New understanding of crab populations may not bring fishermen's delight
...paper is authoredby newly minted UC Davis doctoral recipient Kevin Higgins, UC Davis environmentalstudies chair Alan Hastings, University of Texas computer science graduatestudent Jacob Sarvela, and UC Davis wildlife, fish and conservation biologyprofessor Louis Botsford. The model stands out for several reas...Long-Time NIH Grantee Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry
...al structure of the enzyme determined by the third recipient of the chemistry prize, Dr. John E. Walker of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. The techniques Boyer developed are now commonly used to study other ATP-utilizing e...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
... Institution received word today that they are the recipient of a three-year, $1.1 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for studies investigating the potential anticancer properties of the marine-derived compound, Discodermolide. Ross E. Lon...U.S. Scientists Honored For Lifetime Contributions In Hepatitis Research
... reviews and book chapters, and the recipient of many awards and honors, among them: the Gorgas Medal; the Squibb Award of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; the Gold Medal Award of the Canadian Liver Foundation; and the Invent...Hultgren Receives Prestigious Eli Lilly Award
...othe Medical Nobel Institute for six months as the recipient of a NobelFellowship, awarded by the Nobel Committee. The institute is located in theKarolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. And on April 16, the Academy ofScience of St. Louis will give Hultgren the 1998 Innovation Award. The award ispresented to...Virginia Tech Scientists Study 'Killer' Molecules
...arch on cancerimmunology and immunotoxicology as a recipient of an Independent Scientist Awardfrom the National Institutes of Health. The grant has been awarded to the Nagarkattis following the recentpublication of papers, discussing work in their laboratories, that werepublished in the American Societ...Master Molecule Forms Brains In Frogs And Elbows In Mice
...tered, "knockout" cells are then introduced into a recipient mouse, ultimately permitting researchers to breed colonies of mice "free" of the particular gene of study and then to observe how the mice fare without it. In the case of the Noggin knockout mice, the answer is: not too well. In fact, mice missing th...Duke Studies Show That Environmental Effects Of Dams Extend To Insect Life
... the department of zoology at Duke. Terborgh, past recipient of aprestigious MacArthur fellowship and an authority on tropical ecosystems,proposed to use the mammoth Lake Guri dam project in east-central Venezuela tosimulate what happens to forest habitats that get broken into "islands" by suchland-bound activ...Enzyme's Structure Yields Blueprint For Antibiotic Resistance
... us how the enzymepositions both the donor and the recipient so that the transfer can occur,"Burley says. Using a technique called "threading," Burley's team, which included Rockefellerscientists Eva Wolf and Andrej Sali, used the structure of the single enzymethey discerned to examine other members of the fam......sitive), a surgeon may do so even if it places the recipient at an increasedrisk for becoming infected with the virus. Post-transplant hepatitis Binfection, which is usually evident within six months, is difficult to treat andcan eventually lead to cirrhosis of the transplanted liver, thus requiring asecond t...Scientists Find First Protein In Central Nervous System Junctions
...ynapses inthe spinal cord, damping the activity of recipient cells. It therefore plays atug-of-war with other chemicals that stimulate the same nerve cells, keepingthose cells in balance. When the nerve cells fail to receive glycine signals,they overreact to positive signals and in turn overstimulate muscles.S...Cells From Mother Can Boost Success Of Sibling-To-Sibling Kidney Transplants
...splant scientist. The study, prompted by a kidney recipient who showed surprising transplanttolerance without ...Wtransplant scientist, wondered why a young kidney recipient showed little signof rejection long after forgoing strong anti-rejection drugs. Grailer found thatth......bserved that chimerism-thecoexistence of donor and recipient immune cells-was a condition present intransplant ...t, liver) tissue of these recipients. In addition, recipient immune system cells were found in the transplanted donororgans. The discovery gave way to the belie...UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn Receives Two Major Science Awards
...ed 1999 CaliforniaScientist of the Year and is the recipient of the 1998 Passano Award, two highhonors in science. Blackburn received the honors for her pioneering studies on telomeres, segmentsof DNA that bind both ends of chromosomes, the gene-bearing strands of DNA whoseintegrity is essential for the health...Chelation Therapy May Alter Immune System
... supposed to. Itchemically binds with lead in the recipient and gets that poison out of thebody," says Rodney R. Dietert, the Cornell professor of immunotoxicology who ledthe study. "We knew that lead harms the immune systems of rats, humans and other animals,but no one had ever looked at DMSA's effects on ......hat an object ofthis competition was the phosphate recipient Ena, the protein known to interactwith profilin. One reason this work appears complicated is that even though theresearchers have established a sequence of players, they still do not fullyunderstand the precise relationships among them. ...Coffee Without Addiction, Possible New Treatment For Osteoporosis, Wrinkle-Free Cotton, And More
...ience and Society in Washington state and the 1999 recipient of the ACSCharles Lathrop Parsons Award for Public Service, speaking on "21st CenturyEnergy Resources," in which he offers new solutions to divert the impendingenergy crisis, on Saturday, March 20, at 8:30 p.m. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will sp...Stanford Chemical Engineer Chaitan Khosla Receives Alan T. Waterman Award From NSF
...is at the forefront of science orengineering. The recipient receives a medal as well as a $500,000 grant overthree years for scientific research or advanced study in any field of science orengineering....Genes Found That Label Cell Proteins For Disposal
... it really is," Xiong says. Xiong is this year's recipient of the American Association of Cancer Research'sGertrude B. Elion Award, which is presented annually to non-tenured scientistsengaged in cancer causative, preventive, and/or treatment research....Rockefeller University Scientists Receive Prestigious Awards For Cancer Research
...orking with people who need our help." Sloan Prize recipient Dr. Roeder is an equally accomplished scientist. A memberof the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Roeder's many awards include theAmerican Chemical Society Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, theOutstanding Investigator Award of the National Ca...