The News Review:
- The Royal Society Fellowships
- Genesis: ‘The special chemistry’ of an awesome supergroup
- Many Potential Applications For Remarkable Chemical Technology:…
- Aybar nearing return from disabled list
- Colleges yet to finalise cut-off for admission
- Mars landing among most dangerous ever tried
- Nigeria: With the New Coroner’s Systems Law the Era of ‘Unkno…
The Royal Society Fellowships
Times Online – May 24, 2008
This has been done so that correct url isgenerated if we are coming from a section or topic –>div#related-article-links p a div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}Election of new Fellows and foreign membersThe election of the new Fellows and foreign members for 2008 took place at thebusiness meeting for elections on Thursday May 15 2008. The presidentLord Rees of Ludlow PRS presided supported by the Biological secretaryProfessor David Read FRS and the Physical secretary Professor Martin TaylorFRSFellowship: Professor Girish Saran Agarwal FRS Noble Foundation chairand Regents Professor Department of Physics Oklahoma State University;Professor Dario Renato Alessi FRS Professor of Signal Transduction MRCProtein Phosphorylation Unit College of Life Sciences University ofDundee; Professor Michael Philip Alpers AO FRS John Curtin DistinguishedProfessor Centre for International Health Curtin University of Technology;Professor Fraser Andrew Armstrong FRS; Professor of Chemistry Department ofChemistry Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory University of Oxford; ProfessorAlan Ashworth FRS director the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centrethe Institute of Cancer Research; Sir John Irving Bell FRS Regius Professorof Medicine University of Oxford; Professor Jonathan David Blundy FRS;Professor of Petrology Department of Earth Sciences University of Bristol;Sir Leszek Krysztof Borysiewicz KBE FRS chief executive Medical ResearchCouncil; Professor Alexander Marian Bradshaw CBE FRS scientific directorMax Planck Institute for Plasma Physics; Dr Stephen Michael Cohen FRSexecutive director and Temasek senior investigator Temasek Life SciencesLaboratory Singapore and Adjunct Professor Department of BiologicalSciences National University of Singapore; Professor Fergus Ian MuirdenCraik FRS; senior scientist Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest;Professor David Elieser Deutsch FRS Visiting Professor Department ofAtomic and Laser Physics Centre for Quantum Computation the ClarendonLaboratory University of Oxford; Professor John Duncan FRS assistantdirector MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Cambridge; Professor BrianFoster FRS Professor of Experimental Physics Department of PhysicsUniversity of Oxford; Professor Russell Grant Foster FRS Professor ofCircadian Neuroscience and Chair Nuffield Laboratory of OphthalmologyUniversity of Oxford; Professor Derek John Fray FRS director of Researchand Emeritus Professor of Materials Chemistry Department of MaterialsScience and Metallurgy University of Cambridge; Professor Peter John HudsonFRS Willaman chair in Biology Director of Life Sciences PennsylvaniaState University; Professor Christopher Alexander Hunter FRS Professor ofChemistry Department of Chemistry University of Sheffield; ProfessorStephen Philip Jackson FRS Frederick James Quick Professor of BiologyDepartment of Zoology University of Cambridge and head of Cancer ResearchUK Laboratories the Gurdon Institute of Cancer and Developmental BiologyCambridge; Professor Nicholas Kaiser FRS astronomer Institute ofAstronomy University of Hawaii; Professor Mark Kisin FRS Professor ofMathematics Department of Mathematics University of Chicago; ProfessorChris John Lamb FRS director the John Innes Centre and John InnesProfessor of Biology University of East Anglia; Professor Peter Simon LissFRS Professor of Environmental Sciences School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East Anglia; Dr Jan Löwe FRS senior scientist MedicalResearch Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Professor Yiu-Wing MaiFRS Professor of Mechanical Engineering university chair and directorCentre for Advanced Materials Technology School of Aerospace Mechanicaland Mechatronic Engineering University of Sydney; Professor John CharlesMarshall FRS Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department ofEarth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology; Dr Harvey Thomas McMahon FRS group leader MRC Laboratory ofMolecular Biology Cambridge; Dr Anne O’Garra FRS head Division ofImmunoregulation the MRC National Institute for Medical Research; ProfessorPeter Robert Parham FRS Professor of Structural Biology Department ofStructural Biology Stanford University; Professor Ian Parker FRS Professorof Neurobiology Department of Neurobiology and Behavior University ofCalifornia Irvine; Professor Michael Christopher Payne FRS Professor ofComputational Physics Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge;Professor Laurence Pearl FRS Professor of Protein Crystallography ChesterBeatty Laboratories Institute of Cancer Research; Professor MatthewJonathan Rosseinsky FRS Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Department ofChemistry University of Liverpool; Professor Robert (Graham) GoodwinRussell FRS Professor of Musculoskeletal Pharmacology the Botnar ResearchCentre Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Oxford andhonorary consultant Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Oxford; Professor GeorgeAlbert Sawatzky FRS Professor of Physics and Chemistry Physics andAstronomy Department University of British Columbia; Professor James FloydScott FRS Professor of Ferroics Earth Sciences Department CambridgeUniversity; Dr Evgeny Konstantinovich Sklyanin FRS reader Department ofMathematics University of York; Professor Philip John Stephens FRSProfessor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of SouthernCalifornia; Professor Claudio Daniel Stern FRS Professor of Anatomy andhead of department of Cell and Developmental Biology University CollegeLondon; Professor Michael Rudolf Stratton FRS deputy director WellcomeTrust Sanger Institute and Professor of Cancer Genetics Institute of CancerResearch; Professor Roger Everett Summons FRS Professor of GeobiologyDepartment of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MassachusettsInstitute of Technology; Professor Ulrike Louise Tillmann FRS Professor ofMathematics Mathematical Institute and Tutorial Fellow Merton CollegeUniversity of Oxford; Professor Kenneth Nigel Timmis FRS head Laboratoryof Environmental Microbiology Helmholtz Zentrüm für InfektionsforschungBraunschweig; Professor Christofer Toumazou FRS the Winston Wong chair inBiomedical Circuits executive director and chief scientist Institute ofBiomedical Engineering Imperial College London. Honorary Fellowship: Lord David Sainsbury FRS founder GatsbyCharitable Foundation.
Genesis: ‘The special chemistry’ of an awesome supergroup
Daily Mail – May 24, 2008
It’s not entirely clear whether Benedict XVI thought he was in for a Biblical evening of Adam and Eve and the Great Flood or a night of mitre-rocking music. But when the sun went down and the band came on His Holiness must have been left in little doubt.
Many Potential Applications For Remarkable Chemical Technology:…
Medical News Today – Medical News Today (press release) – May 24, 2008
“We believe it has the potential to be used in every branch of industry that uses chemistry. The patented reactions are a commercially promising development within the broader domain of “click chemistry” pioneered by Nobel Prize-winning chemist Barry Sharpless a professor at Scripps Research. Click chemistry refers to classes of reactions in which the chemical components used “click” together to bind as easily and reliably as the two pieces of a seatbelt buckle. The buckle works no matter what is attached to it as long as the two pieces can reach one another. Thousands of CitationsClick chemistry research by Sharpless and his colleagues was initially met with skepticism by a chemistry community that was more accustomed to research focused on increasingly complex chemical reactions. “It was plain laughed at in the beginning” says Valery Fokin an associate professor and Sharpless’ colleague. But over time the utility of the chemistry involved became clear and there are now more than 1000 citations for the work in academic publications… Click chemistry refers to classes of reactions in which the chemical components used “click” together to bind as easily and reliably as the two pieces of a seatbelt buckle. The buckle works no matter what is attached to it as long as the two pieces can reach one another. Thousands of CitationsClick chemistry research by Sharpless and his colleagues was initially met with skepticism by a chemistry community that was more accustomed to research focused on increasingly complex chemical reactions. “It was plain laughed at in the beginning” says Valery Fokin an associate professor and Sharpless’ colleague. But over time the utility of the chemistry involved became clear and there are now more than 1000 citations for the work in academic publications. The new patent is further confirmation of click chemistry’s importance. Click chemistry focuses mainly on reactions involving azides a class of nitrogen-containing molecules and alkynes a group of hydrocarbons such as acetylene.
Aybar nearing return from disabled list
MLB.com – May 24, 2008
Aybar is out of options meaning if the Rays do not make a place for him on their Major League roster upon his return from the DL he would have to clear waivers to be sent down to the Minor Leagues. Currently the team has been playing well and seemingly in harmony. Would they risk that chemistry in favor of bringing in a player they felt had more talent than a player currently on the Major League roster? Maddon was asked about the delicate balance of the team’s chemistry. “You’re always concerned about disrupting chemistry but my concern was that if you get somebody qualified and everybody knows you’re getting better there’s no problem doing that” Maddon said. “I’ve had it on the other side where there was an acquisition made where it disrupted chemistry and that can be devastating… Aybar is out of options meaning if the Rays do not make a place for him on their Major League roster upon his return from the DL he would have to clear waivers to be sent down to the Minor Leagues. Currently the team has been playing well and seemingly in harmony. Would they risk that chemistry in favor of bringing in a player they felt had more talent than a player currently on the Major League roster? Maddon was asked about the delicate balance of the team’s chemistry. “You’re always concerned about disrupting chemistry but my concern was that if you get somebody qualified and everybody knows you’re getting better there’s no problem doing that” Maddon said. “I’ve had it on the other side where there was an acquisition made where it disrupted chemistry and that can be devastating.
Colleges yet to finalise cut-off for admission
Times of India – May 24, 2008
The cut-offs will remain more or less the same compared to lastyear but this year the college will be laying special emphasis on English andBengali marks even if the candidates opt for science subjects. BidhannagarGovernment College which has gone over to West Bengal State University ofBarasat has decided that for science subjects forms will be given tocandidates who have scored at least 60% marks. Only in case of chemistry thecut-off in the aggregate would be 65% and 50% for humanities subjects saidprincipal DR Mondal. St Xavier?s College will finalise its cut-off marksby Monday and post it on its website as admissions will be completely online. Bethune College has decided to hike its criteria slightly with thecut-offs for all humanities subjects excluding English being 60%. ForEnglish the cut-off would be 70%. In case of science it is likely to be 65%for all subjects barring chemistry for which it would be 70% said principalManimala Das.
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Mars landing among most dangerous ever tried
San Francisco Chronicle – May 24, 2008
Four years later Mars Global Surveyor reached Martian orbit and over nine years transmitted more than 240000 images and millions of other instrument readings before its batteries failed. It was lost in space. In July 1997 the world’s first Martian rover called Sojourner trundled onto the planet’s surface from its lander Pathfinder to test the chemistry of nearby rocks and explore the neighborhood. It did so spectacularly until its battery died after three months in the freezing cold. Failures marked America’s next two missions: The Mars Climate Orbiter disappeared on arrival in October 1999 and three months later the ambitious Mars Polar Lander carrying two small surface penetrators called Deep Space 2 apparently crashed. Two years later Mars Odyssey flew into Martian orbit and it is still there transmitting more than 350000 close-up images of the surface and relaying to Earth all the science information from the two hardy Mars rovers still roaming on the surface. Those roving robot vehicles Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 on missions designed to last only three months but they’re still working hard and making new discoveries every day more than four years later.
Nigeria: With the New Coroner’s Systems Law the Era of ‘Unkno…
AllAfrica.com – May 24, 2008
What is the correlation between forensic medicine and pathology?Forensic medicine is a special field of forensic sciences. In the medical profession it is relatively new in the Nigerian perspective. It is part of the body of forensic sciences including forensic pathology clinical forensic medicine forensic medicine forensic toxicology botany entomology anthropology soil chemistry ballistics etc. Each of these has their specific definitions but why it appears to be new in our environment is obvious. The science of pathology refers to the study of disease and when we talk about pathology to a large extent we are referring to a disease state that we would observe the tissues and cells and organs of the body. What are the causes how do they present what changes occur in the body? It is the job of a pathologist to explain these changes. The pathologist is a consultant for his colleagues.