Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of glass sponges capable of building reefs were thought extinct for 100 million years until they were found in recent years in the protected waters of Canada's Georgia and Hecata straits, the only place in the world they've been observed unt...University of Washington researchers play leading role in major study of human genome function
Scientists at the University of Washington and other members of an international consortium have completed a multi-year research effort that dramatically boosts understanding of how the human genome functions. While previous studies of the human genome have focused mainly on genes, this study provides insight into the non-gene sequences making up the vast majority of the genome. Buried in non-ge...Washington University in St. Louis to invest $55 million for renewable energy research
...Washington University in St. Louis is creating a new International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) to encourage and coordinate university-wide and external collaborative research in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability including biofuels, CO2 mitigation and coal-related issues. The university will invest more than $55 million in the initiative, a...Ocean observing contracts awarded to UC San Diego and University of Washington
... JOI President Steve Bohlen said...Event will dig and display Washington DC's soil -- Sunnyside
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For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 13 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at Washington University in St. Louis May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. These institutions include Peking, Fudan, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, National Taiwan, Tsinghua and Yonsei universities.......University of Washington-led team discovers a gene that causes familial pancreatic cancer
Seattle, WA and New York, NY (Dec. 12, 2006) - An international group of ...researchers has discovered that the mutated form of a gene called Palladin ...causes familial pancreatic cancer. The findings, published online today ...(Dec. 12) in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS-Medicine, may help explain why ...the disease is so deadly. The research project was led by Dr. Teri ...Brentnall, University...Experimental Biology 2007 meets in Washington, D.C., April 28-May 2
What: More than 12,000 biological and biomedical scientists will gather for Experimental Biology 2007. This annual meeting, now in its 16th year, brings together scientists from dozens of different disciplines, from laboratory to translational to clinical research, from throughout the United States and the world. The theme of Experimental Biology 2007 is "Todays Research: Tomorrows Health." Th...Stem Cell Conference in Washington
HOUSTON--(Oct. 16, 2006) -- An Oct. 24 conference in Washington titled..."Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines, Avenues for Advancement" will...feature a debate on stem cell policy by experts from the U.S. and abroad.... Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Carnegie...Institution of Washington are co-sponsoring the free conference.... Among the main speaker...University of Washington researchers discover novel genomic disorders
... Working with colleagues in the UK and US, the researchers screened 290 children with mental retardation and identified several abnormal genetic events....AIBS to hold annual meeting May 24-25 in Washington, DC
Plenary speakers and discussion groups will approach the topic of biodiversity from several interwoven perspectives. In recent years, policymakers have increasingly recognized the economic values associated with biodiversity, economists have increasingly found ways to incorporate values associated with biodiversity into economic thinking, and scientists have increasingly documented the variety of...Washington University's Sarah Elgin is re-funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
St. Louis, Mo. Sarah C. R. Elgin, Ph.D., professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, named a 'Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professor' in 2002, is one of eight scientists to have her original grant funding renewed in 2006....In 2002, Elgin was one of 20 'million dollar professors' to get funding when HHMI announced the program. Recently, HHMI announced the awarding o...Washington University receives $29.5 million to sequence corn genome
St. Louis, Nov. 15, 2005 -- Researchers at the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will lead the sequencing of the genome of maize, more popularly known to consumers as corn. ......"Maize is a very exciting genome, both in terms of the roles it has played in contemporary and historic plant genetics and because of its role in agriculture," says...$16 million grant advances nanomedicine at Washington University
St. Louis, Oct. 3, 2005 -- Nano-sized particles developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offer hope of replacing numerous medical tests, scans, or surgeries with a simple injection. The tiny spheres can travel through the bloodstream deep into the body to locate and highlight tumors undetectable by typical methods. While at the tumor site, the nanoparticles can deliver t...Ultralight plane migrating with monarch butterflies to land in Washington
Final East Coast Media Availability and Photo Opportunity with Monarch Ultralight Plane, Crew and Monarch Butterfly Experts...... Dr. Lincoln Brower, WWF senior fellow and Sweet Briar College professor; world authority on monarch butterfly biology...... Carlos Galindo Leal, forests program director, WWF-Mexico ...... Francisco "Vico" Gutierrez, lead pilot and director of the Papalotzin pro...Joint green chemistry meeting in Washington, D.C., features top experts on environment
Leaders in the burgeoning field of green chemistry from across the globe will gather in Washington, D.C., from June 20-24, to examine under the microscope the latest processes and products designed to reduce or eliminate chemical materials hazardous to the environment.... ...The joint meeting of the 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 9th Annual Green Chemistry...Washington State University study points to role of toxins in inherited disease
PULLMAN, Wash. -- A disease you are suffering today could be a result of your great-grandmother being exposed to an environmental toxin during pregnancy. ... ...Researchers at Washington State University reached that remarkable conclusion after finding that environmental toxins can alter the activity of an animal's genes in a way that is transmitted through at least four generations after the exp...DRI awards 2005 Nevada Medal to University of Washington archaeologist Donald K. Grayson
Reno, Nev. - Desert Research Institute has awarded its 2005 Nevada Medal to University of Washington scientist Dr. Donald K. Grayson, who is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost archaeologists and paleoecologists....... Paleoecology is the branch of science dealing with the interaction between ancient life forms, including humans, and their environments....... Grayson's primary areas...Washington University chosen as NIH Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology
Washington University in St. Louis has been chosen as a Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology (PEN) by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.... ... Karen Wooley, Ph.D., Washington University professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, is principal investigator of the Program, which NHLBI is funding at $12.5 million for five years. ... ......AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner welcomes proposed Washington state legislation on stem cell research
WASHINGTON, D.C.-AAAS has welcomed efforts by Washington state legislators to pass a bill banning reproductive cloning in the state while allowing research on human embryonic stem cells. ...... In letters sent to two sponsors of the bill, Alan I. Leshner, the chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the journal , reaffirmed the association's position that cloning to extract ste...Monsanto fund awards $3.7 million to Washington University for school science van program
St. Louis, March 22, 2005 *-- The Monsanto Fund has awarded Washington University $3.7 million to develop, build and operate two custom mobile classrooms. Washington University will lead a partnership, including the St. Louis Science Center, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, to create and provide programming on the vehicles. ... The pro...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
... ... Promoting The Health of an Aging Population: Experts Present New Research on Hot Topics in...