Sentences with phrase «with practicing scientists»

One aspect of Classroom Science Days is to connect underserved students with practicing scientists.

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After beginning her career with Chevron, Gordon has managed an active energy and environmental consulting practice, taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and directed the Energy Policy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Drs. Richard Davidson, Sara Lazar, Jon - Kabat - Zinn and many other scientists have a shown profound changes in the brain with meditation and mindfulness practices.

Over many years, scientists developed theories, refined them, put them into practice, and ultimately, you can converse with people around the world.

For more than sixty years, we've been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing our findings with farmers and scientists throughout... Continued

For more than sixty years the Institute has been committed to researching the best practices for organic farming and sharing findings with farmers and scientists around the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

For seventy years, the Institute has been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing findings with farmers and scientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

For more than sixty years, we've been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing our findings with farmers and scientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

In his time with IRRI, Dr. Morell has been instrumental in shaping the institute's research and outreach agenda, including IRRI's leadership on climate change - ready rice, healthier rice varieties, farmer - friendly crop management and value chain practices as well as encouraging the next generation of rice scientists.

Soil scientist Dr Paul Nelson from James Cook University says the technique will be particularly useful for growers of environmentally certified palm oil, which is produced without the clearing of primary forests, with transparent and fair agreements with landowners and good land management practices.

India strengthened its rice production capacity through concerted efforts by India and IRRI to develop rice varieties with resistance to pests and diseases and stresses such as drought and flooding; to commercialize hybrid rice; to streamline production practices so they would be profitable, sustainable, and environment - friendly; and to extensively exchange information with Indian scientists and researchers along with capacity building.

This was only the beginning of a partnership that has led to more than 400 improved rice varieties that have resistance to pests and diseases, streamlined rice production practices, and extensive information exchange with Indian scientists, and capacity building.

The government is asking MPs to agree new regulations which will allow scientists at Newcastle University and elsewhere to carry out mitochondrial donations - the practice that will create IVF babies with DNA from three parents.

«Moreover, we are concerned that establishing a practice of aggressive inquiry into the professional histories of scientists whose findings may bear on policy in ways that some find unpalatable could well have a chilling effect on the willingness of scientists to conduct research that intersects with policy - relevant scientific questions.»

The Building with Biology Project created a community of informal science educators, researchers and scientists dedicated to developing innovative resources, practices and processes to build the capacity of the field to use public engagement with science (PES) activities to extend STEM learning about science, technology and societal implications through public and scientist dialogue about synthetic biology.

1991: Adrian Morrison — Dr. Morrison, a veterinarian whose scientific research focuses on the neural mechanisms associated with sleep, defended the right of scientists to use animals in their research and promoted responsible research practices among those scientists.

The Communicating Science Seminar at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting offered the audience of approximately 500 scientists, science communicators, evaluators, and students a chance to hear from and ask questions of speakers with diverse backgrounds and expertise in practicing, researching, and...

In addition to sharing these personal perspectives, we'll also shine some light on broader topics, looking, for example, at how the overlap of peak childbearing years with what is typically the period of greatest productivity in a young scientist's career influences institutional (and national) practices and policies.

Working with scientists from five other states, Owen is comparing different weed - control practices on about 150 fields throughout the South and Midwest.

«This could lead to the most stupendous discovery in the history of human existence,» Schopf says, speaking with the practiced patience of a scientist.

At an all - day meeting in Ottawa with roughly 50 practicing scientists, convened at the behest of federal Health Minister Jane Philpott to quell an uprising over CIHR grantsmaking reforms, Beaudet agreed to the introduction of a «hybrid» peer - review system.

These changes will end the currently common, but antisocial, practice of pretending to employ young scientists at a different university after the termination of their temporary contract without providing them with the opportunity to apply for a permanent position.

Scientists call this «traumatic insemination,» and though practiced with apparent evolutionary success by several species of invertebrates, it's not at all a positive experience for the female: the wound made by the male's wedge is liable to get infected.

To be successful, she argues, the young scientist must: 1) be aware of the geography of the journey, 2) be open to as many options as possible so that course changes can be made with minimal pain, 3) practice solid «people» and presentation skills (oral and written) as often as possible, and 4) be committed to the endeavor of hard work that is successful science.

In addition to practicing the traditional craft, today's scientists need to be prepared to tackle complex challenges in a globalized (and multidisciplinary) world, to think critically about how we solve problems, and to communicate persuasively with diverse audiences.

But NIH may be forced to regulate the practice from above, taking steps to assure that young biomedical scientists — and the NIH contract compliance staff — are not burdened with the stresses such practices create.

Workshop goals include building scientists» communication skill and confidence in engaging with public audiences and providing best practices for use of different communication methods and mechanisms.

Engaging the Public with Social Media The Engaging the Public with Social Media module covers the latest research on use of social media, including why and how scientists can use it to engage, an introduction to using Twitter, and best practices for engaging in online conversations and using social media metrics.

GlaxoSmithKline broke with industry practice and announced that it will no longer pay scientists to promote its drugs, reports the New York Times.

Scientists, with practice, have now been able to make nuclear transfer nearly routine to produce cattle, cats, mice, sheep, goats, pigs, and — as a Korean team announced in May — even human embryonic stem (ES) cells.

USGS scientists are dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the geological conditions and industrial practices associated with induced earthquakes, and to determining how seismic risk can be managed.

Roughly 80 percent of people around the globe identify with some type of religion, and scientists have been seriously pursuing insight into the evolutionary benefit of religious practice since the early part of this century.

It involves working with an accredited sport scientist and learning through observing and practice.

To put these principles into practice, Winkler suggested that social and natural scientists can aid in clarifying priorities for water usage and contribute to standardizing the meanings of «safe» and «accessible» water for different populations, through collaboration with and participation of community members.

The second plenary session focused on how scientists can successfully and effectively collaborate with communities when conducting work that informs decisions, practices, and policies that impact public health, safety, and wellbeing.

To test the concept, scientists have built two small satellites called cubesats that will practice lining up in orbit to construct a single telescope with a focal length as large as the distance between them.

«This new tool has the potential to essentially revolutionize the way delirium care is practiced in the ICU,» said Dr. Khan, a critical care medicine physician and an implementation scientist with the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute's IU Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science.

This introductory workshop for scientists and engineers on Engaging the Public With Social Media to be held on Sat., Feb. 17, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, covers the latest research on social media use, why and how scientists should engage on social media, using Twitter, and basic best practices.

He described a management structure where labs are run by the top practicing scientists whose intimate knowledge allows them to quickly deploy resources and help researchers connect with colleagues.

If pumping practices are not modified, scientists warn that these habitats will continue to shrink, and the fish populations along with them.

The technique used to identify the photoanodes uses a combination of theory and practice — the scientists worked with a supercomputer and a database of around 60,000 materials, and used quantum mechanics to predict the properties of each material.

They found that the defect is highly sensitive to an existing FDA - approved drug used to treat ovarian cancer — a discovery that challenges current practice for treatment of brain tumors and other cancers with the same genetic defect, said the scientists.

With the South Korean stem cell scandal still fresh in scientists» minds, what could be more relevant than an examination of the pressures and practices that might tempt or permit researchers to overstate, misinterpret, or otherwise enhance their results?

On July 13, approximately fifty practicing scientists met with Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) President Alain Beaudet to discuss reforms to the grantsmaking process, the problems they caused, and the scientific community's subsequent crisis of confidence in the integrity of the process.

In the place of courses based solely on lectures and memorization, they are incorporating the latest practices of biological research, engaging students with the opportunity to think and work like scientists on issues with real - world relevance.

As one current example of the ongoing commitment to the training of clinician scientists, NIMH supports and collaborates with the Delaware Project on Clinical Science Training, which aims to create best practices for training psychology graduate students, interns, and post-doctoral fellows studying mental illnesses.

This funding enabled them to initiate or enhance existing programs designed to help students obtain the skills necessary to partner with clinician - scientists in the application of emerging biological knowledge to medical practice.

Performance Plants Inc. is made up of renowned scientists and managers with varied backgrounds and expertise in all aspects of the company's business practices, from gene discovery and agronomy through to business management.

This was only the beginning of a partnership that has led to more than 400 improved rice varieties that have resistance to pests and diseases, streamlined rice production practices, and extensive information exchange with Indian scientists, and capacity building.

India strengthened its rice production capacity through concerted efforts by India and IRRI to develop rice varieties with resistance to pests and diseases and stresses such as drought and flooding; to commercialize hybrid rice; to streamline production practices so they would be profitable, sustainable, and environment - friendly; and to extensively exchange information with Indian scientists and researchers along with capacity building.