Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program expands to become national
...iology and chemistry departments at the college or university receiving the award. "By taking the program to the national level, we hope to support more interdisciplinary research by students in chemistry and biology and encourage students to pursue graduate education and careers in these fields," said Shirl...Genetic 'switch' key to biotech patent royalties
... biochemistry and molecular biology. As the only university in the state to have its curriculum accredited by the American Chemical Society, UAF's undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and environmental chemistry rank among the most competitive in the Pacific Northw...Dairy scientist advances field of transgenics and knowledge of growth hormones
...a dairy science faculty member at a major research university to advance the understanding of milk synthesis and lactation physiology and increase productivity in the dairy industry. In less than 20 years, Virginia Tech dairy scientist R. Michael Akers has also greatly advanced the understanding of mammary glan...Arctic temperatures warmest in past four centuries, study says
...Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as university researchers, to focus additional effort on Arctic climate change. "Our study validates climate-model results that predict the Arctic will be among the first regions on Earth to respond to a global warming trend," said Serreze. "Given what we are see...First-ever Technology Transfer Fair featured at ACS National Meeting
Government, corporate and university innovators speak Representatives from more than 20 organizations will discuss their latest technology innovations at the Technology Transfer Fair, to be held August 21-22, as part of the 220th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the...An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...e and post-doc students enrolled at any college or university at the time of the competition. The collegiate projects relate to many scientific disciplines including biomedical, microbiology, engineering, and information technology. "We are excited about the increase in entries that were submitted for this ye...Winners of the DFG Bioinformatics Initiative
...plemented by new departments yet to be set up. The university is co-operating closely with the Max Planck Society's local institutes. In promoting the five above-mentioned locations, the DFG is making an important contribution to the enhancement of Germany's bioinformatics teaching and research capacity. Having...Two distinguished Rutgers chemists named Biophysical Society Fellows
... the pursuit of knowledge," said Joseph J. Seneca, university vice president for academic affairs. "They have demonstrated excellence in research areas that have profound implications for the future well-being of society and a life time of deep commitment to the education and training of the next generation of...Five Rutgers professors named fellows of national science association
...elongation, performing experiments at national and university nuclear accelerator facilities in the United States and abroad. She is the graduate program director in physics and astronomy, and this year is teaching the seminar in physics course, required of all first-year graduate students. Joan G. Ehrenfeld,...Procter & Gamble donates proprietary "super aspirin" technology to Vanderbilt University
... external consultants identified Vanderbilt as the university that is most uniquely qualified to further develop...sity Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded in 1873...Researchers study oldest oak east of the Mississippi
...Ohio University who do research in Dysart Woods, a university land laboratory in Belmont County in southeastern Ohio. Scientists use this information to track how climate and drought conditions affect tree growth. The undisturbed old-growth forest provides a clear picture of what a forest would look like withou...DFG establishes 23 new graduiertenkollegs (university graduate training programmes)
...a Graduiertenkolleg featuring co-operation between university and industry. This group, "Biomedical Active Ingre...he University of Konstanz, and scientists from the university will be working in co-operation with researchers from industry. The novelty here is that the industr...UCSD bioengineer to receive President's National Medal of Science
...rapy. Today, nearly every academic research university has established a bioengineering program. Across the country, these programs are modeled after the work of Y.C. Fung, said David Gough, chair of UCSDs Department of Bioengineering. Professor Fung single-handedly opened up new horizon...Gel may cut doses for some medications
...rogels illustrates how the public benefits through university research, said Lisa Kuuttila, assistant vice president and director of the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization. Superporous hydrogels have other potential applications, including their possible use in controlling appetite. Because the hydro......ed on investigations performed previously in other university laboratories, Dr. Xiaos group selected certain sections of the dystrophin gene known to produce regions of the protein essential to its function. DMD mice treated with the mini-gene constructs showed evidence of stable, functional dystrophin, and the...New discovery: 'footprint' shows master switch simultaneously controls plants' disease defenses
...example of a tight, open collaboration between the university and private industry and highlights the value of including undergraduates in research on campus," Dangl said. "Among its contributions, Syngenta gave us access to technology we needed but did not have on campusat the time, and that collaboration has ...Largest grant ever to Indiana U fuels Genomics Initiative
...s is the largest single grant ever received by the university and the largestsingle gift ever awarded by the Lilly Endowment. The Indiana Genomics Initiative will create a world-class biomedical enterprise, building on existing resources at the IU Schoolof Medicine. The school currently holds $130 million in re......eam developed and patented the compound, which the university has licensed to Immtech. The firm already has received approval to begin the first phase of human clinical trials for DB 289 as an anti-infective drug to treat pneumocystis carinnii pneumonia, an opportunistic fungal infection that is potentially fat...Rockefeller University Centennial Symposium to explore biology of drug abuse and addiction
...hat DNA is the carrier of genetic information. The university has ties to 21 Nobel laureates, six of whom are on campus, including neurobiologist Paul Greengard, Ph.D., who received the prize in 2000 and cell biologist Gnter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., who received the prize in 1999, both in physiology or medicine. At...Dried cells, tissues could solve biological materials storage, transport problems
...or desiccation tolerance in cyanobacteria received university research seed money and earned a $950,000 grant from DARPA in 1998 that allowed them to launch VIGEN. Faculty members from many disciplines, from biology to computer science, use VIGEN's expertise in molecular/genetic manipulation techniques for diff...