Sanislow Participates in NIMH Meeting Focused on Mental Disorders

Charles Sanislow, assistant professor of psychology, participated in a National Institute of Mental Health meeting in Bethesda, Maryland on July 13-14 for the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project. RDoC aims to create new diagnostic criteria for researching mental disorders, and this meeting addressed the role of working memory in this effort. Sanislow is a member of the RDoC steering committee and co-authored a commentary describing the RDoC in the July issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, 167, pp. 748-751.

Westmoreland Attends Chemistry Session in Sri Lanka

T. David Westmoreland, associate professor of chemistry, attended the 39th Annual Sessions of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon June 16-18 in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. The theme was "Beginning of a new era: Challenges and Opportunities for Chemists on National Development."

Greenwood Mentioned on BBC News Regarding Water in Lunar Rocks

James Greenwood, visiting assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, was mentioned in a June 14 BBC News science article on "Much More Water Found in Lunar Rocks." Greenwood and Professor Lawrence Taylor from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, have come up with evidence on the origins of lunar water: comets. According to the article, they believe there were a lot of comets flying around at the time of the Moon's formation, "hitting the little, nascent, early Moon some 4.5 billion years ago."

Grabel Defends Embryonic Stem Cell Research to Senate

Laura Grabel, the Lauren B. Dachs Professor of Science and Society, is the co-director of the University of Connecticut Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility.
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Faculty, Students Present Work at Geological Society Meeting

Several Wesleyan faculty, graduate students and alumni participated in the 2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Oct. 18-21 in Portland, Ore.

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Naegele Honored by Congressman For Work in Bioscience

Jan Naegele, professor of neuroscience and behavior, professor and chair of biology, was honored for her innovative work in bioscience by the organization ?We Work For Health? overseen by the Connecticut Consortium of Independent Colleges on May 18. Congressman Joe Courtney presented a plaque to Naegele's designee, Deborah Hall '11 at a ceremony in Cromwell, Conn.
May. 19, 2009 by Olivia Bartlett

Dr. Joseph Wright '79 appointed to Pediatric Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration.

The NRC is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Wright, Medical Director of the NRC; Executive Director of the Child Health Advocacy Institute at Children's National Medical Center; and a professor of pediatrics, emergency medicine and health policy has been appointed to the 14 member Pediatric Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Committee membership is selected from among authorities knowledgeable in pediatric research, pediatric subspecialties, statistics, and/or biomedical ethics, and advises the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on a range of pediatric issues including: identification of research priorities; ethics design and analysis of clinical trials; pediatric labeling disputes; and adverse event reports for drugs granted for pediatric exclusivity and safety issues. Dr. Wright's term on the committee begins immediately and ends in June, 2012.

Cohan Participates in Darwin Conference at University of Chicago

Fred Cohan, professor of biology, delivered a presentation titled "Darwin vs. Mayr on the Origin of Bacterial Species," during a Darwin conference, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin?s birth. The event was held Oct. 29-31 at the University of Chicago. Cohan joined other evolutionary biologists, historians and philosophers who connected their work directly with Darwin. 2009 also marks the 150th anniversary of Darwin's The Origin of Species.

Computer Science Project Featured in New Scientist Magazine

Wesleyan's Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software project (HFOSS) was featured in New Scientist magazine Oct. 3. In June, students from Wesleyan and Trinity College in teamed up with representatives from municipal and volunteer agencies including the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and Catholic Charities USA to design a virtual emergency response center named Collabbit. The system could be used by relief agencies to coordinate their aid efforts in the aftermath of a disaster when speed is crucial.
Collabbit is the handiwork of HFOSS. It acts as central repository for information, sending out project updates to workers via RSS or text message.
Computer science majors Eli Fox-Epstein '11, Sam DeFabbia-Kane '11 and Qianqian Lin '11 were involved in the development. Danny Krizanc, professor of computer science and Norman Danner,associate professor of computer science, are the project's advisors.
by Olivia Bartlett Drake

Olson Expert on X-ray Crystallography, Membrane Proteins

Rich Olson, assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, is teaching a class on membrane properties, structural techniques and protein structure analysis
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