Breakthrough On Microbial Disease Published In Science
... top paper published in the journalScience. He is recipient of an American Cancer Society Junior Faculty ScienceResearch Award and a Beckman Young Investigator Award. At UC Santa Barbara, hereceived the Plous Award in 1998, which honors the assistant professor in theCollege of Letters and Science who has mad...Male Moth's Sperm Protects Females
...te to the female's defense. She is, after all, the recipient of the sperm." "Of course the defensive alkaloids also protect the male," Rossini says, "andthey have a secondary benefit for him during courtship. A chemical derivativeof PA is released into the air from two brushes on the male's abdomen duringt......ention and Trade Center in Seattle. Hartwell is a recipient of the prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Res...heUniversity of Washington's Dr. Edwin Krebs, 1992 recipient of the Nobel Prizefor Physiology in Medicine; Dr. George Rathmann, founder and former presidentand C...Gene that causes familial British dementia may yield clues to Alzheimer's disease
...s more fully understood. Dr. Blas Frangione is the recipient of an NIA Leadership and Excellence inAlzheimer's Disease (LEAD) award, which supported this research. The NIA, oneof the 18 Institutes that make up the National Institutes of Health, leads theFederal effort supporting and conducting Alzheimer's dis......h Center wasamong the five recipients. Each grant recipient will receive $1 million tosupport research activities over the next five years. The W.M. Keck Foundation, which focuses its resources on high-impact medicalresearch, science, engineering and higher education, launched the five-year, $25million young ...New molecule boosts stem cell survival
...lanted stem cellsrepopulate the bone marrow of the recipient and mature into billions of bloodcells, inserting a gene in these cells prior to transplantation would ensure asteady supply of the protein made by this gene. This may be used to compensatefor various disease-causing genetic defects. The Institute s...W.M. Keck Foundation gives USC $110 million
...o, a trustee of long standing at the university. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilianhonor, Simon Ramo is co-founder and the "R" of TRW Inc. He has received numerousother national awards including the National Medal of Science. He has served asadvisor to many governme...Donated organs 'heirlooms not spare parts'
...hthe 'spirit of a gift' which links the donor, the recipient and the donor'sfamily in a very special relationship," says Ms Wilson. "Listening to both sides of the story has made me see that perhaps we should beinterpreting the gift of life as an heirloom passed on through a family wherethe original owner is a...Computers have had dramatic impact on chemistry
...the "WebWorks" column in Analytical Chemistry, and recipient of thefirst ACS National Award for Computers in Chemistry. Dessy will talk about the evolution of computer use in the initial stages ofresearch -- to record a scientist's notes and data, for 'mining' information ininstitutional databases, and for lar...NIH grantee Günter Blobel wins Nobel Prize for protein signaling discovery
...rantee of the National Institutes ofHealth, is the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Hisprize-winning work on protein signaling in the cell was supported by NIH'sNational Institute of General Medical Sciences and National Cancer Institute. Between 1971 and 1989, Dr. Blobel received ......omplementinhibitor proteins. Third, the transplant recipient will be administered aclinically tested C5 Complement Inhibitor drug. Alexion's C5 complement inhibitors are specific and potent recombinantanti-inflammatory drugs which are designed to intervene in the complementcascade. The company believes that ...Peter H. Raven voted president-elect of AAAS
...s and the Botanical Society of America. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the President's Conservation Achievement Award from The Nature Conservancy (1993), the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (with Arturo Gomz-Pompa, 1994) and the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (1998). Raven is the aut......etically modified embryos were then transferred to recipient rhesus monkeyfemales. This resulted in George, a normal male monkey. Although integration of the foreign gene intoGeorge's genetic material has not been detected yet, his birth proves that TransgenICSI is a viablemethod to ultimately produce genetic...Call for nominations: ASM public communications award
...public through the print and broadcast media. The recipient will receive $2,500, a plaque and travel expenses to the 2000 ASM General Meeting (May 21-25 in Los Angeles) for presentation of the award. Stories (both individual and in a series) concerning the microbiological sciences appearing in print or broad......- Actor Christopher Reeve has been named the first recipient of the UCSD-Salk Institute Service Award for his t...Medical School at Dallas (UT-Southwestern), is the recipient of the UCSD-Salk Institute Mentorship Award, established for exceptional work in the mentoring of sc...White House honors Hutchinson Center Scientist with Presidential Early Career Award
... today announced that Moens has been selected as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE. The award is described by the White House as the nation's highest honor for young professionals at the beginning of their research careers. Moens is among 60 researchers...Chemical industry science leaders keynote CIIT meeting
...nders' Award, and the Founders' Award address. The recipient this year is Dr. Michael P. Czech, University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is being honored for his work on the molecular basis of insulin action on glucose transport and its impact on the study of diabetes. He is also recognized for his studi...Michael Czech to receive CIIT Founders' Award
...y of Massachusetts Medical School, willbe the 31st recipient of the CIIT Founders' Award, presented annually to recognize career contributions to human healthresearch and risk assessment. Professor Czech is being honored for his pioneering work on the molecular action of insulin on glucose transport and itsim...Susan Okie receives microbiology communcations award
...eporter at The Washington Post, has been named the recipient of the 2000 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Public Communications Award. Her winning entry "Science Races to Stem TB's Threat" and "TB Fights Back," a two-part series on tuberculosis that appeared August 10 and August 17, 1999, examines the ...Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program expands to become national
...se of the award, Merck representatives visit award recipient institutions to meet with students to learn about ...ience education and training. Students from award recipient institutions are also invited to apply for research internships at Merck. "The chance to do researc...