ISCB Honors Temple F. Smith and Eran Segal

ISCB Honors Temple F. Smith and Eran Segal

S ages have observed that society often honors its living conformists and its dead innovators; ‘‘but we prefer to honor living innovators,’’ says Thomas Lengauer, professor of computational biology, director of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (Saarbrücken, Germany), and chair of the awards committee of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). The committee, composed ...

ISCB Honors David Haussler and Aviv Regev

Each year, the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB; http:// www.iscb.org) gives two major awards to leaders and innovators in the field of bioinformatics. The awards committee, composed of current and past directors of the Society and previous award winners, has announced that the 2008 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award will be given to David Haussler of the University...

ISCB Honors Michael S. Waterman and Mathieu Blanchette

Background: Evidence suggests an inverse relationship between soy protein intake and serum concentrations of male sex hormones. Anecdotal evidence indicates that these alterations in serum sex hormones may attenuate changes in lean body mass following resistance training. However, little empirical data exists regarding the effects of soy and milk-based proteins on circulating androgens and exer...

Smith , seven others receive Rice teaching honors

The Brown Foundation, chaired by George R. Brown, provided f u n d s fo r t e a c h i n g a w a r d s beginning in 1967. This year the awards were determined by the votes of alumni with Bachelor's degrees who graduated in I980and vote in preferential order for the three faculty who they remember as outstanding teachers. The Nicolas Salgo Distinguished Teacher Award is funded by The Noren Salgo ...

Dr. Eran Friedler