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Public Release: 23-Nov-2009
UT Southwestern receives continued NIH funding for Inner City Asthma Consortium UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium. 
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Erin Prather Stafford
Public Release: 20-Nov-2009
NJIT receives NSF funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
Public Release: 20-Nov-2009
NSF awards $7.5M grant to University of Oklahoma for plant genomics A decade ago, a group of University of Oklahoma researchers were sequencing the first human chromosome as part of the human genome project. Today, the OU Advanced Center for Genome Technology is contributing to an international effort to sequence the tomato genome with a $7.5 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation for plant genomics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jana Smith
Public Release: 20-Nov-2009
Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants A US Department of Energy grant will help develop methods of recovering and reusing heat generated by the compression of CO2 in a carbon-capture system. The goal is to facilitate carbon capture and sequestration and limit the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by coal-fired power plants. Unlike other modeling studies, which focus on specific components of the carbon-capture system, the Lehigh researchers will look at the entire power plant.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Kurt Pfitzer
Public Release: 20-Nov-2009
Gaining a better picture of lung disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a respiratory disease commonly known as chronic bronchitis or emphysema, is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. 600 million people live with COPD and while researchers have yet to find any real treatment or cure, Grace Parraga of Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, is using various imaging techniques to gain new insight into the disease.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Contact: Kathy Wallis
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
University of Miami receives grant towards research of hypersonic materials and structures The University of Miami College of Engineering has been awarded a grant from the newly established National Hypersonic Science Center for Hypersonic Materials through Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, to work collaboratively with other research institutions to develop hypersonic materials and structures, such as those used for thermal protection of space vehicles during re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere. Contact: Marie Guma-Diaz
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
USC study to evaluate robots as exercise trainers The University of Southern California Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems is comparing virtual versus physical robots as exercise coaches for adults of all ages, with a particular focus on the elderly.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Eric Mankin
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
Case Western School of Medicine receives RWJF grant to establish a public health research network Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a Robert Wood Johnson grant to fund a Public Health Practice Based Research Network called the Ohio Research Association for Public Health Improvement. The grant, $90,000 over two years, was one of seven practice-based research networks awarded this year, making the School of Medicine one of only 12 networks in the country.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Christina DeAngelis
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
Weill Cornell science briefs: November 2009 The following articles are contained in this issue: Designing speedier lab tests; Reducing neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease; Body's own cholesterol processing may lead to innovative therapies; Making a better vaccine and New way to get a boost in energy disorder. Contact: Andrew Klein
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
NESCent helps to build a global digital data network for biology and the earth sciences The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is now part of a major new digital data initiative that will improve the ability of scientists, policymakers and the public to monitor the status of Earth's biota and the environment. Named DataONE, the initiative aims to provide secure and permanent access to data in biology and the earth sciences, including atmospheric, ecological, evolutionary, hydrological and oceanographic sources.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dr. Todd Vision
Public Release: 19-Nov-2009
NIEHS awards Recovery Act funds to focus more research on health and safety of nanomaterials The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics. The NIEHS will award about $13 million over a two-year period, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to bolster the NIEHS's ongoing research portfolio in the area of engineered nanomaterials.
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Robin Mackar
Public Release: 18-Nov-2009
Superconductivity leader receives $2.8M grant from US Air Force Office Paul Chu, the T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science, professor of physics at the University of Houston and executive director of TcSUH, received a $2.8 million grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his ongoing efforts to search for novel materials that become superconducting at higher temperatures, preferably close to or above room temperature, and with higher current carrying capacity.
US Air Force
Contact: Shawn Lindsey
Public Release: 18-Nov-2009
Girls 'disengage' from high school science High school girls are bored, disengaged and stressed in science classes when compared to boys, Northern Illinois University researchers say. And teachers might not be doing enough to change the situation. Funded by a three-year, $476,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Jennifer Schmidt and M. Cecil Smith expect their research eventually will help high school science teachers design and deliver lesson plans that best engage and electrify girls as well as boys.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Mark McGowan
Public Release: 18-Nov-2009
BIDMC scientists awarded grants from Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., and Daniel Tarsy, M.D., have been awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to conduct investigations aimed at improving the quality of life for patients with Parkinson's disease. Contact: Bonnie Prescott
Public Release: 18-Nov-2009
NSF supports Case Western Reserve University's IDEAL A program at Case Western Reserve University to encourage career advancement of women and underrepresented minority men in sciences and engineering is expanding to five public institutions of higher education through a three-year, nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Marv Kropko
Public Release: 18-Nov-2009
Kill the cancer, not the patient: New toxicity testing approach could make chemo drugs safer With a new two-year, $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, Jackson Laboratory Professor Gary Churchill is launching a radical new approach to testing three chemotherapeutic drugs for potential toxic effects, using an outbred mouse population that approximates the genetic diversity observed in human populations.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Joyce Peterson
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Study of aging in Group Health patients renewed with $12 million grant The National Institute on Aging has awarded the Adult Changes in Thought study a grant of nearly $12 million to continue its work for the next five years. In continuous operation for 23 years, it is the longest-running study of its kind. The joint project between Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington focuses on finding ways to delay or prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Contact: Rebecca Hughes
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Researchers focus on helping dying patients take care of unfinished business Hospice workers have watched patients emerge from comas and cling to life long enough to tell someone they love or forgive them. This phenomenon of taking care of unfinished business has been observed, but researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University will begin groundbreaking studies to understand what drives the dying to live long enough to resolve these issues.
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research, American Cancer Society, Fetzer Foundation
Contact: Susan Griffith
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
New funds for Rice, M.D. Anderson program The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today committed to a four-year renewal of funds for an innovative biomedical training program between Rice University and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The unique translational medicine program, which was founded with an HHMI grant in 2006, capitalizes on the strengths of Rice's top 10-ranked bioengineering program and M.D. Anderson's internationally acclaimed clinical programs.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Tulane Cancer Center to begin novel clinical trial for late-stage prostate cancer drug International prostate cancer expert Dr. Oliver Sartor of Tulane Cancer Center is the first oncologist in the United States to offer patients Alpharadin, an experimental new treatment for late-stage prostate cancer.
Algeta, Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Contact: Keith Brannon
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Mount Sinai researchers to test first gene therapy For Alzheimer's patients Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of 12 sites nationwide participating in the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention in Alzheimer's research in the US.
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Petascale computational tools could revolutionize understanding of genomic evolution Technological advances in DNA sequencing make determining how living things are related possible by analyzing the ways in which their genes have been rearranged on chromosomes. However, inferring these evolutionary relationships from rearrangement events requires massive computing impossible even on the most advanced computing systems available today.
National Science Foundation
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
2 UNH faculty receive $1.4M in CAREER grants from NSF Two University of New Hampshire assistant professors have received prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grants. Vaughn Cooper of the department of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences received $1 million to better understand beneficial mutations in bacteria by engaging high school students in data collection. Christopher White of the mechanical engineering department received $400,000 to research flow dynamics of liquefied biomass.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Beth Potier
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
NIH awards $8.5 million for research on pharmaceuticals for children Studying drugs in pediatric populations is challenging because drugs often affect children differently than they do adults. The scarcity of pediatric studies limits the ability of doctors and scientists to predict drug dosing, safety and efficacy in children. To address this gap, the National Institutes of Health announced today 18 grants to help determine outcome measures and increase the likelihood of success of future trials of treatments for children.
NIH/National Center for Research Resources
Contact: Bobbi Williams
Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Pitt researcher to co-direct national consortium on facial birth defects University of Pittsburgh and University of Iowa researchers will lead a $9 million, five-year initiative to study the cause of facial birth defects. The FaceBase Consortium will create an encyclopedic database of how the faces of children develop. The hope is that this database will provide researchers with the information needed to intervene when facial development starts to go wrong or prevent it from happening in the first place.
NIH/National Institue of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Contact: Kristin Beaver
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