The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest
...sidade Federal de Minas Gerais, where his teaching interests include ecosystem dynamics and modeling and digital cartography, and director of the Universidade's Center for Remote Sensing. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. He earned his doctorate in Spatial Analysis from the Uni...Scientists making advances in cancer to receive international awards
...ished to honor Dr. Bruce F. Cain, whose scientific interests involved the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of potential anti-tumor drugs. Adams will present his lecture, "The Proteasome and Cancer: The Discovery and Development of VELCADE," at 9:00 a.m., April 5, in Ballroom A-B of the Washington C...Herrington to discuss coastal hazards at planning workshop
...ical Assistance Service. His teaching and research interests include coastal hydrodynamics, sediment transport, wave-structure interaction, coastal meteorology and coastal hazard mitigation. Herrington is the chief architect of the N.J. Coastal Monitoring Network and the N.J. Coastal Storm Surge Warning System...Drs. Hrabowski, Summers share success strategies for producing minority scientists, engineers
...tial body of high-achieving minority students with interests in math and science; offering merit-based financial support; providing an orientation program for freshman; recruitment of active research faculty to work with the students; and involvement of students in scientific research projects early in their u...Richard Zare named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...hotosynthesis, seems well suited for capturing the interests of students and for illustrating how research problems require knowledge of many different fields," Zare said. "As the course progresses, the opportunity will be presented for students to explore their own curiosity about the behavior of organisms i...Brookhaven Lab and Mount Sinai form joint Center for Translational Biomedical Imaging
...ical Center, "In addition to pursuing the research interests we already share with our Brookhaven colleagues, Mount Sinai scientists will likely identify new medical problems where imaging can play a role. Our medical expertise and experience in clinical studies will also be a great asset when trying to transl...Lawrence Platt, MD, receives the 2006 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture award
...r Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. His research interests include ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis, 2-, 3-, and 4-dimensional ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology, and the biophysical assessment of fetal condition. Dr Platt is a sought-after speaker and has participated in more than 350 educational symp...Friedemann Schrenk receives the 2006 Communicator Award
...otal of 84 Leibniz Institutes. Schrenk's research interests focus on paleoanthropology. The key issues his research addresses are questions such as "What is man?" and "How did homo sapiens come to be?" The main aim of his research is to develop a holistic view of the evolution of mankind under the influence o...Young researchers recognised for scientific achievements
...physics and neuroscience. One of his main research interests is Blind Source Separation (BSS). BSS denotes the task of identifying independent signals from a set of mixed signals in which the sources are not known. Theis has developed new and efficient algorithms in order to approach this problem, but is also ...Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
...ectual Property regime designed to protect private interests be reformed to "lock everyone in"? What results when government authorities promote free, open source software in their jurisdictions? Who (if anyone) should own or control access to the human genome sequence? What parallels can be drawn with the fun...Personalized medicine, future of pharmaceuticals explored in UH lecture
...fessor in UH's College of Technology. Her primary interests are in how basic and clinical pharmaceutical sciences are translated into clinical research and practice, as well as health policy. In addition to discussing how personalized medicine seeks to develop drugs that are customized for an individual pat...Award supports Virginia Tech research to reduce vehicle emissions, create biofuel
...the faculty at Virginia Tech in 2005. His research interests are real-time traffic control, traffic flow theory...mission of greenhouse gases, and benefits national interests and security," Zhang said. "Cellulosic ethanol production involves three sequential steps: pretreatm...Research into salt, oil, ice and fossils
...eposits. Among Christian Hallmann's other research interests are the use of so-called polar components of mineral oil as an indicator of oil redistribution, its biological degradation, and molecular biological markers. Markus Konz, 26, Hydrology, University of Basel, Switzerland Glaciers and glacial runoff are...Research uncovers signaling pathways related to brain-immune system links
...d on HIV infection, it directly relates to broader interests of Dr. Douglas' laboratory. He currently leads a four-year program project grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, entitled, "Neurokinin-1R (Substance P Receptor) Antagonists for HIV Therapy." One project within that grant will conduct a ...Mary-Claire King to receive the 2006 Weizmann Women & Science Award
...000 women annually in the U.S. Prof. King's other interests include inherited deafness, systemic lupus erythematosus, human genetic diversity and evolution, and the application of genomics to human rights problems. Her laboratory has carried out DNA identifications for the War Crimes Tribunal of the United N...SNM recognizes contributions of Walter Wolf with 2006 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...arget pharmacokinetics of antitumor agents. Wolf's interests also include studies on the synthesis and mechanism of action of radiopharmaceuticals. The senior consultant in radiopharmacy and pharmacology for the LAC/USC Medical Center since 1987, Wolf also served as director of radiopharmacy services there (1...DeLuca receives honorary doctorate from University of Perugia
...primary teaching and research responsibilities and interests are in novel drug delivery, formulation and process development of proteins and peptides, and freeze-drying. He is the author or co-author of 200 research articles and book chapters, and is the recipient of numerous research awards, including the fi...UCSB's Patrick Daugherty wins a 2006 Camille Dreyfus
...whom were chemical engineers. Daugherty's research interests focus on developing and applying methods to diagnosis and treat disease by applying emerging biotechnologies to molecular and cellular engineering. Daugherty's group has developed methods to create from scratch 'tailor-made' biomolecules that could a...Conservation offers financial rewards for cattle ranchers, study finds
... done is create a menu to see what fits with their interests and to try to find a strategy that works well for them." Other co-authors of the study are James B. Friday, forestry specialist at the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Pamela A. Matson, the Chester Nara......edy of the commons," a conflict between individual interests and the common good that has stumped scientists for generations. Now a trio of researchers, including a Brown University biologist, has created a unique theoretical model that can explain the rise of cooperation. Under their model, altruists not only...