American scientists receive the 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
FRANKFURT am MAIN. Two American scientists, Bonnie L. Bassler and Michael R. Silverman, receive the 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, which is endowed with 120,000 €.
Bassler is Professor at Princeton University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Michael R. Silverman is Emeritus Professor of the Agouron Institute in La Jolla.
The two researchers are honoured for their ground-breaking discoveries concerning bacterial quorum sensing , which refers to sophisticated systems of cell-to-cell communication that bacteria use to coordinate group behaviors.
The award ceremony in St. Paul s Church, which is traditionally held on March 14, Paul Ehrlich s birthday, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Instead, Bassler and Silverman will receive the award at the ceremony in 2022.
Top Swiss expert on global pandemic appointed as UEFA EURO 2020 medical advisor Thursday 28 January 2021
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Dr Daniel Koch to guide UEFA and EURO’s 12 host countries on maximising fan attendance while minimising health risks.
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UEFA today appointed Dr Daniel Koch, the former head of communicable diseases at Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), as medical advisor to UEFA EURO 2020 on all matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last year, Dr Koch won widespread respect from the Swiss public for his regular and reassuring explanations on how best to combat the first wave of coronavirus infections.
What is monetary policy? Definition and meaning
Monetary policy is the main focus of a central bank, it involves regulating the money supply and interest rates. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Canada, The Reserve Bank of Australia and other central banks manage monetary policy to control inflation, stabilize their country’s or region’s currency, and make sure the economy is moving in the right direction.
By regulating what effectively is the cost of money, a central bank can affect the amount of money that is spent by businesses and individuals.
By Nina Notman2021-01-26T09:43:00+00:00
Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman
The human body hosts millions of molecular motors and other machines. They keep our lungs breathing, our hearts beating, our brains thinking and our digestive systems gurgling. ‘Life is just amazing. The more we learn about all the incredible functionality that’s present on a microscopic level of life, the more many of us are filled with the desire to be able to recapitulate similar kinds of functionality synthetically,’ says William Shih, a biochemistry professor at Harvard University in Massachusetts, US.
January 25, 2021
Highly specialized scientific research can be a lonely pursuit, but Jason Park doesn’t have to go far to find an understanding ear.
Jason Park rows the boat he finished building while under lockdown and unable to work in the lab last spring.
He’s a first-year research assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, investigating Anaplasma – a pathogen spread by ticks that infects humans and large mammals. Park’s wife Dana Shaw, an assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, is studying those same ticks and their immune response to the pathogens they carry, including Anaplasma and Borrelia (Lyme disease bacteria).