Australian wins prestigious prize in biodiversity informatics
The 2007 Ebbe Nielsen Prize has been awarded to Paul Flemons of the Australian Museum, Sydney. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) established the Prize in honor of Dr. Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen, who was an...Computech Honored with Prestigious IBM Lotus Beacon Award
Green Bay, WI - Computech Resources, Inc., a developer of e-Business, Open Systems and Infrastructure Technology solutions, announced today that it has been awarded the IBM Lotus Beacon Award for its participation in the development of the CommunityCard System. The CommunityCard System is an Information Management System designed in collaboration with Catholic Charities to help manage re...Prestigious Gairdner Awards for medical research in 2006 Goes To Two Yale biologists
Two Yale Biologists and three other scientists will receive The Gairdner International Awards, 2006, among the most coveted awards in science, for their exemplary// research on RNAs, cell motility and hormones. The awards will be presented on October 26, in Toronto. John Dirks, president of the Gairdner Foundation said 'The 2006 awards honor outstanding achievements in our understandi...Rice University wins Prestigious Grants from HHMI
Rice University, which is renowned for its exemplary teaching and research experience has won three highly covetous grants from Howard Hughes Medical Institute// (HHMI) to develop model programs for the country which can provide engineering and science undergraduate teaching with cutting-edge research. Professors Bonnie Bartel, the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and...Developer Of Vaccine For Cancer Granted A Prestigious Fellowship
Researcher, Professor Ian Frazer of the University of Queensland (UQ), has been awarded the Smart State Premier's Fellowship. The prestigious Fellowship comes on top// of his recent Australian of the Year award for his work in developing a vaccine for cervical cancer. Under the Smart State Premier's Fellowship, Professor Ian Frazer will get $250,000 a year for the next five years for his UQ Centr...Indian Americans Compete for the Prestigious Spelling Bee Contest
More than 10 million American children get 'spellbound' in local contests every year with 275 of the best spellers, including many an Indian American, making it// to the finals of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. The two-day finals began Wednesday. With the bee's soaring popularity, the championship round will be broadcast in prime time on networ...