The Louis-Jeantet-Prize for Medicine 2005
...l School by endowing professorships. Louis-Jeantet professors are provided with funds for research and administrative personnel. The Louis-Jeantet Foundation for Medicine The Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine is not intended to honour past, or already celebrated, achievements. Rather, it is awarded with a view...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
...orian Solzbacher and Reid Harrison both assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering along with Normann. They will develop a wireless version of Utah Electrode Array, which will look much like the original but will be slightly larger and "will have electronic circuitry integrated into it to ...New technique provides insights into gene regulation
... developed the system in collaboration with U of T professors Brendan Frey of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Timothy Hughes of the BBDMR and the Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology. The research team also included Quaid Morris and Ofer Shai of the Department of Electrical...DFG loosens eligibility requirements for the Emmy Noether Programme
...e beginning of 2003 have already been appointed as professors (Andreas Butz from Saarbrcken to Munich, Rolf Niedermeier from Tbingen to Jena and Mareike Schoop from Aachen to Hohenheim). Negotiations on further appointments are currently underway. The Grants Committee for the Emmy Noether Programme decided to ...UCSD researchers derive lessons about human evolution from chicken genome
...ortant differences between birds and mammals. UCSD professors participating in the consortium focused on evolutionary implications. They analyzed changes in gene orders on chromosomes--so-called genome rearrangements--and, using sophisticated computational biology techniques, they compared rearrangements in the...Study reveals developing countries with recipe for thriving health biotech industries
...encourage technology transfer and allow university professors to set up private firms or spin-off companies. That support for the private sector has in turn given birth to a nascent South Korea venture capital sector, something that is almost nonexistent in other countries. As a result a surpr...Study: Pigeons can sense the Earth's magnetic field; ability might allow them to return home
...chael Walker, Michael Davison and Martin Wild, all professors at the University of Auckland. "This is a fascinating study in which Cordula managed to train homing pigeons to respond to magnetic fields," said Dr. Kenneth J. Lohmann, Hoggard Distinguished professor of biology at UNC. "It is important news ...HIV, diagnostic health care tools top of list for UH researchers
...ong the presentations of two University of Houston professors at a gathering of the top nanotechnologists in the nation Nov. 19-21. The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference "Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems" will bring together approximately ...Stowers Institute scientist named American Cancer Society research professor
...y competitive peer review process. Only one or two professors in each category are usually appointed in any year. The Society dedicates more money to cancer research than any other not-for-profit, non-government funder of cancer research in the United States, spending over $100 million each year. Dr. Hawl...Stimulating nerve cells with laser precision
...of Vanderbilt Neurological Surgery, both assistant professors of neurological surgery; and biomedical engineering doctoral student Jonathon Wells. In an experiment with rats, the scientists used a laser to stimulate the sciatic nerve and to control muscles in the animal's hind leg and individual toes, de...Academics find that the finger of destiny points their way
...ich is male-dominated, with only one in 40 science professors being a woman. "The short answer is that we don't know: the high levels of oestrogen in women may act differently on the brain and not give them the spatial skills that men with similar levels of the hormone have. "Or their may be social reasons: sc...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
...sually interdisciplinary, under the supervision of professors who are distinguished in research and teaching. Approximately six percent of all doctoral students in Germany complete their doctorates within a Research Training Group. Graduates of Research Training Groups generally have a more rounded qualificatio...$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
... field to study at each university under different professors and experts. This is how new ideas are born." This has become a very effective recruiting tool for UH. Its "students are getting snapped up because industry demands workers that are diverse and trained across the board." He emphasizes that this ...High fiber intake reduces estrogen levels in Latina women, according to researchers
...-including Laurence N. Kolonel and Suzanne Murphy, professors at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Brian E. Henderson and Malcolm Pike, professors of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC--looked at blood hormone levels of 252 ...The long road to a promising malaria vaccine started at NYU School of Medicine
...zabeth Nardin, Ph.D., and Fidel Zavala, M.D., both professors in medical and molecular parasitology at NYU--led to the development of simple immunological assays that could identify mosquitoes carrying the parasite. This marked an important advance because previously scientists could only identify infected m...