Sentences with phrase «independent of its central role»

UT MD Anderson Scientists Discover Secret Life of Chromatin (08/30/2011) A team of researchers directed by Dr. Sharon Dent, director of the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis and Center for Cancer Epigenetics, investigate a signaling activity of chromatin that is independent of its central role in gene transcription.

Not exact matches

The central role of this independent regulatory agency is to protect investors in the financial markets by making sure that publicly traded companies play by the rules.

Independent expenditures are corrosive to our democracy, but they played no role in the Silver or Skelos» corruption capers, and played no role in the deals involving state controlled non-profits, the governor's top aides and some of his biggest donors in Central and Western New York.

«My bottom line has always been, I have always believed that providing an independent voice for Central New Yorkers is very, very important to my constituents and I have played and will continue to play that role in a number of ways.»

These include: commissioning an independent evaluation of how CfE is being implemented «on the ground»; improving the quality of information available on the aspects of CfE that matter, not those that are most «readily measurable»; simplifying and clarifying core guidance on the CfE; giving local authorities a more central role in implementing the curriculum; and creating «stimulating and challenging learning environments» in secondary schools in areas of deprivation.

Mike Buchanan, head of Ashford School and chairman of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference, said independent schools were proud of their «increasingly central role in ensuring the survival of languages in British universities».

It's a plan that radically shifts control of per - pupil dollars to the people running schools, leaving the central office with a few basic functions and the role of monitoring the progress of independent schools and holding them accountable for their performance.

Annie has a variety of other roles and responsibilities outside of SMU, including being a board member and an audit committee member for the Central Provident Fund Singapore, chairing the Asian Bond Fund 2 Supervisory Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, chairing the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Southeast Asia, and being an independent director in a few funds and family businesses.

Central to determining this calculation will be the role of an independent SEAI - registered technical advisor, who will carry out the required technical assessment to determine the suitability of a home for a heat pump system.

EITI is now an independent global multi-stakeholder initiative that places civil society in the central role of holding governments and companies to account for the revenue streams developed from extraction.

The roles that Leslie currently undertakes include that of Part - Time Road User Charging Adjudicator, Consultant for Bond Solon Training, Consultant for Central Law Training, Tribunal Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), Managing Director of Independent Investigative Interviewing Limited, Independent Companies House Adjudicator, Independent Member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for North East Essex Magistrates Courts, Crown Court Recorder for the South Eastern Circuit, Counsel for the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), Panel Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Conduct and Competence Committee, Appeals Officer for Community Interest Companies, Tribunal Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Special Education Needs and Disability) and Visiting Professional Fellow in Criminal Investigation at University of Derby.