World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...ition and the original facility is Michael Graves, internationally known for the startling eclecticism of his postmod...ure, UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang said, "The KITP is internationally renowned and enviously emulated in so many countries as a place where the world's top scientists gat...Children's Hospital Boston wins $2.5 million in health surveillance grants
...ractices around influenza control," says Mandl, an internationally recognized expert on biosurveillance and personally controlled health records. The second grant, of $1 million, will focus on advanced technologies for investigating and managing disease outbreaks and was awarded to Dr. Aneel Advani, a new CHIP inve...Rice engineer wins prestigious Annunzio Award
...ineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, is internationally recognized for cutting-edge research in two of bioengineering's most competitive fields -- nanotechnology and tissue engineering. West will receive the award at a gala this evening in Washington, D.C. "This award places Jennifer West squarely within ...Texas universities expanding new information network
...ations and expand upon existing joint partnerships internationally across industries and within the academic and medical fields."...Two UT Southwestern physicians elected to National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine
... individuals in my lab." Dr. McConnell, an internationally recognized authority in prostate disease, is responsible for the overall management of university outpatient clinics, Zale Lipshy and St. Paul University Hospitals, and the UT Southwestern integrated health system. He served as chairman of urology at...Leading scientists to discuss research applications for therapeutic cloning
... we can find out." Currently, conflicting policies internationally allow different stages of research in human and animal cloning in different countries. The United Kingdom restricts animal work but allows research on human embryos. In the United States, animal work is allowed but work on human embryonic stem cells ...New Italian research links migraine and endometriosis
...erview and classified their headaches according to internationally accepted criteria. Said Dr Ferrero: "In our population of women with endometriosis a third of the women suffered migraine (and over 13% experienced aura before the onset of the headache), which was significantly higher than we observed in the control...Norman D. Newell to receive Legendary Geoscientist Award
...udent of Newell. During the 1930s Newell became an internationally recognized authority on fossil bivalve mollusks, his core specialty. His research style and publications served as models for young invertebrate paleontologists engaged in changing the scope and image of their discipline. His 1937 and 1942 monographs...IRCM scientist demonstrates basic active mechanism of immune-system cells
...ication is a major milestone for Dr. Veillette, an internationally recognized expert on the identification of molecular mechanisms that control the immune response. Initial findings were published in Nature Immunology in 2001, followed by an article in Nature Cell Biology in 2003. The article slated for publication ...Stronger therapy better for AML with normal genetics
...with normal chromosomes," says Krzysztof Mrzek, an internationally recognized cytogeneticist, research scientist in internal medicine and one of the paper's coauthors. "Yet, they make up the largest single group of people with AML." The multi-institutional study analyzed data from 490 patients treated for AML...15 million cancer research coup
... Professor Waters said, "The establishment of this internationally competitive, dynamic Medical Research Council co-operative is a major coup for Wales. By unravelling the complexities of how cells maintain their chromosomes we will be able to establish the cancer risks for individuals, to design new anti-cancer dru...Mapping the underwater world in 3-D
... software and hardware provided by CodaOctopus, an internationally recognised company specialising in underwater technologies for imaging, mapping, defence and survey. Paul Baxter, Commercial Manager of CodaOctopus said: "CodaOctopus is pleased to sponsor this geophysical research laboratory and to be associated wi...Six research units given the go-ahead
..., but also the prospect of helping to establish an internationally leading project. The mathematicians who initiated the second Research Unit "Algebraic Cycles and Values of L-Functions" are already working at the highest international level. They will now work as a team, based at the universities of Regensburg and ...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
... of the University of Florida. Scientists included internationally renowned Parkinson's expert Anders Bjrklund of Lund, a pioneer of the experimental treatment involving the transplantation of fetal cells into the brains of Parkinson's patients, and his colleague Deniz Kirik, a neurobiologist. "This work with GDNF i...ASBMB Schering-Plough Award lecture to focus on histone modifications in transcription
...lis at the University of Virginia. Dr. Allis is an internationally recognized expert on dynamic chromatin structure and its relationship to gene transcription and other fundamental DNA processes, and in a relatively short time, Dr. Strahl emerged as a young leader in this area, which is currently a subject of intens...TAT2005 - 3rd International Symposium on Targeted Anticancer Therapies
...ew agents, which will be reviewed and discussed by internationally renowned clinical experts who have hands-on experience with these agents in clinical trials. The meeting program will also cover updates on the continued clinical development of various recently approved targeted agents, including the EGFR inhibitor...Survivors to revisit the polio scare
... the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital network, an internationally known expert in postpolio syndrome. An era not quite over Polio was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 1979. Yet according to the World Health Organization, polio cases worldwide rose by a third in 2004, due in part to a vaccine boycott. Children's...RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide
...thwest Ohio Bioinformatics Consortium, he is known internationally for his work on RNA structural bioinformatics--the...g and classifying RNA structures have been adopted internationally to advance RNA structure prediction and simulation and RNA sequence analysis. His work is supported ......spite its small size, Monaco is keen to co-operate internationally and is setting up EUREKA structures to support research and development (R&D). Monaco is establishing a dedicated 2 million fund for EUREKA projects.......m Fleming, Deputy Director of Berkeley Lab, and an internationally acclaimed leader in spectroscopic studies of the photosynthetic process. "Using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy, we can map the flow of excitation energy through space with nanometer spatial resolution and femtosecond temporal resolution." F...