ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
...ety. Lehman received the award for his outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of DNA metabolism, his admirable track record as a mentor, and his unparalleled service to the Journal of Biological Chemistry. C. David Allis (Rockefeller University, New York) will be honored with the ASBMB Merck Awar...Bee researcher at Arizona State University is 1 of 20 new Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences
...neuronal aging. Of the award, Amdam says, In the scholarly system of Norway, where I come from, such recognitions are very rare, nearly unheard of. This is a great honor for me. She also notes, The award gives me a unique opportunity to take my research at ASU into the field of neuroscience, and neurogeronto...Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger
... clear," said Vucetich, who recently co-authored a scholarly article with Nelson on the meaning of the words "endangered" and "recovery" in the Endangered Species Act. Their paper was published in the October 5, 2006 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Conservation Biology. "The Act is intended to allow specie...Oxford physiology professor earns APS' Walter B. Cannon Award
... also published more than 200 research articles in scholarly journals. "Prize pores" Ion channels -- microscopic protein pores in the cell membrane that control which ions enter and leave -- are essential for the normal functioning of all cells. The ability to see, hear, think, speak, and move arms and l...National Academies host spring season of Distinctive Voices programs in Irvine, Calif.
...alifornia, Irvine. He has published more than 900 scholarly articles, authored or edited 30 books, and was awarded the National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush in 2002. ...Paper challenges 1491 Amazonian population theories
There's a scholarly debate brewing about whether pre-Columbian Amazonianpopulations settled in large numbers acrossAmazonia and created the modern forest setting that many conservationiststake to be natural.' This view has become fashionable among manyarchaeologists a...Research physiologists convene for 120th Annual Meeting
...ed in the world. APS publishes 13 widely acclaimed scholarly journals and recently posted over 650,000 pages of historical scientific studies online, some dating back to the year 1898. MEDIA CONTACT: The findings from select research presentations, lectures and symposia will be provided in separate news ...Wiley Foundation announces recipients of 6th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
...l Sciences to acknowledge the contributions of the scholarly community to our corporate success," said Ms. Wiley. "Through this award we seek to recognize and foster ongoing excellence in scientific achievement and discovery. In addition to this award we have invited Dr. Hartl and Dr. Horwich to deliver a lect...Inaugural Prometheus Prize awarded by Prometheus Books and the APA
...sues in the philosophy of mathematics. His current scholarly and research interests are the ethical and political constraints on scientific research, the evolution of altruism and morality, and the apparent conflict between science and religion. Paul Kurtz, founder and chairman of Prometheus Books and profess...NJIT women scientists and engineers use new information technologies to tackle isolation on campus
...ex are depicted in U.S. film and television. Her scholarly publications include essays on science fiction writers James Tiptree and H.G. Wells and the classic 1950s science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Steffen-Fluhr received her PhD from Brandeis University....Committee review of stem-cell fraud finds editors followed all rules
...antly change the traditionally collegial nature of scholarly publishing, as editors are required to make more demands of potential authors. "Clearly, we're moving into a new world in which public trust in the scientific enterprise has been a very serious casualty," Kennedy said in an interview. "There are man...Wiley to acquire Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd.
...combined business will publish approximately 1,250 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and an extensive collection of books with global appeal. This deep reservoir of must-have content will be delivered to customers in print and electronically, advancing our goal of providing more access to more content to more ...Learning global solutions to local problems
...d with a senior faculty mentor who has already had scholarly experience on an international level. Finding a theme that all seven faculty members could study was one of the first challenges of the program. Diabetes and obesity was selected because it is a worldwide problem but each member studied it from the...Embryo project investigates agents of change in science
...ned, in that it is establishing the best available scholarly study of a variety of different factors at different intervals of time," Maienschein said. She added that the project brings together "researchers who would normally be working in their separate fields," in an effort to break down the boundaries th...Real-time Plant Physiology: ASPB extends 'open access' benefit for members
...harge. This bold initiative in novel approaches to scholarly publishing makes ASPB members' articles in Plant Physiology fully and freely accessible from the moment of publication to anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world. "Open Access ensures the free flow of information and full participat...Senior academic officers oppose 'public access' legislation
...tion would damage the special relationship between scholarly societies and academic communities who work in partnership to ensure that these communities are sustained and extended, science is advanced, research meets the highest standards, and patient care is enhanced with accurate and timely information." Ri...Society of Nuclear Medicine offers free access to Journal of Nuclear Medicine
...sources. JNM and JNMT will be two of more than 800 scholarly journals posted on that site ( http://jnm.snmjournals.org )....EMBL-EBI and collaborators win bid to run UK PubMed Central
...ll offer a sophisticated and exciting new means of scholarly communication for biomedical researchers. Building on the complementary strengths that each partner brings to this project, we expect to create a platform for the development of a whole range of new services for the UK and European biomedical researc...Oxford Journals share evidence-based open access results with the community
...ublishers, editors, and representatives of several scholarly organizations. "Until recently there has been a l... event has received strong support from across the scholarly community, for presenting hard evidence into the effects of open access, and also for enabling other...Public Library of Science announces PLoS ONE: A new approach to open-access publishing
...public resource. PLoS ONE will return control over scholarly publishing to the research community by bringing together research from all areas of biology and medicine, offering authors an efficient and highly effective means to communicate their results and ideas, and providing the community with powerful new ...