Biophysical Society Newsletter - October 2014

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2014

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professor emeritus at Stanford University; Paul Milgrom , professor at Stanford University; and R. Preston McAfee , chief economist at Microsoft, for their research on game theory and auctions that led to the first auctioning of the spectrum by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1994 and the subsequent rapid advance of the global telecommunications industry. The research was funded by the Atomic Energy Commission, National Science Foundation, and Office of Naval Research. US Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) first proposed the Golden Goose Award when the late Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) was issuing the Golden Fleece Award to target wasteful federal spending and often targeted peer-reviewed science because it sounded odd. Cooper believed such an award was needed to counter the false impression that odd-sounding research was not useful. In response to that proposal, a coalition of business, university, and scientific organizations created the Golden Goose Award in 2012. The coalition be- lieves that federally funded basic scientific research is the cornerstone of American innovation and essential to our economic growth, health, global competitiveness, and national security. Award recipients are selected by a panel of respected scien- tists and university research leaders. The Biophysi- cal Society joined the coalition in 2013 and is a sponsor of this year’s awards. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculo- skeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, has ap- pointed five new members to its advisory council. The new members are Gary A. Koretzky , Weill Cor- nell Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Grace K. Pavlath , Emory University School of Medicine; Christy Sandborg , Stanford University School of Medicine; Alexander Silver , P2 Capital Partners LLC and the Jackson Gabriel Silver Foundation; and Gwendolyn Powell Todd , professional advocate for patients with cicatricial alopecia. NIAMS Appoints New Council Members

The mission of the NIAMS is to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of informa- tion on research progress in these diseases. Council members provide advice to the institute on broad policy issues and make recommendations on research proposals. Congressional Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Interested in using your science skills to inform science policy? Interested in spending a year working on Capitol Hill in Washington helping develop policy?

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Application deadline: October 14, 2014

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