The awards are intended to foster the development and productivity of mid-career physician - scientists who will strengthen translational research — the two - way transfer
between basic research and the treatment of patients — through their own studies as well as their mentoring of the next generation of physician investigators.
Could it be that there is a misunderstanding
between basic research - letting the results dictate the next step - and applied research - having a goal in mind and a more - or-less defined path to get from here to there.
The five - year awards provided $ 750,000 ($ 150,000 per year) to foster the development and productivity of established independent physician - scientists whose work bridges the gap
between basic research and patient care.
A fundamental underlying principle has also been to link research with innovation, in a way that reduces the distance
between basic research, applications, and products.
«I've continually thought about maintaining the balance
between our basic research and our translational work, and making sure that, as the company grows and there's a need to move more molecules into the clinic, we don't lose our emphasis on basic science,» Scheller explains.
These funds aim to bridge the so - called valley of death
between basic research funded by NIH and evidence of commercial applicability strong enough to attract private capital.
He suggests «a way to promote basic and translational research at the same time, is to have Ph.D. or postdoctoral fellowships that require collaboration
between a basic research institute, a clinical institute, and industry.»
It opened a new research center in 2004 followed by a development center in 2007, and aims to bridge the gap
between basic research and China's «huge resource in clinical research.»
This juncture
between basic research and the drug development process first began to interest Conley when she was still a postdoc at Michigan, where she had an «amazing experience» in a «world - renowned research lab.»
Not exact matches
While there are serious reasons to have reservations about
research into human cloning, the idea that it would undermine the relationship
between men and women or the
basic family unit is not morally or theologically convincing.
According to
research by James Prescott, a developmental neuropsychologist and cross cultural psychologist, «vestibular - cerebellar stimulation (which happens when we carry our babies) is the most important sensory system for the development of «
basic trust» in the affectional bonding
between mother and infant.
In the last 24 months, she has assisted in securing more than $ 35 million in
research funding for Moffitt scientists by helping forge
basic and translational
research collaborations
between clinicians, scientists, and industry.
The programs that are funded are often divided into four
basic categories:
basic research, applied
research, development, and facilities and equipment.Translational
research is a newer concept that seeks to bridge the gap
between basic science and practical applications.
This study builds on nearly three decades of foundational
research led by teams at Nationwide Children's and Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center and exemplifies the strong
basic science and clinical bonds
between the two institutions.
Communication
between the drug discovery and
basic research staff is kept to a minimum for proprietary reasons.
I have always been a big believer in bridging the gap
between basic and applied
research and I don't think that the two are not mutually incompatible.
A
basic entitlement to employees» rights regardless of career stage, the reduction of bureaucracy for a smoother transition
between two
research positions, and the selection of candidates based on their true professional value — these are the main changes young Spanish scientists would like to see in their country's system for
research careers.
Since the simple design of Hydra has great
basic and translational relevance and promises to reveal new and unexpected
basic features of nervous systems, further
research into the interaction
between body and bacteria will therefore concentrate more on the neuronal aspects,» said Bosch, to summarise the significance of the work.
Many countries are looking for the balance
between applied and
basic science in their own
research and training programs.
Between his Ph.D. and his postdoc in Lund, Sweden, he worked as a staff scientist at Novozymes, and says his work there became a major focus of his
basic research at Aarhus University.
A collaboration
between researchers from KEK, the Institute for
Basic Science (IBS), the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), RIKEN, and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation
Research Institute (JASRI) used the SACLA X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facility for a real time visualization of the birth of a molecule that occurs via photo - induced formation of a chemical bonds.
«Although international collaboration isn't totally new to us... we decided it was time to formalize cooperation
between the U.S. and the U.K.,» Robin Staffin, the director of DOD's
basic research office, recently told ScienceInsider.
There is considerable overlap
between AAU's recommendations for the government and measures proposed by the three bills, including a call for increased federal investment in
basic research and more graduate scholarships in science and engineering.
Between 2019 and 2016, the Administration's enacted and proposed budgets would add $ 42.6 billion to the 2008 budgets for these
basic research agencies, with a special emphasis on encouraging high - risk, high - return
research and supporting researchers at the beginning of their careers.
Dirk Prüfer, Professor of the Biotechnology of Plants at Münster University and head of the Functional and Applied Genomics department at the IME in Münster, points out: «We achieved these
research results only through effective collaboration
between IME and Münster University — in other words, through the intelligent linking of applications - oriented and
basic research.
Genentech's
Research department aims to strike a balance between basic biomedical research and translational research aimed at developing therapies for unmet medica
Research department aims to strike a balance
between basic biomedical
research and translational research aimed at developing therapies for unmet medica
research and translational
research aimed at developing therapies for unmet medica
research aimed at developing therapies for unmet medical needs.
More recently, reductionism has been counterbalanced by the emergence of «systems biology,» which I expect to reanimate the crucial link
between basic science, clinical
research, and medical practice.
The cultural chasm
between science and clinical practice involves the very distinct mentalities required to practice clinical medicine and to do
basic biomedical
research.
The MD / PhD program at UT Houston and the Anderson Cancer Center was designed to train investigators who could better bridge the gap
between basic science and clinical
research, and as an alternative to the traditional MSTP program model.
Support for science diplomacy by AAAS and others worldwide is based, at least in part, on a
basic principle: Common scientific interests and joint
research can create engagement and build trust
between nations even when governmental relations are strained or broken.
This
research aims to make a link
between science fiction and pioneering
basic research.
But the review panel says that scientists should be careful not to make exaggerated claims about the medical impact of such
research, and funding organizations should encourage more cooperation
between basic and clinical researchers to make sure experimental results have maximum impact.
Until more epidemiological and
basic research can be conducted to further parse out the associations
between PD, cholesterol and statins, physicians and scientists should be cautious in promoting health benefits of statins for PD without a good understanding of clinical evidence and potential biological mechanisms, Huang advises.
This development is part of a thematic
research effort between Northrop Grumman, NG Next Basic Research and USC known as the Northrop Grumman Institute of Optical Nanomaterials and Nanophotonics (NG
research effort
between Northrop Grumman, NG Next
Basic Research and USC known as the Northrop Grumman Institute of Optical Nanomaterials and Nanophotonics (NG
Research and USC known as the Northrop Grumman Institute of Optical Nanomaterials and Nanophotonics (NG - ION2).
In 2003, in «A vision for the future of genomics
research,» Francis Collins — who was then the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health — and his co-authors encouraged collaboration between basic scientists and clinical scientists, and between life scientists and social scientists, to address the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic and genetic research and the resulting new techn
research,» Francis Collins — who was then the director of the National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health — and his co-authors encouraged collaboration between basic scientists and clinical scientists, and between life scientists and social scientists, to address the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic and genetic research and the resulting new techn
Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health — and his co-authors encouraged collaboration
between basic scientists and clinical scientists, and
between life scientists and social scientists, to address the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic and genetic
research and the resulting new techn
research and the resulting new technologies.
Between those two extremes of
basic and applied knowledge lie two nascent, rapidly expanding subfields: translational
research informatics and clinical
research informatics.
Currently, Fotios continues his
research at the interface
between basic science and clinical medicine as a clinical lecturer in hepatology at the University of Cambridge with clinical commitments in Addenbrooke's Hospital.
The split
between basic and applied
research proved real, as did the significantly higher earnings of industrial scientists, who, the survey shows, generally place a greater value on income than academics do.
One of the challenges for policy - makers will be to strike the right balance
between funding for
basic research and for more output - oriented programs, he says.
If graduate student and postdoc researchers can balance their time
between basic science
research and screening, both industrial and academic roads should remain open at the end of their training.
Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI), sees the effort as a «groundbreaking» event, adding that «I know of no previous example of this kind of collaboration»
between companies and
basic biologists.
Looking now at all R&D (not just
basic research), one sees that, post-Sputnik, total R&D per GDP has fluctuated
between about 2.2 and 2.8 %.
Yet investments in
basic research are variously estimated as ultimately returning
between 20 % and 60 % per year (13).
Another poll, by Pew (18), finds that the majority of Americans think that government investments in
basic scientific
research (73 %) and engineering and technology (74 %) pay off in the long run, with only small differences
between Democrats and Republicans.
According to University of Alberta
research published in the journal Heart, patients with heart failure and their families often lack
basic knowledge about the condition and how they should manage their care
between doctor visits.
Her team also analyzed the type of
research that NIH funded, but found no substantial relationship
between whether the grant focused on
basic or applied science and its likelihood to be cited by a patent.
The mission of the HFSP is to promote, through international cooperation,
basic research focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms at all levels of complexity: from individual biomolecules up to interactions
between organisms.
It will serve as a center of excellence within China and the Pacific Rim region, acting as a role model for promoting
basic scientific
research in China at the highest international standards, and as a bridge
between the scientific communities of the emerging world and those of the developed countries.
Nationally, it will coordinate
basic research on theoretical physics in China and facilitate interaction
between theory and experiment, as well as promote
research in interdisciplinary areas among physics and other branches of science.
The HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary
basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms; topics range from molecular and cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience and the interactions
between organisms.