scholarly journals The van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics, awarded by The University of Queensland Awarded in 2011 to George M. Garrity

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 2328-2329
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Bacterial Systematics ◽  
The University

The Senate of The University of Queensland, on the recommendation of a panel of experts of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, is pleased to present the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2009–2011 to Professor George M. Garrity in recognition of his contribution made to the field of bacterial systematics. The award, established in 1986 by Professor V. B. D. Skerman of The University of Queensland, honours the contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology by Professor Cornelis Bernardus van Niel.

scholarly journals The van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics, awarded in 2020 to Tanja Woyke

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 5594-5595
Author(s):  
Iain C. Sutcliffe ◽  
William B. Whitman
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Bacterial Systematics ◽  
The University

The Senate of The University of Queensland, on the recommendation of the Executive Board of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, is pleased to present the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017–2020 to Dr Tanja Woyke in recognition of her contributions made to the field of bacterial systematics. The award, established in 1986 by Professor V. B. D. Skerman of The University of Queensland, honours the contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology by Professor Cornelis Bernardus van Niel.

scholarly journals The first President of the IAU, Benjamin Baillaud

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (S349) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Bougeret
Keyword(s):  
Celestial Mechanics ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
International Research ◽  
Research Council ◽  
International Committee ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
The University

AbstractBenjamin Baillaud was appointed president of the First Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union which met in Brussels during the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council (IRC) on July 28th, 1919. He served in this position until 1922, at the time of the First General Assembly of the IAU which took place in Rome, May 2–10. At that time, Baillaud was director of the Paris Observatory. He had previously been director of the Toulouse Observatory for a period of 30 years and Dean of the School of Sciences of the University of Toulouse. He specialized in celestial mechanics and he was a strong supporter of the “Carte du Ciel” project; he was elected chairman of the permanent international committee of the Carte du Ciel in 1909. He also was the founding president of the Bureau International de l’Heure (BIH) and he was directly involved in the coordination of the ephemerides at an international level. In this paper, we present some of his activities, particularly those concerning international programmes, for which he received international recognition and which eventually led to his election in 1919 to the position of first president of the IAU. We also briefly recount the very first meetings and years of the IAU.

scholarly journals Diversity, pathogenicity and pandemic potential of Henipavirus: an interview with Benhur Lee

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 449-451
Author(s):  
Benhur Lee
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Recombinant Dna ◽  
International Committee ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Postdoctoral Training ◽  
Host Interactions ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The University ◽  
Viral Host Interactions

Biography Dr Benhur Lee is a Professor of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS, NY, USA). He obtained his MD from Yale University School of Medicine (1995) and completed his clinical/postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania (1995–2001). He was a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2001–2013). Dr Lee is an appointed member of the NIH Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee (NExTRAC), formerly known as the recombinant DNA Advisory committee (RAC). He is also on the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV, paramyxovirus study group). Dr Lee has a special interest in emerging RNA viruses and HIV with a focus on molecular viral-host interactions that govern virus entry and budding.

ICRC appoints a new member

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (303) ◽  
pp. 611-611
Keyword(s):  
Economic Geography ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
University Of Zurich ◽  
The University

At its meeting on 11 November 1994, the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross appointed a new member, Professor Ernst A. Brugger.Professor Brugger, of Gossau in the canton of Zurich and Möriken in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, was born in 1947. He holds a degree in economic geography and a doctorate in natural sciences from the University of Zurich, where he now lectures.

For Victims of Pseudo-Medical Experiments

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (93) ◽  
pp. 641-641
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Medical Experiments ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The Commission of neutral experts appointed by the International Committee of the Red Cross to examine cases of victims of pseudo-medical experiments practised in concentration camps under the Nazi regime, to whom the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany is prepared to pay indemnities, again met at ICRC headquarters in Geneva on November 8 and 9. The Chairman was Mr. William Lenoir, Judge at the Geneva Court of Justice. He was assisted by Professor Pierre Magnenat, assistant doctor at the University Clinic of the Nestlé Hospital in Lausanne and by Dr. Sylvain Mutrux, Deputy Medical Director of the University Psychiatric Clinic of Bel-Air in Geneva. The Hungarian Red Cross was represented by Mrs. Sandor Böde, Dr. Pal Bacs and Mr. Imre Pasztor, whilst Dr. E. Gotz had been sent by the Red Cross of the German Federal Republic.

scholarly journals What price freedom? Global reporting trends and journalistic integrity

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Chris Cramer
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
The University ◽  
Sydney Australia

Commentary: On 18 May 2009, the ABC’s Ultimo Centre in Sydney, Australia, and on May 22, Massey University’s Wellington campus in New Zealand were host to twin conferences on war reporting.  Jointly organised by the global aid organisation International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Australian Centre of Independent Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Massey’s School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, the conferences were attended and contributed to by senior international and national news media people—including many who had themselves reported wars—as well as humanitarian, legal and military representatives.  The conferences addressed: the role and responsibilities of the journalist in reporting conflict; media, humanitarian and military relationships; an apparent increasing targeting of journalists in conflict zones; and the application of international humanitarian law in times of conflict. The following address by Chris Cramer was the keynote speech at both conferences.

scholarly journals Forced to flee: A multi-disciplinary conference on internal displacement, migration and refugee crises

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (904) ◽  
pp. 421-432
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Research Council ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The University

“Forced to Flee” was a multidisciplinary two-day conference on internal displacement, migration and refugee crises, jointly organized by SOAS University of London, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the University of Exeter, the British Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It brought together some sixty researchers, independent and UK government policy-makers, and senior humanitarian practitioners.

scholarly journals Fiona Terry of the International Committee of the Red Cross talks about The Roots of Restraint in War and the intersection of research and humanitarianism

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Fiona Terry ◽  
Helen M. Kinsella ◽  
Scott Straus
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Group Behavior ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Critical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Fiona Terry is the Head of the Centre for Operational Research and Experience at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). She is the co-author of The Roots of Restraint in War ( https://www.icrc.org/en/publication/4352-roots-restraint-war ), which the ICRC published in 2018. The report examines how and why formal and informal norms shape armed group behavior in war. In addition to discussing some of the report’s main findings, the interview addresses the relationship between academic research and humanitarian practitioners; how external researchers are able, or not able, to shape internal organizational culture; the ethics of data collection; gender and the laws of war; and the differences between formal state militaries and other kinds of non-state actors that engage in violence. The interview was conducted by Helen M. Kinsella, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, and Scott Straus, co-editor-in-chief of the journal. Author of The Image before the Weapon: A Critical History of the Distinction between Combatant and Civilian, Kinsella was a Council on Foreign Relations Fellow at the ICRC, where she focused on gender and armed conflict, in the 2018–2019 academic year.

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