Conservationist and actor Harrison Ford honored by Congressional Foundation
Washington D.C. (Sept. 19, 2006) -- Actor and Conservation International (CI) board member Harrison Ford was honored at the inaugural gala for the International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) dedicated to raising awareness in Congress about international conservation issues. An active member of CI's board of directors for more than 15 years, Ford continues to be an integral part in shap...Founding member of Pitt's Biology Department to be honored in Harrisburg, Pa., ceremony
The year was 1949. The structure of penicillin was determined; the lysosome, a cell structure that breaks down proteins, discovered; and the "strong force," which holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom, first described. ...... Amid these firsts in the fields of biology and physics, Max A. Lauffer became the chair of the newly created Department of Biophysics at the Universi...Dr. Harris receives NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
Dr. Kristen M. Harris, chief of the Synapses and Cell Signaling Program at the Medical College of Georgia, has received the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award for her studies of anatomical changes that occur at synapses, the sites of communication between brain cells.... ...Congress established the Senator Jacob Javits Award in the N...