Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Spokane, Washington, June 20-22
...work encouraging women and minorities to study and pursue careers in chemistry. Nancy Treasure of Layton High School in Layton, Utah, will be honored with the ACS Regional Award in High School Chemistry Teaching for more than 15 years of teaching chemistry in the Davis School District. #...Membrane filters offer options for cleaner water
...REER grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue his membrane studies. CAREER grants are awarded each year to promising young faculty nationwide. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Hazardous Substance Research Center also have supported his research. In the lab, Chellam and...Brains of outgoing people react more to happy faces than those of shy individuals
... psychology from Stanford last year and went on to pursue postdoctoral work at the University of Oregon Health Science Center; Susan Whitfield, a science and engineering associate in the Psychology Department; and Ian Gotlib, professor of psychology. The research was supported by a grant from the National I...Researchers identify protein linked to tumor invasion
...role for NFAT in human cancer," says Toker. "If we pursue this avenue, and add NFAT to the growing list of proteins that have been shown to be important for disease progression, we could be offering a novel target for drug discovery to block this aspect of cancer progression. We may be providing another wea...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $80 million for undergraduate science education
...dergraduate curriculum and encourage minorities to pursue careers in science. The four-year grants to univer...developing educational materials. The fellows will pursue a novel, five-year combined degree program leading to a bachelor of arts in science and a master's d...Washington University receives $2.2 million funding from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
...dergraduate curriculum and encourage minorities to pursue careers in science. The four-year grants to universities in 28 states and the District of Columbia range from $1.2 million to $2.2 million each. A panel of scientists and educators reviewed proposals from 189 institutions. Washington University, w...Structure of key receptor unlocked; Related proteins will fall like dominoes
...e allows scientists to conceive new strategies and pursue new classes of drugs, says Leahy. A focus of many scientists because of the proteins' involvement in cell growth, the HER family are receptors for "epidermal growth factor" (EGF) and other chemicals. Although the DNA sequences of HER proteins have b...Laboratory study explains clinical promise of anti-angiogenesis cancer drug
...Meanwhile, Merajver and her team have continued to pursue the basic laboratory research needed to show how TM produces its anti-angiogenesis effect. In the new study, the team used two animal models of breast cancer -- one in which mice were given cancer by the transfer of human inflammatory breast cancer c...Sydney Brenner, Molecular Sciences Institute founder, awarded the Nobel Prize
...rica (1947 and 1951, respectively). He went on to pursue D. Phil. Studies at Oxford University, England (1954). He is married to May Brenner and has 4 children. Among Sydney's many honors are the 1974 Royal Medal and the 1991 Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London, two Albert Lasker Awards, (for Medi...Alzheimer's, nutrition, smallpox, and other 'Human Health Frontiers' addressed by AAAS speakers
...th us, and our younginvestigators may increasingly pursue work abroad." Frankel suggested that scientists should respond respectfully to ethical concernsabout the use of embryonic stem cells, while educating the public about thebenefits and enlisting the help of patient advocacy groups in communicating with...NIH funds new AIDS drug discovery research with $4.6 million
... with his three program collaborators, Arnold will pursue new ways to target RT and develop new inhibitors that can overcome drug resistance. Since 1987, Hughes has collaborated with Arnold in the search for more effective AIDS therapies. Hughes has been particularly active in investigating the mechanisms...Agriculture presents common ground for rural, urban people
...of life troubles Diane Relf. "We need to actively pursue connections between urban and rural people, because that will increase understanding," Relf said. "The fact is, this isn't an us-them issue." A professor of horticulture at Virginia Tech, Relf joined with colleagues from around the country in authori...World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting in Charleston, S. C., Nov. 13-16
...economically disadvantaged high school students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences. Neil W. Boaz of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn., and Clair Claiborne of ABB Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., will receive the ACS Industrial Innovation Award on Nov. 15. Boaz discovered and develop...AAAS Science Project/Unisys prize encourages student-led scientific inquiry on flight to soar
...rades 7-12 will unleash their imaginations as they pursue scientific inquiry related to flight. For example: Long Island, New York, students will tackle both physics and budget challenges as they attempt to " launch a probe to Mars;" Virginia teens will build their own flying craft while they examine h...First awards for FIC global health research initiative program for new foreign investigators
...upported by this grant are expected to continue to pursue independent and productive careers, including expert training, consultation and/or research on scientific issues, and teaching within their home institutions. "This grant allows young investigators to have a level of control over their early careers ...An unlikely new weapon against a deadly bacteria in oysters: A virus
...nce and human nutrition, an additional $144,000 to pursue a new direction: using phages to purify oysters before they reach consumers. The idea would be to submerge the harvested oysters in vats of phage-treated water, allowing them to filter in the phage and kill off the Vibrio vulnificus before the oyster...Grant funds research to develop microbicide barrier to HIV
...l condom use." Dr. Hillier and her colleagues will pursue several scientific projects that involve UC781, a tight-binding molecule discovered by co-principal investigator Michael Parniak, Ph.D., professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ...Computer scientist locates more than 1,000 novel genes in mouse and human
...t-effective, laboratories are likely to use it and pursue genetic studies on a number of major fronts. "Whereas it might have taken 7,000 experiments to verify a thousand genes, with our method it now will take only about 1,500," said Michael R. Brent, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science at Wash...Researchers help trace origin of Madagascars mammals
...t equipment in molecular biology, enabling them to pursue genetic studies of evolutionary diversity throughout the tree of life. The study was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and conducted with colleagues from Yale University, Northwestern University, and the Musum National d'Histoi...Merck/AAAS announce 2003 winners for outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
...ween chemistry and biology; encourage students to pursue graduate education in chemistry and life sciences; and foster undergraduate programs and activities that bridge chemistry and biology. The program is open to qualified institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico that offer an American Chemica...