New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...y funding opportunity," said Cheryl Eavey, program officer in NSF's Division of Social and Economic Sciences. "NSF expects that DCDC will produce exciting basic research findings and new decision tools that will be valuable for water management in Arizona and in arid regions around the world." Specific...AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
...Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of AACR. As outlined, the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer will provide $144.3 million over five years to bring together researchers, clinicians and public and private organizations to translate cancer-related nanotechnology research for ...Complex cells likely arose from combination of bacterial and extreme-microbe genomes
... to be set straight," said James Rodman, a program officer in NSF directorate for biology, which funded the research. "This new fellowship among microbiologists, evolutionists, and computationalists will provide a much fuller picture of the relatedness of living things." Lake and Rivera analyzed and c...No longer just for biology, RNA can now be built into 3-D arrays
...enetics at the National Science Foundation and the officer who oversees Dr. Guo's award....Nucleic acid-amplification testing further safeguards nation's blood supply
...merging viruses," said George Nemo, Ph.D., project officer of the study and group leader of the Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapies Scientific Research Group at NHLBI. For example, last year, screening for West Nile virus was implemented in less than nine months with the collaboration of the CDC and FD...UCSB professor and director receives two national awards
... research and graduate student training, and as an officer of the American Society of Mammalogists. His research contributions are especially noteworthy."...Cutting-edge cancer researchers sought for international recognition
...Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the AACR. "We are honored to work with the Landon Foundation in sponsoring these distinguished prizes. R. Kirk Landon, President of the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation, said, "It is the goal of the foundation to bring heightened public a...FDA approves VYTORIN, first and only to powerfully reduce LDL cholesterol through dual inhibition
...Gilmartin, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Merck & Co., Inc. "With the approval of VYTO...t," said Fred Hassan, chairman and chief executive officer of Schering-Plough. "VYTORIN represents an important new therapy that can provide patients with sig...AACR applauds FDA decision to create new office of oncology drug products
...Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of AACR, the world's oldest and largest scientific organization dedicated to cancer research. "Creating an office to make the review of oncologic products more efficient will accelerate approval of new drugs for treatment and prevention, all of which...New lower-cost assay system equivalent to flow cytometry for accurate CD4+/CD8+ cell counts
...n and accuracy," said Rajen Dalal, chief executive officer of Guava Technologies. "Moreover, EasyCD4 and EasyCD8 dramatically lower the cost of testing, from the $3 to $20 per test using flow cytometry-based methods to $1.25 to $4.00 per test using the Guava assays." Guava is currently marketing the EasyCD4 ...Satellites map volcanic home of Africas endangered gorillas
...future," remarked Maryke Gray, regional monitoring officer of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP). "The area covered is a volcanic massif that is often difficult to access; what maps of it are available are more than three decades old and often inaccurate, and we have no maps whatsoever f...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
...vances in chemotherapy," said AACR chief executive officer Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), adding, "His ac...ist at the National Cancer Institute and a project officer in the chemistry branch of the Office of Naval Research, were inspired by the work of Albert Szent-G...Device that rapidly detects nerve agents named one of 'greatest army inventions' for 2003
...ormer student of Dr. Russell's and chief executive officer of Agentase, which he and Dr. Russell co-founded. They will receive the award at a ceremony June 23 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in McLean,Va. Dr. Russell's research has focused on the interface between enzymes and materials like polymers. As s...Margaret Foti to be honored for significant contributions to cancer care
Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the American Association for Cancer Research, i...ame executive director in 1982 and chief executive officer in 2000. She is a graduate of Temple University and its School of Communications and Theater, where...Leading science, higher-education and engineering groups urge six improvements to U.S. visa quagmire
...disputable," said Alan I. Leshner, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the journal Science, "legitimate applications from scholars and students seeking to improve human welfare must not become snared in red tape. Scientific advances to combat HIV and AIDS, hunger, terrorism and many ot...Clemson dedicates biotech research complex
...y Bruce W. Stillman, director and chief executive officer of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Located in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., the internationally respected laboratory is a private, nonprofit research and educational institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology and plant genetics...New IU Bloomington life sciences building gets a name
...co-chairmen and David Simon is the chief executive officer of Simon Property Group Inc., a Standard & Poor's 500 company. Simon Property Group is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages income-producing properties, primarily regional malls and community shopping centers throughout the country. ...Light Biology, a biotech company based on UT Southwestern technology, bought by NimbleGen Systems
...ion in Dallas," said Matt Blanton, chief executive officer of STARTech ( http://www.startechev.com/ ). "It eventually became clear that to succeed in this complex market required partnering with companies having complimentary strengths." Dr. Allred said, "NimbleGen had entered the market four years earlier a...Desert science center aims to bridge rift between Jordan and Israel
...,'' said businessman Mati Kochavi, chief executive officer of the foundation. ''We mobilized the governments to give the land, solved the security issues and worked with universities on the research and academic program.'' A native of Israel now living in New York, Kochavi speaks Hebrew and Arabic and freque...... particular elegance," said Charles Pibel, program officer in the physical chemistry program at the National Science Foundation, which funded the group's research. "Though Dr. Zwier is using techniques that have been around for a few decades, he's using them in innovative ways. This work will appeal to lots ...