Researcher Profile: Thomas Smith

Profile of Thomas E. Wellems.

M alaria parasites can hijack red blood cells and escape immune defenses, producing a disease that causes tremendous rates of childhood mortality and disability, especially in Africa. Many medicines developed against malaria have lost efficacy, because the parasites evolve and gain resistance. Thomas E. Wellems, chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research in the Division of Intramura...

Decoding the Cardiac Message The 2011 Thomas W . Smith Memorial

This review reflects and expands on the contents of my presentation at the Thomas W. Smith Memorial Lecture at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 2011. “Decoding the cardiac message” refers to accumulating results from ongoing microRNA research that is altering longstanding concepts of the mechanisms for, and consequences of, messenger RNA (mRNA) regulation in the heart. First, I p...

COVER SHEET Ng , Thomas S . and Smith , Nigel J .

The contractor prequalification process is characterised by the lack of an universally accepted system and appropriate quantitative and qualitative information. This has led to the development of a number of proprietary prequalification systems together with an over-reliance on human judgement for assessment in practice. To improve the reliability and objectiveness of decisions being made, preq...

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The 2006 Thomas Willis lecture: the adventures of a translational researcher in stroke and migraine.

It is especially meaningful to receive an award honoring Thomas Willis. Besides making seminal contributions to the physiology of the great circle, Willis was the first to assign separate functions to distinct brain regions and the first to number the cranial nerves in the way we identify them today. Willis was also among the earliest translational researchers, although it took 400 years for th...