NewsBlog: Questions about NIH agency chief linger Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 29th August 2007 06:42 PM GMT] One lawmaker has levied more allegations of mismanagement against David Schwartz , director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Last week, Schwartz temporarily stepped down from his position while the National Institutes of Health, which oversees NIEHS, conducts a "comprehensive review of the management and leadership" at the agency. Senator ... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Head scientist leaves CIRM Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 27th August 2007 08:37 PM GMT] Arlene Chiu, the interim chief scientific officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine , has announced that she will step down from her post at the end of October. In a CIRM statement Chiu writes that she'll be moving from San Francisco, where CIRM is headquartered to her home in Los Angeles to "pursue new professional directions." Chiu will serve as a consultant to the agency through April 2008, advising newly chosen... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: CIRM doesn't want an active scientist president Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 10th August 2007 08:02 PM GMT] Shortly after posting my news story on incoming California Institute for Regenerative Medicine interim president Richard Murphy, Robert Klein--chairman of CIRM's governing board--told me that a policy regarding candidates for the permanent position has recently been enacted. Klein said that through discussions in June and July, the board confirmed a policy that precluded candidates... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Three syllables, sounds like "cabana" Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 2nd August 2007 11:33 PM GMT] Behavioral research has provided another insight into the mental workings of our fellow apes: orangutans can play charades . This finding enriches our concept of primate communication, a phenomenon most likely important in the transmission of customs and the eventual establishment of cultures among our primate cousins. I wrote about chimp culture (and orangutan customs) in our August... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Desert Gold Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 1st August 2007 07:45 PM GMT] In our June issue, I wrote about environmentally friendly laboratories and last month, I wrote about Arizona State University's Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV, which is scheduled for completion by 2010. ASU plans to seek LEED Silver status from the US Green Building Council for that project, but has received even higher LEED ratings for two other research buildings on its Tempe... Click to continue Comment on this blog

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