Mary-Dell Chilton earns World Food Prize for pioneering plant genetics...
(Source: Washington University in Saint Louis) Article Body 2010 Mary-Dell Chilton, PhD, who did pioneering work on plant genetics during the 1970s and early 1980s while on the biology faculty at...
View ArticleYoung scientists to meet with Nobel laureates (University of California)
(Source: University of California) Top: Aimee Bryan, a doctoral student in inorganic fundamental chemistry, in her lab. Bottom: Pablo Zamora, a senior scientist in plant genomics, outside the Plant...
View ArticleFrom Autism to Diabetes to Parkinson's Disease: Pew Funds 22 Early-Career...
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) From Autism to Diabetes to Parkinson's Disease: Pew Funds 22 Early-Career Scientists to Take Calculated Risks 06/13/2013 - PHILADELPHIA (June 13, 2013)- Twenty-two...
View ArticleStanford law, medical students and undergraduate alumni win Soros...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, June 27, 2013 Each Soros Fellow receives tuition and living expenses that can total as much as $90,000 over two academic years. Soros Fellows can study...
View ArticleChemist Receives High Honor from American Society for Mass Spectrometry...
(Source: University of California) Chemist Receives High Honor from American Society for Mass Spectrometry UC Riverside's Yinsheng Wang is the 2013 recipient of the Biemann Medal Yinsheng Wang...
View ArticleAnnouncing Regional Winners and Finalists of the 2013 Blavatnik Awards for...
(Source: The New York Academy of Sciences) Posted 6/20/2013 NEW YORK, June 20, 2013-The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists competition has named seven winners and five finalists in its 2013...
View ArticleVanderbilt mourns ‘consummate scientist’ CunninghamJune 11, 2013 (Vanderbilt...
(Source: Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt mourns 'consummate scientist' Cunningham by Bill Snyder | Posted on Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2013 - 2:09 PM A memorial service for Leon W. Cunningham, Ph.D.,...
View ArticleLearning continues on Princeton campus with summer outreach programs...
(Source: Princeton University) Learning continues on Princeton campus with summer outreach programs Posted June 20, 2013; 09:15 a.m. by the Office of Communications Students of all ages and teachers...
View ArticleBiology professor Amelia Ahern-Rindell elected president of national Council...
(Source: University of Portland) Biology professor Amelia Ahern-Rindell elected president of national Council on Undergraduate Research University of Portland biology professor Amelia Ahern-Rindell...
View ArticleBoard approves 19 faculty appointments (Princeton University)
(Source: Princeton University) Board approves 19 faculty appointments Posted June 14, 2013; 09:00 a.m. by Ushma Patel, Office of Communications The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved...
View ArticleCell Biologist to Begin Work on Discovering Structure of Malaria Parasite...
(Source: University of California) Cell Biologist to Begin Work on Discovering Structure of Malaria Parasite Genome Funded by the National Institutes of Health, research by UC Riverside's Karine Le...
View ArticleEasier, effective therapy to restore sight (University of California)
(Source: University of California) Date: 2013-06-12 Contact: Robert Sanders, Media Relations Phone: (510) 643-6998 Email: rsanders@berkeley.edu BERKELEY - Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an...
View ArticleWarp Drive Bio Appoints Co-Founder Gregory Verdine, Ph.D., to Chief...
Tweet Send to a Friend James Nichols, Ph.D., Appointed to Chief Operating Officer; Julian Adams, Ph.D., Joins Board of Directors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Warp Drive Bio, a life sciences...
View ArticleDNA markers in low-IQ autism suggest heredity (Brown University)
(Source: Brown University) A possible biomarker Eric Morrow, lead author Ece Gamsiz, and colleagues analyzed the DNA of 2,100 autistic children in families where neither parents nor siblings were...
View ArticleMarine scientists learn programming in intensive course on handling 'big...
(Source: University of Delaware) Jennifer Biddle of UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment discusses metadata at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Thirty students from Europe and the United...
View ArticleNSF Announces First Cohort of Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide...
(Source: NSF - National Science Foundation) Press Release 13-120 NSF Announces First Cohort of Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Program International research-and-education experiences in...
View ArticleStanford's Baccalaureate speaker tells Class of 2013 to enter the whirlwind...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, June 15, 2013 When facing the dangers of a courageous life, have faith, alumna Valarie Kaur told the graduates at Baccalaureate, a multi-faith celebration...
View ArticleClovis Oncology Welcomes Two New Directors to its Board
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clovis Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLVS), announced today the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors, Ginger Graham and Keith Flaherty, M.D. “We are...
View ArticleFour faculty presented inaugural Research Mentor Awards (Alfred University)
(Source: Alfred University) Four Alfred University (AU) professors - Heather S. Zimbler-DeLorenzo, Frank G. Duserick, Karen L. Porter, and Anthony W. Wren - were lauded as the first recipients of the...
View Article8 score astronaut spots out of 6,300 NASA applicants
Story Highlights Newest class is the 21st selected by NASAChosen candidates were selected from more than 6, 300 applicantsThe class includes the highest percentage of women ever picked CAPE CANAVERAL,...
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