The Science Advisory Board Newsletter
December 2008

In this Month's Issue:
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Happy Holidays!

If you missed us at Neuroscience 2008, you can still download the material we had available as takeaway items at the exhibit booth: Be sure to read the Guide to Top-Rated Life Science Suppliers for insights and opinions on vendors from almost 5,000 SAB members. You can also watch a move and relax with the Neuroscience Brains Flicks Guide, a guide to neuroscience films compiled by The SAB.

This month, we congratulated two of our members for winning SAB contests: Yavuz Cakir of University of Alabama & Eduard Sebastia of Laboratorios Hipra, S.A. Yavuz Cakir participated in our Call for Reviews contest, in which we invited members to submit Website, Product, & Book Reviews for the chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Certificate. Eduard Sebastia participated in our Refer-a-Colleague contest, where thousands of members "spread the word" and promoted The SAB to their coworkers in the life sciences, for an opportunity to win a $500 Amazon Gift Certificate. The amount of participation in both our Call for Reviews and our Refer-a-Colleague contest was inspiring.

Jane Johnston, Ph.D., and Hari Saxena, Ph.D., participated in Member Spotlight Interviews, and Mohammad Aziz, Ph.D., and William Ward, Ph.D., contributed new Perspectives. Interested in being interviewed by The SAB or submitting a Perspective article for presentation on our home page? Email us!

Regards,

Kathryn Henwood
Membership Coordinator
The Science Advisory Board
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SAB Contest Winners!

We announce the winners of the Call for Reviews and the Refer-a-Colleague Contests.
Member Spotlight
Jane Johnston, Ph.D. Hari Saxena, Ph.D.
Jane
Johnston, Ph.D.		 Hari
Saxena, Ph.D.
Studies in Neuronal Cell Interactions
Jane Johnston, Ph.D., is a Principal Investigator at City University of New York, where she teaches pharmacology and physiology and conducts neuroscience research. Johnston received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London UK.
Immunology & Veterinary Microbiology Studies at GADVASU, India
Hari Saxena, Ph.D., is Professor of Immunology and Head of the Veterinary Microbiology Department at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), India. Saxena received his Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Nottingham Medical School, UK. He took courses in Immunology & Cellular Pathology from the University of Cambridge, UK, and also has a Diploma in Immunology & Infectious Diseases from Tokyo Medical School, Japan.
Are you interested in being interviewed for an SAB Member Spotlight? Contact k.henwood@scienceboard.net.
Perspectives
SAB Members contribute opinionated articles on a topic of their choice:
Systems Biology and Cancer
Mohammad Aziz, Ph.D. - Biological sciences have vigorously witnessed the era of -omics in the past decade. Every traditional field of biological science [has added] -omics as its surname; genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and many others were easily introduced into the concepts of modern biology. These fields were inundated with data generated in large volumes. Sequencing of the human genome fueled these areas of research with immense potential to find patterns, motifs and models that would eventually help in understanding human beings and their biological affairs in more detail. Advent of microarray and high throughput technologies aided in reaching these objectives.
Galileo Could Not Be Reached for Comment
William Ward, Ph.D. - Scientists spend their entire lifetimes struggling to be right about everything they publish in professional journals. We are bound by an unwritten code of conduct that forces us to investigate all evidence until we are nearly certain that we have captured the truth. Journalists seem not to follow such a code. With the exception of a few daring editorialists, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC comes to mind, many journalists seem unable or unwilling to sort truth from falsehoodÑso they present two sides, one that is right and one that is wrong. So, what is the point of printing an article if the take home message is Òup may be downÓ or Òdown may be up?Ó Should not journalists struggle, just as scientists struggle, to communicate truths that help move people in the right direction?
Blogs
Have you had a chance to read and comment on our blogs lately?
Blog Topics
Life Sciences Tools of the Trade: Because weÕre total suckers for punishment
Humans in Science: Ole!
Science: Uncovering & Discovering: Genome to Antiobiotic Targets
features Stars
Feature Article
Guide to Top-Rated Life Science Suppliers You are cordially invited to review our latest report, Guide to Top-Rated Life Science Suppliers, which presents the opinions of life scientists about their preferred suppliers in the life science industry. This report is based on responses to a 34-question online survey conducted by The Science Advisory Board. Based on the informed opinions of 4,483 life scientists, we have selected the Òbest-in-classÓ life science suppliers in fourteen separate product categories.
Reviews
We bring you the latest reviews, submitted by SAB members daily! Be sure to read the latest:
Reviews
Website Review: Haemophilia B Mutation Database
Book Review: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Langua
Product Review: Qiagen EndoFree Plasmid Maxi Kit/ 12362
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