Thursday, October 7, 2004 • Vol 10, Issue 19

The center’s three Nobel Laureates — Drs. Don Thomas, Lee Hartwell and Linda Buck — gathered at a press conference Monday to discuss Buck’s prize. Photo by Todd McNaught

• The scent of ‘surprise’
  Linda Buck ‘surprised, overjoyed’ to win 2004 Nobel Prize; Basic Sciences researcher honored for landmark discoveries involving olfactory receptors
  
  
• Impartial, confidential, insightful
  Nancy Haigwood brings a career’s worth of experience in scientific research to her new role as the center’s first ombudsperson
  
  
• Survival of the fittest ethnic differences
  Study finds evidence that natural selection influenced evolution of DNA differences among ethnic groups; discovery could speed search for genes that affect cancer risk
  
  
• A glass a day may keep prostate cancer away
  New PHS study shows moderate red-wine consumption may help reduce prostate-cancer risk
  
  

• Multicultural discussions over lunch
  Diversity Council multicultural learning groups offer staff opportunities for monthly conversations on issues that divide us
  
  
• Meet your commuting match
  Transportation Department ‘zip code’ commuter events will hook you up with carpools and help you win cash awards
  
  
• Bridging the academia-industry divide
  As the new head of Technology Transfer, Spencer Lemons is on a mission to bring research advances to market
  
  
• Protecting the network
  Running peer-to-peer computer programs can create security risks; information-security engineers work to fill the breaches
  
  

• Hartwell, Tanita will discuss new strategic plan Nov. 10, Dec. 14
  
  
• Karl Valentine joins center as director of foundation relations
  
  
• Hutch High needs helpers Nov. 4
  
  
• Center faculty lead presentations at national cancer-prevention meeting in Seattle, Oct. 16-20
  
  
• Transportation survey and fair
  
  
• Programming course in Perl starts this month for biologists
  
  
• Basic Sciences Division retreat draws 180 faculty and staff
  
  
• Athena Partners sponsors desserts, wristbands that support research
  
  
• Stem-cell forum at UW, Oct. 18; ethics-training credit available
  
  

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