Educators Launch Internet Based Workshop On Pollution Prevention
...d in pollution prevention educationand research is invited to participate in the Internet workshop, which can befound on the World Wide Web at: www.p2workshop.org . "The goal of pollution prevention is to reduce the amount and thetoxicity of anthropogenic (human caused) pollutants emitted to the env...The President's Coral Reef Task Force Meets On March 5-6
...al reefcrisis. As a member of the media you are invited to attend the meeting as well asparticipate in additional activities designed to give reporters a first-handlook at the problems facing coral reef ecosystems. Additionally, on March 4, prior to the CRTF meeting, the Center for MarineConservation, NOA...Researchers Discover Genetic Mutation For Rare Form Of Dwarfism
...sorder characterized bylarge hands and feet -- was invited by Brazilian researchers to consult onseveral families of giants seen at the University of S o Paulo Hospital clinic. There, Levine noticed two patients in the waiting area who were unusually small. While he continued to look for the genetic basis fo......s in the marshesnear Okahumpka, Fla. Reporters are invited to attend and cover this event. The captive cranes are part of a program to re-establish another whooping cranepopulation in the wild. At present, only one population exists of thisendangered species. The Florida birds, which were carefully selected ...DNA Fingerprinting Allows Non-Intrusive Study Of Grizzly Bears
...ical Survey's (USGS) Visitor Center. Reporters are invited to attend and cover the event. Kendall will be availableto address questions following her lecture. Through innovative and non-invasive methods, Kendall and other USGS staff areproviding baseline data on the grizzly population in Gl...USGS Advisory: DNA Fingerprinting Allows Non-Intrusive Study Of Grizzly Bears
... 1849 C St.,N.W., Washington, D.C. Reporters are invited to attend and cover the event.Kendall will be available to address questions following her lecture. Through innovative and non-invasive methods, Kendall and other USGS staff areproviding baseline data on the grizzly population in Glacier National P...Sandia Discovery About Protein May Help Clean Up Pollutants, Find Cures For Diseases
...merican Chemical Society in Anaheim,Calif. the two invited seminars he presented were standing-room-only. Shelnutt's discovery was made possible by a computer program developed aboutthree years ago by his then postdoctoral student Walter Jentzen. The program,the only one of its kind, uses a mathematical proc...First Great American Bluebird Count
...birds, kestrels, or other cavity-nestingspecies is invited to visit the web site and enter sightings. The bl...uring a coloring contest. Children of all ages are invited to send in theircompleted pictures of cavity-nesting birds, which can be printed out from theweb sit...National Science Board To Meet (May 5-7)
Journalists are invited to attend the next open session of the National ScienceBoard (NSB) on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7 at the National ScienceFoundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. Open session agenda items for May 6: 1:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m....Studies Of A Gene For A Rare Form Of Rickets Shed Light On Vitamin D Deficiencies
... nephrologyat UCSF, presented these findings in an invited symposium at the PediatricAcademic Societies' annual meeting in San Francisco on Sunday, May 2. Portaleand workers in the laboratory of pediatric endocrinologist Walter L. Miller, M.D.,collaborated in cloning the gene for the enzyme in 1997. The 1-al......izations, soliciting nominations. Nominees will be invited to participate To be eligible, scientists must hold a full-time appointment at auniversity or other nonprofit scientific institution outside the United States.They must have published significant articles in international, peer-reviewed,En...Slimy Bacteria Common Cause Of Chronic Infections
...tted is rare," Costertoncommented. "But then to be invited to write a review for them is a worldrecognition. I think it's wonderful." Science is an ideal forum since it covers the "whole spectrum ofscience, medicine and engineering," he added. The biofilm article reviews much of the work that...Undiscovered Biological Diversity: A Symposium On Bioprospecting
...ions or as tools for basic research.The organizers invited molecular biologist Doris Hafenbradl from DiversaCorporation in San Diego, CA. Diversa is committed to accessing microbialdiversity in their drug and chemical discovery process. The company routinelyinvestigates microbes from extreme environments gat...Journalists put 'hands on science'
...irteen journalists from 12 European countries were invited to spend oneweek in the lab and to join ongoing projects. The workshop was organized by EICOS, the "European Initiativefor Communicators of Science" who wants to bring journalists closer to the forefront of modern biochemicaland genetic research. The...NIAID launches major step in trial of experimental shingles vaccine
...ck & Co., and NIAID. Volunteers Needed People are invited to participate in this medical research study if they: are age 60 or older; have had chickenpox; are in good general health--for example, do not have cancer, an immune deficiency or depressed immunity; and have never had shingles. Those in...APS launches new online journal to focus on link between genes and function
... function. Physiological Genomics will alsofeature invited reviews and perspectives that contribute to enhancing theunderstanding of the scientific approaches and concepts that link genetics andphysiology....National Science Board to meet (July 29-30)
Journalists are invited to attend the next open session of the National ScienceBoard (NSB) on Thursday, July 29, and related events on Friday, July 30, at theNational Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. In addition todiscussion of the final report of the ...National Toxicology Program (NTP) public meeting on the report on carcinogens
...ate in the discussion. All interested parties are invited toparticipate; attendance and participation are limited only by the spaceavailable. Public Comment: Interested persons may provide oral comments to the panel. Thetime allotted will be dependent upon the number of individuals who register tos......onal leader in functional genomics and wasrecently invited to speak at a very prestigious Gordon Research Conference onthis topic," Flotte said. "The recruitment of Frank to join our team representsan outstanding start in our effort to make UF a world-class institution in thisarea. We are all thrilled that ......restigious journals about scientific research. The invited article by the two Kansas scientists, "Imaging Mol...sible physicalmicrostructure under study. "We were invited by the Science editors to write this mini-review of the fieldin recognition of our research activiti...