Experimental Biology 2007: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Health, April 28-May 2
...development for scientists, as listed below. The theme of this year's meeting, "Today's Research: Tomorrow's Health," speaks to Experimental Biology's mission to share the newest scientific concepts and research findings shaping future and current clinical advances. The six sponsoring societies for Ex...Chemical Society Chicago meeting March 2529 features sustainability, health, other topics
...ety (ACS) has chosen sustainability as the central theme of its 233rd National Meeting in Chicago, March 2529. Scores of multidisciplinary scientific reports will investigate how society can meet the needs of the world today without hindering the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Overall...2007 AAAS Annual Meeting Headlines
...ce and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being," the theme established by Holdren. Holdren will provide his AAAS Presidential Address, a free public event, on Thursday, 15 February at 6:30 p.m. in the Hilton San Francisco, Continental Ballroom 4-6. Additional free lectures are planned at the same time and......on of chemicals, food, and pharmaceuticals. The theme of BioChE XV will be engineering biology from the biomolecular scale to the multicellular, tissue, and population level in areas ranging from biopharmaceuticals to biochemicals to bioenergy. BioChE XV will include plenary and keynote presentations, o......causes, some of which are genetic. "The recurring theme that genetic causes of Alzheimer's all seem to impact the accumulation of amyloid β-peptide in the brain, and that potential therapies which block A production or toxicity seem to block the disease in animal models, suggests that we're on the ri...Experimental Biology 2007 meets in Washington, D.C., April 28-May 2
...m throughout the United States and the world. The theme of Experimental Biology 2007 is "Todays Research: Tomorrows Health." Thousands of lectures, symposia, research presentations, career development workshops, and exhibits present the newest scientific concepts and research findings shaping current and ...CU-Boulder space station experiments to involve K-12 students around the globe
...ee, online science curriculum with a space biology theme for elementary students -- while the nematode project involves Orion's Quest, a Web-based education program based in Detroit that works closely with NASA and various schools on K-12 space education efforts, he said. Since the seeds in space will be...Study suggests morning pollution pall for Manchester commuters
...nchesters people. Tonights meeting, which has the theme Meteorology and Health, starts at 5.15pm in the Tyndall Centre Meeting Room, Room H18 of the Pariser Building on Sackville Street. All are welcome, especially non-members. For more information see http://www.rmets.org/groups/centres...Video explains what science learns from avian stars of 'Happy Feet' and 'March of the Penguins'
...erors also is very much in the spirit of NSF's IPY theme of attempting to understand what makes the processes of life in the cold and dark unique. The video describes a fascination with Emperors that dates to the early 20th century. In the mistaken belief that Emperor penguin embryos might shed light on...Boston College to develop urban environmental science curriculum for use in urban high schools
...ee years of this grant, the team will build on the theme of urban field-based science education pioneered by the Urban Ecology Institute," said Strauss who added that the team will work closely with teachers in partner schools across the country to implement and evaluate the curriculum and then later scale...Learning global solutions to local problems
...people face, while engaging in the loosely wrapped theme of diabetes and obesity. These are important conce... 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 ...Secrets revealed in sequencing of honey bee genome
...nstitute for Advanced Science and Technology and a theme leader at the university's Institute for Genomic Biology. "However, already some tantalizing findings have emerged that help us better understand the honey bee." Among the major findings: The honey bee originated in Africa and spread into Europe b...Report highlights change in Canada's forests
...ay at the National Forest Congress. "The report's theme of industry competitiveness is well chosen," said Minister Lunn. "Canada's forest industry has reacted decisively to improve its efficiency and meet the challenges of a changing marketplace. It continues to respond to these challenges by reducing cos...Carbon capture, water filtration, other boreal forest ecoservices worth estimated $250 billion/year
...y of stakeholder concerns and considerations. The theme is "Sustainable Land Management in the Boreal." "Canada's boreal represents one-quarter of all forest in the world. Its survival depends on achieving long-term, sustainable and integrated land-use management policies and practices," says Congress ...Minister Lunn to speak at 10th National Forest Congress
...unn will speak on issues related to the conference theme of sustainable land management in the boreal forest, as well as challenges and opportunities facing Canada's forest sector....NIH grants $117 million in institutional development awards to underserved states
... five individual research projects that share that theme and are supervised by a single junior investigator; and a development and mentoring plan that will prepare these investigators to secure competitive federal research funding. "These awards will develop core research facilities and provide essential ...University, VA hospital launch nation's first comprehensive meth research center
...at accompany meth exposure and withdrawal. A third theme will look at the effects of stress on drug craving and the potential for relapse. The fourth will study impulsivity and the decision-making process associated with meth use. Several pilot projects already are in progress at the MARC. One involves us...American Society of Human Genetics 56th annual meeting
This year's theme of "regeneration" is timely for the Society's 56th annual meeting held in the city of New Orleans. It promises to be filled with exciting new information in the field of human genetics as well as many outreach programs to help rebuild the post-Katrin...Insect 'noses' the key to cybernose collaboration
...een related odours," says Dr Trowell, the Flagship theme leader. "By 2013, we aim to have, in wineries around Australia, a Cybernose that will enable the wine industry to objectively measure aroma and flavour - a more reliable measure than chewing some grapes. "This will enable winemakers to pick grape...Straus Family Creamery receives award for ecological practices
...ng activities, visit: www.esa.org/memphis/ . The theme of the meeting is "Icons and Upstarts in Ecology" and some 3,000 scientists are expected to attend. ...