Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $92 million in research support to U.S. medical schools
...is country's academic medicine has always been the integration of basic and clinical research, and these grants are making it possible for medical schools to continue to lead the way." The 22 public and 19 private medical schools that will receive the grants are listed below:......esulted in George, a normal male monkey. Although integration of the foreign gene intoGeorge's genetic material has not been detected yet, his birth proves that TransgenICSI is a viablemethod to ultimately produce genetically modified models for human disease. A study earlier this year by a group at the Univer...Wake Forest starts center for human genomics
...ally susceptible. "This approach will allow the integration of genetics into the every-day practice of clinical medicine, including development of clinic-based and community-based screening," Rich said. The center will facilitate the consolidation of existing research programs into relatively contiguous spac...NIDA, CSAT, CDC sponsor conference on drug use, HIV and hepatitis
...e conference has the overall goal of advancing the integration of best practices in prevention, outreach, assessment, case management, medical treatment, and monitoring to ensure that people with drug problems, who are at risk for or have contracted chronic infections, will receive timely, coordinated, and compr...Princeton scientists describe genetics of blood stem cells
... and other databases grow and approach completion, integration of new data into the existing Stem Cell Database will increase its power and usefulness to biologists," says Phillips. The project also represents a constructive model of interactions between the private biotechnology sector and academia. "While the...McGill launches Centre for Bioinformatics
...l be crucial in setting up conditions for cultural integration and will give McGill a very clear advantage over other initiatives elsewhere in the world." A major fundraising drive to build such facilities on campus is now underway. McGill School of Computer Science director Denis Thrien teamed up with others ...UC Berkeley study shows gecko foot hairs are amazing dry adhesives
...nging to make these measurements," Full said. "The integration of interdisciplinary ideas really made this project work." To explain the ability of geckos to rapidly run up a vertical surface and even stick to the ceiling, Full, Autumn and their colleagues considered and ruled out the most common ways animals us...... of computers, sophisticated data analysis and the integration of biology and mathematics for studying molecular and cellular processes. Many colleges also will use their awards to create interdisciplinary programs linking biology and chemistry, physics and other fields of increasing importance to biologists. Fo...NYU announces establishment of a center for comparative functional genomics
...cience are integrated with those of biology. This integration will be emphasized in the Center's programs. The Center will also draw upon the close ties that exist between NYU and the American Museum of Natural History and The New York Botanical Garden. These two institutions are leaders in research on evoluti...New IIASA research challenges Kyoto Protocol
...tudies of complex natural and human processes, and integration and quantification of the associated uncertainties and biases. IIASA's analysis concludes that any improvement in Russia's total carbon balance falls within such a broad uncertainty range that it undermines any confidence that the overall changes in...Defense Department awards Stanford nearly $5.3 million for a 'revolutionary' biosciences project
...utional support for multidisciplinary research and integration of the biological sciences and engineering at the highest levels in the Stanford administration." Tomlin says that she was drawn to the DARPA project because of her interest in Bio-X - a sentiment shared by Lucy Shapiro, a Bio-X co-founder who is als...Two distinguished scientists to share leadership of new Life Sciences Institute
... "The U-M is widely renowned as a leader in the integration of research and education and in the promotion of interdisciplinary work," said Nancy E. Cantor, U-M provost. "The Life Sciences Institute will help cement the ever-increasing number of linkages and collaborative activities that bring together facul...Five Rutgers professors named fellows of national science association
...ited by AAAS "for significant contributions to the integration of ecology with social science and for pioneering work in understanding tropical deforestation." Rudel, who lives in Metuchen, is an environmental sociologist who specializes in the study of land use conversion processes. He was one of the first so......ystem. The techniques used in the study -- the integration paleontological, geomorphologic, geochemical, and geochronological data -- can be use to determine the original productivity of other waterways. "Almost all big deltas, such as the Nile, Mississippi, or Colorado delta, suffer the effects of human man......es once they enter the cell, prior to their stable integration into the chromosomes. Hall and his group are also designing fluorescent markers to track down the position of the transgene in the plant cell genome. "We hope to be able to tell exactly where our genes are inserted and whether it really does make a...With HIV rising, UMBI tailors vaccine for Nigeria
..., condom distribution, blood screening guidelines, integration of HIV programs in the schools, etc. But complex programs such as vaccine testing will require comprehensive planning and coordination....Amidst genome data, a practical tool for researchers
...ur Consortium has produced the first comprehensive integration of cytogenetic and sequence maps for the whole human genome by identifying a library of DNA segments that contain landmarks for both maps," said Dr. Cheung. Identifying Abnormal Genes Researchers investigating cancers, developmental disorders and mul...Social scientists and biologists collaborate to address human dimensions of biodiversity
...isciplinary panel is an important step towards the integration of biological and social sciences that is necessary to consider human dimensions of biodiversity. Traditionally social science research, such as economics, anthropology and psychology, has operated largely independently of biological research. This h...... moment when the stripping took place demanded the integration of a second complex algorithm, which in turn demanded ultra-high speed computers. "The result is that we now have the first model of why water has the pH it does," says Dellago. Dellago hopes the new combination of techniques can be used to uncover n......sed with our progress to date and believe that the integration of electronics with the high-throughput screening process may provide customers with advantages over current techniques. We are grateful to the scientists and business managers at Selectide and Aventis for their support, encouragement and feedback t...