UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
Joseph DeRisi, PhD, of UCSF, has been named a 2004 MacArthur Fellow, one of the highest honors bestowed on an individual in the United States.... ...A molecular biologist, DeRisi has designed new tools for exploring the activity of genes, and used them to make major advances in understanding such infectious diseases as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and malaria. He is an associate profe...Macarthur Award winning physiologist to present Scholander Award and lecture
August 27, 2002 (Bethesda, MD) -- Barbara A. Block, Ph.D., a world renowned expert on tuna behavior and migration, will present the 2002 Comparative Physiology Section Scholander Award on Wednesday, August 28, 2002. The Scholander Award is named in honor of Per Scholander (1905-1980), who made important discoveries ranging from the diving reflex in marine mammals to the composition of atmospher...Astrobiologist and national security expert Christopher Chyba named 2001 MacArthur
Christopher Chyba, a prominent astrobiologist, former White House security adviser and co-director of the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), has been named one of this years MacArthur Fellows....... Chyba, also an associate professor (research) of geological and environmental sciences at Stanford, is one of 23 people awarded a 2001 fellowship by the John D. and C...UC Berkeley expert on insect flight receives prestigious MacArthur 'genius' award
Berkeley - A University of California, Berkeley, professor whose e-mail moniker is "flyman" and who has become one of the world's experts on the aerodynamics of flying insects was named a MacArthur "genius" Fellow today (Oct. 24).... ...Michael H. Dickinson, 38, professor of integrative biology in UC Berkeley's College of Letters & Science, was among 23 new fellows announced today by The John D....U. of Colorado biology professor wins 2001 MacArthur Fellowship
University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Norman Pace has been named a 2001 winner of a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship, often called a "Genius Grant."...... Pace, a professor in the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, is the fifth CU-Boulder faculty member to win the prestigious award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago. Pace, 59, was one of...