Sentences with phrase «important for life sciences»

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As in most high - risk businesses, tax losses are an important consideration for life science startups.

«Science,» she writes, «is important for exactly the same reason that the study of history or of language is important — because we are beings that need in general to understand the world in which we live, and our culture has chosen a way of life to which that understanding is central.»

In an article we quoted in 2012, for example, Cornell University psychologists Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams wrote that the «single most important factor in explaining women's underrepresentation [in academic science is] a desire for children and family life.»

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As long as nuclear technology remains important for keeping America in its current position of global leadership, the U.S. government will keep pumping research's life - blood (money) into nuclear - energy - related science.

It's very important for researchers to decide depending on their application what type of isolation method they should use,» says Mary Langsdorff, senior market manager for life sciences at Qiagen in Hilden, Germany.

Portland State University professor Angela Strecker says understanding where species may live in the future given climate change impacts is an important consideration for conservation science.

«Understanding the flow of sediment in rivers is important to the large number of people around the world who live near these waterways,» said Judy Skog, a program director for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Coastal SEES (Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability) program, which funded the research.

The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.

In the editorial, Shi Yigong, dean of the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Rao Yi, dean of the School of Life Sciences at Peking University in Beijing, singled out for criticism the funding mechanism for mega science projects in China, alleging that to procure grants, «it's an open secret that doing good research is not as important as schmoozing with powerful bureaucrats and their favorite experts.»

This knowledge is important, as it strengthens the evidence that forceful societal measures need to be taken to counteract the epidemic of obesity and its consequences,» says Erik Ingelsson, professor at the Department of Medical Sciences and the Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University.

The team of Luis Lopez - Molina, professor at the Department of Botany and Plant Biology of UNIGE's Faculty of Science, Switzerland, has been interested for a long time in the mechanisms controlling germination, arguably the most critical decision in the life of a plant: «We have discovered that the genes involved in the synthesis of cutin, a waterproof substance, are important for the maintenance of dormancy in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant widely used as a model organism to study plant biology.

«Three major life sciences organizations, ASM, ACS and APS, came together to provide scientists with the unique opportunity of bringing together experts from different research areas to move this very exciting field forward,» said Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO, ASM, «The Kavli Ideas Challenge allowed for the collaboration between different scientific communities that span computational biology, physics and analytical chemistry to develop important new research tools.»

«Healthy people take having this coherent «self» experience for granted,» psychologist Katrin Preller, one of the lead authors of the study, told Live Science, «which makes it difficult to explain why it's so important.»

His awards include «Scientist of the Year» by the American Liver Foundation; «Visiting Distinguished Professor» at South Korea's Dongook University; an Honorary Degree from The Romanian Academy of Sciences for basic science advances in viral hepatitis; induction into the Bulgarian National Academy of Medicine and Sciences for his contributions to hepatitis B research; named «One of the 100 most important people in Bucks County of the last century» by The Intelligencer; honored as Judge's Choice, CEO of the Year, by Philadelphia Business Journal's Inaugural Life Science Award; and elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science science advances in viral hepatitis; induction into the Bulgarian National Academy of Medicine and Sciences for his contributions to hepatitis B research; named «One of the 100 most important people in Bucks County of the last century» by The Intelligencer; honored as Judge's Choice, CEO of the Year, by Philadelphia Business Journal's Inaugural Life Science Award; and elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Science Award; and elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Science (AAAS).

For example, experiments that expose plants to differing conditions of water, light, and warmth can enlighten your child on important concepts of life science.

Content knowledge about ecosystems and populations is an important strand of the life science content standards, and the processes underlying ecosystems exemplify sophisticated causal mechanisms (e.g., systems dynamics) foundational for advanced science and mathematics.

Being able to see the connections between different ideas in science, as in the understanding of big ideas and how they were developed, is an important part of preparation for work and life.

Nutrients for Life Foundation and Discovery Education are pleased to introduce From the Ground Up: The Science of Soil, highlighting the important role soil science plays in feeding our growingScience of Soil, highlighting the important role soil science plays in feeding our growingscience plays in feeding our growing world.

The book is an important contribution to the cause for the proclamation and defence of the inviolability of human life, dignity of the person and his fundamental inalienable rights.These pages unfold in the midst of a cultural battle, at a historic moment when medical science is characterized, to borrow an expression used by Paul Ricoeur, by the hypertrophy of means and the atrophy of ends.

Dr Brian Loon, veterinary surgeon at Amber Veterinary Group, shares that in veterinary science, it is already acknowledged that the nutritional requirements for the different stages in our pets» lives vary, and as such, diets formulated for the specific life stages are important for precise nutrition.

That was part of the logic for why so many folks have been keen to make a big push on soot and other SLCPs [short - lived climate pollutants]-- the piece that Charlie Kennel, Ram Ramanathan and I had in Foreign Affairs a couple years ago lays out the POLITICAL logic for action in that area as well as the new science showing that SLCPs are more important than previously thought.

Here's why we should believe in scientists and why red wine is good for us and now it's not and why diet causes ulcers and now it doesn't and why breakfast is the most important meal of the day but only if you sell Kellogg's cereal or Florida orange juice and why you should avoid eggs because they'll cause high cholesterol and why that is no longer true and how the food pyramid is real science and all of the old food pyramids were bad science and carrots are good for your eyes and since cows live exclusively on a vegetarian diet, so can you.

When you try to use the word «faith» to argue for a point that should be (if it were really true) even more important (the idea of a soul and eternal life) than any question of science, and yet place a lesser burden of proof upon it, you are really only exposing your own naïveté.

His most important contribution to science was his logical classification system for all living things which he proposed in his book Systema Naturae, first published in 1735.

This is important not just for the incredible diversity of life that it will protect, but also for the contribution it makes to building resilience of the world's ocean in the face of climate change,» says Chris Johnson, ocean science manager with World Wildlife Fund / Australia.

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.

John Norman, head of the life sciences group and a patent litigator at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP in Ottawa, says the SCC ruling is important because «many patent challenges allege that the patent [in] question is invalid for failing to meet the promise of the patent.»

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The April 2015 district court ruling concerning Warner Chilcott's Doryx ® was affirmed by the Third Circuit in September 2016, creating an important precedent, particularly in the life sciences sector, for companies facing these challenges globally.

In a competitive industry like the life sciences, identifying, creating and communicating your «personal brand» therefore becomes an important tactic for generating opportunities that will accelerate your career progression.