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Showing releases 51-75 out of 105.
Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
NIMBioS wins $18 million renewal award from National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation has awarded $18.6 million to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis to continue its interdisciplinary efforts in developing new mathematical approaches to problems across biology, from the level of the genome to individuals to entire ecosystems. Contact: Catherine Crawley Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Mapping the brain to understand cultural differences A University of Maryland-led research team is working to help diplomats, military personnel and global managers to peer inside the minds of people from very different cultures. With a three-year, $813,000 grant from the Department of Defense, researchers will literally get inside the heads of people from various cultures to study the brain processes associated with cultural permissiveness versus restrictiveness. Brain measurements will help predict cultural differences, from self-control to creativity to cooperation. Contact: Neil Tickner Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
LSUHSC researcher awarded NCI grant to study link between chronic inflammation and cancer Yan Cui, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant over five years by the National Cancer Institute to study the role of chronic inflammation in the development and progression of cancer. Contact: Leslie Capo Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Banner Health, Mayo Clinic receive grant Researchers from Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute are working together on a diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease in patients thanks to a $152,486 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Contact: Jim McVeigh Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Dartmouth researchers aim to discover the unknown causes of premature birth Dartmouth researchers from the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, the Center for Integrative Biomedical Sciences, and the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine are studying the unknown causes of premature birth, as part of a $10 million March of Dimes grant. Scott Williams, Jason Moore and Christopher Amos will examine diverse world populations with different levels of premature birth to understand how genetic variation impacts the underlying biology of preterm birth. Contact: Derik Hertel Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Mining for meaning: Getting computers to understand natural language texts Software giant Google has awarded the Saarbrücken computer scientist its Google Focused Research Award worth US $140,000. Contact: Gordon Bolduan Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Low-cost sterilization method for cats and dogs is focus of new research project With a grant from the Found Animals Foundation, researchers hope to use a "molecular postal system" to develop a low-cost sterilization methods for cats and dogs Contact: Karen Richardson Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
Research to Prevent Blindness awards important laboratory grant to the University of Florida Research to Prevent Blindness has awarded a prestigious, one-time laboratory grant of $600,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida, College of Medicine. Contact: Matthew Levine Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
Research to Prevent Blindness awards $5.3 million in grants to support eye research Research to Prevent Blindness, the world's leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research, has awarded 43 grants totaling $5,308,000 for research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of all blinding diseases. Contact: Matthew Levine Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
VCU receives NIH grant to examine the biology of allergic disease The National Institutes of Health has awarded Virginia Commonwealth University a grant totaling $1.8 million to study the biology of allergic disease -- work which may one day point researchers to the development of therapies to fight asthma, allergy and inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and heart disease. Contact: Sathya Achia Abraham Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
Gift creates Rosenberg Institute for Marine Biology and Environmental Science San Francisco State University announced the creation of a new institute at the Romberg Tiburon Center (RTC), funded by Barbara and Richard Rosenberg. The Barbara and Richard Rosenberg Institute for Marine Biology and Environmental Science will help RTC showcase its extraordinary research potential and commitment to public engagement. Contact: Nan Broadbent Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
Willetts announces £85 million for 3 key technologies Three key technologies, identified in the pre-budget statement by The Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the government's "eight great technologies" to drive UK growth, are to receive an £85 million investment for capital equipment. Speaking at the Global Intelligent Systems conference in London, David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, announced the results of a call for proposals issued by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Contact: Press Office Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
DFG to fund three new research units The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has approved the establishment of three new Research Units. This was decided by the Joint Committee of the DFG, Germany's central self-governing research funding organization, at its July session, which was held during the Annual Meeting. The purpose of the collaborations is to offer researchers the possibility to pursue current, pressing issues in their subject areas and to establish innovative work directions. Contact: Marco Finetti Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Capturing the artistic approach A new research project at Concordia University has received $2.95 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to explore a new approach to academics commonly known as "research creation." Contact: Clea Desjardins Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
University of Huddersfield project accepted for RGF funding for a Centre of Innovation in Rail The University of Huddersfield together with the Rail Safety and Standards Board and private sector partners have received a conditional offer of funding for a major project in the fourth round of the Government's Regional Growth Fund. Contact: Megan Beech Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Computer scientist from Saarbrücken receives highly endowed, prestigious EU research grant Humans are able to capture their environment very accurately in a split second; they recognize motions and interpret them. To enable computers to do the same at high accuracy, it is necessary to review important foundations of computer graphics and computer vision. That is the approach of Christian Theobalt, head of a Max Planck research group and professor of computer science at Saarland University. In support of this effort, the European Union has awarded him with an ERC Starting Grant and 1.48 million Euro. Contact: Gordon Bolduan Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
NIH grant lets Virginia Tech's X.J. Meng study how hepatitis E virus infects across species barrier X.J. Meng, a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and a virologist at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a four-year, nearly $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to better understand the genetic elements that allow hepatitis E virus to transfer from animals to people. Contact: Sherrie R. Whaley Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
MU researcher works to increase hearing-aid use among adults with hearing impairments Nearly half of individuals who are prescribed hearing aids do not wear the devices, previous research has shown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has received a fellowship that will help her continue her work to increase hearing-aid use among adults with hearing impairments. Contact: Jesslyn Chew Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
UAlberta researchers develop E. coli test for food processing facilities Medical, agriculture and computer science researchers from the University of Alberta have teamed up to develop a test that will make Canadians feel safer about the meat they put on their tables. Contact: Raquel Maurier Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
Texas Invasive Species Program established at UT Austin To combat and manage pesky invasive species such as fire ants, tawny crazy ants and Cactoblastis moths, the Texas Invasive Species Program has been established at The University of Texas at Austin with $2.7 million in support from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation. Contact: Larry Gilbert Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
Air Force supported scientist honored with 2013 Körber European Science Prize German physicist Immanuel Bloch will be honored with the 2013 Körber European Science Prize for work stemming directly from former grants provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research's European Office of Aerospace Research, located in London, United Kingdom. Contact: Robert White Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
Africa's social-ecological challenges being researched at the UoC In many African countries food production per capita is in decline. Population growth, urbanization processes, soil degradation, resource conflict, globalized manufacturing as well as increasing climate variability are, inter alia, responsible for these trends. The Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Cologne is researching these pressing problems within the framework of five collaborative research projects. The research projects have funding of 1.1 million Euro. Contact: Dr. Clemens Greiner Public Release: 12-Jul-2013
Lurie Cancer Center given 'outstanding' rating The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University received its highest rating, an overall "outstanding," on the competitive renewal of its National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant, along with recommended funding of $24.9 million over the next five years. The grant award, which will run through 2018, provides essential support for the Lurie Cancer Center's nine research programs and 15 shared research facilities. Contact: Sheila Galloro Public Release: 12-Jul-2013
Damon Runyon, Sohn Conference Foundations name 4 new pediatric cancer research fellows The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award. The Sohn Conference Foundation, dedicated to curing pediatric cancers, announced last year that it was granting $1.5 million to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation to establish the award. It provides funding to basic scientists and clinicians who conduct research with the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers. Contact: Yung S. Lie, Ph.D. Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
UM researchers land NASA grant to search space for exoplanets NASA recently awarded researchers at the University of Montana a grant to support a $1.125 million project to build a dedicated observatory to detect Earth-like exoplanets. Contact: Nate McCrady
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