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Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
From autism to diabetes to Parkinson's disease
Pew announces its 2013 class of biomedical scholars.

Contact: Chelsea Toledo
ctoledo@pewtrusts.org
202-540-6846
Pew Health Group

Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
On the scientific frontier
Pew announces the 2013 class of Latin American Fellows.

Contact: Chelsea Toledo
ctoledo@pewtrusts.org
202-540-6846
Pew Health Group

Public Release: 12-Jun-2013
EULAR 2013
EULAR honors outstanding contributions to rheumatology
EULAR today announced the recipients of the 13th annual Meritorious Service Award at the opening of the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress. The award recognizes a lifetime of achievement for Professors Barry Bresnihan, Ireland, and Jean-Michel Dayer, Switzerland, for their services to rheumatology, and was bestowed upon Professor Bresnihan posthumously.

Contact: EULAR Press Office
eularpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com
44-020-733-15364
European League Against Rheumatism

Public Release: 12-Jun-2013
First Arnold Berliner Award presented to Mark Young
The recipient of the first Arnold Berliner Award is Dr. Mark Young (29) of the University of Edinburgh for his exceptional work on the sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus. The Arnold Berliner Award has been established in recognition of the founding editor of Springer's journal Naturwissenschaften -- The Science of Nature, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The award will be given annually for the best research article published in Naturwissenschaften during the previous calendar year.

Contact: Joan Robinson
joan.robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer

Public Release: 11-Jun-2013
The Genetics Society of America announces Fall 2013 DeLill Nasser Travel Award recipients
The Genetics Society of America announces the selection of five graduate students and five postdoctoral researchers as recipients of 2013 DeLill Nasser Awards for Professional Development in Genetics. The award is a $1,000 travel grant for each researcher to attend any national or international meeting, conference or laboratory course that will enhance his or her career.
Genetics Society of America

Contact: Beth Ruedi
eruedi@genetics-gsa.org
Genetics Society of America

Public Release: 11-Jun-2013
Hebrew University student wins award for research on safer drugs through skin applications
New, more efficient drug formulations designed to treat illnesses through skin applications -- thus avoiding serious side effects associated with oral drug-taking -- have been developed by a student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The method is based on utilizing skin-permeable proteins that are inserted into nano-structured gels.

Contact: Jerry Barach
jerryb@savion.huji.ac.il
972-258-82904
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Public Release: 11-Jun-2013
Hebrew University professor top Kaye Award winner for solution of bee colony collapse disorder
Research leading towards a solution to the problem of colony collapse disorder-- a world-wide syndrome of bee disappearance inflicting losses of an estimated $35 billion annually in the US alone -- has earned a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor first prize in this year's Kaye Awards for Innovation. The awards will be presented on June 18 during the 76th meeting of the Hebrew University Board of Governors.

Contact: Jerry Barach
jerryb@savion.huji.ac.il
972-258-82904
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Public Release: 10-Jun-2013
Based on earlier successes, NIH awards new study in cancer research to Virginia Tech's Chang Lu
Preliminary results showing an ultrahigh sensitivity using a new technology for studying protein-DNA interactions has led to the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Initiative award of $710,000 to Virginia Tech's Chang Lu of chemical engineering.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Lynn Nystrom
tansy@vt.edu
540-231-4371
Virginia Tech

Public Release: 10-Jun-2013
American Chemical Society's 246th National Meeting & Exposition
American Chemical Society's highest honor goes to Stephen J. Lippard, Ph.D.
Stephen J. Lippard, Ph.D., Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, will receive the 2014 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society. It is the highest honor bestowed by the world's largest scientific society.

Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society

Public Release: 10-Jun-2013
Eve Marder to receive the $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Eve Marder, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience at Brandeis University, is the recipient of the 2013 Neuroscience Prize of The Gruber Foundation. Marder is being honored with this prestigious international award for her pioneering contributions to the understanding of neural circuits, particularly how the properties and dynamics of neural circuits give rise to specific behaviors.
Gruber Foundation

Contact: A. Sarah Hreha
info@gruber.yale.edu
203-432-6231
Yale University

Public Release: 7-Jun-2013
16th Annual Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry Conference
Computer games may help forensic psychiatry patients
Brain-training computer games may help restore memory and competency to forensic psychiatry patients in state mental hospitals, researchers say.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Contact: Toni Baker
tbaker@gru.edu
706-721-4421
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
2013 Environmental Design Research Annual Meeting
Researchers honor NYU-Poly environmental psychologist for work on prison design and more
The Environmental Design Research Association honored Professor Richard Wener, an environmental psychologist at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, with the 2013 Career Award in recognition of his research on the humane design of prisons and jails, his leadership in understanding how people react to their buildings, his studies on the causes of commuter stress, and other important contributions to environment-design research.

Contact: Kathleen Hamilton
hamilton@poly.edu
718-260-3792
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
TGen's Huentelman and Weiss named to 2013 Class of 40 Under 40
Dr. Matt Huentelman of the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Dr. Glen Weiss of TGen and Cancer Treatment Centers of America are among the 40 business leaders under 40 years of age named by the Phoenix Business Journal to its 13th Annual Class of 40 Under 40.
Phoenix Business Journal

Contact: Steve Yozwiak
syozwiak@tgen.org
602-343-8704
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Targeted cancer therapy pioneers tapped to receive the 2013 $100,000 Taubman Prize
Two physician-scientists whose research transformed chronic myeloid leukemia from a routinely fatal to a manageable condition will share the 2013 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science. The $100,000 prize is given by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, based at the University of Michigan Medical School.
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Contact: Kara Gavin
kegavin@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence awards new fellows, scholars
The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence today announced $1,332,000 in awards to the latest cohort of Claire M. Fagin Fellows and Patricia G. Archbold Scholars studying gerontological nursing in academic settings across the US.

Contact: Todd Kluss
tkluss@geron.org
202-587-2839
The Gerontological Society of America

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Feinstein Institute, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at 36th Annual Conference on Shock
Twelve investigators from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and four researchers from the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine attended and participated in the 36th Annual Conference on Shock on June 1-4 in San Diego, CA.

Contact: Emily Ng
eng3@nshs.edu
516-562-2670
North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
DFG Europa-Preis awarded to 3 young winners of national 'Jugend forscht' competition
Three young researchers had two reasons to celebrate at this year's awards ceremony for Germany's "Jugend forscht" competition in Leverkusen. Not only did the young researchers place first in their respective fields, they were also awarded the Europa-Preis of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Contact: Marco Finetti
marco.finetti@dfg.de
49-228-885-2230
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
ASTRO's 55th Annual Meeting
ASTRO awards 3 distinguished physicians and researchers with Society's highest honor
The American Society for Radiation Oncology will award Amato J. Giaccia, Ph.D., Radhe Mohan, Ph.D., FASTRO, and Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., FASTRO, with the Society's highest honor -- the ASTRO Gold Medal. The 2013 awardees will receive the ASTRO Gold Medal during the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, September 24, at ASTRO's 55th Annual Meeting, Sept. 22-25, 2013, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Contact: Michelle Kirkwood
michellek@astro.org
703-286-1600
American Society for Radiation Oncology

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Akinwuntan selected as Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Abiodun Akinwuntan, an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Graduate Studies at Georgia Regents University, has been named a Fulbright Foreign Scholar to improve physiotherapy education and research and the rehabilitation of neurologically impaired patients in Nigeria.

Contact: Sharron Walls
shwalls@gru.edu
706-721-7955
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Early career award supports physicist's quest for a top quark partner
A Kansas State University physicist has received the prestigious Department of Energy Early Career Research Award for his collaborative research involving the Large Hadron Collider.
US Department of Energy

Contact: Andrew Ivanov
aivanov@k-state.edu
785-532-3415
Kansas State University

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Health Datapalooza
NIH, ONC, and EPA award $100,000 to winner of health and technology challenge
New technology that creates a personal, portable, and wearable air pollution sensor, developed under the My Air, My Health Challenge, was announced today at the Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C. The grand prize of $100,000 was awarded to Conscious Clothing.
NIH/ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Contact: Robin Mackar
rmackar@niehs.nih.gov
919-541-0073
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Inventor awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Dr. Angela Belcher, a materials chemist and one of the world's leading scientists in nanotechnology was announced today as the recipient of the 2013 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Contact: Molly Owen
mowen@conecomm.com
617-939-8445
Cone Communications

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