishments contributed substantially to the NASA mission....$1.6 million grant to Williams College
...s in the United States and Puerto Rico. "It is an honor to receive this award from The Howard Hughes Medical Institute," said Charles Lovett, director of the Williams College Science Center. "HHMI has contributed major advances in biology and medicine, enhanced science education, and provided notably to ...National Parkinson Foundation designates UNC as 'Center of Excellence'
...uth Carolina and Virginia region."This is quite an honor for our Parkinson's program," said Dr. Xuemei Huang, an assistant professor in UNC's Department of Neurology and medical director of the newly designated NPF Center of Excellence at UNC Hospitals. "It is a validation of our department's increased foc...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
... The professorship was established in 2000 in honor of NFCR founders Tamara and Franklin Salisbury, Sr., to recognize a senior scientist at the level of associate professor or professor who currently is engaged in an active research career anywhere in the world, and who has demonstrated extraordinary ...Scientists receive awards, give lectures at the ASBMB/IUBMB meeting
...hnology, will receive the William C. Rose Award in honor of his outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and his demonstrated commitment to the training of younger scientists. Dr. Chan's own recent research interests have been broadly based in the area of physical biochemi...