University of Oregon professor wins 2004 Spiers Medal
...has served on many of the most influential science advisory boards in this country and has lectured extensively around the globe on her research, science education and workforce issues. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. The c...Two UT Southwestern physicians elected to National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine
... Family Chair in Medical Science. He served on the advisory council of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. He also directs the National Institutes of Health George W. O'Brien Urology Research Center at UT Southwestern and the Prostate Disease Center. Dr. McConnell earned his ...Genetically engineered corn poses no immediate threat to Mexican crops
...Mexico, Canada, the United States and England. The advisory group two years studying the potential effects of ...s no threat to Mexico's native corn varieties, the advisory group cautions that Mexico remain vigilant when importing and cultivating corn from the United State...System lowers breast augmentation re-operation rate by 17 percent
...During the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel hearings on silicone breast implants in October 2003, panelists expressed concern about the manufacturer's reported 20 percent re-operation rate for silicone breast implants. "Although plastic surgeons began to use saline implants after silico...Novel biotoxin being studied for use in opioid withdrawal
...l and international editorial boards, governmental advisory committees, and international organizations including the World Health Organization Expert Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence. What is Opioid Dependence - Why use a Biotoxin? Opioid dependence is generally characterized by a withdrawal syndrome ...MBL scientists embark on international effort to uncover microbial diversity in world's oceans
...ific activities. The organizers have assembled an advisory committee and three working groups of marine microbiologists charged with developing research priorities and experimental plans. In addition, the MBL team is about to begin work on a database that will organize and manage the unprecedented volume of...Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
...ries: 1) Create and improve science and technology advisory institutions at the national and international lev...d India has announced plans to set up a scientific advisory council to advise the Prime Minister....First x-ray laser gets funding
...rogram," Hodgson said. An international scientific advisory committee evaluated and ranked proposals for the initial suite of instruments. Working in close cooperation with researchers who will use LCLS, the project is beginning research and development and design on the instruments using $1.5 million of addi...Novel antiviral technology inhibits RSV infection in mice
... Veterans' Hospital and a member of the scientific advisory board of TransGenex Therapeutics Inc., a USF spin-out company developing polymeric nanoparticles as a drug delivery platform....Microbiologist named National Associate of National Academies
The nation's premiere science advisory organization has bestowed its National Associate honor on University of California, Riverside Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Marylynn V. Yates. The honorary lifetime appointment recognizes Yates' extraordinary service to the National Acade...Lupus Research Institute increases funding for innovative research
... rheumatologists who comprise the LRI's scientific advisory board, also carries through to the organization's advocacy agenda. As a result of the LRI's 2004 national advocacy on Capitol Hill, the Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. House Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee Report, calls for research...NASA announces breakthrough in understanding ocean health
...TANT CORRECTION: A previous version of this media advisory listed the dial in toll free number incorrectly. The correct number for dialling in to this media telelconference is 877-960-9069. NASA and university researchers are announcing a major breakthrough using satellites to understand the health of our o...Anita Roberts to deliver Excellence in Science lecture
...ver 330 articles and serves on numerous scientific advisory and editorial boards. The Excellence in Science Award, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company, recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biological science. All women who are members of one or more of the societies of FASEB are eligible for nominat...AAAS honors recombinant DNA advisory committee at NIH, citing 30 years of leadership
17 FEBRUARY -- An advisory committee of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) today was cited by AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society, for "30 years of providing leadership that has allowed society to proceed responsibly with recombinant DNA research" an...NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing
...ommittee are then reviewed and approved by NHGRI's advisory council, which in turn forwards its recommendations regarding sequencing strategy to NHGRI leadership. The genomes of a number of organisms have been or are being sequenced by the large-scale sequencing capacity developed by the Human Genome Project...WHO centre calls for global action on cleft palate
...cilitate international collaboration and act in an advisory capacity to the World Health Organization," said Professor Shaw. Although substantial progress has been made into the causes and treatment of craniofacial anomalies over the last few years, Professor Shaw says there is still a long way to go before t...Tsunami-damaged coral reefs should be left to recover naturally, say scientists
...astle upon Tyne, and who set out their views in an advisory brief for the World Bank, point to historical records of major coral reef devastation by cyclones and typhoons, which show that reefs recovered without human intervention. Although the devastation caused by the tsunami was on a much larger scale, the...NHGRI selects 13 new targets for large-scale sequencing program
...ommittee are then reviewed and approved by NHGRI's advisory council, which in turn forwards its recommendations regarding sequencing strategy to NHGRI leadership. The genomes of a number of organisms have been or are being sequenced by the large-scale sequencing capacity developed by the Human Genome Project...Steven M. Larson named recipient of SNM's 2005 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...dicine. He has also served on several governmental advisory committees and study sections at the NIH, the Department of Energy and FDA. He currently serves on the Biologic, Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) of the Department of Energy and the Advisory Committee of the Department of Life Scienc...Rockefeller University vaccine researchers selected for a grant offer from Foundation for NIH
...editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine and advisory editor of Human Immunology, the Journal of Clinical Immunology, the Journal of Immunologic Methods, International Immunology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Steinman also is a trustee of the Trudeau Institute, in Saranac Lak...