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Conferences, Workshops & Education Awards in Other Programs

Rodney Miller, 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Seeking the Secret of Life: DNA
2003 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $25,000 to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to help support the exhibit entitled “Seeking the Secret of Life: DNA” marking the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA and the role of New York scientists and institutions in the discovery. The exhibit, sponsored by the New York Public Library, Cold Spring Harbor... (more)

Bruce Alberts, Ph.D.
National Academy of Sciences
2001-2003 U.S. Frontiers of Science Symposium
2001 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $150,000 to help fund the National Academy of Sciences 2001-2003 U.S. Frontiers of Science Symposium. The first symposium held November 2-4, 2001 at the California Institute of Technology. The Frontiers of Science Symposium brought together young scientists from many scientific disciplines to present cutting-edge research in their fields and to gain cross-disciplinary information and insights. Further information can be found at the website www.national-academies.org/nas/fos

Gary L. Johnson, Ph.D.
American Society for Cell Biology
Naohiro Terada, M.D., Ph.D.
American Society for Cell Biology
Signal Transduction Determining the Fate of Stem Cells
2003 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,000 to help support the 2003 Summer Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology on Signal Transduction Determining the Fate of Stem Cells to be held August 9-12, 2003 in Bozeman, Montana. Registration deadline - June 27, 2003. For registration, see http://www.ascb.org/meetings/summer03/main03.html

Terry Pellmar, Ph.D.
National Academy of Sciences
Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cell Research
2001 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support the Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cell Research workshop to examine and develop a report on the current scientific understanding of stem and progenitor cell research and explore the potential biomedical applications of stem cells, including the treatment of disease and the repair of damaged organs. Both scientific and ethical issues were addressed.

Joanna Rubinstein, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Columbia University
Genes, Genomes: Impact on Medicine and Society
2003 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support a symposium on Genes, Genomes: Impact on Medicine and Society to commemorate the opening celebration of Columbia University’s 250th anniversary. The symposium will be held at Columbia University, New York City on October 16-17, 2003. Further information to appear at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/250/

Sharon Gleason, 
Federation of American Scientists
White Paper on the State of the Biosecurity Field
2004 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to the Federation of American Scientists to conduct a study analyzing the state of the biosecurity field.

Roberta Schoen, 
National Academy of Sciences
An Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Reduce Immune Rejection in Stem Cell-Based Tissue Transplantation
2002 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Other Programs

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support a workshop on An Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Reduce Immune Rejection in Stem Cell-Based Tissue Transplantation to evaluate main issues and develop a report recommending future research priorities.