University of Alberta researchers unravel intricate animal patterns
There is a scene in the animated blockbuster "Finding Nemo" when a school of fish makes a rapid string of complicated patternsan arrow, a portrait of young Nemo and other intricate designs. While the detailed shapes might be a bit outlandish for fish to form, the premise isnt far off. But how does a school of fish or a flock of birds know how to move from one configuration to another and then re...2nd annual Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research awarded to Webster K. Cavenee
(January 17, 2007, Bethesda, MD) -- The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) announced today that Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D. has been awarded the 2nd Annual Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress i n Cancer Research. Dr. Cavenee, Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, won the prize for his groundbrea...University of Alberta researchers discover hummingbird secret
... ... Wong-Wylie and Dr. Andrew Iwaniuk, also from the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Scien...Spectacular dinosaur skull comes back to Alberta
... "This is a very dramatic beast," said Dr. Michael Caldwell, a palaeontolgist who was instrumental in getting the skull to the U of A. "What we will have is a cast, but the specimen is one of a kind in the world. This is the last cast from the original mould and when you have a research quality cast where it is duplicated right down to a freckle, it doesn't get any better than that...UCR's Xuemei Chen receives the 2006 Charles Albert Shull Award
... This award was initiated in 1971 in honor Dr. Charles A. Shull, whose interest and support were largely responsible for the founding of ASPB. The annual award, worth $2,000, is given for outstanding research in plant biology by a scientist who is under 40 years of age or is less than 10 years from receiving their P...'Telomere' expert Carol Greider shares 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
... The 2006 award recognizes Greider, the Daniel Nathans Professor and director of molecular biology and genetics in the Johns Hopkins Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences, along with Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and Jack Szost...University of Alberta researcher unveils world's largest drug database
Until the 1980s, most of our knowledge about drugs and drug targets could fit into a few encyclopedic books. But with the recent explosion in biological and chemical knowledge, that information is now scattered over thousands of textbooks, subscription databases and print journals. Until now. Thanks to the work by University of Alberta researchers, this previously inaccessible drug information is...Rainforest conservation worth the cost, University of Alberta shows
The economic benefits of protecting a rainforest reserve outweigh the costs of preserving it, says University of Alberta research--the first of its kind to have conducted a cost-benefit analysis on the conservation of species diversity. ...... "The traditional moral and aesthetic arguments have been made about why we should conserve the biodiversity in rainforests, but little has been done that...Entire lakes feel effects of climate warming, University of Alberta study shows
Climate warming brought on in part by human activities is producing major ecological changes in remote arctic lakes at an alarming rate, according to new University of Alberta research--the first study to show a whole lake biological response to warming in these waters. Even in the most remote, pristine parts of the earth--far from the direct influence of human activities--changes are occurring i...Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research announced
(Bethesda, Maryland, July 12, 2005) -- The National Foundation for Cancer Research today announced a new science prize to honor Nobel-laureate, Dr. Albert Szent- Gyrgyi. The Albert Szent- Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, a bi-annual $25,000 cash prize, will be awarded to a scientist whose research has made significant advances in the field of cancer research. ...... In keeping wit...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany-State University of New York and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today announced a new partnership to advance education and research in the cross-disciplinary fields of nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine. ...... The partnership will bring together the unique expertise and resources of...