UCR's Arturo Gmez-Pompa receives Honorary Researcher Award and the Gold Medal Merit Award
...he University of Veracruz, Mexico, one of the most prestigious state universities in the country. At the awards ceremonies, Gmez-Pompa, who has been as UC Riverside for 17 years and has collaborated over the years with numerous colleagues in Mexico, was also recognized for his recent work in connection with t...UC Riverside leads the country with the highest number of 2002 AAAS Fellows
...rnational scientific cooperation. It publishes the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Science. Nomination for the AAAS Fellowship is considered a high honor and begun in 1874. A total of 291 scientists in the world became AAAS Fellows this year. In 2001, UC Riverside employed 593 full-time-equivalent professor...A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado
...Barro Colorado won in one of the categories of the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. The Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service will produce an exhibit featuring 40 photographs from "A Magic Web," to open in the National Zoo, Washington, D.C. next spring and travel thr...Amanda Fisher receives EMBO Gold Medal
...is this year's winner of the EMBO Gold Medal. This prestigious prize is awarded by EMBO in recognition of Amanda Fisher's outstanding work on nuclear organization and gene expression as well as for her research on the molecular characterisation of the AIDS virus (HIV). Amanda Fisher will receive the award at the...Sequenced malaria genome exposes novel drug targets
...arasite, is published in the latest edition of the prestigious journal Nature. Human malaria is caused by infection with parasites of the Plasmodium species that are transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. Plasmodium species are members of large group numbering over 5000 species that harbour a relict chloroplast, ...Pesticide resistance warning after gene discovery
...research is published in the latest edition of the prestigious journal Science. Batterham suggests that it is now imperative that research and industry focus on refining integrated pest management, which incorporates a broad arsenal of pest control measures including biological control and crop management techni...Michael B. Sporn, M.D., to receive inaugural cancer prevention award
... Dr. Michael Sporn is the inaugural winner of this prestigious award," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., AACR's chief executive officer. "It's appropriate that this honor go to someone who has been the stalwart soldier for chemoprevention for decades. The field of cancer prevention is indebted to his dedication, commit...Rory Cooper, PhD receives the highest award offered by U.S. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
...tist, received the Department of Veterans Affairs' prestigious Olin E. Teague Award for outstanding work with disabled veterans during a special ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2002. Dr. Cooper is also professor and chair, department of rehabilitation science and technology at the School of Health and...AAAS at the BA: Whale food, winners and losers in Antarctica and solar insights
...findings as part of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the prestigious British Association for the Advancement of Science. "The icy fastnesses of the polar regions are revealing the secrets of the Earth's recent climatic history," said Andrew M. Sugden, international managing editor for Science 's Cambridge office, who...Scientists unlock secret behind cause of chronic lung disease
...research is published in the latest edition of the prestigious Journal of Experimental Medicine and is a collaborative research effort between the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the University of Melbourne, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, The Institute for Child ...Awards of the Netherlands greatest prize for science
...their own choice.The scientists are receiving this prestigious Award in recognition of their outstanding pioneering and inspiring scientific research. The four recipients of the NWO/Spinoza Award 2002 are: Professor H. (Henk) Barendregt Professor in the Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science at Nijmege...Ira Rubinoff honored by the Association for Tropical Biology
... By 1976, Rubinoff had published five times in the prestigious journals, "Science" and "Nature". As STRIs director since 1974, Rubinoff masterminded a 400% increase (from 9 to 35) in the number of permanent staff scientists and directly supervised the construction or modernization of every STRI facility. At th...Breakthrough in creating bio-artificial organs at Hebrew University-Hadassah Dental School
... Ph.D. candidate Gadi Pelled, DMD. He received the prestigious Kaye Award this year for his work. Dr. Pelled explained that one of the major difficulties in creating bio-artificial organs is creating a network of blood vessels in the organ that can connect to those in the body. Working under the guidance of Asso...Discovery of activated protein C leads to lifesaving drug
...ventor of the Year Award, one of the nation's most prestigious awards for breakthrough inventions given by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) at an annual ceremony held June 5 in Washington, D.C. Long was one of a team of scientists who shared the 29th Annual Inventor of the Year Award for their...Two new monkey species discovered
...rk to honor conservationists internationally. This prestigious award was bestowed upon co-authors Marc Van Roosmalen and Russell Mittermeier in recent years. Van Roosmalen will present the discovery to the Prince at Soestdijk Palace in Holland on June 25, four days before the Prince's 91st birthday. Prince Bernh...Hebrew University researcher identifies gene that assists plants to overcome stress
...Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been awarded a prestigious Kaye Innovation Award for identifying a gene that helps the Arabidopis plant survive in difficult conditions. His discovery could significantly advance efforts to increase crop yields by genetic engineering. Various environmental stresses, such as s...Gene therapy researcher selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
...f 12 physician-scientists recently selected by the prestigious research organization for major accomplishments in patient-oriented research. "We are extremely pleased and proud of the fact that one of our physicians was honored by one of the world's leading biomedical research institutions," said Steven M. Altsc...Hebrew University professor designs medication to lower recurrence of cardiovascular disease
...ng after they are removed. He has been awarded the prestigious Kaye Award for this work. Prof. Golomb explained that atherosclerosis is a type of blockage in the arteries that causes half of all deaths in the US, Europe and Japan. Angioplasty, one of the main procedures used to remove the blockage, is only moder...Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs
...is taking. Ms. Alfonta was selected to receive the prestigious Kaye Innovation Award for her work, which could vastly improve treatment of AIDS patients. Ms. Alfonta, who developed the test under the guidance of Prof. Itamar Willner, of the Institute of Chemistry, and Professor of Molecular Virology Moshe Kotler...Scientists discover that genetic changes result mostly from many small contributors
...e work presented in this week's Nature Genetics, a prestigious scientific journal, built upon one of the classical textbook experiments on selection for behavioral differences undertaken in the fruit fly in the 1950s and 1960s by leading behavior geneticist (and a co-author on the paper) Jerry Hirsch of the Univ...