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Penn Physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove Among Eight Scientists to Receive the 2007 National Medal of Science: Ajzenberg-Selove, emeritus professor of physics, joined Penn in 1970
and made significant advances in the field of nuclear physics for
decades. Her principal work on understanding light nuclei, the elements
of stars, is considered a global reference for physicists old and new.
Her research and experimentation continue to apply to energy fusion,
carbon dating and nuclear medicine.
L'Oreal Fellowship win for WEHI's Erika Cretney:WEHI immunologist, Dr Erika Cretney, has been honoured with a
L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowship. Dr Cretney was one
of just four Fellowship winners selected by a jury of eminent
Australian scientists from a competitive field of 212 nominees. Dr
Cretney is studying fascinating cells known in the trade as Tregs -
regulatory T cells. These specialised T lymphocytes are critical
modulators of the immune system. They help maintain immune tolerance to
"self", thereby avoiding the accidental onset of inflammation,
transplant rejection or autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and
multiple sclerosis. Dr Cretney's long term goal is the development of
new immunotherapies.
Technology Review's TR35: This month's issue of MIT Technology Review presents their annual list of the "top 35 young innovators under 35". Seven of the winners were women.
Maria Mitchel Women in Science Award: Proving that point on an annual basis, the Maria Mitchell Association
is handing out its Women in Science Award this year to Margaret B.
Bailey, Ph.D., P.E., Kate Gleason Endowed Chair and Associate Professor
in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester, N.Y.
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