UCI professors Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and Anthony James elected to National Academy of Sciences
...cademy of Arts and Sciences. Anthony James is an internationally known vector biologist and is responsible for a number of significant advances on genetic approaches to interrupt malaria parasite and dengue virus transmission by mosquitoes. Recently, it was announced that James was part of a team of researchers fr...Rutgers School of Engineering awards first alumni medals of excellence
...Engineer Award: Constantine P. (Gus) Sarkos is an internationally recognized expert in aircraft fire safety. Since 1985, he has managed the fire safety branch at the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center, which has extensive fire test facilities for in-house research. Many aircraft safety improvements and practi...PMS a fact of life or all in the mind?
.... Professor Ussher is one of six keynote speakers, internationally acclaimed within their fields: Kathy Charmaz, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University, USA; Adrian Coyle, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey and Research ...Founding member of Pitt's Biology Department to be honored in Harrisburg, Pa., ceremony
... innovative field." During his career, Lauffer was internationally known for his research on the structure and biological activity of viruses. He earned the Ph.D. degree in biochemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1937. After working at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research at Princeton University, he...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
...erns, and workplace issues. On Wednesday, June 7, internationally known leaders in the field (including Leo Beranek, winner of the 2003 President's National Medal of Science) will gather for the first-ever scientific colloquium on the subject of international privacy laws and speech privacy. The event will end with...Science journalists awarded fellowships to study at the MBL in Woods Hole
...hips at the MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory), an internationally known biomedical and environmental research center located in the village of Woods Hole, on Cape Cod. The program will provide the journalists hands-on science training during the MBL's famed summer research season, when hundreds of biologists gather...... "GenX on Ice" and "Godzilla Ice." Wertheim is an internationally noted science writer and commentator. She is the author of Pythagoras' Trousers, a history of the relationship between physics and religion, and The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet. She writes the "Quark Soup...Mary-Claire King to receive the 2006 Weizmann Women & Science Award
...has announced that Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., who is internationally known for her contributions to the field of genetics, will receive the 2006 Weizmann Women & Science Award. The Award will be presented by journalist Lesley Stahl, correspondent for the CBS program 60 Minutes, at a ceremony at Rockefeller University...RNAi Global Initiative members advance standards for genome-wide RNAi research in second meeting
...progress toward its fundamental goal of developing internationally accepted standards for conducting research using the first complete siRNA library targeting genes across the entire human genome. Genome-wide siRNA libraries have the potential to fundamentally change biological research and accelerate drug discover...Worms hold clue to link between cancer and ageing in humans
...ngs published in the journal Science tomorrow. The internationally funded research, carried out at the Buck Institute in the USA and the University of Manchester in the UK, found that proteins which prevent cancer in humans by stopping damaged cells from dividing, also determine lifespan in microscopic worms. The fi...Gene discovery opens door to tackling disease
...ho is also deputy director of WAIMR, is recognized internationally for his work on hormones. Several funding bodies have contributed to this work, including the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the Cancer Council of WA and the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research ...NWO/Spinoza Prize for psychologist, immunologist, biologist and physicist
...mong the world's top scientists. The laureates are internationally renowned, and know how to inspire young researchers. This is the twelfth occasion on which the Spinoza Prizes have been awarded. The first occasion was in 1995. The awards are made on the basis of nominations. Those allowed to make nominations are th...Harmful Algal Blooms monitored from space in Chile
... industries. The aquaculture industry in Chile and internationally has expressed great interest in the products and services developed under the CAP project. In particular, the HAB early warning service has been tested by Mainstream Chile, part of the Norwegian holding company CERMAQ, a world leader in salmon produc...LIAI finding gives boost to bioinformatics use in fighting disease
...mately vaccines," said Alessandro Sette, Ph.D., an internationally known vaccine expert and head of LIAI's Emerging Infectious Disease and Biodefense Center. "We've shown that it can successfully reveal with a very high degree of accuracy -- the vast majority of the epitopes (targets) that would trigger an effecti...New Lemur species named for CI President
Antananarivo, Madagascar To recognize an internationally renowned primatologist and champion of Madagascar's unique biodiversity, scientists who discovered three new species of mouse lemur on the island nation have named one in honor of Russell A. Mittermeier, the president of Conservation International. M...Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon
..., including bird flu. The University is recognized internationally as a leader in the testing of bird-flu vaccines. "For many years people did not recognize the importance of flu research," said Topham, associate professor of Microbiology and Immunology and a scientist in the David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biolog...Eighty below and loving it: Montana State University scientists to get new cold lab
... will bring so many things together." Adams, an internationally recognized avalanche and ice expert, along with MS... and sometimes, ad-hoc laboratories. Priscu, known internationally for his work on microbes in Antarctic ice, has built his own sterile room for analyzing ice frozen f...Earth observation satellites contribute to international polar year 2007-2008
... In addition to setting the first precedent for internationally coordinated scientific campaigns, past IPY accomplishments include the establishment of the first year-round research station inland from the Antarctic coast, the addition of more Antarctic stations, the initiation of the global space age and the rat...Report: Canada's Yellowstone too small for wildlife
...me the release of this study by John Weaver who is internationally respected as a wildlife biologist," says Daryl Sexsmith, executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's (CPAWS) NWT chapter. CPAWS has been advocating for expansion of the Nahanni National Park Reserve to protect the entire South N...Witonsky honored with Pfizer award for work with EPM disease in horses
...rtment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology and internationally recognized veterinary parasitologist. " Witonsky is a tireless researcher and fully deserves the recognition that would come from the Pfizer Award," wrote Lindsay in the nomination, adding that Witonsky "is a role model for veterinary students and yo...