Sentences with phrase «of the lead scientists working»

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As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

Its development at Theranos won't be helped following the 2013 suicide of the lead scientist who had been working on design patents for the company up to that time.

The research team's work was reviewed by an independent Risky Business Expert Review Panel composed of leading climate scientists and economists.

Now young companies led by scientists with limited business know - how had access to «this team of super motivated, super engaged, highly talented MBAs working for them,» Mr. Debow said.

It became that After the work done leading up to one of the Nobel Prizes given for the subject, then building on that work through the 70's, 80's, 90» and finally with the Nobel prize being given to two American scientists in 2006 which pretty much confirmed it as fact.

In this day in which teams of scientists are devoting their skill to the problem of helping alcoholics and AA has achieved such impressive success in leading thousands to sobriety, the pastor examines his own meager success in the field and wonders whether he should leave such work to the scientists and to AA.

Recollection of the sometimes bitter struggles between science and religion during the past four or five centuries leads many people to suppose that the life and work of a scientist is a purely secular affair.

In fact, the process is a good deal more deductive — the vast majority of working scientists begin by assuming scientific realism, then asking what underlying, noumenal features of the world might lead to the kind of evidence that we observe, then building a theory concerning what other kinds of evidence these noumena might produce, then seeking confirmatory and disconfirmatory evidence.

MASIPAG is a farmer - led network of people's organizations, non-government organizations and scientists working towards the sustainable use and management of biodiversity through farmers» control of genetic and biological resources, agricultural production and associated knowledge.

New Hope Network and the Climate Collaborative, an initiative of leading organizations, brands, and retailers working together to address climate change, hosted the second annual Climate Day event with featured keynote address by climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University.

For instance, we worked with leading agriculture and climate scientists at UC Davis on a comprehensive review of state of the science in 2008 (visit https://www.sustainablewinegrowing.org/publications.php).

«The fact that British Cycling agrees with and supports our vision of taking truly accurate power measurement to all those cyclists who are aiming to improve and has given us the opportunity to work with leading coaches and sports scientists through the next two Olympic cycles, is a dream come true for the engineering innovators at Verve.»

Now a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins pediatric surgeon - in - chief David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., says experiments in mice reveal how breast milk works to ward off the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disorder that affects 12 percent of premature babies and claims the lives of one in four of those who have it.

In this one day workshop the presenter will guide you through the work of leading scientists in the field of the microbiome.

This leading environmental entrepreneur has worked with a range of scientists to draw up a compendium of 100 substantive existing solutions that can turn around rising temperatures.

The climate change risk assessment is the result of more than three years of work, involving hundreds of leading scientists, and experts from both the public and private sectors.

Wyndham argues, among other things, that scientists and scientific associations should play a leading role in defining the right to the benefits of scientific progress by considering how this right applies to their work, research, training, and teaching.

Nonetheless, leading scientists of the era — Thomas Hunt Morgan, Albert Einstein, and Edwin Hubble to name but three — published in Science, presented their work at annual meetings, and in some cases received small grants or prizes from AAAS.

In a typical investigation, the RIO - led committee — made up mostly of faculty with relevant expertise — reconstructs the research behind a scientific result from its documentation (which may be sparse, cryptic, or fabricated)-- so the RIO job requires deep insight into how scientists work.

A group of US scientists led by Lauren Stanton of the University of Wyoming have now extended this body of work to study raccoon intelligence.

Any of the various contacts with peers, professors, leading scientists, and businesspeople that I have made; the experience of working with the media; the practise in logistics, time management, and planning ahead; and the leadership abilities and extra social skills that I have developed might be of critical advantage in my future career.

As controversy rages around the scientists who created mutant strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, leading flu researchers have called for a 60 - day voluntary pause on such work.

Just as the finding that tea made from willow bark could alleviate headaches led scientists to the discovery of salicylic acid — which in turn led to the invention of aspirin — many acupuncture researchers think that their work might lead to a treatment for pain that is more effective than acupuncture.

The future may indeed be bright for young scientists; a global boom in science may indeed lead to labor shortages and enhancement of salaries, working conditions, and prestige.

«We hope these findings help government, industry and scientists to work together to address this issue,» says Sonter, who led the study as a UVM postdoctoral researcher, before joining the University of Queensland (Australia).

He worked on the study with a team of Japanese scientists led by Dr. Takashi Morihara at Osaka University.

Throughout her young career, Emiliani has made a series of tough decisions and changes of course that, although they may have delayed her maturity as a fully independent scientist, have also kept her viable for the kind of work she wants to do, and the kind of life she intends to lead.

Learning to lead 9 April 2015 A conference organized by students and postdocs introduces young scientists to the culture of biotech and the challenges of working in the field.

Two US scientists won the Nobel prize for Medicine on Monday for their discovery of RNA interference — pioneering work that has revolutionised the field of molecular biology and is leading to powerful genetic medicines.

«I was very happy to see this new work by Kite and Rubin that brings to the fore a process that had escaped notice: the pumping of water in and out of the deep fractures of the south polar ice shell by tidal action,» said Carolyn Porco, head of Cassini's imaging science team and a leading scientist in the study of Enceladus.

This year like all others, scientists want to work at companies that keep innovation front and center, and the top 20 employers in 2015 include those biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms on the leading edge of these advances.

And by carefully measuring and modeling the resulting changes in atmospheric composition, scientists could improve their estimate of how sensitive Earth's climate is to CO2, said lead author Joyce Penner, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Michigan whose work focuses on improving global climate models and their ability to model the interplay between clouds and aerosol particles.

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have been working as part of an international team to develop a new process, which could lead to a new generation of high - definition (HD), paving the way for brighter, lighter and more energy efficient TVs and smart devices.

«Manufactured diamonds have a number of physical properties that make them very interesting to researchers working with transistors,» said Yasuo Koide, a professor and senior scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science leading the research group.

► On Wednesday at ScienceInsider, Dennis Normile reported that stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata (lead author of the two STAP — stimulus - triggered acquisition of pluripotency — papers in Nature) «has agreed to retract the two Nature papers that reported her work.»

Led by scientists from Chile's Universidad Andres Bello (UNAB), NGO Ranita de Darwin, and international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London), working alongside the University of Zurich, this new revelation highlights a need for urgent conservation action.

A team of computer scientists led by Wim Sweldens at Lucent Technologies and Peter Schröder at the California Institute of Technology developed a compression algorithm that makes it practical to send 3 - D images over the Internet and to work with them on personal computers and handhelds.

Swansea University scientist, Professor Luca Börger has therefore been working with partners in Switzerland, France and the USA on a study led by PhD student Tina Cornioley looking at the body mass of the wandering albatross.

Other leading scientists leave the details of basic research to graduate students or postdocs, but Melton spends as much time as possible working at a private lab bench adjacent to his office.

Early work by scientists at the NIH led to the discovery that the drug AZT (zidovudine) slows the progression of AIDS.

In his review of the latter (Review, 5 May 1990), Paul Harvey wrote, «The very fact that these particular scientists (Bryan Clarke, Tom Kemp, Pat Bateson, Robin Dunbar, Bob Martin, et al.) felt moved to write in memory of Huxley says a lot for the legacy he left us which, I conclude, is more one of inspiration than of scientific achievement... Julian Huxley's published works have not stood the test of time; his vision of progress in evolution that led him to revere Teilhard de Chardin is one example.»

«Bass and walleye seem to be responding to the same temperature threshold but in opposite directions,» says Gretchen Hansen, a fisheries scientist at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in St. Paul who led the work.

Scientists thought groomed roads helped lead bison out of Yellowstone National Park, but new work shows the animals may prefer natural trails

Rao says that if he had to choose three scientists — the limit for the Nobel — then he would pick either Yu Yagang, Tu Youyou, and Zhong Yurong for the discovery of artemisinin; or Tu Youyou, Luo Zeyuan, and Li Ying for the early work on artemisinin that led to the drug therapy.

Llinás is the leader of an international team of scientists whose paper describing their research will be published in the journal Nature on the Advance Online Publication website, www.nature.com on 23 February 2014 along with a second paper, which describes related work led by Andy Waters (University of Glasgow) and Oliver Billker (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

The scientists, led by agronomist Kenneth Cassman of the University of Nebraska and Shaobing Peng of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, believe hotter nights may speed up respiration, causing the plant to work harder and waste energy.

Led by Matthew P. Anderson, MD, PhD, Director of Neuropathology at BIDMC, the scientists determined how a gene linked to one common form of autism works in a specific population of brain cells to impair sociability.

Kingsbury pointed out that an increase in the number of researchers handling select agents would «inevitably» lead to an amplification of the insider threat: the risk of an attack masterminded by a scientist working at a biocontainment facility.

Their work, published in the January 29th issue of Science, could change the way scientists understand melanoma and other cancers and could lead to new, early treatments before the cancer has taken hold.