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Presents news briefs relating to biology and biologists. Awards which were presented to Roger Renvelle of the University of California at San Diego and to Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island; Appointment of Anthony J. Dennis as vice president of biotechnology at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio; Presentation of the Bicentennial Medallion of Distinction from the University of Pittsburgh to Herbert Boyer of the University of California at San Francisco; Scientists who have joined the staff of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), including Patricia Lynn Donaldson, Peter Richard Jackson, and Gillian R. Woollett.

This article contributes to the literatures on knowledge communities, knowledge exchange, knowledge bases and cultural and creative industries. It suggests that short-term events in even 'ordinary' places can meet the criteria for knowledge communities and, therefore, deserve greater attention from scholars. Examples from the music economy are presented in order to expand thinking on knowledge communities with respect to industrial influence and scale. In addition, by comparing a music industry conference in Los Angeles with a music-related project in Columbus, Ohio, processes of knowledge exchange are examined in relation to the concepts of local and global buzz and pipelines and new work in this area. By focusing on the characteristics of knowledge involved in training sessions for independent artists within the two temporary events, a blurring of the boundary between the symbolic and synthetic knowledge bases is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]