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Illinois professor wins Nobel Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Paul C. Lauterbur, a pioneer in the development of magnetic resonance imaging and a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He shares the prize with Sir Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham in England. Mansfield was a […]
Carl Woese receives the Crafoord Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese formally accepted the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden. The king of Sweden presented the prize to Woese on Sept. 24. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy […]
Researchers join federal center to study infectious disease
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nine scientists of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are part of a newly created, federally funded Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence to be based at the University of Chicago. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the selection of eight regional centers, which will be funded through the […]
Emerald ash borer poses threat to trees in Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A half-inch-long beetle known as the emerald ash borer, which is devastating ash trees in Michigan, poses a serious threat to Illinois, says an entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Officials fear that beetle-infested firewood could be accidentally transported into the state. “This is a very, very dangerous pest of […]
West Nile virus focus during ornithologists’ meeting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The West Nile virus is the focus of a dozen research papers to be presented Aug. 9 (Saturday) during the 121st Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Aug. 5-9, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Another topic to be covered by some of the 475 scientists attending the conference is […]
‘Brains in Action’ set for May 24 at Children’s Museum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Faculty members and students of the neuroscience program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign want children and their families to join them to learn about “Brains in Action” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., May 24, at the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 356 N. Neil St., Champaign. Admission to the entire […]
Harris Lewin named director of Post Genomic Institute
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Animal geneticist Harris A. Lewin today was named the first director of the Post Genomic Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the Board of Trustees at its May 15 meeting in Urbana. The institute will be a facility that officials say will put Illinois at the forefront […]
New book entertainingly tells ‘What Good Are Bugs’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Insects are vital to every ecosystem and essential to our existence, Gilbert Waldbauer says, answering a common question posed by the title of his new book, “What Good Are Bugs?” “The majority of green plants are pollinated by insects,” says Waldbauer, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. […]
Carl Woese wins the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, given by the Royal Academy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese today won the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy also selects. The king of Sweden will present the prize to Woese Sept. […]
Carl Woese wins the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, given by the Royal Academy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese today won the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy also selects. The king of Sweden will present the prize to Woese Sept. […]
Two Illinois scientists among 291 AAAS fellows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Scientists Nick Holonyak Jr. and Susan E. Fahrbach of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are among 291 people selected as 2002 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The new fellows will be formally recognized Feb. 15 for their contributions that advance science or foster its applications at […]
Biologist one of five winners of 2003 Damon Runyon Scholar Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Phillip A. Newmark, a researcher in the department of cell and structural biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of five recipients nationwide of a 2003 Damon Runyon Scholar Award. The three-year $300,000 award from the New York-based Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation supports the development of outstanding scientists […]