Nobel scientists Craig Mello and John Mather to speak on origins of life and universe
... John Mather, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will present the talk "From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize." He will discuss the history of the universe in a nutshell - how the universe began with a Big Bang, how it produced an Earth where sentient beings can live, and...Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Geisinger launch new environmental research group
... ... The co-dire...University of Arizona neurobiologist John Hildebrand elected to the National Academy of Sciences
... ... ... "I was thrilled to hear that John has bee...Gladstone's Deepak Srivastava receives E. Mead Johnson Award for achievement in pediatrics
... Dr. Srivastava was honored for his work in discovering the intricate networks that regulate normal and abnormal cardiogenesis, along with his contributions in understanding the ge...$4.4 million NIH grant renews Echinacea and St John's wort research at Iowa State
... The Iowa Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements at Iowa State University was created in 2002 by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. In addition to Iowa State, the center includes researchers at the University of Iowa, Yale University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's North Central Regional Plant Int...'Fusion' protein found by Johns Hopkins researchers
... ... The newly discovered protein, dubbed Solitary, coordinates the movement of tiny molecular delivery trucks to a cell's surface. Cells that lack Solitary stay, well, solitary. "They refuse to fuse," says H...John H. Morrison, Ph.D., receives MERIT Award
... ... The $5 million MERIT Award will support Dr....Johns Hopkins researchers examine why people eat the foods they do
... <p...AACR's Sixth Annual Landon Awards recognize Richard Kolodner, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller
... The Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research and Dorothy P. Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research are the largest such awards offered to cancer researchers from a professional society of their peers. The recipients for each prize receive an unrestricted cash award of $200,000...Dr. John A. Martignetti receives 2006 Prostate Cancer Foundation Award
... The Competitive Awards Program is an innovative venture-style research funding program that provides financial support to high-impact research projects with the greatest potential to improve survival and reduce side effe...Johnson & Johnson announces call for nominations
... The Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research was established by Johnson & Johnson in 2004 to honor Dr. Paul Janssen, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica. Dr. Janssen, who was kn...VIB and Johnson & Johnson set up a new fund
... Proof-of-Concept...Field Museum receives $5 million grant from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
... "With this grant, the MacArthur Foundation is supporting both an important Chicago cultural institution and a global conservation leader," said MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton. "Known locally for its pu...Statement from the NIH on cancer genetics findings at Johns Hopkins University
Systematic, genome-wide scans of two types of cancer--breast cancer and colorectal cancer--have revealed important new findings about the genetic underpinnings of these diseases, a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Md., an NCI-designated Cancer Center, reports in the September 7 online issue of Science.* The Johns Hopkins group, which included Victor E....Johns Hopkins researchers find link between cell's energy use and genome health
... ... The un...Joslin Diabetes Center partners with St. John Health's Providence hospital in Michigan
BOSTON -- Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, has announced its partnership with Providence Hospital in Southfield and St. John Providence Park in Novi, both in the suburbs of Detroit, MI. Providence Hospital is part of St. John Health, the largest health system in southeast Michigan. The Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, which opened April 10, off...Whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene associated with abnormal heart rhythm
Using a new genomic strategy that has the power to survey the entire human genome and identify genes with common variants that contribute to complex diseases, researchers at Johns Hopkins, together with scientists from Munich, Germany, and the Framingham Heart Study, U.S.A., have identified a gene that may predispose some people to abnormal heart rhythms that lead to sudden cardiac death, a condi...Gene design program from Johns Hopkins simplifies, automates and speeds design of 'artificial' genes
Johns Hopkins researchers have announced the development of a Web-based, automated computer program that they say greatly simplifies the time-consuming and error-prone process of manually designing artificial pieces of DNA....... The program, called GeneDesign, guides the design of blueprints for DNA segments to the exacting specifications required for studying gene function and genetically engin...John Templeton Foundation awards $2.8 million to examine origins of biological complexity
The mechanisms driving the process of evolution have always been subject to rigorous scientific debate. Growing in intensity and scope, this debate currently spans a broad range of disciplines including archaeology, biochemistry, computer modeling, genetics & development and philosophy. ...... A recent $2.8 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to the Cambridge Templeton Consortium...Novel protein in St. John's Wort found to suppress HIV-1 gene expression
A novel protein, p27SJ, extracted from a callus culture of the St. John's wort plant (Hypericum perforatum) suppresses HIV-1 expression and inhibits its replication, according to researchers at Temple University School of Medicine's department of neuroscience and Center for Neurovirology (CNV).... ).... Kamel Khalili, Ph.D., director of CNV (<a href="http://ww...MBL scientist John Hobbie to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
WOODS HOLE, MA--John E. Hobbie, a distinguished scientist at the MBL in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has been named the recipient of the Odum Lifetime Achievement Award from the Estuarine Research Federation. ... ...The award recognizes the lifetime achievements of an outstanding scientist who has had a sustained a record of important contributions to our understanding of estuaries. The award will...Johns Hopkins hosts 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society
An international organization of biomedical, electrical, chemical and mechanical engineers and medical specialists will discuss the future of biomedical engineering during the 2005 fall meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), to be held in Baltimore Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 and hosted by Johns Hopkins. The conference, "The Changing Face of Biomedical Engineering Celebration of the W...Johnson & Johnson names selection committee for Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 12, 2005 -- Johnson & Johnson today announced the appointment of a top-level scientific committee of international experts who will serve as the selection committee to nominate and select the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. The Award was created to honor Dr. Paul Janssen, or "Dr. Paul" as he was known throughout the scientific...Hebrew U. / Johns Hopkins study provides clues to dealing with human disease
Jerusalem A step towards understanding cell mutations that cause a variety of human diseases, particularly in children -- including that which brings about premature aging and early death -- has been taken by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Silberman Institute of Life Sciences and the John Hopkins University School of Medicine....... The scientists have focused their research...HSPH's Walter Willett wins Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Freedom to Discover Award
(EVANSVILLE, IN, August 15, 2005) Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., Chairman of the Department of Nutrition and Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, was named winner of the twenty-fifth annual Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Freedom to Discover Award for Distinguished Achievemen...Conservation International and SC Johnson partner again to offset carbon impacts
WASHINGTON, DC (June 13, 2005) --In an effort to help protect the rain forests of northeastern Madagascar, SC Johnson has made a $5,000 contribution to Conservation International's Conservation Carbon program. ...... The donation, which will offset the carbon impacts associated with the printing and distribution of SC Johnson's 2005 Public Report, will be used to help fund the Makira Forest Proje...Johns Hopkins team wins British biotech business plan competition
A team of four budding biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins University won the North American arm of the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES), an academic business plan competition designed to teach young postgraduate scientists the issues involved in the commercialization of science. The Hopkins team will be presented with an all-expense paid trip to London to represent the U.S. and...