James Roger: A brief biography

Aviezri Fraenkel: A Brief Biography

Aviezri was born in 1929 in Munich, Germany, to Joel (Eugen) and Esther (Estella) Fraenkel. Foreseeing dark clouds forming over Germany, the family—parents, two sisters, and 3 year old Aviezri—left Germany. They lived in Basel, Switzerland, for a few years. There Aviezri had his first two and a half years of schooling. In early 1939 the family came to live in Jerusalem, Israel. When Aviezri gra...

Biography of James L. Van Etten.

G reen algae, in surface layers of almost every lake or stream, are some of the most common aquatic creatures. However, unbeknownst to researchers until recently, viruses that infect algae are almost as widespread. Entire ecosystems of algal hosts and their corresponding viruses lay hidden until the 1980s, when James L. Van Etten, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Nebraska (Li...

Sleeter Bull, 1887-1968: a brief biography.

A brief scientific biography of Robin Milner

Robin Milner was born in 1934 to John Theodore Milner and Muriel Emily Milner. His father was an infantry officer and at one time commanded the Worcestershire Regiment. During the second world war the family led a nomadic existence in Scotland and Wales while his father was posted to different parts of the British Isles. In 1942 Robin went to Selwyn House, a boarding Preparatory School which is...

Dr. John Gilmore Brief Biography

Living in poverty places children at very high risk for problems across a variety of domains, including schooling, behavioral regulation, and health. Aspects of cognitive functioning, such as information processing, may underlie these kinds of problems. How might poverty affect the brain functions underlying these cognitive processes? Here, we address this question by observing and analyzing re...