The 2009 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Biomedicine category goes to Prof. Robert J. Lefkowitz (New York, 1943) for identifying the receptors targeted by around half of todays prescription drugs. Lefkowitz is author of more than 850 research papers that at the time of writing have been cited on over 95000 occasions. His findings have led to the development of numerous drugs for a wide variety of conditions, above all in neurology (Parkinsons disease), cardiology (arterial hypertension) and diabetes.
Robert J. Lefkowitz. wins the 2009 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine
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AKCSE 2009 AGM-Prof.Kim
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Dr. Sung-Woo Kim is an assistant professor of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He is also Canada Research Tier 2 Chair in Cancer. He received his Ph. D in Dalhousie University. Cancer research is his number one mission. More detailed information is available at www.ucalgary.ca/~swkim.
Tajas Yadav, Narotam Sekhsaria Scholar 2009
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For details : www.nsscholarship.net In his final year of B Sc in Microbiology and Biochemistry at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Tejas also did the Diploma Programme in Forensic Science offered by the college. Keen on pursuing pure science, he plans to take up a Master’s course in Biological Sciences at a university in the UK, preferably at Oxford.
Angela UCSD Graduation Ceremony June 14, 2009
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