Sir Alwyn Williams. 8 June 1921 — 4 April 2004

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 437-453
Author(s):  
Derek E. G. Briggs ◽  
Dianne Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
University Education ◽  
International Authority ◽  
Government Restructuring ◽  
Active Research ◽  
The University

Sir Alwyn Williams was distinguished as a geologist and palaeontologist and as a university administrator. His PhD investigation of a classic area of his native Wales led to a lifetime of research on the rocks of the Ordovician System, and on fossil and living brachiopods. He became an international authority in both fields, with his original contributions and his organization of multiauthored syntheses. He pioneered the application of electron microscopy to palaeontology using observations on living representatives to inform his interpretation of the fossils. He maintained an active research programme during a remarkable career as a university leader, guiding the University of Glasgow through government restructuring of university finances in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was determined, decisive and eloquent in his promotion of the ideals of university education.

scholarly journals John Marion Thoday. 30 August 1916—25 August 2008

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. MacDonald ◽  
J. N. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Research Programme ◽  
Disruptive Selection ◽  
Sympatric Populations ◽  
Genetic Traits ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Adaptive Challenges ◽  
Undergraduate Programme ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Quantitative Genetic Traits ◽  
The University

Professor John M. Thoday, ScD, FRS, was Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge from 1959 until 1983. In that position, he was influential in establishing genetics as an integral part of the undergraduate programme in biology at Cambridge, and he developed an active research programme that explored genetic processes underlying quantitative genetic traits, natural selection in sympatric populations and genetic variation in human and other populations. In more than 125 publications, he brought insightful attention to questions that had often been overlooked by others. Some of his most significant work explored the genetic basis of quantitative traits and thus pioneered approaches to understanding the mechanisms behind responses to selection. This helped set the stage to uncovering genes in the multiple-gene systems that determine polygenic characters in fields from medicine to agriculture. Other key work focused on disruptive, or diversifying, selection as a potential mechanism for populations to respond to adaptive challenges in nature. When his study of disruptive selection began, many in the field believed it was not even a possible process. In his many roles, John Thoday was a mentor who stimulated an open, respectful and intellectually rich academic environment for the Department of Genetics at Cambridge and for his field of creative activity.

scholarly journals Geophysics at the University of Auckland

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-469
Author(s):  
A. C. Kibblewhite
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Early Years ◽  
University Education ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Sophisticated Equipment ◽  
Physics Laboratories ◽  
The University

Over the last twenty five years the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland has grown from a small group into an organisation of considerable size and stature. Under the guidance first of
 Professor Burbidge and then of Professor Brown the Department has developed a comprehensive course structure at the undergraduate and graduate levels and established a high reputation widely recognised today. In spite of the difficulties facing all pioneers in University education in those early years, these men were also able to foster a research programme capable of giving substance to all courses, particularly to those offered at the graduate level. With their interest and enthusiasm as the driving force, research into nuclear physics, the field of their choice, increased steadily in scope, and today the Department of Physics boasts an impressive array of sophisticated equipment housed in its Nuclear Physics Laboratories.

scholarly journals Vertical Transmission, March 2008

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Keryn Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Opening Ceremony ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
History Of ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Light History ◽  
The University

The Melbourne meeting is drawing close. The local Melbourne organising committee, NSAC and the Rubbo Committee have put together an excellent programme and outstanding speakers. The opening ceremony will set the benchmark for the rest of the meeting. Professor Peter Doherty will speak on The role of leadership in changing times. Professor Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology together with Rolf Zinkernagel, discovered how T cells recognise their target antigens in combination with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins. Professor Doherty is currently an NHMRC Burnet Fellow and Laureate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. While maintaining an active research programme, he is also an advocate for innovation, liberal education and the role of science in the community. He has published two books for the general public, his semi-autobiographical book The beginner?s guide to winning the Nobel Prize and, more recently, A light history of hot air. I?m sure all attendees of the meeting will look forward to this fantastic start to ASM 2008.

scholarly journals Stories of Supervision

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Trish Spedding
Keyword(s):  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
First Year ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Supervision Practice ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The University

This article centres upon experiences of supervising practitioner-researchers engaged in the first year of a Customised Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programme of study. This pathway resides within a larger collaboration between the University of Sunderland’s Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) and the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) delivering a National Practitioner Research Programme (PRP) in England. It takes as its starting point how non-traditional research students from the further adult and vocational education (FAVE) sector experience entry into the programme and their subsequent development of scholarship and research skills as they pursue their studies at research degree level in higher education (HE). Using six guiding principles underpinning the PRP as a framework for analysis, illustrative stories of the experiences of supervisors and research students provide insights into ways in which supervision is enacted. Some key characteristics of supervision practice are described. These often bring to light differences between supervision on the Customised MPhil with that of conventional MPhil programmes. The most striking finding supports how the development of collaborative and cooperative practice helps to shift the customary dynamic of research degree study away from isolation towards a shared experience as members of an inclusive and active research community.

The 1-MeV Electron Microscope Installation at the University of Colorado

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 8-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mircea Fotino
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Developmental Biology ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Resources

A new 1-MeV transmission electron microscope (Model JEM-1000) was installed at the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology of the University of Colorado in Boulder during the summer and fall of 1972 under the sponsorship of the Division of Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health. The installation was completed in October, 1972. It is installed primarily for the study of biological materials without many of the limitations hitherto unavoidable in standard transmission electron microscopy. Only the technical characteristics of the installation are briefly reviewed here. A more detailed discussion of the experimental program under way is being published elsewhere.

Injector for a 100-500 kV Linac Electron Microscopy Source

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
John W. Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Linear Accelerator ◽  
Beam Current ◽  
Ion Trapping ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
Electron Injector ◽  
Illumination System ◽  
Radio Corporation Of America ◽  
The University ◽  
Optical Integration

The injector to be described is a component in the Electron Injector-Linear Accelerator—Condenser Module for illumination used on the variable 100-500kV electron microscope being built at the Radio Corporation of America for the University of Virginia.The injector is an independently powered, autonomous unit, operating at a constant 6kV positive with respect to accelerator potential, thereby making beam current independent of accelerator potential. The injector provides for on-axis ion trapping to prolong filament lifetime, and incorporates a derived Einzel lens for optical integration into the overall illumination system for microscopy. Electrostatic beam deflectors for alignment are an integral part of the apparatus. The entire injector unit is cantilevered off a door for side loading, and is topped with a 4-filament turret released electrically but driven by a self-contained Negator spring motor.

Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fish Scales as an Adjunctive Aid in Speciation

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 394-395
Author(s):  
Edward D. DeLamater ◽  
Walter R. Courtenay ◽  
Cecil Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Fish Scale ◽  
Fish Scales ◽  
Anterior Border ◽  
The University ◽  
Multiple Holes ◽  
Scanning Electron

Comparative scanning electron microscopy studies of fish scales of different orders, families, genera and species within genera have demonstrated differences which warrant elaboration. These differences in detail appear to be sufficient to act as “fingerprints”, at least, for family differences. To date, the lateral line scales have been primarily studied. These demonstrate differences in the lateral line canals; the pattern of ridging with or without secondary protuberances along the edges; the pattern of spines or their absence on the anterior border of the scales; the presence or absence of single or multiple holes on the ventral and dorsal sides of the lateral line canal covers. The distances between the ridges in the pattern appear likewise to be important.A statement of fish scale structure and a comparison of family and species differences will be presented.The authors wish to thank Dr. Donald Marzalek and Mr. Wallace Charm of the Marine and Atmospheric Laboratory of the University of Miami and Dr. Sheldon Moll and Dr. Richard Turnage of AMR for their exhaustive help in these preliminary studies.

Hindrance to the Integration of e-learning Adoption in Nigerian Universities

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Abasiama G. Akpan ◽  
Chris Eriye Tralagba
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
University Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
University System ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Electronic learning or online learning is a part of recent education which is dramatically used in universities all over the world. As well as the use and integration of e-learning is at the crucial stage in all developing countries. It is the most significant part of education that enhances and improves the educational system. This paper is to examine the hindrances that influence e-learning in Nigerian university system. In order to have an inclusive research, a case study research was performed in Evangel University, Akaeze, southeast of Nigeria. The paper demonstrates similar hindrances on country side. This research is a blend of questionnaires and interviews, the questionnaires was distributed to lecturers and an interview was conducted with management and information technology unit. Research had shown the use of e-learning in university education which has influenced effectively and efficiently the education system and that the University education in Nigeria is at the crucial stage of e-learning. Hence, some of the hindrances are avoiding unbeaten integration of e-learning. The aim of this research is to unravel the barriers that impede the integration of e-learning in universities in Nigeria. Nevertheless, e-learning has modified the teaching and learning approach but integration is faced with many challenges in Nigerian University.

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