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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:49:42 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Alexandra Isern Appointed Antarctic Earth Sciences Program Director
Alexandra Isern Appointed Antarctic Earth Sciences Program Director
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Alexandra Isern has been appointed as the new Program Director for Antarctic Earth Sciences in the Division of Antarctic Sciences of the Office of Polar Programs.
Dr. Isern brings broad experience in teaching, research, science policy, and research management to the Program. Her research background in sedimentology, paleoceanography, geochemistry, and sediment geophysical properties was enabled in large part by the Ocean Drilling ...
This is an NSF News - Polar Programs item.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:50:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Brian Stone Appointed Deputy Division Director, Antarctic Infrastructure and Logisitics Division
Brian Stone Appointed Deputy Division Director, Antarctic Infrastructure and Logisitics Division
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Mr. Brian W. Stone has been appointed to the Career Senior Executive Service of the U. S. Government as Deputy Division Director of the Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP). As such, he joins the elite corps of about 6000 Career Senior Executives who provide the major link between Presidential appointees and the rest of the Federal ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:19:06 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Awards 32 New Projects for Plant Genome Research
NSF Awards 32 New Projects for Plant Genome Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 32 new awards totaling $101.6 million during the twelfth year of its Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP).
These awards--which cover two to five years and range from $500,000 to $10.4 million--support research and tool development to further knowledge of genome structure and function. They will leverage sequence and functional genomics resources to increase understanding of gene function and interactions between genomes and the environment ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:43:01 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree
Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree
About 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt, National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported paleontologists from three American universities are revealing features of a newly discovered African primate and solving a riddle about humankind's evolutionary past.
Lead researcher Erik Seiffert of New York's Stony Brook University and his colleagues say their find has the potential to clear up a portion of the human evolutionary tree by resolving the location of a misplaced species.
"The ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Large Facilities Manual, September 2009
Large Facilities Manual, September 2009
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PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf104/nsf104.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_109
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