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Showing releases 76-100 out of 169 releases.
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
10 new Distinguished Research Chairs join Perimeter Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, is pleased to announce the appointment of 10 more outstanding international scientists to the positions of Perimeter Institute Distinguished Research Chairs. Contact: Angela Robinson
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
ConocoPhillips, Penn State award energy prize ConocoPhillips and Penn State have awarded the 2009 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to Scott Anderson of Palm Beach, Fla., and Kenai, Alaska, and his team for their innovation, the ECO-Auger, a hydrokinetic machine that converts moving water from river and ocean currents to renewable electric energy. Its hydraulic storage pressure compensation system guarantees constant energy output regardless of tidal current strength. 
ConocoPhillips
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
2010 Dannie Heineman Prize goes to Michael Aizenman Michael Aizenman, editor-in-chief of the Springer journal Communications in Mathematical Physics, has been selected by the American Physical Society to receive the 2010 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. Aizenman received the award "for his development of the random current approach to correlations which has had an impact on a wide variety of problems, especially his rigorous non-perturbative proof of the triviality of φ4 field theory." Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
K-State's Thomas A. Wright named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association Thomas A. Wright, Kansas State University's Jon Wefald Leadership Chair in Business Administration, has been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
American Psychological Association
Contact: Thomas A. Wright
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
Researcher, physician and teacher Phil Gold to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum, principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, and the Hon. Arthur T. Porter, director general and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre, welcome the news that Dr. Phil Gold is to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. In 1965, Dr. Gold co-discovered the carcinoembryonic antigen, the first clinically useful human tumor marker that revolutionized the diagnosis and management of cancer. Contact: Julie Robert
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
National Science Foundation Fellow uses ultrasound to research bog turtles National Science Foundation Fellow N. Danielle Bridgers of Suffolk, Va., a fisheries and wildlife sciences graduate student at Virginia Tech, is using ultrasound in her research of the less-than four-inch long bog turtle in order to pinpoint when they will lay their eggs and help protect the endangered creatures.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Lynn Davis
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
TWAS 11th General ConferenceErnesto Illy Trieste Science Prize winners 2009 Two eminent scientists who have done pioneering work on the intricate relationship between agriculture, climate and the environment, and who have enhanced our understanding of the probable impact of climate change on agriculture, are the winners of the 2009 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. Pramod Kumar Aggarwal from India and Carlos Clemente Cerri from Brazil were honored at the opening ceremony of the TWAS 11th General Conference, in Durban, on Oct. 20.
Ernesto Illy Foundation
Contact: Daniel Schaffer
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
EMBO welcomes 66 leading life scientists as members The European Molecular Biology Organization today announced the election of 66 leading life scientists to its membership. Sixty of the recognized researchers are based in Europe and neighboring countries, while six scientists from Australia, Japan and the US receive the honor of associate membership. In total, EMBO membership now comprises 1,420 of the world's foremost molecular biologists.
European Molecular Biology Organization
Contact: Suzanne Beveridge
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
Researcher honored for experimental work in nanotechnology Air Force-funded researcher, Dr. Oscar Custance from the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan has been chosen for the 2009 Feynman Prize for Experimental Work in Nanotechnology for his research in atomic-scale precision.
US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Contact: Molly Lachance
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
Research with wood ducks earns graduate student 2 national awards Sarah DuRant of Saluda, S.C., a fisheries and wildlife sciences doctoral student in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, received Grants-in-Aid of Research awards from both the scientific research society Sigma Xi and the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology for her work and research with wood ducks.
Sigma Xi, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
Contact: Lynn Davis
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
Pella Corporation earns FSC certification Pella Corporation has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council Chain-of-Custody Certification, by Scientific Certification Systems -- accredited by the FSC to certify companies to its international standards -- further demonstrating the company's commitment to using resources responsibly. Contact: Kathy Krafka Harkema
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of AmericaBrandeis psychologist wins Gerontological Society of Ameria's 2009 Baltes Foundation Award The Gerontological Society of America has chosen Brandeis University Professor Derek M. Isaacowitz, as the 2009 recipient of the Margret M. & Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology. This distinguished honor recognizes outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology.
Gerontology Society of America
Contact: Laura Gardner
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
U of T's Richard Peltier is first Canadian to win prestigious international science prize Renowned University of Toronto physicist Richard Peltier has been chosen by the Franklin Institute to receive the 2010 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science. Peltier is the first Canadian to receive the $250,000 award and joins a group of previous recipients that includes Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Contact: Kim Luke
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
APIC announces winner of first Healthcare Administrator Award Deborah Friberg, chief operating officer and executive vice president of WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, N.C., has been named the recipient of the first annual Healthcare Administrator Award, presented by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. The award recognizes a health care facility's executive team member who has demonstrated significant support for infection prevention and control throughout their facility.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Contact: Liz Garman
Public Release: 16-Oct-2009
28th Digital Avionics Systems ConferenceAIAA to present awards at 28th Digital Avionics Systems Conference The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will recognize key contributions to digital avionics and information systems at a noon awards luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 28 as part of the 28th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, being held Oct. 25 at the Florida Hotel & Conference Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact: Duane Hyland
Public Release: 15-Oct-2009
BIDMC scientist John Rinn named one of the 'Brilliant 10' by Popular Science magazine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center geneticist John Rinn, Ph.D., whose research has helped uncover a new class of RNA, has been named to this year's "Brilliant 10" list of top young scientists by Popular Science magazine. Contact: Bonnie Prescott
Public Release: 15-Oct-2009
Neuroscience 2009Insect sense of smell wins Eppendorf/Science prize Richard Benton has been awarded the 2009 International Grand Prize in Neurobiology by the journal Science and Eppendorf AG. He is being recognized for his research on the molecular mechanisms of odor detection in insects.
Eppendorf, Science
Contact: Natasha D. Pinol
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
Elaine Fuchs to receive 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO prize for women scientists Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor and head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University, will be the recipient of a 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award in the Life Sciences, which recognizes exceptional women scientists. Contact: Joseph Bonner
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
SEBM 1st European Best Poster Prize awarded at ISCGT Annual Conference in Cork Ireland At this year's Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy of Cancer (ISCGT), held Sept. 2-4 in Cork, Ireland, the best poster prize was awarded to an intriguing study in which chicken antibodies were developed for applications in the repair of tissue damage and for potential use in the therapy of cancer metastasis. Contact: Dr. Farzin Farzaneh
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
CSIRO honors wireless team Australian inventiveness lies at the heart of how millions of people now use wireless networks to access information on a myriad of portable devices. Contact: Tom McGinness
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
CSIRO medal winners From the behavior of invasive ants in northern Australia, finding black holes in space, to making better wireless computer networks, CSIRO has recognized the outstanding work of some of its scientists and staff today at a ceremony in Melbourne. Contact: Huw Morgan
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
UT Southwestern president elected to National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine The president of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a component of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
National Academy of Sciences
Contact: Amanda Siegfried
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Roger J. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., honored Roger J. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., a principal investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), has received one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine with his recent election to the Institute of Medicine. Contact: Laura Mecoy
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Children's Hospital oncology researcher elected to Institute of Medicine A prominent scientist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Thomas Curran, Ph.D., F.R.S., has been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Curran has long been a leading researcher in pediatric oncology. Dr. Curran's research has concentrated on the molecular biology of the brain's growth and development, with the goal of finding new treatments for childhood brain tumors. Contact: John Ascenzi
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Two St. Jude faculty elected to Institute of Medicine Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D., and Mary Relling, Pharm.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a prestigious branch of the National Academy of Sciences. Contact: Carrie Strehlau
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