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Remembering Dr. Charles D. Hufford

May 22, 2017 by Jason Evans

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Dr. Charles D. Hufford, Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy at the University of Mississippi, passed away suddenly on May 15. Charlie was…

The Ford Foundation Fellowships for Life Sciences Research

October 11, 2016 by Webmaster

This year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships, 24 postdoctoral fellowships, and 60 predoctoral fellowships. Fellowships are tenable at any fully-accredited, non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education. An applicant need not be accepted by the…

Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

September 22, 2016 by Webmaster

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants. An important aspect of the award is that it is intended to…

Comments requested for NCCIH Strategic Plan

April 14, 2016 by Webmaster

A request was posted soliciting comments on the new strategic plan draft for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH). https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/draft-plan-comments. Comments are due by April 15, 2016 (sorry for the short notice).…

Workshop: Addressing Challenges in the Assessment of Botanical Dietary Supplement Safety herbals or herbal dietary supplements

March 23, 2016 by Webmaster

Workshop: Addressing Challenges in the Assessment of Botanical Dietary Supplement Safety herbals or herbal dietary supplements April 26-27, 2016, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. EDT Location: Lister Hill Auditorium National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/about/presscenter/events/2016/index.html…

Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum

March 17, 2016 by Webmaster

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now accepting applications for the Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum on June 7–9, 2016, at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. This 3-day practicum…

Nobel Prize Lecture in Physiology or Medicine, Satoshi Omura

December 7, 2015 by Webmaster

The Nobel Prize Lectures in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was given today, including ASP Fellow Professor Satoshi Ōmura’s lecture entitled, “A splendid gift from the Earth: The origins & impact of Avermectin.” http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/omura-lecture.html…