Ira Rubinoff honored by the Association for Tropical Biology
...l Biology honored Dr.Ira Rubinoff for "exceptional service in the fields of tropical biology and conservation" at its 2002 Annual Meeting in Panama (July 29-August 2). "Six billion people inhabit the earth", Rubinoff remarked as he accepted honorary ATB membership: "we are struggling both scientifically and ...Guyana establishes its first conservation concession
...ill benefit our nation and will provide a valuable service to the world."......given annually to recognize long and distinguished service to the Ecological Society of America, to the larger scientific community and to the larger purpose of ecology in public welfare. The award will be presented to Ron Pulliam of the University of Georgia. An internationally know scientists, Pulliam ha...Applied Biosystems launches Assays-on-Demand SNP genotyping and gene expression products
... and manufactures the assays. The Assays-by-Design service uses Applied Biosystems' proprietary software algorithms to customers' unique target sequences to yield an optimal assay design. Sophisticated Online Ordering System The Assays-on-Demand products can be ordered through the recently enhanced Applie...ACS's JobSpectrum to help state labs fill public health jobs; fight terrorism
...shed chemists to discover public health and public service opportunities in our state laboratories. The partnership will serve both our laboratories and our workforce, providing talented applicants to public health laboratories and allowing individuals to find jobs where they will work on the front lines, he...Weizmann Institute scientists win global competition in predicting protein-protein interactions
...original molecules. The CAPRI Challenge provides a service to the scientific community by establishing identical criteria for the comparison of different docking approaches. Independent groups focus on certain interactions (e.g., geometric or electrostatic) to the exclusion of others and usually represent e...NNSA's Livermore Lab partners with cities and counties to track biological, chemical releases
...1979, NARAC has been a national emergency response service that provides planning, real-time assessments and detailed studies of chemical, biological and radiological releases to the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. NARACs capabilities have been enhanced recently and it can now also provi...New equine treadmill facility a research, evaluation resource
...l Center has introduced an exciting new diagnostic service for the regional horse community by opening the Ja...e Medical Center offers 24-hour emergency referral service along with surgical, medical and diagnostic services. While the horse is working on the treadmill, a......ed bits of DNA stay put. Tosk has just launched a service to make transgenic animals, and a few scientists have begun placing orders. "If it's true it's wonderful," says biologist Laurence Bugeon of Imperial College, London, who has just got a batch of mice from Tosk. Fogarty says they have also begun colla...Environmental costs may be higher than you think
...tems. Mandix and WSP Environmental are also expert service providers in environmental training and Continuing Professional Development.......ed area. NARAC is the national emergency response service for real-time assessment of incidents involving nuclear, chemical, biological or natural hazardous material. The centers main function is to support the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense for radiological releases. When a hazardous ...Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting: press conferences scheduled
... at the above address (no P.O. Boxes!) via express service Name of express service (e.g. FedEx, UPS, etc.): Class of service (e.g. next day, 2nd day, etc.): My Account Number: _____ D...2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting - Media Advisory 1
... at the above address (no P.O. Boxes!) via express service Name of express service (e.g. FedEx, UPS, etc.): Class of service (e.g. next day, 2nd day, etc.): My Account Number: _...Purdue leads center using pollution-busting plants, microbes
...mediation, the Purdue center will provide a unique service to Kansas and other communities in the region," Reddi said. The center is supported primarily by a five-year EPA grant, anticipated to total about $6 million. An additional $100,000 per year will come from industry and state agencies. Matching funds ...The Scientist and BioMed Central come together to publish high-impact magazine
...innovative publication Faculty of 1000 an online service highlighting the most interesting papers published in the life sciences, based on recommendations from over 1000 leading life scientists. Dr. Eugene Garfield, President and Editor in Chief of The Scientist, states: "Faculty of 1000 will contribute ex...Virginia Tech study may help develop more effective clean up of gasoline spills
...iences. Underground storage tanks such as those at service stations sometimes leak, creating underground gas plumes, Spain said. The gas then can get into the groundwater. The most dangerous components of the gasoline are benzene, toluene ethylbenzine, xylenes, or BTEX, because they are most soluble and mo...View of forest insects changing from pests to partners
...l," Schowalter said. "We have to pay more than lip service to the balance of nature."...Lilly Endowment grants almost $26 million to Purdue Discovery Park
... performance, risk evaluation, marketing, customer service and model simulation. "The word e-enterprise sugge...t, operations, product lifecycle control, customer service and data security can be modeled, analyzed and made more efficient. Working with Purdue's industria......job satisfaction among researchers. Completed as a service for members of the non-profit AAAS, the world's largest general scientific organization, the jobs survey should prove useful to university administrators, corporate personnel directors and others working to improve recruitment and retention of U.S. l......i is a new, next generation scientific information service initiated by EMBO (European Molecular Biology Orga...ission with 2,4 million Euro over three years. The service aimed at establishing Europes leadership in one of the most important and fast moving scientific fi...