UC Davis biomedical engineering department awarded $12 million by Whitaker Foundation
...hitaker Foundation grant will allow the college to pursue this new direction with vigor, and to set up a strong program that can be ranked among the best in the nation," Munir said. At the convergence of biology, medicine and technology, biomedical engineering is a fast-moving field that is attracting the "...Russian, PNNL scientists advance US seed production, oil remediation
...l. After the tests, Dye Seed can decide if it will pursue similar tests on agro-chemicals. "We're addressing two issues with one new relationship-the need to ensure Russian scientists with biological, chemical and nuclear weapons knowledge stay employed in non-defense jobs and the desire to share the latest...Warmer periods in Alaskan area not confined to modern times
...natural climatic variability that will allow us to pursue a variety of climate-related questions,"he said.The study provides a snapshot of 2,000 years of growing seasons. Researchers analyzed lime deposits in the lake samples for their oxygen and carbon isotopic composition as well as trace-element content...DuPont gives agricultural pesticide patent rights to Purdue
...center will help students and faculty learn how to pursue real-world applications for the technologies they develop. A gift to help retain and attract leading faculty. Another gift involving the $70 million Ross-Ade Stadium renovation project. #......n doctoral programs where they have the freedom to pursue a broad range of career options, to make informed choices about their own education, and to have those choices respected. While 81% of students reported satisfaction with their programs overall, only 45% are satisfied with their preparation for teach...UC Berkeley expert on insect flight receives prestigious MacArthur 'genius' award
...altimore and Philadelphia. Originally intending to pursue sculpture when he entered Brown University, he switched to neurobiology because of his fascination with the mechanisms that underlie animal behavior. His honors include a graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation (1985), the Larry Sand...Astrobiologist and national security expert Christopher Chyba named 2001 MacArthur
...the SETI Institute and Stanford, which allow me to pursue the upcoming search for life elsewhere in the solar system and national security issues here and now," he observed. "I dont anticipate radical changes real soon....NSF awards University of Georgia $8.7 million for crop genetics research
... Patersons earlier grant, received $3.6 million to pursue a different line of sorghum research over the next three years. Pratts group aims to identify genes that improve plant growth in adverse environments. Our goal is to focus on genes related to various kinds of stresses, especially abiotic ones such a......n a rejuvenation cure for Baxter. Together, we can pursue creative approaches and develop innovative new therapies. BMT is an example of the way in which the public money provided by the Kplus programme, which promotes the creation of centres of excellence, leverages investment by the private sector....Protein protects against degeneration of neurons in fruit flies
...onfirmed in mammals, an important step would be to pursue drugs that upregulate the stress response that produces these chaperones, and determine whether they will protect neurons," she said....Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins invest $10 million to combat major human diseases
...ed as part of this research. VBI and JHU will also pursue significant additional extramural funding for this effort. "This effort will significantly advance our understanding of interactions between infectious disease pathogens, hosts, and their environments," says VBI Director Bruno Sobral. "With this par......upported by this grant are expected to continue to pursue independent and productive careers, including expe...for funds through a peer-reviewed process and will pursue promising independent research of benefit to their home countries and the world. "In developing th...Military technologies and increased fishing effort leave no place for fish to hide
... best fishing areas, and spotter planes help boats pursue schools to the last fish. The modern fishing armor...has driven prices so high that it is profitable to pursue fish to the farthest corners of the world, says Sadovy. Because so many species are targeted, fishin...Merck/AAAS announce 2002 winners for Undergraduate Science Research Program
...ic fields. It also seeks to encourage students to pursue graduate education in biology and chemistry. Each year, grants of $20,000 per year for up to three years are awarded to primarily undergraduate institutions for joint use by their biology and chemistry departments. During the course of the award, Me...Relative of snake venom toxin may aid in understanding nicotine addiction
...em, said Heintz. But Julie was very, very brave to pursue this gene and its protein product on such a flimsy basis. Miwas initial work showed that lynx1 was concentrated in the nervous system. Additional studies in collaboration with Ibaez-Tallon showed that lynx-1 altered the function of nicotinic acetylch...New process by Temple grad student can place loose fossils back into the strata or determine fakes
...nd out I had a degree in chemistry, he suggested I pursue geochemistry, since theres a shortage of geochemists working in paleontology, she says. She returned to Temple in January 2001 to major in geology, and while working on her thesis about rare earth elements, began to look at bone types and the amount...Study links single molecule to bodys healing process
...ptors, although further research will be needed to pursue these ideas. "If we can understand these mechanisms then we can potentially interrupt them at various stages," said Noble....Alzheimer's, other diseases, may benefit from first live studies of key cell structures
...xample of why it is so important for scientists to pursue very basic, fundamental, curiosity-driven studies in cell biology, says Eve Barak, program director in NSFs division of cellular and molecular biosciences. Eventually such research will lead to something of great value to society. Scientists ha...HIV selectively suppresses anti-HIV defense cells
...art of an HIV vaccine, and this is the strategy we pursue at the Vaccine Research Center, Dr. Douek says. We are working on DNA prime-boost vaccines. These two-part vaccines first prime the immune system with a shot of HIV DNA, then boost the immune response with a harmless viral vector that contains addit...Nabi Biopharmaceuticals begins human testing of novel vaccine to fight nicotine addiction
...ne performs well in these trials, the company will pursue definitive, phase III trials to evaluate the vaccine's efficacy to treat nicotine addiction and prevent it in people who have not yet started smoking....