“People are always working away inventing new things. I have a particular interest in umbrellas for instance and you would be surprised how many improvements you can come up with for an umbrella”
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Our editors have long-standing and distinguished careers in their respective fields. Some recent achievements are highlighted in this section, as well as recent appointments.
The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that Professor Barry A Costa-Pierce, an Editor of the Elsevier journal Aquaculture, has been elected as an "AAAS Fellow".
Each year the AAAS Council elects Fellows whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished". In the award letter, AAAS stated that Professor Costa-Pierce, who is Director of Rhode Island Sea Grant and Professor of Fisheries & Aquaculture at the University of Rhode Island, was being honored for his "distinguished contributions to global aquaculture and its sustainability and for leadership in marine research, education, and outreach as director of two NOAA-Sea Grant college programs".
Costa-Pierce will be honored at the AAAS Fellows Forum on 18 February, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Joseph H. Astrachan is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Family Business Strategy. Joe is the Executive Director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and the Wachovia Eminent Scholar Chair of Family Business at Kennesaw State University.
The Journal’s aim is to investigate family business strategy from different angles and disciplinary backgrounds; all starting from well-grounded theoretical foundations and with rigorous research methods.
Joe Astrachan, Editor-in-Chief of the new journal, remarked “Given that 2010...mark[s] the 130th birthday of Elsevier and the 430th anniversary of the publishing house of Elzevir, the family business from which the modern company takes its name, it seems natural that a new journal in the family business field will be affiliated with a publisher that stands for longevity, innovation, and sustainability – all attributes associated with great family enterprises.”
Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale received the annual prize for excellent research from the Research Council of Norway. The award - amounting to 500.000 NOK - was handed over by Tora Aasland - Minister of Education and Research.
According to the jury: "Anne Lise Børresen-Dale ranks among the foremost experts in the country in the field of cancer research. Throughout a period of many years she has conducted ground-breaking research of excellent quality in a number of fields within her subject area. She has made decisive discoveries in research on lung cancer, testicular cancer, colon cancer and - in particular - breast cancer. Børresen-Dale has demonstrated outstanding skills as a builder of scientific milieus. She is involved in a large number of collaboration projects, both nationally and internationally. In 2008 she was elected president of the European Association for Cancer Research. Her research will gain a major clinical significance within diagnostics, therapy and cancer diseases."
Further information: Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale research group home page - Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer.
