Heroes of the sea, Pew Fellows' fifteenth class tackle sharks, reefs, mangroves and more
... Jurgenne Primavera, Philippines. Each Pew Fellow receives $150,000 to conduct a three-year conservation project, and they join the world's leading network for ocean science and conservation. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation has selected 89 Pew Fellows from ove...Fritz Lipmann lecture will look at enzyme biosynthesis of peptide natural products
...d Wayne A. Hendrickson. The recipient of the award receives a stipend and a plaque. In addition, they are reimbursed for all travel, hotel accommodations, meals, and expenses to attend the meeting, where they will deliver the Fritz Lipmann Lecture....Bird brains show how trial and error may contribute to learning
...he anterior nidopallium). In the avian brain, LMAN receives input about complex movements from the basal ganglia and forwards the information to motor neurons that participate in song production. Without LMAN, scientists have long known, a young bird cannot learn its song, but an adult bird can sing its song ......uly 2005. In addition to NIGMS, the PSI currently receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health....Findings suggests that blocking estrogen may be crucial to lung cancer survival
...tructure on the surface of a cell that selectively receives and binds substances. In the first study, Laura Stabile, Ph.D., instructor in the department of pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues examined methods to block the action of estrogen in human lung tumors grafted in mice. They c...Educators in Pennsylvania and North Carolina earn top 2004 Mentoring Awards from AAAS
...rs of success in mentoring students. The recipient receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque. 2004 AAAS MEN...red students for less than 25 years. The recipient receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque....'I had them a moment ago, now where are my glasses?'
...ke rapid decisions about the information the brain receives from the world. A classic although purely practical example of working memory is our ability to look up a telephone number, remember it just long enough to dial it, and then promptly forget it. However, working memory is fundamental to many other cog...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...Medicine, one of the nation's top medical schools, receives more than $150 million annually in federal support for innovative medical research. Kermit Hall, Ph.D., President of the University at Albany said, "The 21st Century will be marked by exciting nanotechnology innovations that are enabled by multi-ins...Virginia Tech patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more
...proceeds. And their home department or center also receives a share, which can be used for overhead, student support, or wherever a few extra dollars are needed. So CPES faculty members are giving up potential income," Martin said. "But the IPPF provides us with a review from the market place. We will be able...ASBMB Schering-Plough Award lecture to focus on histone modifications in transcription
...ne modifications play in DNA transcription when he receives the 2005 ASBMB-Schering-Plough Research Institute Award. The award will be presented to Dr. Strahl on Tuesday, April 5 at 4:45 p.m. at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting in San Diego. The award lecture ...Brain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
...line." Winners receive a certificate, and everyone receives NIDA publications designed for students and parents. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) NIMH's presentation, "The Wonders of the Brain," is about perception. Led by young scientists in the NIMH Division of Intramural Research, students expl...William C. Rose Award lecture will focus on cytochrome P450
...cuss the many functions of cytochrome P450 when he receives the William C. Rose Award. The award will be presented to Dr. Guengerich on Wednesday, April 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting in San Diego. The cytochromes P450 are a large family of...To train the eye, keep it simple
...ther hand, is "monocular": The eye that is trained receives most of the benefit. The researchers concluded that for optimal training, each eye should be trained separately in clear displays. "Then you're done," Lu said....Europe faces brain drain and declining patient care unless cancer research funding is doubled
...nse of preventative and clinical research. Biology receives 41% of all cancer research funding, compared with 20% for treatment and just 4% for prevention. In contrast, the USA spends 25% on biology, 25% on treatment and 9% on prevention. Professor Franoise Meunier, Director General of the European Organisati...Lung cancer vaccine trial continues at UK's Markey Cancer Center
... patients over a period of two years. Each patient receives two injections of the dendritic cells, one month apart. It takes seven days to make the vaccine. Following careful monitoring to insure the vaccine is safe, the antigen loaded dendritic cells are injected into the patient. The second dose is admini...Arsenic removal from drinking water is focus of new projects
... center, one of nine throughout the United States, receives annual funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and provides grants or direct funding for work by state and university researchers on key areas for small water systems. The projects include optimizing iron addition for arsenic removal at...Master gene controls healing of 'skin' in fruit flies and mammals
...ene initiates the cuticle repair response after it receives an as-of-yet unidentified signal produced in cells adjacent to the injury." In its study, Jane's team found that, like their fruit fly counterparts, mice lacking grainyhead have a much more permeable skin than normal mice and have deficient wound rep...Brain-mapping technique aids understanding of sleep, wakefulness
...pe of neuron responsible for keeping animals awake receives inhibitory signals from neurons active only during...m" -- those from which the tracer-producing neuron receives signals. Researchers then track the tracer to map the upstream neurons. Dr. Yanagisawa and his coll...Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells
...le the field of human embryonic stem cell research receives a tremendous amount of public attention, many scientists are also exploring the potential of adult stem cells for possible therapies. But this field raises other difficulties. Although adult stem cell research isn't fraught with the controversies tha......hip for the purposes of the new clinical trial. He receives no other funds and no stock or stock options from the sponsors. Other authors of the papers include Elan employees and researchers who have received honoraria from, or hold stock in, Elan and Wyeth....