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Public Release: 20-Jun-2013
ASM's 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyThe American Society for Microbiology honors Frank Leo van de Veerdonk Frank Leo van de Veerdonk, M.D., Ph.D., Nijmegen Medical Centre Radboud University and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, has received a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his work in the field of fungal immunology. Charles Dinarello, University of Colorado, says, "I see Frank as one of the new generation of innovative thinkers in the field of cytokine biology, particularly as it applies to infection." Contact: Garth Hogan
Public Release: 20-Jun-2013
MBL Microbial Diversity course to receive 'Milestones in Microbiology Site' designation The Microbial Diversity course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., has been designated a "Milestones in Microbiology Site" by the American Society for Microbiology. Contact: Diana Kenney
Public Release: 20-Jun-2013
ASM International Annual Materials Science & Technology Conference & ExhibitionNikhil Gupta receives heavyweight honor for work on lightweight composites Nikhil Gupta, Polytechnic Institute of New York University associate professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the ASM International Silver Medal, which recognizes a career of contributions in materials science and engineering and service to the profession. Gupta's work focuses on lightweight materials with high damage tolerance for helmets, body armor and vehicle structures -- research with enormous potential for making those products not only lighter but safer. Contact: Kathleen Hamilton
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
2013 SIAM Annual MeetingLexing Ying to receive SIAM's James H. Wilkinson Prize Stanford University's Lexing Ying will receive the 2013 James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing. Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
2013 SIAM Annual MeetingMargaret Cheney to deliver the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics are pleased to announce Margaret Cheney of Colorado State University and Naval Postgraduate School as the 2013 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
2013 SIAM Annual MeetingTyrone Duncan to be awarded SIAM's W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize The W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics, first awarded in 1994, recognizes outstanding work in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The 2013 Reid Prize goes to Tyrone Duncan, a professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, for his fundamental contributions to nonlinear filtering, stochastic control, and the relation between probability and geometry. Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
2013 SIAM Annual MeetingStanley Osher delivers the John von Neumann Lecture Stanley Osher of University of California, Los Angeles, is awarded the 2013 John von Neumann Lecture in recognition of his extraordinarily influential and wide-ranging contributions to the computational sciences and engineering. Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
'Waterlust' whets appetite of Florida outdoor writers University of Miami Applied Marine Physics graduate student and creator/director of Waterlust, Patrick Rynne is the 2013 recipient of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association (FOWA) Scholarship for Outdoor Communicators. Waterlust explores how people relate to water for recreation, scientific research and creative inspiration. Devan Coffaro, a junior at the University of Central Florida Nicholson School of Communication also won a FOWA scholarship for her work. 
Florida Outdoor Writers Association
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
DNDi receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation Coinciding with its tenth anniversary year, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has been granted the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Development Cooperation category. Its Executive Director, Bernard Pécoul, announced at a press conference that new drugs DNDi is working on "could dramatically change the management of some of these neglected diseases." Contact: Violaine Dällenbach
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of AmericaDr. W. Steven Holbrook selected as 2013 recipient of the Walter Munk Award Dr. Steve Holbrook has been selected as the 2013 recipient the Walter Munk Award for Distinguished Research in Oceanography Related to Sound and the Sea. Dr. Holbrook is Professor of Geophysics at the University of Wyoming, and Adjunct Scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Munk Award is presented jointly by The Oceanography Society, the Office of Naval Research and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy.
Office of Naval Research
Contact: Jenny Ramarui
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Microbial diversity course designated as a 'Milestones in Microbiology' site The Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has been named a Milestones in Microbiology site by the American Society for Microbiology. The ASM Milestones in Microbiology program recognizes institutions and the scientists who worked there that have made significant contributions toward advancing the science of microbiology. Contact: Garth Hogan
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
First Golden Goose Award of 2013 goes to Wallace Coulter The first 2013 Golden Goose Award will be awarded to the late Wallace H. Coulter, a researcher and inventor who some fifty years ago turned research on paint for the Navy into the Coulter Counter, which remains today a standard machine for counting blood cells rapidly and efficiently. Coulter developed the technology for his invention while working on a grant from the Office of Naval Research to improve the paint used on Navy ships. Contact: Barry Toiv
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
4 Argonne National Laboratory scientists named Distinguished Fellows Four scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have been named Argonne Distinguished Fellows, the laboratory's highest scientific honor. Contact: Jared Sagoff
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
ASM's 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyThe American Society for Microbiology honors Marc Torrent Marc Torrent, Ph.D., Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, has been honored as a recipient of a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award. Torrent is being recognized for his outstanding research, which includes developing the first algorithm to predict antimicrobial regions in proteins. Luis Rivas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, said, "we are now applying this algorithm to interrogate full genomes in order to define new antimicrobial peptide leads with very appealing results." Contact: Garth Hogan
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
ASM's 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyThe American Society for Microbiology honors Joshua Obar Joshua Obar, Ph.D., Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University -- Bozeman, has been honored with a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his research on factors affecting the regulation of immunological memory responses to infection. Contact: Garth Hogan
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Podium finish for Genetrainer The world's first computer guided fitness training system using a person's DNA was announced as one of the three winners of the LeWeb'13 London Startup Competition, Europe's largest technology conference. Contact: Joanne Fryer
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
2 Women & Infants midwives inducted as fellows of ACNM Linda Hunter, CNM, EdD, FACNM, and Linda Nanni, CNM, MS, FACNM, are among a group of 15 midwives recently honored by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) for demonstrating outstanding professional achievement and contributions to the midwifery community. A limited number of midwives are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year and are inducted as fellows during the ACNM Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held earlier this month. Contact: Amy Blustein
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
MicroCT Meeting 2013'Images of the inside of a fly' elected as computed microtomography's Best Film of the Year The images were filmed by a Department of Zoology researcher using a microtomograph -- a high-resolution scanner that facilitates the study of small animals. Several thousand x-rays need to be taken to record images like these Contact: Javier Alba-Tercedor
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Lauren Sciences independently recognized as a Technology Innovator in Drug Delivery with its V-Smart™ Platform, and selected as a Featured Company, in new report by MCD Group Lauren Sciences, a privately-held biotechnology company furthering development of its novel V-Smart™ nanovesicle platform technology, announced today that it was independently recognized as a Technology Innovator in Drug Delivery with its V-Smart™ Platform, and selected as a Featured Company, in new report by MCD Group. Contact: Susan Rosenbaum
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
American Diabetes Association Scientific SessionsGraeme Bell gets Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award Graeme Ian Bell, Ph.D., the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and an investigator in the University of Chicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center, has been awarded the 2013 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association for his pioneering work in understanding the role of genetics in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
American Diabetes Association
Contact: Matt Wood
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Digestive Disease Week 2013Horizon Pharma Abstract Prizes recognize promising fellows and students The AGA Research Foundation and Horizon Pharma further establish their commitment to advancing in the future of gastroenterology with the 2013 AGA-Horizon Pharma Fellow Abstract Prizes and the 2013 AGA-Horizon Pharma Student Abstract Prizes.
Horizon Pharma
Contact: Rachel Steigerwald
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Think bigger, GBIF award winner urges biologists A scientist from Portugal, Miguel Bastos Araújo, is the 2013 winner of the prestigious Ebbe Nielsen Prize, awarded annually by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Araújo will use the €30,000 prize towards developing an experimental facility to study species distributions. The 2013 GBIF Young Researchers Award goes to a Ph.D. student from Mexico, Emma Gomez-Ruiz, looking at bat 'nectar corridors' and a master's student from France, Nathan Ranc, identifying gaps to help target mobilization of new data through GBIF. Contact: Sampreethi Aipanjiguly
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
2013 World Cultural Council awards The World Cultural Council will present the 2013 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science to Paul Nurse for his outstanding and continuing career as a scientific leader, as well as his accomplishments as one of the world's leading biochemists and geneticists. The 2013 LEONARDO DA VINCI World Award of Arts will be granted to Petteri Nisunen, and Tommi Grönlund for their contributions to contemporary arts, their interdisciplinary approach, inspiring innovation, creativity and their particular view of synthesis. Contact: Pilar Martinez
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
SIR's 38th Annual Scientific MeetingSociety of Interventional Radiology selects 18 Fellows The Society of Interventional Radiology announced the addition of 18 Fellows to the Fairfax, Virginia-based, national organization's roster during SIR's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, held April 13 in New Orleans. This honor, achieved by fewer than 10 percent of SIR membership, goes to members who have demonstrated excellence in research and published works or teaching and leadership within the field of interventional radiology and/or the society. Contact: Ellen Acconcia
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
BIDMC endocrinology researcher Mark Andermann, Ph.D., named 2013 Pew Scholar Mark Andermann, Ph.D., has been named a 2013 Pew Scholar for his work exploring food cues as a new approach to understanding obesity and other eating disorders.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Contact: Bonnie Prescott
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