THE ELIZABETH THOMPSON SCIENCE FUND

Elizabeth Blackburn: Because science is worth it

E lizabeth Blackburn is the leading lady of telomere biology. Her discovery of telomerase with her graduate student Carol Greider in 1985 revealed for the fi rst time how the complex, repetitive ends of chromosomes—regions that normal DNA replication machinery can't cope with—are maintained (1).< I D > J C B 1 8 0 6 p i 1. e p s < / I D > Without telomerase, our chromosomes would shorten increm...

Innovation Fund: a Booster of Science and Technology SME Development

Innovation Fund, the leading special funds supported by the government, is playing a positive role in the development of the enterprises. In order to better support the science and technology SMEs rapid and healthy development, we should further promote the development of technological innovation fund of science and technology SMEs.

The Reverend Mother Elizabeth

The Horvitz-Thompson Estimator

The Horvitz-Thompson estimator is a general estimator for a population total, which can be used for any probability sampling plan. This includes both sampling with and without replacement. • Let π i be the probability that the i th unit of the population is included in the sample (inclusion probability). • On each unit i, we measure a response y i , and typically seek to estimate: τ = N i=1 y i...

Elizabeth Nicholls