“Japanese cuisines are threatened,” says Associate Professor Norishige Yotsukura, referring to Kombu, a group of kelp, which is essential for making broth in both traditional and day-to-day Japanese cooking. The coastline of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, is known for producing high-quality Kombu that shares more than 95% of the domestic […]
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For his ground breaking research in the field of Warm Dense Matter Professor Michael Bonitz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics of Kiel University (CAU) receives the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research 2021. With this award the American Physical Society (APS) every year recognizes […]
Prof. Dr. Stefano Panzeri has joined Universität Hamburg as a nucleus professor. With its calls for applications for these professorships, the University aims to attract leading researchers and to advance the development of emerging fields, such as Neurosciences and Cognitive Systems. The application calls for nucleus professorships (nucleus is Latin […]
The prominent structural biologist and founder of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc., has died aged 65. The academic and scientific career of Prof. Jaroslav Koča was closely linked with Masaryk University, first with its Faculty of Science and later with CEITEC, where he […]
Professor Jaemin Lee (School of Law) is an internationally-recognized legal scholar specializing in the field of international law. He is an active member of international bodies such as the UNCITRAL Working Groups and the Panel of Experts under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. He is also Vice […]
Professor Jay Hinton has received a second prestigious Wellcome Investigator Award to further his world-leading research on ‘killer’ African Salmonella. Bloodstream infections caused by variants of two types of Salmonella (Typhimurium and Enteritidis) cause around 50,000 deaths each year in sub-Saharan Africa. This endemic disease has recently become a major public health concern. Professor […]
Prof John Crown, professor of Translational Cancer Research at Dublin City University and clinical research professor at University College Dublin was one of the 27 new members of the Royal Irish Academy. They were elected for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to […]
University of Hull Vice-Chancellor Professor Susan Lea has been appointed as a founding board member of the new Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Professor Lea, who formerly sat on the board of the Humber LEP, is one of eight members chosen to help steer the economic direction of […]
The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh), Scotland’s national academy, has revealed its newly selected 2021 Fellows and five of these have been awarded to Heriot-Watt Professors. Professor John Ludden CBE, RAS, AE, Bicentennial Research Professor at The Lyell Centre, Professor Heather McGregor, Executive Dean, Edinburgh Business School, Professor Stuart Macgregor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, Professor […]
Head of the Department of Science, Environmental Monitoring and Information of the Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park, Associate Professor of the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Altai State University Aliya Gabdullina obtained unique video footage of the snow leopard in the Kazakh part of Altai. On the territory of the Archatinsky […]
