Barbara Turnbull Award honours leading spinal cord researcher
...eld in Canada," said Barbara Turnbull. "This award encourages Canadian health researchers by enabling them to expand their sphere of research and add momentum to the on-going search for a cure to spinal cord injuries" said Dr. Rmi Quirion, Scientific Director of the CIHR-INMHA. "NeuroScience Canada is proud to ...Seven UCR entomologists honored by professional society
...ward in Urban Entomology This award recognizes and encourages outstanding extension, research, andteaching contributions in urban entomology, defined here in its broadestsense as the study of the biology and control of arthropods found in thehome or surrounding landscape. The award, sponsored by S.C. Johnson an...Educators in Texas and Massachusetts earn top 2005 mentoring awards from AAAS
...rgets underrepresented students in engineering and encourages participants from minority-serving institutions. "Since meeting her in 1994, Karen Butler-Purry remains to me one of the people who makes a difference in the lives of those she touches," said Jan Rinehart, deputy director, Space Engineering Institut...HHMI awards $10 million to graduate programs that combine science and medicine
...HHMI's new graduate education program supports and encourages graduate schools to integrate medical knowledge into their Ph.D. training. The goal is to produce researchers who have the knowledge and skills to address clinically important biological problems from the perspective of basic science. A distinguished...Authors, illustrator win AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
...dex. It engages young adult readers in science and encourages the discussion and understanding of scientific ideas. In accordance with Project 2061's Habits of Mind benchmark, the book should enable high school readers to view science and technology thoughtfully. Hands-On Science/Activity Books The Amateur N...New partnership focuses on prostate cancer diagnostics
...iscovered by CPDR. HJF's technology transfer staff encourages scientists and private industry to collaborate on research and development projects, with the goal of making innovative medical technologies available for clinical use....Study of tropical forests worldwide reveals that nature encourages diversity
...cal forests around the world has found that nature encourages diversity by selecting for less common trees as the trees mature. The landmark study, which was conducted by 33 ecologists from 12 countries and published in the January 27 issue of the journal Science, conclusively demonstrates that diversity matte...Underdogs in the understory: Study suggests nature favors rarer trees
... forests around the world has revealed that nature encourages biodiversity by favoring the growth of less common trees. The landmark study, conducted by 33 ecologists from 12 countries and published in the Jan. 27 issue of the journal Science, conclusively demonstrates that diversity matters and has ecological ...Scientists make first step towards 'holy grail' of crystallography
...re of a material, traps the protein molecules, and encourages them to crystallise. They tested the theory using BioGlass, a substance developed by Imperial's material scientists, as a scaffold to trap and encourage the growth of protein crystals. BioGlass is a porous material, with a variety of different size p...Smithsonian guide to the biodiverse marine environment of Panama's Bocas del Toro
...aseline species inventory for the station. Collin encourages interested researchers to contact STRI: "I hope that scientists and students will find the organisms they work with in our online database and decide to visit the station. We already have documented more than 3000 species." (see links) Comparable t...A distinguished program training the next generation of conservation scientists
...tional Parks Science Scholars Program. The program encourages innovative research on scientific problems critical to national parks by annually awarding eight US$78,000 scholarships to support the education and research expenses of graduate students for three years. A collaboration among Canon U.S.A., Inc., th...Student scientists create living bacterial photographs
...cally Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition, which encourages students to build simple biological machines. "The goal of the contest was to build bacteria that could do very simple computing," says Dr. Edward Marcotte, one of the students' faculty advisers and associate professor of biochemistry at The Univers...Innovative research set to push boundaries of cancer care
... stops cells that are damaged from reproducing and encourages them to commit apoptosis, but a majority of cancer cells have damaged or missing p53. To test the therapeutic power of azurin to damage cancer cells, the researchers have used it in mouse models of melanoma and breast cancer and found it led to sign...Protein behavior may lead to better treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
...y. "The structure in the energy landscape is what encourages it to fold or not to fold," he said. "You want to see what protein is doing in an unfolded state and why it folds. Then you can understand why the folding sometimes goes wrong." Laurence said protein folding gone awry can provide some keys to as to ...Brain memory area modifies its 'wiring diagram' during the female cycle
...rg said. Earlier research has shown that learning encourages growth of mossy fibers, which are axons, or nerve fibers, in the hippocampus. Mossy fibers are unique because they have high concentrations of zinc and the cells that give rise to these axons, the granule cells, show neurogenesis, or birth of new ner...Research: In environmental policy, we get what we pay for
...d. "The big advantage in that situation is that it encourages more pollution reduction from sources where it's cheap to clean up, and it cuts slack for sources when it's very expensive to reduce pollution." One example is the 1990 acid rain program, which combined a market-based approach with an overall emissio...Scientists and engineers apply nature's design to human problems
...he productivity of the Tech 'ecosystem.'" As CBID encourages interaction among its initial 17 members, Yen expects an increase in biomimetic research that is, research in biologically inspired design. Already, however, biomimetic research projects are under way in biosensing, materials design, locomotory devi...Sept/Oct 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...making. The RPAD assesses physician behavior that encourages patient participation in decision making. Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity By Cleveland G. Shields, Ph.D., et al THE DECADE DANCE In this personal essay, a physician relates the story of a patient w...Agronomy society makes $5,000 donation for hurricane aid
...ctional for our meetings." The Executive Committee encourages members to offer their own contributions to hurricane relief. Sources for charitable contributions specifically targeted for hurricane aid can be found on the Federal Emergency Management Agency Web site at www.fema.gov or the National Voluntary Or...Scientists must offer solutions for conserving tropical forests in a rapidly changing world
...and animal inhabitants since the late '70 at STRI, encourages tropical scientists to conduct assessments based on existing long-term records. Basic research will help us to understand the dimensions and mechanisms of forest responses to anthropogenic forcing. Conservation scientists must help to mitigate the nu...