Five UCSF faculty scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences
...l of Pharmacy. The new members were elected to the prestigious Academy for their "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Cornelia Bargmann studies how genetics and development of the nervous system contribute to specific behaviors. Focusing on olfaction, or the sense of smell in the t...Principal investigators invited to apply for AACR Breast Cancer Research program
...incipal Investigators are invited to apply for the prestigious designation of an "Avon Foundation-AACR Scholar Host," thus providing a junior faculty member from a non-U.S. institution with a generously funded two-year career development opportunity in the Investigator's laboratory. This new program, the "Avon...Jane Goodall to receive 2003 Environmental Citizen Award
...al Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal, and Japan's prestigious Kyoto Prize. In 2001 she received the third Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence, presented at the United Nations by the World Movement for Nonviolence. 2002: Harrison Ford , actor and vice chair of the Board of Conservation International (CI), on whic......scientists are to receive the accolade of the most prestigious research-funding prize in Germany. The grant of 1.55 million euros is intended for use in research projects over a period of five years, and the scientists will be able to use the funds flexibly according to their requirements. The aim of this progr......., sponsored by the AAAS, Jackson will present the prestigious 2003 William D. Carey Lecture, "Standing on the Knife Edge: The Leadership Imperative." "Science is not an either/or proposition," says Jackson. "But today's rapid scientific and technological advances are posing "knife-edge" questions. How can we...Gene responsible for developmental disorder identified
...mented in the March 24 issue of Nature Genetics, a prestigious peer-reviewed British journal. SMS is a chromosome microdeletion syndrome that is characterized by a very distinct series of physical, developmental and behavioral features, including varying levels of mental retardation, cranio-facial abnormalities...Charles J. Sherr and Dennis J. Slamon awarded Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research
... tumor growth are being honored this year with the prestigious Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research. The international prizes, offered by the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research, are the largest offered to cancer researchers from a professional society of t...University of Ulster develops DNA fingerprint techniques to fight bio-terrorism
...Lowery's work has ben rexognised by the award of a prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship. He has also been invited to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention, Atlanta, USA, to work alongside the world's leading scientists in the fight against bioterrorism. "If terrorists were to strike, a likely method of ...Science champion William T. Golden makes historic $5.25 million gift to AAAS
...shments were honored in 2001, when he received the prestigious AAAS Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his role in creating the post of Science Advisor to the President and the President's Science Advisory Committee, and his key role in establishing the programs of the National Science Foundation. Today, Mr...Time Magazine Future of Life Summit
...l Science Talent Search, America's oldest and most prestigious science competition. The fellowship is funded by the AOL Time Warner Foundation. A webcast session, "How Current Are Our Classrooms," will include two of the teachers, as well as author Richard Dawkins, a professor at Oxford, Francis Collins of th......e a modern-day Dr. Doolittle, Jarvis-winner of the prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's highest honor for a young scientist or engineer-seeks to understand animal "language." He's investigating what structures and molecular events in the brain give six groups of animals a capacit...AAAS president calls to restore American health system
...(AAAS) 2003 Annual Meeting, where he delivered the prestigious AAAS President's Lecture. Exemplary social science research-such as the European "Whitehall Study" and a recent, 25-year followup report-should serve as a model for researchers seeking to advance human welfare world-wide through improved medical care...Virginia Tech professor Marjorie Grene is the first woman in The Library of Living Philosophers
...arned numerous awards, including fellowship in the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has published 12 books, including those on Heidegger, Aristotle, Sartre, and Descartes. The volume in The Library of Living Philosophers includes an i...Wolf Prize shared by Texas A&M, Missouri researchers
... Texas A&M University System, has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture. Bazer will share the $100,000 prize with Dr. Michael Roberts of the University of Missouri, according to Yaron Gruder, Wolf Foundation director general in Israel. Bazer and Roberts independently identified an array ...'Small RNA' research cited as breakthrough of the year
...gest general scientific society, and each year the prestigious journal identifies what it believes were the top 10 research advances of the year. For 2002, the magazine cited a body of work being done by several research groups across the nation on small RNA molecules, calling them "electrifying discoveries, wh...Microorganism isolated in space
...e results are published in this month's issue of a prestigious microbiology journal FEMS Letters (Wainwright et al, 2002), published by Elsevier. The isolated organisms are very similar to known terrestrial varieties. There are however notable differences in their detailed properties, possibly pointing to a di...U-M bone marrow transplant expert receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
...w Transplantation Program, is the recipient of the prestigious 2002 Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist A...an't think of a more deserving individual for this prestigious award," said Max Wicha, M.D., director, U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center and Distinguished Professor ...Psychiatry receives grant establishing Conte Center to study molecular and cellular mood mechanisms
...Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Illness. The prestigious Conte Centers are home to investigative teams from various scientific disciplines pursuing highly focused research at major institutions around the United States, said Dr. Eric Nestler, chairman of psychiatry and principal investigator for the grant....Darwin Correspondence project receives Queen's Anniversary Prize
...the nation. "It is a great honor to have won this prestigious prize," Porter said. "I salute the project staff for having made it possible." The Darwin Correspondence Project involves transcribing, editing, and publishing more than 14,500 letters written and received by Charles Darwin throughout his life. The p...UT Southwestern postdoctoral researcher wins international Young Scientist Prize
...Jared Rutter the Young Scientist Prize for 2002, a prestigious worldwide recognition presented by Science magazine and Amersham Biosciences. The Young Scientist Prize, established in 1995, is the highest recognition awarded worldwide to a single molecular biology scientist early in his or her career. In addition...