October 10, 2011 - 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Congratulations to Thomas J. Sargent, of New York University, and Christopher A. Sims, of Princeton University, who won the 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, for their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy." Their work has deeply influenced macroeconomic policies around the world. Thomas Sargent was a founding editor of the Annual Review of Economics. He studied how households and firms adjust expectations to economic developments.
Read more about quantitative macroeconomics and heterogenous households as well as the state of macroeconomics in the 2009 volume of the Annual Review of Economics.
October 3, 2011 - The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided among three Annual Review of Immunology authors. One half was divided jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffman for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity, and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. Annual Reviews is pleased to share Ralph M. Steinman's article, "Decisions About Dendritic Cells: Past, Present, and Future," from the 2012 Annual Review of Immunology. Dr. Steinman died three days prior to the announcement that he had won the 2011 Nobel Prize.
In addition, readers are invited to read Professor Beutler's article in the 2006 Annual Review of Immunology. Professor Hoffmann's article appears in the 2007 Annual Review of Immunology and Professor Steinman's review article was published in the 2003 Annual Review of Immunology.
September 14, 2011 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich, Recipients of the 2011 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Franz-Ulrich Hartl, editorial committee member for the Annual Review of Biochemistry and Arthur L. Horwich, author for the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, have been awarded the 2011 Lasker Award for basic medical research, for discovering a cellular machine that controls how newly-manufactured proteins fold into their biologically active structures.
The Lasker Awards are among the most respected science prizes in the world. Since 1945, the awards have recognized the contributions of scientists, physicians, and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of human disease. The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors scientists whose fundamental investigations have provided techniques, information, or concepts contributing to the elimination of major causes of disability and death.
Read more about the current Lasker Award winners.
New Mobile Release, 80th Anniversary, JCR® Success, Free Content
July 11, 2011 - We are pleased to announce a new release of the mobile platform that enables full-text access to our 40 high-impact journals. The release coincides with the 80th anniversary of our first title, the Annual Review of Biochemistry; in celebration, the journal’s extensive 80th volume is available for free mobile access for the next 30 days. We are also pleased to announce that the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry and Annual Review of Marine Science have quickly proven their pedigree – both earned number one Impact Factor rankings in their respective categories in their first Journal Citation Reports® (2010).
"The mobile revolution has felt like a sea change, for us and for our users and library partners," says Steve Castro, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Sales and Marketing at Annual Reviews. "Broadening our delivery channels is a natural next step when set in the context of our mission; we have a long and distinguished history of simplifying access to research by providing scholars with high quality review articles." That quality is evidenced by the Impact Factor rankings in the latest Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters: sixteen of Annual Reviews’ 40 journals now occupy the number one ranking in their primary category, with 5 also ranked number one in a second category, and a further 14 ranked in the top 5 for their category.
View the complete list of Annual Reviews rankings and Impact Factors from the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2011).
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May 6, 2011 - Annual Reviews Congratulates its Editorial Committee Members Who Have been Recently Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer. We are pleased to announce the following Annual Reviews Editorial Committee Members who have been elected:
James A. Birchler
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Genetics
Daniel E. Gottschling
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mark T. Harrison
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
F. Ulrich Hartl
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Biochemistry
Ira S. Mellman
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Parviz Moin
Co-Editor, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
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Although the term “information overload” was not popularized until the 1960s, the growth of published output in academic research had presented scientists with an acknowledged problem since the early twentieth century. The white paper charts the topic from the advent of Annual Reviews in the 1930s, through the continuing importance of helping researchers assimilate and apply new knowledge, to expectations for how skills, responsibilities, technologies, and content itself will help address the ongoing challenges.
The paper draws on a survey of early-career researchers conducted by Annual Reviews to examine their approach to academic literature, such as how and why they read it, how much time they dedicate to it, what informs their reading choices, and how they assess quality. One-on-one interviews were then conducted with a range of prestigious scientists including Eugene Garfield (Thomson Reuters Scientific) and Richard Zare (Stanford University) to interpret the results in the broader research environment. Finally, current and past members of Annual Reviews staff explain the lifecycle of a critical review article, in terms of how it helps scientists address the challenge of information overload.
The white paper brings together these different perspectives and proposes future ways in which authors, readers, editors, librarians, and publishers may filter the flow of scholarly content.
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February 10, 2011 - World's Top 100 Chemists, 2000-2010, includes Annual Reviews Authors and Editorial Committee Members
Thomson Reuters released data identifying the world’s top 100 chemists over the past 10 years as ranked by the impact of their published research. The top 100 is intended to celebrate the achievements of chemists who achieved the highest citation impact scores for chemistry papers (articles and reviews) published since January 2000. Thomson Reuters published the table in support of the International Year of Chemistry.
Several Annual Reviews authors and editorial committee members have made the list, including the following:
A. Paul Alivisatos, University of California, Berkeley
Ranked #5
Author, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Author, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University
Ranked #1
Author, Annual Review of Materials Science
Author, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ranked #87
Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Author, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Read more about the top 100 chemists from Thomson Reuters.
February 8, 2011 - Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering Committee Member Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Congratulations to James J. Collins, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering who was recently elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering for contributions to synthetic biology and engineered gene networks.
Read more about Dr. Collins.
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Annual Reviews is pleased to announce the launch of a new mobile platform for its 40 top-ranked journals. The Annual Reviews Mobile website, optimized for mobile usage across the most popular mobile devices, is accompanied by a groundbreaking app that pairs individual devices with institutional subscriptions to support truly flexible working without adversely impacting institutions’ COUNTER statistics. For the first time, users can take advantage of their institution's subscription and access full-text articles using a mobile device, both on and off campus. This innovative approach allows Annual Reviews to strengthen its service to and relationship with end users, while reinforcing the importance of its librarian partners.
The Annual Reviews Mobile website provides researchers with a personalized browsing, searching, and reading experience that restructures content into individual elements to better support easy, productive mobile use; this technical development is a valuable step forward in breaking down legacy barriers to information use. The Annual Reviews Mobile app, separately available for iPhone/iPod Touch and Android, enables the user to undertake a one-time pairing process that associates their device with their institution’s subscriptions and thereafter provides seamless authentication to the mobile website. This reinforces the role of the library in information provision, maximizes the usage and value of institutional licenses,and avoids adding to the librarian’s workload by allowing this value to be represented in existing statistics reports.
"We continually work to improve the way in which we serve scientists and fit our content into their workday," explains Annual Reviews' Director of Technology, Paul Calvi. “Mobile delivery is one practical way to do that, and this new platform prepares us for a future that will be increasingly mobile. It also helps to introduce us to new
audiences; although for some it is a new way to access familiar publications, others will meet Annual Reviews for the first time in a mobile environment."
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Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Dale T. Mortensen, author for the Annual Review of Economics, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics, along with Peter A. Diamond and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions," which deals with unemployment and the search for jobs.
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968 by the Central Bank of Sweden in memory of Alfred Nobel. It is given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which since 1901 has been awarding Nobel Prizes for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace.
Read more about the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences from the Nobel Foundation.
Read Professor Mortensen's latest article, Labor Market Models of Worker and Firm Heterogeneity, from the Annual Review of Economics.
September 20, 2010 - Annual Reviews launched two new journals during the summer of 2010.
The Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, published in July 2010, focuses on the development of chemical products and processes, and helps to integrate the field of chemical engineering by providing a view across its many different subsections. The Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, published in August 2010, looks systematically at the mainstream developments in the field while also exploring the multidisciplinary interactions between condensed matter and much of the rest of modern science. Both titles reinforce Annual Reviews' reputation for authoritative reviews that assess and filter the wealth of primary literature. This process has helped experts and nonspecialists identify key sources and overcome "information overload" for more than 75 years.
July 6, 2010 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Nadrian C. Seeman, Professor at the Department of Chemistry, New York University, Winner of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Nadrian C. Seeman, Professor at the Department of Chemistry, New York University and Annual Reviews author, has won the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience was awarded jointly to Professor Seeman and Donald M. Eigler, of IBM’s Almaden Research Centre in San Jose, California, for their development of unprecedented methods to control matter on the nanoscale.
The Kavli Prize is a partnership between The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, The Kavli Foundation (US) and The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and is awarded every other year.
Professor Seeman’s latest article for Annual Reviews, Nanomaterials Based on DNA , appears in the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Vol. 79 (2010).
June 7, 2010 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. David Julius, winner of the Shaw Prize in life science and medicine as well as the Asturias Award for technical and scientific research.
January 28, 2010 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Richard Zare and Dr. Michael E. Fisher, Recipients of the 2009 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences
The 2009 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category goes to physicist and chemist Richard N. Zare, of Stanford University, and physicist Michael E. Fisher, of the University of Maryland, for their independent, fundamental contributions to describing the world at molecular level. “One has unraveled secrets of nature’s building blocks and the underlying interactions between them by enabling us to view what happens at the molecular scale. The other has developed theoretical approaches that help analyze what happens when a large assembly of such building blocks is brought together”, in the words of the jury’s citation.
Richard N. Zare, Annual Reviews Board member, editor of the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry and author for the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, Annual Review of Biophysics, and Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, shares the award for his introduction of laser-induced fluorescence, dating back to the decade of the 1970s, and other laser-based techniques “in order to address questions ranging from chemical reaction dynamics to ultra-sensitive chemical analysis down to the limit of single cells and single molecules.”
Michael E. Fisher, Annual Reviews author for the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, was singled out by the jury for “his fundamental contributions to statistical mechanics. His work helps to interpret the vast diversity of the behaviors of bulk matter in terms of the characteristics of the component atomic or molecular parts and their interactions”.
The Frontiers Awards honor fundamental disciplinary or supradisciplinary advances in a series of basic, natural, social and technological sciences. They also recognize creative activity of excellence in the classical music of our time. Finally, categories are reserved for two core concerns of early 21st century society, climate change and socioeconomic development cooperation, with awards going alternatively to outstanding research work or projects of a diverse nature that mark a significant advance in addressing these global challenges.
Learn more about the BBVA awards.
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January 14, 2010 - Annual Reviews Announces Three New Titles For Economists
Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher that intelligently synthesizes critical research literature, is pleased to announce its new collection of economics journals. The three new titles are edited by leading economists Tim Bresnahan (Stanford), Andrew Lo (MIT), and Gordon Rausser (UC Berkeley), and Nobel prize winners Kenneth Arrow (Stanford) and Robert Merton (Harvard Business School). The new journals, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Review of Financial Economics and Annual Review of Resource Economics summarize developments in their respective fields and reflect the advancement of economics as a critical scientific discipline. Annual Reviews has brought together 150 renowned scholars to address an interdisciplinary audience, from economics specialists to those with primary interests including public policy, business, social and natural sciences.
Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews since 1932. Its highly cited journals help readers and librarians to evaluate and select from the increasing wealth of primary literature. Applying this model to economics provides readers with an authoritative assessment of the research, as the available material proliferates and awareness of economics is at its height. Particularly groundbreaking is the focus on the transdisciplinary field of resource economics, incorporating timely coverage of topics in agricultural economics, environmental economics, renewable resources, and exhaustible resources.
“Annual Reviews titles are key to any library’s collection,” explains Suzanne Cohen, Collection Development Librarian at the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School at Cornell University. “They help scholars to gain the initial understanding of significant studies and contemporary advances that informs ongoing research and progress in the field. Our economists appreciate these new additions to the canon of economics literature.”
“I welcome this new collection of economics journals from Annual Reviews,” comments Gordon Rausser, Editor and Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley. “Our ultimate objective is to establish a forum in which emerging and leading scholars advance and explain the most important contemporary developments in economics, financial economics and resource economics.”
“It is surely a coming of age for financial economics that the field is now covered by Annual Reviews,” says Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts. “These 3 new journals give economists the ability to explore the origins of their field, examine where it stands today, and consider what the future might hold.”
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January 13, 2010 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Annual Reviews Board Members, Editorial Committee Members and Authors elected as Fellows of the AAAS
Annual Reviews is pleased to congratulate the Annual Reviews Board Members, Editorial Committee Members and authors who were recently elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
In November, the AAAS Council elected 531 members as Fellows of AAAS. These individuals will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum to be held on 20 February 2010 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Diego. The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a blue and gold rosette as a symbol of their distinguished accomplishments.
Read the AAAS release here.
Fellows associated with Annual Reviews are:
Board Members
Editors & Editorial Committee Members
Authors
January 11, 2010 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Richard Zare, Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) from President Obama
Annual Reviews is pleased to congratulate Dr. Richard Zare, Annual Reviews author, editor, and board member, who recently received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). This prestigious prize was awarded to Dr. Zare by President Obama at a ceremony at the White House on January 6, 2010.
Dr. Zare, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford University, frustrated by the low numbers of women going on to postdoctoral work and academic careers, developed progressive policies to ensure working mothers in his lab were given protected leave for pregnancy and other family issues. Dr. Zare also implemented measures to ease them back into the workforce post-delivery, resulting in greater life-work balance.
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) is a program administered by NSF for the White House. Awards are made each year to individuals or organizations in recognition of the crucial role that mentoring plays in the academic and personal development of students studying science or engineering and who belong to minorities that are underrepresented in those fields.
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November 30, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Winslow Briggs, Recipient of the International Prize for Biology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Annual Reviews is pleased to congratulate Dr. Winslow Briggs, Annual Reviews author, editor, and board member, who was recently named recipient of the International Prize for Biology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This prestigious prize was awarded to Dr. Briggs at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on November 30, 2009.
Dr. Briggs, Director Emeritus of the Carnegie Institution of Science Department of Plant Biology at Stanford University, has a long history with Annual Reviews spanning over 30 years. In addition to being an author of multiple articles for Annual Reviews, Dr. Briggs was a member of our Board of Directors (1982-1997) and the Chair of our Editorial Affairs Committee (1978-1993). He has also as served as Editor and Associate Editor (a role he currently holds) for the Annual Review of Plant Biology.
Dr. Briggs was awarded the International Prize for Biology for his work on light sensing by plants. Briggs is an international leader in molecular biological research on how plants respond to light for growth and development and for understanding blue-light photoreceptor systems.
Dr. Briggs has written for Annual Reviews five times. His articles include:
The prize was formed in 1985 by the Committee on the International Prize for Biology of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science "to commemorate the 68-year reign of Emperor Showa and his longtime devotion to biological research." It is awarded every year to a researcher who "has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of basic research in the field of biology."
Learn more about the prize on the JPS website.
October 15, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Lawrence W. Green, Associate Editor and Author for the Annual Review of Public Health, Dr. Roger A. Nicoll, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Physiology and Michel Nussenzweig, Editorial Committee Member and Author for the Annual Review of Immunology, for their election to the Institute of Medicine.
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Dr. Lawrence W. Green, Associate Editor and author for the Annual Review of Public Health, Dr. Roger Nicoll, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of PhysiologyAnnual Review of Immunology, have been named as new members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Election into the IOM is considered one of the most distinguished honors in the fields of health and medicine, recognizing those who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and a devotion to service. Green, Nicoll and Nussenzweig were among 65 new members and five foreign associates elected this year.
Dr. Lawrence W. Green, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is developing the Program in Society, Diversity and Disparities, for the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center; while serving on Boards of Directors for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, and Health Promotion Advocates. Green also serves on many different committees including the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and the Prescription for Health Research Program of practice-based research networks. Dr. Lawrence serves as the Associate Editor for the Annual Review of Public Health and has written for Annual Reviews four times. His articles include:
Dr. Roger A. Nicoll, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, has focused his work on illuminating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the mammalian central nervous system. Dr. Nicoll is an Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Physiology and has written for Annual Reviews two times. His articles include:
Dr. Michel Nussenzweig, Sherman Fairchild Professor and Senior Physician for the Department of Molecular Immunology at Rockefeller University, New York City and Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, combines a variety of techniques from biochemistry and molecular biology with gene targeting and transgenic technologies to get an atomic-level look at the workings of the immune system. Dr. Nussenzweig is an Editorial Committee Member and Author for the Annual Review of Immunology and has written for Annual Reviews two times. His articles include:
Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, the IOM has become recognized as a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on health issues. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer their service on IOM committees, boards, and other activities. Studies and initiatives during the past year include: a review of the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel; an assessment of the health effects due to lack of insurance; recommendations for comparative effectiveness research priorities; new guidelines for how much weight women should gain during pregnancy; a blueprint for American leadership in advancing global health; a strategy for preventing medical conflicts of interest; and a series of meetings on improving health care value through evidence-based medicine.
Read the full Press Release from the National Academies.
October 12, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Elinor Ostrom, Author for the Annual Review of Political Science, the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, and the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, and Dr. Oliver Williamson, Author for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Co-Recipients of The 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Dr. Elinor Ostrom, author for the Annual Review of Political Science, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, and the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, and Dr. Oliver Williamson, author for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, have been named as joint recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics for the work in the studies of Economic Governance.
Dr. Elinor Ostrom is the first woman to win the prize in its 40-year history. Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, both at Indiana University, was praised "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." Ostrom's work shows that local communities often manage common resources -- such as woods, lakes and fish stocks -- better on their own than when outside authorities impose rules, the committee said. Dr. Ostrom has written for three Annual Reviews series. Her articles include:
Dr. Oliver Williamson, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law and Professor of the Graduate School, both at the University of California, Berkeley, was cited "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Williamson's work examines why large corporations tend to arise -- and why they do not -- based on the cost and complexity of transactions, according to the Nobel committee. "He has taught us to regard markets, firms, associations, agencies and even households from the perspective of their contribution to the resolution of conflict," the panel said. Dr. Williamson wrote Why Law, Economics, and Organization? in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Volume 1 (2005).
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968 by the Central Bank of Sweden in memory of Alfred Nobel. It is given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which since 1901 has been awarding Nobel Prizes for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace.
Read the full Press Release from the Nobel Foundation.
October 7, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry and the Annual Review of Biophysics, Dr. Thomas A. Steitz, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry and the Annual Review of Biophysics, and Dr. Ada E. Yonath, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Annual Review of Biophysics, and the Annual Review of Microbiology, Co-Recipients of The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry and Annual Review of Biophysics, Dr. Thomas A. Steitz, Author for the Annual Reviews of Biochemistryand Annual Review of Biophysics, and Dr. Ada E. Yonath, Author for the Annual Reviews of Biochemistry, Annual Review of Biophysics, and the Annual Review of Microbiology, Co-Recipients of The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Senior Scientist and Group Leader at Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, has authored and/or co-authored the following Annual Reviews articles:
Thomas A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Yale University, has authored and/or co-authored the following Annual Reviews articles:
Ada E. Yonath, Martin S. and Helen Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology and Director of Helen & Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure & Assembly, both at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, has authored and/or co-authored the following Annual Reviews articles:
- ANTIBIOTICS TARGETING RIBOSOMES: Resistance, Selectivity, Synergism, and Cellular Regulation, Ada Yonath
Annual Review of Biochemistry. Volume 74, Page 649-679, Jul 2005- RIBOSOMAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: Initiation, Peptide Bond Formation, and Amino Acid Polymerization are Hampered by Antibiotics, Ada Yonath, Anat Bashan
Annual Review of Microbiology. Volume 58, Page 233-251, Oct 2004- THE SEARCH AND ITS OUTCOME: High-Resolution Structures of Ribosomal Particles from Mesophilic, Thermophilic, and Halophilic Bacteria at Various Functional States, Ada Yonath
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. Volume 31, Page 257-273, Jun 2002- Approaching Atomic Resolution in Crystallography of Ribosomes, A Yonath
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. Volume 21, Page 77-93, Jun 1992
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level. All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome.
Read the full Press Release from the Nobel Foundation.
October 6, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Author for the Annual Review of Genetics, Dr. Carol W. Greider, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, and Dr. Jack W. Szostak, Author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Co-Recipients of The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, author for the Annual Review of Genetics, Dr. Carol W. Greider, author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, and Dr. Jack W. Szostak, author for the Annual Review of Biochemistry have been named as joint recipients of The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research and is also the co-author with Michael J. McEachern and Anat Krauskopf of " Telomeres and Their Control" in the Annual Review of Genetics Vol. 34 (2000).
Dr. Carol W. Greider, Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University, is also the author of "Telomere Length Regulation" in the Annual Review of Biochemistry Vol. 65 (1996).
Dr. Jack W. Szostak, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, is also the co-author with David S. Wilson of " In Vitro Selection of Functional Nucleic Acids" in the Annual Review of Biochemistry Vol. 68 (1999).
Blackburn, Greider, and Szostak were awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase, research that has implications for caner and aging research. Their discoveries have added a new dimension to our understanding of the cell, shed light on disease mechanisms, and stimulated the development of potential new therapies.
Read the full Press Release from the Nobel Foundation.
September 22, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Esther Duflo, Editorial Committee Member and Author for the Annual Review of Economics, Recipient of a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Esther Duflo, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Economics, has been awarded a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Dr. Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation & Development Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is also the co-author with Abhijit V. Banerjee of The Experimental Approach to Development Economics in the Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 1 (2009), a substantial literature review related to her work.
Dr. Duflo was selected as a MacArthur Fellow for her work in analyzing the forces perpetuating cycles of poverty in South Asia and Africa and enhancing the policies and interventions designed to improve lives. Her research focuses on microeconomic issues in developing countries, including household behavior, education, access to finance, health and policy evaluation. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors. They include an infectious disease physician, an ornithologist, a painter, a photojournalist, a bridge engineer, a climate scientist, an economist, a papermaker, a mental health lawyer, and a poet. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.
Dr. Duflo has received numerous academic honors and prizes including the American Economic Association's Elaine Bennett Prize for Research (2003), the "Best French Young Economist Prize" (Le Monde/Cercle des economistes, 2005), the Médaille de Bronze (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2005), and the Prix Luc Durand-Reville (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, 2008). In 2008-2009 she was the inaugural holder of the international chair "Knowledge Against Poverty" at the College de France.
September 17, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates JoAnne Stubbe, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Recipient of the National Medal of Science
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that JoAnne Stubbe, Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Novartis Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the 2009 National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama.
The annual award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists will be presented to Dr. Stubbe and eight other scientists on October 7, 2009 at a White House ceremony.
JoAnne Stubbe will receive the National Medal of Science for her work in understanding the mechanisms of enzymes that play an essential role in DNA replication and repair.
The National Medal of Science was created in 1959 and is administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation. Awarded annually, the medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering. Nominees are selected by a committee of presidential appointees based on their advanced knowledge in, and contributions to, the biological, behavioral/social, and physical sciences, as well as chemistry, engineering, computing, and mathematics.
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Annual Reviews Congratulates Richard Zare, Annual Reviews Board Chairperson and Co-Editor of the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, Recipient of the 2010 Priestley Medal
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Richard Zare, Annual Reviews Board Chairperson and Co-Editor of the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, and the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor at Stanford University, has been named recipient of the 2010 Priestly Medal by the American Chemical Society.
The annual award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the American Chemical Society, recognizes distinguished service to the field of chemistry.
Zare has made many scientific contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly in laser spectroscopy. He introduced laser-induced fluorescence as a method for studying reaction dynamics and as a sensitive detection method for analytical chemistry.
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Learn more about the Priestley Medal.
September 15, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Dr. Ashok Gadgil, Co-Editor Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Recipient of 2009 Heinz Award
Annual Reviews is pleased to congratulate Ashok Gadgil, Co-Editor Annual Review of Environment and Resources, recipient of a $100,000 Heinz Award for his work as a researcher, inventor and humanitarian. As the faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Dr. Gadgil leads
a group that works to understand airflow and the transport of pollutants in buildings. He has developed
technologies that have led to greater product affordability, enhanced air and water quality, improved
energy efficiency, reduced health risks and life-saving advances within the developing world.
Gadgil is also known for creating simple inventions to solve fundamental problems in developing countries, such as an inexpensive and reliable water purification system and an improved cook stove for Darfur.
Established by Teresa Heinz in 1993 to honor the memory of her late husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz, the Awards celebrate the accomplishments and spirit of the Senator by recognizing the extraordinary achievements of individuals in the areas of greatest importance to him.
The Heinz Awards, administered by the Heinz Family Philanthropies, recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions in the areas of: Arts and Humanities, the Environment, the Human Condition, Public Policy, and Technology, the Economy and Employment.
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September 1, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Stephen Leone, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry Editor, Recipient of the Polanyi Medal
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Stephen Leone, Editor of the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, has been named by the Royal Society of Chemistry as the winner of the Polanyi Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of gas kinetics and reaction dynamics and will deliver the associated lecture at the 21st International Symposium on Gas Kinetics, to be held at the University of Leuven, Belgium, July 18–23, 2010.
In the Leone lab, the study of molecular photodissociation by soft x-ray laser techniques has opened the way to analyze the simple breaking of a molecular bond in greater detail. Leone's research group also investigates the ultralow temperature gas phase kinetics for the atmospheres of Titan and Saturn.
Leone is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Physics, at the University of California, Berkeley; and is also Director of Chemical Dynamics Beamline at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Stephen Leone has written for Annual Reviews one time:
State-Resolved Molecular Reaction Dynamics, S.R. Leone
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Volume 35, October 1984
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August 24, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Kenneth J. Arrow, Annual Reviews Editor, Co-Recipient of the Benjamin E. Lippincott Award
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Kenneth J. Arrow, Annual Reviews Editor, has been named by the American Political Science Association as the co-recipient of the Benjamin E. Lippincott Award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to economic theory—contributions that are still relevant today.
As one of the most prominent economic theorists of the twentieth century, Kenneth J. Arrow has made fundamental contributions to numerous fields, most of then concentrated around Neo-Walrasian general equlibrium theory and welfare economics, of which he can be considered one of the primary architects.
Arrow is currently the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Kenneth J. Arrow is Co-Editor of the Annual Review of Economics:
Some Developments in Economic Theory Since 1940: An Eyewitness Account, Kenneth J. Arrow
Annual Review of Economics. Volume 1, September 2009
Annual Review of Economics, Co-Editors: Kenneth J. Arrow and Timothy F. Bresnahan
Annual Review of Economics. Volume 1, September 2009
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August 19, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Philippe C. Schmitter, Annual Reviews Author, Recipient of The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for 2009
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Philippe C. Schmitter, Annual Reviews author, has been named as the recipient of The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for 2009 for his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization.
He is being honored with the prestigious award for his extensive and profound work on regional integration, both in Latin America and in Western Europe and for the many decades he has contributed to political science and its progress.
Currently, Schmitter is professorial fellow and emeritus professor at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy. Read his Annual Reviews article from the 2005 volume of Annual Review of Political Science:
Transformations in World Politics: The Intellectual Contributions of Ernst B. Haas
John Gerard Ruggie, Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Philippe C. Schmitter
Annual Review of Political Science. Volume 8, June 2005
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July 30, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Janet Rowley, Annual Reviews Author, Recipient of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that President Obama named Janet Rowley as one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She is being honored with the prestigious award for discoveries of recurrent chromosomal abnormalities in leukemias and lymphomas—discoveries that have revolutionized how cancer is understood and treated. Rowley is internationally renowned for her studies which have led to dramatically improved survival rates for previously incurable cancers and the development of targeted therapies.
Currently, Rowley is the Blum Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at The University of Chicago.
Dr. Rowley has written for Annual Reviews 4 times:
Chromosomes in Leukemia and Beyond: From Irrelevant to Central Players, Janet D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. Volume 10, Sep 2009
The Critical Role of Chromosome Translocations in Human Leukemias, Janet D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 32, Dec 1998
The Relation of Oncogenesis and Cytogenetics in Leukemia and Lymphoma, M. Pearson, and , J.D. Rowley
Annual Review of Medicine. Volume 36, Feb 1985
Chromosome Abnormalities in Human Leukemia, J.D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 14, Dec 1980
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July 1, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Janet Rowley, Annual Reviews Author, Recipient of the 2009 Gruber Genetics Prize
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Janet Rowley, Annual Reviews author, has been named as a recipient of the 2009 Gruber Genetics Prize for Groundbreaking Discoveries in Identifying Chromosomal Abnormalities in Leukemias and Lymphomas — Findings that Established Cancer as a Genetic Disease.
A founder in the field of cancer cytogenetics and a renowned leader in molecular oncology, Dr. Rowley will receive the 2009 Genetics Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation. She is being honored with the prestigious international award for discoveries of recurrent chromosomal abnormalities in leukemias and lymphomas—discoveries that have revolutionized how cancer is understood and treated.
Currently the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, Rowley is also being honored for her critical national and international leadership in the biomedical research community.
The Prize will be presented in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 23 at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics.
Dr. Rowley has written for Annual Reviews 4 times:
Chromosomes in Leukemia and Beyond: From Irrelevant to Central Players, Janet D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. Volume 10, Sep 2009
The Critical Role of Chromosome Translocations in Human Leukemias, Janet D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 32, Dec 1998
The Relation of Oncogenesis and Cytogenetics in Leukemia and Lymphoma, M. Pearson, and , J.D. Rowley
Annual Review of Medicine. Volume 36, Feb 1985
Chromosome Abnormalities in Human Leukemia, J.D. Rowley
Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 14, Dec 1980
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May 13, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates John Hagan, Editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Co-Recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2009 Awarded for Research on Genocide
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that John Hagan, Editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, has been named as a co-recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology. The Stockholm Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the application of research results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights.
The Prize will be shared with Raul Zaffaroni of the Supreme Court of Argentina. They will be presented with the Prize on June 23 in a banquet at Stockholm City Hall.
In 2003-5, John Hagan pioneered the application of advanced crime measurement techniques to the study of genocide in his empirical work on violence in Darfur and in the Balkans. Using systematic methods of estimating crime volumes from victimization surveys administered in collaboration with the American Bar Foundation and the US State Department, Hagan and his colleagues found substantial under-counting of murders in previous estimates.
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March 16, 2009 - Annual Reviews Congratulates Sandra Faber, Annual Reviews Board Member and Author, Winner of the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Annual Reviews is proud to announce that Sandra Faber, Annual Reviews Board Member and Author, has been awarded the $250,000 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science for a lifetime’s work in understanding the structure and evolution of the universe.
For 185 years, The Franklin Institute has honored the greatest men and women of science, engineering, and technology. The Franklin Institute Awards are among the oldest and most prestigious comprehensive science awards in the world.
Among science's highest honors, The Franklin Institute Awards identify individuals whose great innovation has benefited humanity, advanced science, launched new fields of inquiry, and deepened our understanding of the universe.
The 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science was presented to Sandra Faber for extraordinary advances in our knowledge of the properties of distant galaxies, dark matter, large scale structure of the Universe, and black holes in galactic nuclei; and for innovative leadership in the development of astronomical facilities.
Sandra Faber, and astronomer and the University of California, Santa Cruz, began her association with Annual Reviews as an author in 1979. She joined our Board of Directors in 1988 and our Editorial Affairs Committee in 1994.
Dr. Faber is credited with developing the first comprehensive model of how the universe formed and was among the earliest researchers to include cold dark matter in galactic models. Her research also helped lay the foundation for the now widely accepted notion that most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their center. Read Dr. Faber's Annual Reviews article Masses and Mass-to-Light Ratios of Galaxies, co-authored with J.S. Gallagher.
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March 1, 2009 - Annual Reviews Announces 2010 Pricing Freeze
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