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Emory Study of Syphilis Bacteria Yields Valuable Diagnostic Tool
Variations in a gene within the family of bacteria that causes syphilis may hold clinical, epidemiological and evolutionary significance, researchers at Emory University in Atlanta have found.
June 13, 2008
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Emory Chemist Nets Japan's Top Academic Prizes
Keiji Morokuma, emeritus professor of theoretical chemistry at Emory University, will receive the highest academic awards bestowed by Japan, the Japan Academy recently announced.
March 27, 2008
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Emory Chemist Receives Sloan Fellowship
Emory's Justin Gallivan, assistant professor of chemistry, is among 118 young scientists, mathematicians and economists to be awarded a Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship.
March 11, 2008
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Renowned Neuroscientist Presents 'Life of the Mind' Lecture April 2
Dennis Choi, a neuroscientist renowned for his groundbreaking research on brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss “When the Mind Fails: The Search for Pharmaceutical Remedy” on Wednesday, April 2 from noon to 1 p.m.
March 5, 2008
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New Chair of Environmental Studies Links Health, Ecology, Culture
Uriel Kitron, a globally known researcher of the eco-epidemiology of infectious diseases, has joined Emory University this semester as professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Studies.
Feb. 21, 2008
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Emory Researcher Finds Crayfish Fossils Provide Missing Evolutionary Link
Crayfish body fossils and burrows discovered in Victoria, Australia, have provided the first physical evidence that crayfish existed on the continent as far back as the Mesozoic Era, says Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin, who headed up a study on the finds.
Feb. 5, 2008
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Adolescents, Mental Illness Focus of Distinguished Faculty Lecture Feb. 5
Breakthroughs in adolescent psychology will be the focus of Emory's annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Winship Ballroom of Dobbs Center.
Jan. 30, 2008
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Analysis Gives New Clues to Origin of Syphilis
Emory graduate student Kristin Harper has taken the first phylogenetic approach in a groundbreaking study that provides new support for the Columbus theory of syphilis's origin.
Jan. 15, 2008
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Dolphin 'Therapy' a Dangerous Fad, Emory Researchers Warn
People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers from Emory University.
Dec. 18, 2007
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Emory University Scientists Named 2007 AAAS Fellows
Emory University vaccine scientist Harriet Robinson, PhD, and Emory chemist Albert Padwa, PhD, have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Oct. 26, 2007
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Data on Psychoanalysis, Creativity to Fuel Emory Research
Emory University, already a top destination for psychoanalytic studies and clinical psychoanalytic training, has received a one-of-a-kind database from a groundbreaking study on the effects of psychoanalysis on creativity.
Sept. 20, 2007
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Emory/Georgia Tech Center to Study Origins of Life
Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish "The Origins Project," a center for integrated research, education and public outreach focused on the chemistry that may have led to the origin of life.
Sept. 18, 2007
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Emory's Integrative Approach to Science Leads to Progressive Research
As one of the fastest growing research universities in the country, Emory University draws its strength from an interdisciplinary approach to the sciences – dynamic research in the areas of nanobiology, neurobiology, psychology and nanotechnology, as well as cooperative ventures among biology, chemistry and public health researchers.
Nov. 1, 2002
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Emory Sets New Standard for Student Technology Centers
The typical campus computer lab of cookie-cutter cubicles and tired word-processing machines may go the way of the typewriter as universities meet the new technology needs of today's students and faculty. The recently revamped Cox Computing Center is a vision of the future with a sleek, high-tech space designed specifically for faculty/student interaction and dedicated to collaborative academic activity.
Aug. 18, 2003
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