With $10M in grants, UMaine begins forest biorefining research
...e state to combine research efforts and to provide educational opportunities throughout the state. In all, the re... enhance industry and with unique, highly relevant educational opportunities." Using the infrastructure created by the grant, "discussions are underway to determin...Richard Zare named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...ident of the institute. "We are hopeful that their educational experiments will energize undergraduate science ed...education and on the quality of their research and educational accomplishments. "Teaching often takes a back seat to research at leading American universities," th...Yale's Strobel named 'million-dollar professor' for science teaching innovation
.... Cech, HHMI president. "We are hopeful that their educational experiments will energize undergraduate science education throughout the nation." The course Strobel proposed will have three parts. A spring semester course will lay groundwork in the science and technologies -- evolution, ecology, and molecular an...Tufts' David Walt named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...ked at the quality of the applicant's research and educational accomplishments and the potential for the proposed program to serve as a model in other settings....HHMI awards Brandeis professor $1 million to draw minorities into science
...nt by government agencies, private foundations and educational institutions in an attempt to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities in science and medicine, but the list of success stories is dauntingly small." Epstein's strategy to succeed where others have failed is to design a program specificall...Lawrence Platt, MD, receives the 2006 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture award
...fter speaker and has participated in more than 350 educational symposia. He has received numerous honors and awards and has been recognized in America's Best Doctors for the last 12 years. He serves on numerous community charitable and education organizations. He serves on the Oversight Committee for the Enterta...AIUM Presidential Recognition Awards presented
...d most recently he has been involved in the AIUM's educational interactions with the US Food and Drug Administration on the issue of contrast agents. "Dr Fowlkes was selected for this award as a result of his dedication to the AIUM as well as his commitment to the ultrasound community as a whole," said Dr Greenb...Restoring seagrass beds: Is it for the birds?
...n the shoalgrass beds. 'We hope a combination of educational signage, replanting sea oats, and a seemingly endless supply of fertilizer will bring the habitats around Robinson Island back to their peak condition," he concluded....Friedemann Schrenk receives the 2006 Communicator Award
...eries of lessons. In addition to making use of the educational and visual aids this also boosts contact and interaction between European and African schools. The award panel recognised Friedemann Schrenk's long-term, uninterrupted and wide-ranging endeavours to communicate his research to the general public. No...From Alzheimer's to schizophrenia: SNM reveals latest MI/NM research at annual meeting
...ar imaging and nuclear medicine professionals. The educational and scientific program at the 53rd Annual Meeting ...ound the world come to this premier scientific and educational event to discover just how far molecular imaging and nuclear medicine have pushed our understanding ...SNM issues first procedure guideline for imaging cancer in adults and children with PET/CT
...k School of Medicine. "This 11-page document is an educational tool, identifying those elements that are most important in obtaining high-quality PET/CT images and interpretation," explained Dominique Delbeke, lead author of the article and the director of nuclear medicine and the PET Center at Vanderbilt Univer...RIT receives grant to develop PhD program in sustainability
...imate goal is to produce graduates, at the highest educational level, that are equipped to become leaders in creating a more sustainable society both in their own communities and around the world." RIT will augment the Luce Foundation grant with university funding and will convene the design team to begin curri...Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
...oping a learning management platform to host these educational resources. At the other end of the spectrum is the recent experience of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - one of the richest states in the USA in introducing OpenDocument, an Open Standard for office applications, which provides important lessons ...New groundbreaking findings in taste, smell and chemical irritation
...6th, at 10:00 A.M., AChemS members will present an educational outreach program for local elementary and high school students at the GWIZ Science Center. The opening, guest lecture, which will begin at 8:30 pm, will be presented by Dr. John Dowling, from Harvard University. The title is "Fishing for Novel Genes"...Washington University's Sarah Elgin is re-funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
...esident Thomas R. Cech. "We are hopeful that their educational experiments will energize undergraduate science education throughout the nation." Cech is a biochemist who continued teaching undergraduates at the University of Colorado at Boulder even after he won a Nobel Prize. "The HHMI professors are as excite...From climate dynamics to educational research...
...rst time, bring together the approaches of leading educational researchers to develop theoretically and empirically sound competence models and appropriate measurement procedures. (Coordinator: Prof. Eckhard Klieme, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt/Main) Life Sciences ...Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces 2006 winners of Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship
...en and men from diverse backgrounds and a range of educational institutions. The annual deadline is March 15. Leonard M. Rieser (19221998) was a physicist, professor, mentor, and a vocal advocate for the peaceful resolution of conflict. Through the Rieser Fellowship, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists honors ...Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute sign agreement...
...h parties will engage in scientific, technical and educational collaborations that will serve to advance efforts to reduce disparities in global health. Dr. Bruno Sobral, executive and scientific director of VBI, remarked: "This agreement reflects a compelling need for new ways to tackle the global threat of inf...SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting: Research brings new world of diagnosing, treating illness
...uantitative PET/CT examinations. In addition, the educational and scientific program at the 53rd Annual Meeting is tailored to provide attendees with the most current and important information available in the field. SNM and SNMTS present about 100 continuing education courses focusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular...First global integrative medicine conference in North America
...grative therapeutic approaches and seek to promote educational collaboration among cross multiple medical disciplines. During this meeting, researchers and health care providers will examine and address the validity of a variety of complementary and intergrative medicine approaches including massage, herbal ther...