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Presents brief news reports about the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). AIBS membership for organizations the Herpetologists' League, the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS), the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS), and the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML); Results of AIBS election for Board of Directors and Council, including election of Gene E. Likes as president for 2001; Access for members to the funding opportunities database; Support for the teaching of evolution in Kansas.

Offers American Institute of Biological Sciences-related (AIBS) news briefs. Announcement of the availability of articles from 'BioScience' on the Internet; Appointment of AIBS public policy representative Ellen Paul; Efforts of AIBS and other United States scientific, engineering, and business organizations to increase US scientific research funding; Others.

Offers bioscience research updates for December 1998. Polyploid plants; Mutualism between coral and crabs; Economic botany courses at universities in the United States; Vernal pools and photosynthesis; Problems with binomial nomenclature; Scientists at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis working on problems in ecology; Pros and cons of statistical and mechanistic modeling in understanding population dynamics; A specie's rarity and the size of the taxonomic group.

Reports on accomplishments and job opportunities for scientists. Anthony S. Fauci who was named the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Winners of the MacArthur Prize; Nominations for the Hoechst-Roussel Award. INSET: Young Enviromental Biologists Win Fellowship.

The article offers news briefs relating to the field of bioscience. Daniel L. Leedy has won the Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, a high honor in the wildlife profession. The Life Sciences Research Foundation has selected nine researchers to receive three-year postdoctoral fellowships beginning in June 1983. The book "Biotechnology and the Law," by Iver P. Cooper provides legal guidance in biotechnology.

The article offers news briefs related to bioscience. B.L. Valentine has been appointed the director of biological safety for the health and science division of Brunswick Corp. Donald B. McMullen, the president of the American Society of Parasitologists, died on May 27, 1967. A biological engineering department has been established at Rose Polytechnic Institute.

The article offers news briefs related to bioscience. The publication of the "Journal of Biomaterials Research" will be started by Interscience Division of John Wiley & Sons Inc. in the first quarter of 1967. The Second International Oceanographic Congress was held between May 30 and June 9, 1966 in Moscow, Soviet Union. The headquarter of the National Association of Biology Teachers has shifted to Washington D.C. from Great Falls, Montana.

The article offers news briefs related to life sciences. University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, has appointed John M. Allen as acting chairman of the Department of Zoology. Graduate School of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, has established an Institute for Developmental Biology. The first annual meeting of the Society for Clinical Ecology was held on April 24, 1966, in Chicago, Illinois.

The article offers news briefs related to biological sciences. Elizabeth G. Frame has been appointed Assistant Chief of the Research Fellowship Branch, National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is soliciting proposals for biological research to be carried out at the Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory, Marshall Islands. Hugo L. Blomquist, professor emeritus of the Department of Botany, Duke University died on November 28, 1964.

The article offers science related news briefs. Ralph Bogart, professor of animal husbandry at Oregon State University, received the American Society of Animal Science Animal Breeding and Genetics Award for 1963. The headquarters of the Aquatic Research Institute has been established permanently at the Port of Stockton, California. The Sixth International Congress of Biochemistry will meet on July 26-August 1, 1964, in New York City.

The article offers science news briefs. The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the U.S. National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) have partnered to advance the U.S. science education policy. AIBS conducted a peer review of several interdisciplinary proposal topics by the U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). Cora Marrett was named deputy director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

The article offers scientific news briefs as of October 2016. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid. The Dragonfly 44 was identified as a galaxy made chiefly of dark matter. University College London researchers discovered fossilized river deposits at the Arabia Terra section in Mars.

The article offers science and American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) news briefs. U.S. Senators Diane Feinstein and Lisa Murkowski received the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coalition Leadership Award. The Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC) briefed U.S. policymakers about the impacts of climate change on urban ecosystems. The AIBS Public Policy Office conducted a workshop at the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) science meeting.

Presents science-related news as of September 2000. Details of the sixth Annual Congressional Exhibition and Reception held in Washington, D.C.; Participation of editor Elia Ben-Ari in the 2000 Science Writing Fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory; Reception of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists into the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Federation.

Presents several brief news articles for the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) in May, 1999. Diversification of the AIBS' meetings operations; AIBS welcoming 53rd member society; Modification of AIBS bylaws.

The article presents news briefs related to bioscience. An one-year investigation conducted by Emory University discredited several previous research of John R. Darsee, cardiology researcher at Harvard Medical School. To restore faith in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), William D. Ruckelshaus pledged at his confirmation hearing to make operation of the agency open to public.

The article offers the U.S. news briefs concerning the field of biosciences. The New York Botanical Garden is planning for establishing three new institutions. On October 22, 1981, Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, dedicated the new Ambulatory Care Research Facility in Maryland. Helping the severely ill or traumatized patient survive through planned nutrition was the theme of the recent held First Annual Bristol-Myers Symposium on Nutrition Research.

The article offers world news briefs related to research in botany as of February 2014. Richard Flavell, professor of immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine in Sterling has made efforts to promote the observation-driven studies in science. Sexual reproduction in angiosperms has changed over 100 million years. A study by Carlos Galvan-Ampudia and his colleagues that demonstrate growth of roots of several plant species from sites of high salt content and which does not show gravitropism.

The article presents news briefs related to the field of science. The Committee on Water of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences says that the nation must begin thinking about its water problems in a new way. Marine Sciences Research Laboratory is under construction at Memorial University of Newfoundland. A $15,000 grant to the University of Missouri's School of Journalism will support a program in science writing.

The article offers news briefs related to science. California Electron Microscope Laboratory, Berkeley, California, has announced to start an intensive course in biological electron microscopy from August 8 to 19, 1966. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, has established a graduate Department of Microbiology. Columbia University, New York, has announced to set up a research program to apply engineering knowledge to problems in medicine.

The article offers biological sciences related news briefs. The Department of General Biology, Vanderbilt University will offer a short course in Histochemistry for College and University Teachers of Zoology from July 31 to August 20, 1966. A new Forest Research Station within the Iparia National Forest has been established by the Forestry and Wildlife Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Peru. The Third Teratology Workshop will be held at Boulder, Colorado on April 4-8, 1966.

The article offers news briefs related to biological science-related activities in the U.S. The Department of Botany of the U.S. National Museum will move to a new location. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is soliciting proposals for biological research to be carried out at the Eniwetok Marine Biological Loboratory, Marshall Islands. A National Advisory Food and Drug Council has been formed to consult with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The article offers news briefs related to several scientific programs and events. The 14th Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage is scheduled to be held in the Great Smoky Mountains, April 23-25. Charles C. Shilling has been appointed as the President of the Academy of Medicine of Washington, D.C. Meeting of the Committee on Aquatic Microbiology (CAM), American Society for Microbiology, will be held at the 65th Annual Meeting of the society in Washington, D. C, on May 3-7, 1964.

The article offers science related news briefs. A spring semester program on the philosophical problems arising from recent advances in biology has been offered at the Philosophy of Science Institute at St. John's University in New York. The headquarters of the Aquatic Research Institute has been established permanently at the Port of Stockton, California. Research fellowships are available from the Scottish Marine Biological Association, Oceanographic Laboratory, Edinburgh.

The article offers science news briefs as of February 2013. Discovery of a newly discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related virus. Food and Drug Administration approval for the first cell-culture vaccine in the U.S. against seasonal influenza manufactured by Novelties AG. Confirmation of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in two confirmed cases of in California residents who had stayed overnight in Yosemite National Park, California.

The article offers science news briefs as of October 1, 2012. The U.S. Disease Control and Prevention has recommended for the management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected healthcare providers to reduce the risk for transmitting HBV to patients during surgical procedures. Research scientists have discovered that H5N1 is three steps away from mutating into lethal human pandemic form. Gilead Sciences Inc. drug Truvada has been approved to reduce the risk of human immunodeficiency virus.

Offers several biology-related news briefs for the week ending December 31, 1999. Details of a study examining the molting, or ecdysis, process in crustaceans, and the role of hormones in such a process; Details of a study that shows exercise may protect against the physical symptoms and anxiety associated with the hassles of daily life.

Offers science-related news briefs for the week ending November 30, 1999. Efforts of United States researchers to recreate the hybridization event that created the strawberry plant; How this will increase the genetic diversity of strawberries; Details of various implications of rising mortality rates for the HIV epidemic.

Presents biology news briefs for August 1, 1999. Details of research from annual Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Census; Hope of University of Maryland researchers to clone a yellow poplar that dates back to pre-revolutionary times and to distribute the clones to every state in the union.

Presents topics in news for March, 1999 related to the field of Biology. The difficulties and dangers of selling fresh cut fruit at market; Studies of contamination risks; The finding that adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) can trigger spontaneous waking from sleep independently of circadian rhythms; Particulars of a German study.

Offers science news briefs for December 1998. The development of a new approach to diagnosing infectious diseases in ancient skeletons by researcher Didier Raoult and his colleagues at the Universite de la Mediteranee in Marseilles, France; The online availability of a report by the United States Geological Survey, which compiled estimates of US water use at 5-year intervals since 1950.

Presents news briefs concerning the biosciences for March 1997. The technical advance that may make it possible to understand how linear chains of amino acids fold into complex three-dimensional structures; Better understanding of the function of the gene called fruitless; The discovery of smallest frog, Eleutherodactylus iberia.

Presents science news briefs for February 1986. Experiments being conducted on a vaccine against hepatitis B; Molecular and genetic tests which have proven that a panda bear is part of the bear family; Questions as to whether or not ozone is worse then acid rain on the environment.

The article offers news briefs related to biology. Scientists at the Wellcome Research Laboratories in Kent, England, have produced a vaccine that is effective against the blood form of malaria in monkeys. A new method for growing human and animal cells may help to produce more economical mass production of vaccines and hormones. Stanley M. Pier, professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, has found that Spanish moss is a good indicator of air pollution.

The article offers news briefs related to biosciences. A center for research and training in toxicology will be established at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry under an Institute grant. The film, "Ancyclostoma: Life History of Hookworms," has been released by Mc-Graw-Hill Films. An agreement for an exchange of scientists and engineers between India and the U.S. has been signed by the respective governments.

The article offers biological sciences related news briefs. A program on the preparation and publication of critical reviews of scientific areas related to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's biomedical research program has been supported by the Commission through its Division of Biology and Medicine. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund to help provide the necessary means of encouraging studies on the North American fauna has been established by the American Museum of Natural History.

The article presents news briefs related to life sciences. Marine Biological Laboratory will conduct a research training program in fertilization mechanisms and gamete physiology. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science of Virginia, announced to conduct research programs. The Third Annual North Dakota State University Research Conference on the biological aspects of the space science research program will be held at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota from March 30-April 1.

The article offers news briefs related to biological sciences in the U.S. Applications for internships in medical librarianship are now being accepted by the Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Problems of Organism-Sediment Interrelationship, a graduate seminar will be held at the Bermuda Biological Station, during July 25- September 4, 1965. The American Tables Committee is reviewing applicants for laboratory space at the Naples Zoological Station, Noples, Italy.