Scientist of the Year
Controlled Success
December 14, 2012 11:42 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsFrom an early age, the 2012 Scientist of the Year knew that his knowledge of chemistry could make a difference in medicine. He’s still exploring just how much impact that can be.
2010 R & D Scientist of the Year: Richard D. Smith, PhD
November 9, 2010 9:37 am | Articles | CommentsOver the last three decades, Richard D. Smith, director of proteomics at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has made numerous fundamental advances in mass spectrometry (MS) and the emerging field of proteomics.
Innovation strikes again
April 15, 2010 8:25 am | Blogs | CommentsFor years, R&D Magazine has been honoring the scientists and researchers behind some of the greatest innovations and discoveries in science with the Innovator of the Year and Scientist of the Year Awards. This year is no exception; R&D Magazine is again turning to the R&D community to help us identify the best minds in research and development by nominating candidates for our Scientist of the Year, Innovator of the Year, and Young Innovator of Year awards.
Question. Answer. Question.
April 13, 2010 8:22 am | by Rita C. Peters | Articles | CommentsThe best way to find out what someone wants is to ask. In surveys, we asked readers about the tools they use in their research, what they like, what they don’t like, and improvements they would like to see. Then, we asked the companies that develop these tools to describe what they offer, and what they are doing to meet market demands.
Scientist of the Year - Dr. Thomas C. Sparks
November 2, 2009 4:06 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsBy some estimates, there are more than a million insect species in this world. Only a small percentage of this number is detrimental to the quality of our lives, but these are the species that drive research by scientists like Dr. Thomas C. Sparks, R&D Magazine’s 44th Scientist of the Year. The entomologist’s job is to know these insects, even down to the molecular level, to discover ways to keep them from destroying a very precious commodity: our food.
R & D Magazine’s 42nd Scientist of the Year
December 10, 2007 4:15 am | Articles | CommentsBefore genomics, before computer software, and long before computer-aided chromatographs, a typical day in the chemistry lab involved arduous work. What might take minutes today required weeks a few decades ago, a fact well-known to George M. Whitesides who learned the chemist's trade as a teenager in his father's lab, studying compounds for rope treatments and enhancements to concrete.
Architect of the Future: Refocusing On Basic Research
November 20, 2006 6:58 am | Articles | CommentsDr. Gerald Rubin is a researcher who works to understand the genomic structure of the Drosophila melanogaster, or common fruit fly. Rubin is also Vice President and Director of the Janelia Farm Research Campus (JFRC), the recently opened research facility of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Chevy Chase, Md.
Leading the Fight Against Disease
November 21, 2005 9:17 am | Articles | CommentsThe world is faced with tremendous medical challengesthat now, all too often, have come to include the wordpandemic. Consider the fact that HIV/AIDS, malaria,and tuberculosis alone are directly responsible formore than 4 million deaths per year.
Constant Focus on the Future
November 16, 2004 4:45 am | Articles | CommentsWhen George Poste left SmithKline Beecham in late-1999 after nearly 20 years of running many of their R&D operations, he thought that his future commuting route would be a lot different than his nearly weekly trips between SmithKline's headquarters in Philadelphia and its offices in Europe. "I had what I called my three-S triangle-Scottsdale (Ariz.), San Francisco, and San Diego," he explains. "That was going to be my commuting triangle and I would interact with a series of biotech companies in those cities and have more time to explore the landscape of Arizona."
2003 Scientist of the Year
November 12, 2003 7:43 am | Articles | CommentsEric Lander has a very simple goal in lifeall he wants is to know everything there is to know about the human genome. And he believes he can do it. Eric Lander is director of the MIT Center for Genome Research at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
