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States the Houston, Texas-based Welch Foundation 1998 award for lifetime achievement goes to Pierre Chambon of the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in Strasbourg, France. His work in the study of eukaryotic cells; The discovery of steroid nuclear receptors; His comment on retinoic acid controlling cell function and differentiation; When and by whom the Welch Foundation was established.

Presents science-related news briefs as of December 17, 1999. Why the American Society for Cell Biology board voted to split from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology; Details of the National Research Council's message regarding impending solar storms that can endanger construction crews of space stations; Details of French research minister Claude Allegre's idea to reform the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique.

Features the Illkirch, France-based Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology built by molecular biologist Pierre Chambon. Funding sources for the construction of the institute; Total amount injected by pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb to the institute in exchange for exclusive patent rights on certain projects. INSET: Riding the Waves of Molecular Biology..

The article discusses areas of research to watch in 2011 including physics research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) regarding particles called B mesons, gene sequencing in the areas of ecology and evolutionary biology to elucidate genes involved in the lives of microorganisms and insects, and fusion research at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF).

This article presents a list of various conferences related to science that will be held during the period June-October, 2006 . A conference on the theme "Angiotensin" will be held during September 10-15, 2006, in Aussois, France. A conference on the theme "Biology of 14-3-3 Proteins" will take place from August 27, 2006, to September 1, 2006. A conference on the subject "Brain Energy Metabolism & Blood Flow" will be held during August 20-25, 2006. A conference on the subject "Computational Aspects--Bimolecular NMR" will be held during September 24-29, 2006, in Aussois, France. A conference on the subject "Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow" will be held in Oxford during July 23-28, 2006. A conference on the subject "Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism" will be held at Magdalen College, Oxford, England, during August 6-11, 2006.

The article discusses the future of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) which is an x-ray source in Grenoble, France. The facility received 177 millions euros for an upgrade. Topics include a brief overview of the sciences the ESRF supports including materials science and structural biology and how the money will be spent including creation of eight nanometer-sized x-ray beams and improved instrumentation.

This article focuses on a study conducted by a research team led by marine biologist Michel Segonzac of the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in Paris, France, which analyzed the creature obtained by crossing a gorilla with a lobster. Probably something that looks like the 15-centimeter-long hairy crustacean found near deep-sea vents in the southern Pacific last year. Officially known as Kiwa hirsuta, but dubbed the "Yeti crab," the creature is described in the current issue of Zoosystema by its discoverers, a team led by marine biologist Michel Segonzac of the French Research Institute. Richard Lutz, a marine biologist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, described it as an amazing find.

This article reports that the 117-year-old Pasteur Institute in France has never had a woman president. But that could change this fall after the board of directors announced two finalists to succeed Philippe Kourilsky. One is Alice Dautry-Varsat, a chlamydia researcher who heads Pasteur's Biology of Cell Interactions Unit. The other candidate is Pierre Legrain, a former Pasteur scientist who in 1997 co-founded Hybrigenics, a Paris-based biotech.

The article reports that the French government is expected to unveil a new bill to bolster the nation's sciences. Described as a reform package, it's intended to make scientific careers more attractive and improve the national funding and evaluation of research. Early signals about the plan are not good, said Alain Trautmann, co-director of the cell biology department at the Cochin Institute and spokesperson for the protest movement last year that forced the government to back down on spending and job cuts. Leaders of the protest movement criticized the government just before Christmas for, among other things, announcing a derisory 150 new university lecturer-researcher posts in the 2005 budget.

Provides news items and updates on science as of August 4, 2000. Information on `Chauvet II,' an exact replica of the Lascaux Cave in France where the world's oldest cave paintings can be seen; Discussion of the Columbian theory of syphilis spread; Decision of astrophysicist and computer whiz George Lake to join the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington.