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The month of October brings us pumpkin-spiced everything, cool weather and all things Halloween. Throughout history, October has also been marked by countless events that changed the course of many scientific disciplines. In this blog post I will present 10 of the most relevant events, which, in my humble opinion, helped thrust their respective fields into new eras of technological innovation.
Oct 9th The first two-way telephone conversation
In the 19th century, the telegraph was the main form of long-distance communication. Although very successful, it was limited by its Morse code-based system for message transmission and the ability to send and receive one message at a time. Seeking to improve this system, Alexander Graham Bell had begun experimenting with technology for transmission of multiple telegraphs at a time. By Bell had developed the telephone as a means to “talk through electricity” with the aid of his assistant Thomas A. Watson. In March Bell spoke to Watson through his telephone prototype from adjacent rooms, having uttered the famous phrase “Mr. Watson come here, I want to see you”. But on October 9th, a milestone had been reached when Bel
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Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Christopher Columbus Quincentennial Discovery Award in Biomedical Research
Metropolitan Life Foundation Award for Medical Research
Dickson Prize for Distinguished Scientific Accomplishments, University of Pittsburgh
Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health
Richard Lounsbery Award for Extraordinary Scientific Research
Gairdner Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Science
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Res.
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Paul Ehrlich Prize, Paul Ehrlich Foundation and the Federal Republic of Germany
Wolf Prize in Medicine, Wolf Foundation and the State of Israel
Keio International Award for Medical Science, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Alejandra Gallardo-Godoy; Joel Gever; Kimberly L Fife; B Michael Silber; Stanley B Prusiner; Adam R Renslo 2-Aminothiazoles as therapeutic leads for prion diseases. Journal of medicinal chemistry ;54(4)
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Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley Ben Prusiner (born May 28, [1]) is an American neurologist and biochemist. Currently the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Prusiner discovered prions, a class of infectiousself-reproducingpathogens solely composed of protein. For his prion research he received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in
Prusiner was born in Des Moines, Iowa and spent his childhood in Des Moines and Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended Walnut Hills High School. Prusiner received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and later received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.[1] Prusiner then completed an internship in medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Later Prusiner moved to the National Institutes of Health, where he studied glutaminases in E. coli in the laboratory of Earl Stadtman. After three years at NIH, Prusiner returned to UCSF to complete a residency in neurology. Upon completion of the residency in , Prusiner joined the facult
Introduction
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to roam the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago.
Mars was named by the Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. The Egyptians called it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one."
Even today, it is frequently called the "Red Planet" because iron minerals in the Martian dirt oxidize, or rust, causing the surface to look red.
Namesake
Mars was named by the ancient Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute – for example, the Egyptians called it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one." Even today, it is frequently called the "Red Planet" because iron minerals in the Martian dirt oxidize, or rust, causing the surface to look red.
Potential for Life
Scientists don't expect to find living things currently thriving on Mars. Instead, they're looking for signs of life that existed long ago, when Mars was warmer and covered with
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