'Madagascar Declaration' focuses African development policies on value of nature
...l environmental conference concluded Saturday. The symposium organized by Conservation International, titled "D...esident Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar opened the symposium by declaring that "anyone who says conservation and development cannot go hand-in-hand is wrong." Ma...Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon
...lecture is free and open to the public. During the symposium Thursday and Friday, University of Rochester experts in mathematics, statistics, immunology, and infectious diseases will join with colleagues from around the nation to discuss exactly how flu invades the body, how the body responds, and how mathemat...African symposium to focus on how nature can help alleviate poverty
An unprecedented international symposium called ''Defying Nature's End: The African Context...se and improve the quality of life for people. The symposium from June 20-24 in Madagascar's capital will be attended by government leaders, international organi...Diabetes research takes wing thanks to long-lived fruit fly
...s the fly's implications for aging and health at a symposium in Sweden sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundations and also at the exclusive International Workshop on the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, sponsored by the European Molecular Biology Organization, in Crete. Bohmann and Jasper showe...Plant diseases threaten chocolate production worldwide
...mportant Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide symposium held July 30 from 1:30-5 p.m., during the joint annual meeting of The American Phytopathological Society, Canadian Phytopathological Society, and the Mycological Society of America. The joint meeting will be held July 29August 2, 2006, at the Centre ...Immunology symposium to honor Dr. Robert Good's legacy
...t the Tradewinds Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach. The symposium is jointly sponsored by USF Health, All Children's..., Turkey, India, Korea and China. "This inaugural symposium is an extension and continuation of the legacy of Dr. Robert Good, whose inspiration can still be fe...Despite acidity, orange juice could still be a source of foodborne disease
...pasteurized. His presentation was part of a large symposium organized at the ASM meeting to examine the issue of foodborne diseases from non-potentially hazardous foods....Symposium to examine 'Frontiers in Biological Systems'
...community events, including a science and industry symposium featuring world renowned researchers in the fields...disease and develop treatments and therapies." The symposium also will include two sessions describing the development and commercialization of biotech research ...African symposium to focus on how nature can help alleviate poverty
... ''Defying Nature's End: The African Context," the symposium from June 20-24 in Madagascar's capital will be at...in perpetuity. That is exactly what the Madagascar symposium will be tackling." The symposium will present the latest research on links between the environment, ...ESMO International Symposium on Sarcoma and GIST
... working on new treatments. The organizers of the symposium hope to accelerate that process by bringing togeth... well as major reference center for sarcomas. The symposium has been greatly enhanced also by the input and participation of the Community of European Sarcoma G...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
... dsykes@speechprivacy.org ). During the day-long symposium (sessions 3aNS and 3pNS), Rein Pirn of Acentech, Inc. in Cambridge, MA ( pirus@rcn.com ) will review a systematic approach to speech privacy in open office design (often referred to as "cubicles") that was first proposed 36 years ago, highlight the l...Learning the lessons of the world's oldest ecological experiment
...06 Rothamsted Research is hosting an international symposium exploring the unique value of long-term ecological research. Park Grass was originally designed to test the effect of fertilisers and manures on hay yields. However, it soon became apparent that the treatments were also affecting the botanical make-u...Arizona State University hosts 'Genomes, Evolution, and Bioinformatics' conference
...sia. On the first day, the Walter M. Fitch Legacy symposium features long term associates of Dr. Walter Fitch, who is considered to be the father of modern molecular phylogenetics. On the last day, the meeting celebrates the Legacy of Masatoshi Nei, who is the foremost founder of the field of molecular evolu...Founding member of Pitt's Biology Department to be honored in Harrisburg, Pa., ceremony
...from the University in 1984, Pitt hosted a daylong symposium at which eminent colleagues reported on advances in the field Lauffer had helped create. One of the luminaries in attendance was Jonas Salk, Lauffer's former colleague and discoverer of the Salk polio vaccine. Today, Pitt's Department of Biological ...Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel
...University team attended an international squirrel symposium in North East England hosted by Newcastle University. Dr Lurz said: "I think the important thing to remember is that there are multiple threats facing the Mount Graham Red Squirrel, and their survival depends on how these are best managed." The UK-U...International Conference on Nutrition and Alzheimer's Disease/Cognitive Decline
...r of Medicine, Toulouse University, France, is the symposium co-chair. Sessions at the conference include: B-Vitamins and Alzheimer's Disease/Cognitive Decline Methodologic Issues in the Study of Nutrition and Cognitive Decline Dietary Fats, Blood Cholesterol, Total Energy Intake and Alzheimer's Disease/C...Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
...ost of other issues will be explored at a research symposium titled Challenging Intellectual Property: Access to Knowledge Issues in Open Source and Medicine that takes place on Thursday 13 April 2006 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event is organized by the United Nations University at the United Nat...2006 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction
...e du Developpement, INRA, France. The presidential symposium will further pursue the topic of nutritional regulation of reproductive function. Dr. Pushpa S. Kalra, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, will discuss "Energy homeostasis and reproduction: The neuropeptide connec...Biotechnology Study Center honors Jean-Pierre Changeux, Charles Weissmann and Eric Kandel
... NYU School of Medicinewill hold its annual awards symposium to honor three outstanding pioneers in neurobiology and cognition. The Dart/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Awards recognize the role of pure science in the development of pharmaceuticals, and particularly honor those scientists whose work has led to m...