World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...llor Henry Yang said, "The KITP is internationally renowned and enviously emulated in so many countries as a place where the world's top scientists gather and where great science happens. This signature piece of expanded architecture--the new Kohn Hall designed by Michael Graves--beautifully complements the ...Cooperation to create a new tuberculosis vaccine
...fan Kaufmann and the MPI-IB we have found a highly renowned and experienced partner for this challenging mission. This still is a preclinical stage project, but our cooperation will add significant value to this new vaccination approach. There is a significant commercial perspective in developing as well as i...New Jersey Institute of Technology environmentalist receives Fulbright Chair award
...llege and College of Computing Sciences. NJIT is renowned for expertise in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and eLearning. ...First-ever Texan/German symposium opens doors
...interdisciplinary research." In the spirit of renowned physicist Max Planck, a 1919 Nobel Prize winner, who proved time and again that there were new things to be discovered in science, the symposium is hosted by the MPI-P, located on the campus of the Johannes Gutenberg University. It is an opportunity...Is the zebra fish leading us to new therapies?
...c University of Leuven are publishing today in the renowned journal Nature . They have shown for the first time that new blood vessels do not grow in random directions, but that they are guided by specific signal molecules. This is a major step in the development of new targeted forms of therapeutic angiogen...Prominent physicist Freeman Dyson to speak at NJIT: Promises and perils of genetic engineering
...hysicists Hans Bethe and Richard Feynman. Dyson is renowned for his subsequent work in unifying the three versions of quantum electrodynamics. He has written a number of books about science and social issues for the general public, including Weapons and Hope (1984), Infinite in All Directions (1988), and Ori...High-predator environment has unexpected impact on aging in fish
...a Nobel Prize for medicine, and George Williams, a renowned evolutionary biologist, developed theories for the evolution of senescence, which predicted that organisms that are exposed to high mortality imposed by external factors, like disease or predation, will evolve to deteriorate more rapidly as they get ...New insights into chimpanzees, tools, and termites from the Congo basin
Chimpanzees are renowned for their complex tool using behaviors and wide array of tool assemblages. However, the tool using repertoire of these apes in central Africa's Congo Basin has remained an enigma, based mainly on indirect evidence and fleeting observations. In this s...Chicken genome analysis unlocks secrets of mammalian and bird evolution
...h models." Delany is a faculty member in UC Davis' renowned College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences whose research programs range from production agriculture and nutrition to ecology and the environment. Her contribution to the analysis of the chicken genome was supported by funds from the U.S. Dep...Four Max Planck Partner Groups starting in India
...will be headed by Dr. Tansuri Saha-Dasgupta at the renowned S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Research in Kolkata. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Saha-Dasgupta was a fellowship holder under the aegis of Dr. Ole Krogh Andersen in Stuttgart and has, since that time, developed a wide-reaching network with numerous coo...'From the Sidelines' describes the making of a scientific revolution
... Oregon). George Streisinger, who died in 1984, is renowned for developing zebrafish cloning. He was the first to realize that a small aquarium fish (Brachydanio rerio) could provide a model system for vertebrate developmental biology. Many of the strains of zebrafish produced in the Streisinger lab still are...Backcountry water quality tests are good news for campers
...from frogs to fish. Currently working with renowned Lake Tahoe expert and UC Davis professor Charles Goldman, Derlet has several other water quality findings in the Sierra that he also hopes to research: Lakes are typically 'cleaner' than creeks, possibly because the ultraviolet rays of sunlig...EB and IUPS - Where cures of tomorrow can be seen in the science of today
...The annual meeting, now in its 14th year, is world renowned for its emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to scientific and medical problems. It is designed to bring together scientists from dozens of different disciplines, from laboratory to translational to clinical research, from throughout the United S...ASU students host first annual Western Regional Bioethics Conference
...Genetic Modification with panelists to include the renowned Dr. Lee Silver of Princeton University and Dr. Adrienne Asch of Wellesley College. Registration is free for all undergraduates from Arizona academic institutions and they are encouraged to register quickly to secure a place on the growing list of at...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...ty of Florida. Scientists included internationally renowned Parkinson's expert Anders Bjrklund of Lund, a pioneer of the experimental treatment involving the transplantation of fetal cells into the brains of Parkinson's patients, and his colleague Deniz Kirik, a neurobiologist. "This work with GDNF in combina...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
... of research strength for which Einstein is widely renowned include: cancer, diabetes, heart disease, molecular genetics, immunology, liver diseases, Alzheimer's disease and neuroscience. Located in the Bronx, N.Y., Einstein is also recognized as a leader in the development of a socially conscious approach to...TAT2005 - 3rd International Symposium on Targeted Anticancer Therapies
... will be reviewed and discussed by internationally renowned clinical experts who have hands-on experience with these agents in clinical trials. The meeting program will also cover updates on the continued clinical development of various recently approved targeted agents, including the EGFR inhibitors gefitin...Environmental crisis forging strange bedfellows
...thropology at U of T at Mississauga. "For example, renowned environmentalist David Suzuki is now reaching out primarily to religious communities and the business world as his new target audiences." In fact, Scharper continues, Republican Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House in Washington has admitted pu...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
...e, infrastructure, and supplies. Dr. Owen Witte, a renowned scientist whose laboratory research laid the groundwork for development of the targeted leukemia therapy Gleevec, is director of the new institute. He also stressed the interdisciplinary approach necessary to face the challenges related to stem cell ......and neurological diseases. Founded in 1934 by the renowned Dr. Wilder Penfield, the MNI is one of the world's largest institutes of its kind. MNI researchers are world leaders in cellular and molecular neuroscience, brain imaging, cognitive neuroscience and the study and treatment of epilepsy, multiple scler...