Researcher finds new use for botox
... causes of nerve diseases. Dr Frederic Meunier, a lecturer in UQ's School of Biomedical Sciences, is studying basic physiological processes at the molecular level. Dr Meunier is one of seven UQ finalists in the 2005 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards to be announced on September 22 as a highlight of U...Secrets of the deep may hold key to life on other planets
...w in just three years," said earth and environment lecturer Dr Crispin Little. "Vent communities are dependent on geochemical rather than solar energy sources and this buffers them from almost all major events, such as mass extinctions or climate change. "Their evolutionary history is likely to be radically...Coastal retreat in face of rising sea levels found to be influenced by wildfires
...vironment and Earth Sciences as well as a visiting lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Poulter will describe his findings during a 5:45 p.m. talk on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, during an Estuarine Research Federation conference at the Marriott Waterside Hotel and Convention Center in Nor...... to act," said Dr Stewart, who is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She said that the SEED report, with little change in the criteria for acceptance or exclusion and little to offer in the way of extra remuneration, had not really changed the issue of recruitment. "It is clea...Historian at NJIT will discuss disseminating scientific knowledge in 19th century
...ascinates historian Kevin Gumienny, PhD, a special lecturer in the history department at New Jersey Institute ...omy and mechanics; Henry Moyes, a popular Scottish lecturer about chemistry and natural history. Gumienny will also focus on Humphrey Marshall, a botanist, a...Edinburgh vet's bid to cut deaths from rabies in Africa
...n, dying from the disease. Dr Cleaveland, a senior lecturer at the centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine at the University's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies says: "Rabies is a disease of poverty, because when villagers are bitten, they are unable to get to hospital in time to receive the post-expo...NJIT engineers use new technology to help children with cerebral palsy
...neering at NJIT, and Bruno Mantilla, MD, a special lecturer in the same department, will serve as co-project directors for the center. Children with cerebral palsy have limited use of their arms due to the discoordination of their neural motor control and stiffness of their joints. The stiffness results from ...Childcare reduces stress levels for kids with working mums
...ulie Turner-Cobb, a health psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Bath, Dr Christina Chryssanthopoulou from the University of Kent and by Dr David Jessop, a neuroimmunologist at the University of Bristol. To measure cortisol levels they took saliva samples in the morning and evening from 56 ...Joslin Diabetes Center study shows benefits of online discussion boards
..., C.D.E., a clinical social worker at Joslin and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. "Diabetes can be a lonely disease," he says. While face-to-face support groups can help remedy isolation, for many people coming into a new group can be a "very anxiety-provoking experience," Zrebiec says. "Entering a group...Creativity determines sexual success, research suggests
.... The lead author of the study, Dr Daniel Nettle, lecturer in psychology with Newcastle University's School of Biology, suggested two key reasons for the findings. He said: "Creative people are often considered to be very attractive and get lots of attention as a result. They tend to be charismatic and produ...New edition of the Joslin Guide to Diabetes, a must read for people with diabetes
... Dr. Beaser is a widely acclaimed diabetes author, lecturer and clinician. He is currently the medical executive director of Professional Education at Joslin and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Campbell is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and education p......wship at Harvard University in 2004 she has been a lecturer at the University of Marburg. She has also acted as replacement chair in Mnster and Heidelberg and is currently replacing the chair of Latin Studies at the University of Marburg. Prof. Marino Zerial (47), Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Mol...Unexpected finding: Some dinosaurs grew slower in hard times
... cannot so easily turn down their metabolism,' the lecturer says: 'If the food supply is inadequate, there's only one thing they can do die.' Dinosaurs lie somewhere in between: although they are descended from the reptiles, many of them had become warm-blooded, most researchers today agree. And they all gre...UQ staff honoured in 2006 Australia Day awards
...career. Professor Greenfield, who came to UQ as a lecturer in chemical engineering in the mid 70s, said being part of the incredible growth of the University had been a highlight of his work. "The University of Queensland is now a major force on the national scene, something you wouldn't have said 20 years ...March of Dimes commits additional $2.4 million to prematurity research
...es Center. Timothy Mark Frayling, PhD, a senior lecturer of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at Peninsula M...Kingdom. Jeffrey Andrew Keelan, PhD, MSc, senior lecturer at the Liggins Institute of the University of Auckland in New Zealand....2005 AAAS ISC Award goes to a team of Russian and American scientists
...bjects and navigating satellites. Dr. Cefola is a lecturer in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aero-Astro Department and an independent consultant, with over 30 years experience in the Aerospace industry. He is a mechanical engineer with research interests in the application of optimization techniqu...Finding a virus is not all bad news
... in the past hundred years," says Alexei, who is a lecturer in Computer Science and Bioinformatics. Studying cougars in the Rocky Mountains in North America the research team took blood samples from 352 cougars along with a GPS reading from where the sample was collected. The blood samples were then tested f...Truly informed consent must include talking about future fertility, warn experts
... and give truly informed consent. Dr Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK, said: "Young people face a double whammy when given a diagnosis of cancer: not only do they have to deal with the news that they have a potenti...Scientists fly in for maggot fest
...day event has been organised by Dr Matthew Cobb, a lecturer in animal behaviour in the University's Faculty of Life Sciences whose interest lies in the maggots' sense of smell. "Holding an international conference on fruit-fly maggots might seem like a strange idea but there are major scientific benefits to b......ical simplicity," said Harry Kountouras, a special lecturer of mechanical engineering at NJIT. "Paraplegics can't use their arms and legs but they can use their breath, and this device had switches that could connect to a sip-and-puff transducer. I think the device is so accurate and reliable that it could be...