News: Need $20 million? Come to Alberta Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 28th February 2007 05:47 PM GMT] The Canadian province of Alberta is offering up to three "superstar" biomedical researchers $20 million ($17 million US) each, distributed over 10 years, to move to Alberta and conduct... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Another stem cell court victory Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 27th February 2007 04:49 PM GMT] Even though California started distributing stem cell funding this month, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is still fighting for its survival in court. On Monday... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: In Oscar season, biology on film Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 26th February 2007 02:54 PM GMT] When biologists at the Wildlife Conservation Society in the Bronx heard last fall that a beaver was making New York City home for the first time in 200 years, they were understandably excited. Unlike some other biologists, however -- say, those who... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: What agouti can tell us about diet Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 26th February 2007 05:43 AM GMT] We've written in the past about Randy Jirtle's agouti mice, which are a neat animal model for epigenetic change. Feed adult mothers a methyl-rich or genistein-rich diet, and DNA... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Calif. funds stem cell research -- really Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 19th February 2007 08:08 PM GMT] If it was April, I'd say it was an April Fool's joke. But it's February, and it's true -- California is actually distributing funds for human embryonic stem cell research. The ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Still hungry for tenure, but not food Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 19th February 2007 06:10 PM GMT] James Sherley, the beleaguered MIT professor who went on hunger strike to protest the institution's decision to deny him tenure, started eating again on Friday (Feb 16), even though MIT... Click to continue View comments (3) | Comment on this news story News: Still hungry for tenure... Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 16th February 2007 02:13 PM GMT] This just in from freelance reporter Ishani Ganguli: More than a week into his tenure-or-bust hunger strike MIT associate professor James Sherley reports he has lost 14 pounds but none of... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Walsh discloses conflicts -- five years later Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 14th February 2007 11:28 PM GMT] In December, I wrote about the fact that NIH researcher Thomas Walsh, who has faced scrutiny over funding he has received and failed to disclose from drug companies, had apparently failed to... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: A new Darwin revolution? Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 12th February 2007 11:46 PM GMT] With Darwin day celebrations going on around the world, people are looking back on a man that changed science as part of a larger cultural revolution away from using theology to explain natural phenomenon and toward a more secular thinking. One... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: A $25 million V-prize Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 10th February 2007 03:50 AM GMT] Virgin's millions are up for grabs. What's a biologist to do? Tycoon Richard Branson offered another $25 million to combat global warming (he pledged $3 billion in September). This time he's taking a page from X-prize folks, offering the money as... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Rosalind Franklin Papers (a lesson in lab communication) Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 6th February 2007 03:47 PM GMT] The NIH National Library of Medicine posted an extensive collection of Rosalind Franklin's correspondence and lab notebooks online. In addition to documenting her work on the structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: French Anderson sentenced to 14 years Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 3rd February 2007 12:04 AM GMT] French Anderson was sentenced today (Feb 2) to 14 years in prison, after he was found guilty last summer of four counts of molestation. His victim, now 19 years old, is the daughter of his... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story

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