AAAS Summer Fellows at Work

2016 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council.

Alison L. Van Eenennaam, Univ. of California, Davis Americans, not just Europeans—are empowered to reach their full potential as leaders.” Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, president of Jordan’s Royal Scientific Society, spoke forcefully at WLSTE+10 about the continuing imbalance in women’s access to leadership positions in science, not only in the Middle East but also globally. “All of our socie...

Summer Meetings: Pacific Division, AAAS Affiliates, and Interciencia.

Effect of work hour restrictions on fellows.

present for days, or alternatively that patients who have delays in receiving antibiotics are substantially different with respect to important comorbid illnesses. While administering antibiotics promptly is desirable, the real key to improving outcomes lies in understanding why patients who have a delay in antibiotic therapy are more likely to die. Although an enforceable time limit satisfies ...

Featuring research of Boise State McNair Summer Research Fellows

Survivin is an Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (IAP), which makes it responsible for cell proliferation and survival by inhibiting regulated cell death and promoting mitosis. The exact role that it plays in prostate cancer is not yet fully understood; expression and regulation of Survivin is the primary focus of my project. The way Survivin was studied was through fractionating various cancer ce...

Mass media science fellows report on summer experiences.

Riegle (D-Mich.); Jack M. Clough, Jr., AAAS/Biophysical Society/ American Society of Photobiology, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, House of Representatives Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee; Daniel Craig, Duke Round Table on Science and Public Affairs (Duke), office of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Stanislaus J. Dundon, American Philosophical Association (APA), office of Repres...