title: Rebecca Spindler

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Rebecca Spindler (born in Melbourne) is the head of science and conservation at non-profit conservation organisation Bush Heritage Australia. She previously was the manager of research and conservation at Taronga Conservation Society Australia, in the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH).

Background

Spindler's PhD on marsupial reproduction at the University of Melbourne led her to the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. There, Rebecca managed a laboratory and integrated reproduction, her own area of expertise with other disciplines of science to conserve species. She spent five giant panda breeding seasons in the Wolong Nature Reserve, coordinating the Smithsonian's Giant Panda and Wild China Programmes. During this same period she established the Neotropical Carnivore Initiative and with colleagues throughout the Americas, embarking on a multidisciplinary program aimed at improving the health, reproduction and conservation of jaguars. In 2007, she joined the team at Taronga as manager of research and conservation, coordinating and facilitating the research of the zoo science team investigating wildlife health, ecology, behaviour, reproduction, genetics and nutrition. Spindler also helped Taronga protect species and their habitats through the Taronga Field Conservation Grants.

Publications

Total citations: 323. H index: 10

Peer-reviewed papers

Spindler R.E., M.B. Renfree and D.K. Gardner.  1995.  Metabolic assessment of wallaby blastocysts during embryonic diapause and subsequent reactivation.  Reproduction, Fertility and Development 7, 1157–1162.
Spindler R.E., M.B. Renfree and D.K. Gardner.  1996.  Carbohydrate uptake by quiescent and reactivating mouse blastocysts.  Journal of Experimental Zoology 276, 132–137.
Spindler R.E., M.B. Renfree, G. Shaw and D.K. Gardner.  1998.  Reactivating tammar wallaby blastocysts oxidise glucose.  Biology of Reproduction 58, 1425–1431.
Spindler R.E., M.B. Renfree, G. Shaw and D.K. Gardner.  1998.  Reactivating tammar wallaby blastocysts oxidise fatty acids and amino acids.  Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 115, 79–86.
Spindler R.E., M.B. Renfree and D.K. Gardner.  1998.  Mouse embryos used as a bioassay to determine control of marsupial embryonic diapause.  Journal of Experimental Zoology 283, 590–599.
Spindler R.E. and D.E. Wildt.  1999.  Circannual variations in intraovarian oocyte but not epididymal sperm quality in the domestic cat.  Biology of Reproduction 61, 188–194.
Spindler R.E., B. Pukazhenthi and D.E. Wildt.  2000.  Oocyte metabolism predicts the development of cat embryos to blastocyst in vitro.  Molecular Reproduction and Development 56, 163–171.
Huang, Y., D.S. Li, H.M. Zhang, J. Du, G.Q. Zhang, P.Y Wang, J.G. Howard, R. Spindler, B. Durrant and M.A. Olson.  2000.  Electroejaculation and semen cryopreservation in giant pandas.  Journal of Sichuan Teachers College 3, 238–243.
Huang, Y., DS. Li, J. Du, P.Y. Wang, H.M. Zhang, J.G. Howard and R. Spindler.  2001.  Study for freezing semen of giant pandas.  Chinese Journal of Zoology 36, 25–29.
Harnal, V.K., R. Spindler, S.L. Monfort, B. Pukazhenthi, D.M. Bird, and D.E. Wildt.  2001.  Sperm capacitation in vitro in the Eld's deer.  Theriogenology 56, 399–413.
Spindler R.E. and D.E. Wildt.  2002. Quality and age of companion felid embryos modulate enhanced development by group culture.  Biology of Reproduction 66, 167–73.
Axner E., B. Pukazhenthi, D.E.Wildt, C. Linde-Forsberg and R.E. Spindler.  2002.  Creatine phosphokinase domestic cat epididymal spermatozoa.  Molecular, Reproduction and Development 61, 1–6.
Pukazhenthi, B, R. Spindler, D.E. Wildt, L.M. Bush and J.G. Howard. 2002. Osmotic properties of spermatozoa from felids producing different proportions of pleiomorphisms: Influence of adding and removing cryoprotectant.  Cryobiology 44, 288–300.
Olson, M., H. Yan, D. Li, R. Spindler, J. Howard, H. Zhang, and B. Durrant.  2003. Assessment of motility, acrosomal integrity, and viability of giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca sperm following short-term storage at 4C. Zoo Biology 22:529-544.
Spindler, R.E., Y. Huang, J.G. Howard, P. Wang, H. Zhang, G. Zhang and D.E. Wildt.  2004.  Acrosomal integrity and capacitation are not influenced by sperm cryopreservation in the giant panda.  Reproduction 127, 547–56. http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/127/5/547.short
Huang Yan, Wang Pengyan, Spindler, Rebecca E., Howard, JoGayle, Zhang Hemin, Wildt, David E.  2004.  Study on the influence of post-thaw motility on giant panda cryopreserved sperm by thawing rate and pentoxyfiline in vitro.  Acta Theriologica Sinica 24: 286–292.
Spindler, R.E., Crichton, E.G., Agca, Y., Loskutoff, N., Critser, J, Gardner, D.K., Wildt, D.E. 2006.  Improved felid embryo development by group culture is maintained with heterospecific companions.  Theriogenology. 66:  82–92.
Pukazhenthi, B., Laroe, D., Crosier, A., Bush, L.M., Spindler, R., Pelican, K., Bush, M., Howard, J.G., Wildt, D.E. 2006.  Challenges in cryopreservation of clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) spermatozoa.  Theriogenology 66:1790-6.
Spindler, R.E., Y. Huang, J.G. Howard, P. Wang, H. Zhang, G. Zhang and D.E. Wildt.  2006.  Giant panda sperm decondensation is not influenced by cryopreservation  Reproduction, Fertility and Development 18: 767-775. http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=RD06030
Songsasen, N., Spindler, R.E. and Wildt, D.E. 2007 Requirement for, and patterns of, pyruvate and glutamine metabolism in the domestic dog oocyte in vitro, Molecular Reproduction and Development 74: 870–877.
Hermes, R., Göritz, F., Portas, T.J., Bryant, B.R., Kelly, J.M., Maclellan, L.J., Keeley, T., Schwarzenberger, F., Walzer, C., Schnorrenberg, A., Spindler, R.E., Saragusty, J., Kaandorp, S., Hildebrandt, T.B. 2009.  Ovarian superstimulation, transrectal ultrasound-guided oocyte recovery, and IVF in rhinoceros.  Theriogenology 72:959-68.
Pelican, K.M., Spindler, R.E., Pukazhenthi, B.S., Wildt, D.E., Ottinger, M.A., Howard, J. 2010.  Progestin Exposure Before Gonadotropin Stimulation Improves Embryo Development after In Vitro Fertilization in the Domestic Cat.  Biology of Reproduction 83: 558–567. http://www.biolreprod.org/content/83/4/558.short
Aitken-Palmer C, Hou R, Burrell C, Zhang Z, Wang C, Spindler R, Wildt DE, Ottinger MA, Howard J. 2012 Protracted reproductive seasonality in the male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) reflected by patterns in androgen profiles, ejaculate characteristics, and selected behaviors. Biol Reprod. 86:195
Hagedorn M, van Oppen MJ, Carter V, Henley M, Abrego D, Puill-Stephan E, Negri A, Heyward A, MacFarlane D, Spindler R. 2012 First frozen repository for the Great Barrier Reef coral created. Cryobiology. 65:157-8
Herrmann EA, Herrin KV, Gleen W, Davies P, Stapley R, Stebbings V, Wiszniewski J, Spindler R, Faichney GJ, Chaves AV 2013 Partial Replacement of an Artificial Nectar Diet With Native Browse for Feather-Tail Gliders (Acrobates pygmaeus) in Captivity. Zoo Biol. 32:394-9

Book chapters
Howard, J.G., Z. Zhang, D. Li, Y. Huang, M. Zhang, R. Hou, Z. Ye, G. Li, J. Zhang, S. Huang, H. Zhang, J. Zhang, R. E. Spindler and D. E. Wildt.  2006.  Male reproductive biology in giant pandas in breeding programs in China.  In:  The Giant Panda: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management (eds., D.E. Wildt, A. Zhang, H. Zhang, D.L. Janssen and S. Ellis), in press.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Howard, J.G., Y. Huang, P. Wang, D. Li, G. Zhang, R. Hou, Z. Zhang, B.S. Durrant, R.E. Spindler, H. Zhang, A. Zhang and D.E. Wildt.  2006.  Role and efficiency of artificial insemination and genome resource banking. In:  The Giant Panda: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management (eds., D. E. Wildt, A. Zhang, H. Zhang, D.L. Janssen and S. Ellis).  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Morato R. G., Queiroz V. d. S. and Spindler R. E. 2007 Importância do banco de amostras biológicas e do manejo em cativeiro na canservação de carnívoros neotropicais. In 'Manejo e conservação de carnívoros neotropicais'. (Eds. RG Morato, FHG Rodrigues, E Eizirik, PR Mangini, FCC Azavedo and J Marinho-Filho) pp. 229–244. (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA): Brasilia, Distrito Federal)
Spindler R. E., Songsasen, N. and Deem, S.L. 2007 Factors affecting the reproductive success of jaguars, in Manejo e Conservação de Carnivoros Neotropicais.  Eds RG Morato, FHG Rodrigues, E Eizirik, PR Mangini, FCC Azavedo and J Marinho-Filho pp. 281–304. Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA): Brasilia, Distrito Federal
Spindler R.E. and D.E. Wildt.  2010. Male reproduction: assessment, management, assisted breeding and fertility control, in Wild Mammals in Captivity 2nd Ed (eds., D.G. Kleiman, K.V. Thompson, and S. Lumpkin). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Spindler, R.E., Wiszniewski, J and Slip, D.  (2012) The Potential Role of Zoos in Climate Change, in Climate Change.  Eds, D Lunney and P Hutchins.  Royal Zoological Society Publications.
Spindler RE and Wiszniewski 2013. Research in Zoos In "Zoo Keeping: An Introduction to the Science and Technology". MD Irwin, JB Stoner, AM Cobaugh (eds) University of Chicago Press.
Spindler RE, Keeley T and Satake N 2014. Applied Andrology in Endangered, Exotic and Wildlife Species. In "Animal Andrology: Theories and Applications". P Chenoweth and S Lorton (eds) CABI publishing.

References

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title: Snapback (electrical)

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Snapback is a mechanism in a bipolar transistor in which avalanche breakdown or impact ionization provides a sufficient base current to turn on the transistor. It is used intentionally in the design of certain ESD protection devices integrated onto semiconductor chips. It can also be a parasitic failure mechanism when activated inadvertently, outwardly appearing much like latchup in that the chip seems to suddenly blow up when a high voltage is applied.

Snapback is initiated by a small current from collector to base. In the case of ESD protection devices, this current is caused by avalanche breakdown due to a sufficiently large voltage applied across the collector-base junction. In the case of parasitic failures, the initiating current may result from inadvertently turning on the bipolar transistor and a sufficiently large voltage across the collector and base causing impact ionization, with some of the generated carriers then acting as the initiating current as they flow into the base. Once this initiating current flows into the base, the transistor turns on and the collector voltage decreases to the snapback holding voltage. This voltage happens at the point where the processes of base current generation and the bipolar transistor turning on are in balance: the collector-emitter current of the bipolar transistor decreases the collector voltage, which results in a lower electric field, which results in a smaller impact ionization or avalanche current and thus smaller base current, which weakens the bipolar action.

See also
Avalanche breakdown
Bipolar transistor
Impact ionization

References

Semiconductors
Electrical breakdown


title: Teo Žagar

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Teo Erik Žagar (born 1978) is a Slovenian-American filmmaker and politician. He has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2011. Žagar was a member of the Democratic Party until deciding not to run for reelection in 2016. As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, one of his efforts has been the legalization of hemp in the state. He was a lead sponsor and floor reporter of a bill, passed by the House in 2013, to mandate the labeling of genetically modified foods.

Žagar moved to the United States in 1980, living in Washington D.C., with his single mother. In 1985 they settled in Barnard, Vermont, where he now resides. He attended the University of Vermont and went on to study filmmaking at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He directed several films and served as an apprentice to Ken Burns, for whose film Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003) he served as an editorial assistant. Despite his interest in filmmaking, he returned to Vermont in 2006 and began pursuing a career in public service. In the late 2000s he volunteered as a constable of Barnard. He worked in special education as a classroom manager. After the resignation of state Representative Mark Mitchell, Žagar met with several local Democratic committees to seek an appointment to Mitchell's seat. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin was impressed with him and appointed him to the seat in August 2011.

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title: California State Building

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California State Building may signify:
 California State Building (Los Angeles)
 California State Building (Santa Ana)
 California State Office Building No. 1 (Jesse Unruh Office Building), 915 Capitol Mall in Sacramento
 California State Building at the Civic Center, San Francisco


title: Barbara R. Holland

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Barbara Ruth Holland is a New Zealand born Australian scientist.  She is a Professor of mathematics and member of the Theoretical Phylogenetics Group at the School of Mathematics & Physics at the University of Tasmania. Barbara is also a Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture. She has made substantial contributions to the methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees from DNA and protein sequence data.  Holland has published over 50 journal articles, presented over 30 invited or keynote lectures, refereed five conference proceedings, 2 book chapters and 1 book review.  She is a senior editor of the scientific journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Research
Holland has research interests in phylogenetics, mathematical biology, population genetics, and epidemiology. Her primary area of interest is in the estimation of evolutionary trees, and she works to develop tools that can assess how well a given model describes a sequence of data. Holland uses her knowledge to help biologists translate the unsolved problems of their field into mathematical language.

Career
Holland completed a doctorate at Massey University in New Zealand in 2001, on evolutionary analyses of large datasets. Holland is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Tasmania in Australia, where she teaches statistics, operations research, and phylogenetics and is a member of the university's Theoretical Phylogenetics Group.

Holland spent about a year beginning in 2001 as a Post Doctoral Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. From 2002 to 2010 Holland was working in a number of different capacities at Massey University in New Zealand. For the duration of her stay she was a part of the Allan Wilson Centre as a Post Doctoral Fellow (2002-2005) and then as a Research Fellow (2005-2010). Holland spent a year as a lecturer in mathematics for the university beginning in 2007 and was a senior lecturer from 2008 to 2010, also in mathematics. In 2010 Holland began lecturing in mathematics at the University of Tasmania in Australia. From 2011 to 2014 she was Future Fellow at the university, a fellowship awarded to her by the Australian Research Council.

Scientific meeting organizer
From 2010 to 2014, Holland served as a co-organizer of Phylomania, a conference which sought to bring together phylogenetic researchers interested in theory to address some of the primary challenges in the field and further develop the branch of mathematics focused on computational phylogenetic methods. In 2010, she was also chief organizer of the New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting in Whakapapa Village, February 9–14.

Professional recognition
Holland's expertise has allowed her serve as associate, principal, and co-investigator on a variety of research projects and has earned her a number of professional awards and recognitions. In 2004 she was an Associate Investigator on the Marsden-funded project 'Understanding Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes'. The next year she was the Principal Investigator on another Marsden-funded project, 'Genome-scale plant phylogeny and the challenge of lineage-specific sequence evolution'. Also in 2005, she received the Bridge to Employment Grant from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FoRST) and the Hamilton Award from the Royal Society of New Zealand, and was invited to attend the SMBE Tri-national Young Investigators Workshop. In 2006 Holland was a Co-Investigator on yet another Marsden-funded project, 'Candida albicans: Survival without sex?', and received the Early Career Research Medal from Massey University. Holland has served as an editor for the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, serving as Associate Editor in 2007 and appointed Senior Editor in 2012. In 2008, was an Associate Investigator at the Allan Wilson Centre and received the Early Career Research Award from the New Zealand Mathematical Society. In 2009 she was the Principal Investigator on the Marsden project 'Untangling complex evolution: When the tree of life is not a tree at all'. In 2010 Holland received another Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. In 2011 Holland was the Co-investigator on two different projects. One was titled 'Ancient Ibis Mummies from Egypt: DNA Evolution' and funded by a Human Frontier Science Program grant. The other was funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage grant and titled 'How will animals respond to climate change? A genomic approach'. Recently, Holland was elected to and served on the council of the Society of Systematic Biologists from 2013 to 2016.

References

External links
http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/People/Holland/

1976 births
Living people
Australian women scientists
Massey University alumni
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
20th-century Australian mathematicians
21st-century Australian mathematicians
Australian women mathematicians
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20th-century women mathematicians
21st-century women mathematicians
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title: Jan Maree Tennent

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Jan Maree Tennent  (born 1 January 1960) is an Australian scientist in the biomedical and animal health research sectors, and a member of the Australian Academy of Technology Science and Engineering.

Early life and education
Tennent was born in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria on 1 January 1960. She obtained a Bachelor of Science, in microbiology from the Monash University in Melbourne in 1981. She completed her PhD in 1986 at Monash University. Her PhD thesis was entitled 'Molecular Analysis of Plasmids in Multi-resistant Staphylococci'.

Career
Tennent left Australia in 1986 to do a four-year postdoctoral fellowship with Prof Staffan Normark at Umeå University in Sweden. She researched the genetic mechanism and control of host attachment by uropathogenic Escherichia coli as part of the Normark laboratory's research.

Tennet returned to Australia and joined the CSIRO as a senior research scientist. She became the program manager of the Vaccines and Immunology Group in 1997. Tennent has researched and given keynote presentations in the field of biotechnology and animal vaccines.

In 2000, Tennent joined the global biotherapy organisation CSL Limited and later became a member of the CSL Animal Health executive team. Tennent joined the international pharmaceutical company Pfizer in 2004. In 2009, Tennent founded ConnectBio Pty Ltd.

In 2011, Tennent was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Biomedical Research Victoria, a body that represents Australia's biomedical research. In 2017, Tennent was elected to the AusBiotech Board.

Tennent has published 35 contributions in international peer-reviewed scientific journals (1984–2006) and eight reviews, theses and book chapters on microbial pathogenesis.  She served on  research-related committees including the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee (now the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator) between 1995 and 2001.

Tennent worked at RMIT University and the University of Melbourne. In 2019, Tennent was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE).

References

External links
Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Career Resource – Dr Jan Tennent.
Bio21 Cluster (now Biomedical Research Victoria) welcomes new CEO Associate Professor Jan Tennent.

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title: Graduate Berkeley

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The Graduate Berkeley (Originally called the Hotel Durant or the Durant Hotel) is a historic boutique hotel located in Berkeley, California in the United States. It is located in downtown Berkeley, just off campus of the University of California, Berkeley. The hotel is listed on the Berkeley register of historic places.

History

The hotel was built, in Spanish Colonial style, in 1928. It was designed by W. H. Weeks. It had 140 rooms and was both fire and earthquake resistant. It also had one of the first basement garages in the area.

It was named for Henry Durant. The bar, Henry's Publick House, is also a tribute to him. When the hotel opened it was described as a "modern luxury hotel". Harry Truman stayed at the hotel once.

Hostage incident

In 1990, 33 hostages were held at gun point at Henry's for seven hours by University of California, Berkeley student, Mehrdad Dashti, who had schizophrenia. The hotel bar was raided by police during the hold up. Dashti killed one hostage and an additional seven people were wounded.

Ownership
As of 2006, the hotel was owned and managed by Creative Hospitality. In 2007, the property was purchased by Joie de Vivre Hospitality for $14 million. Joie de Vivre invested $9 million in renovating the property. The hotel was in default in 2011 and the Royal Bank of Scotland took over as owner. Joie de Vivre continued to manage the property. In September 2012 it was put up for sale. The property was marketed by HVS Capital Corporation. In early 2013, they sold the hotel for approximately $27.3 million to Gemstone Hotels & Resorts. Upon the purchase, 98% of the staff remained from the previous ownership. The hotel is frequented by visitors to the University. In September 2015 it was purchased from Gemstone Hotels and Elliott Management Co. by Chicago-based Graduate Hotels for $47.5 million and renovated extensively, particularly the lobby and restaurant. Upon completion of renovations, the hotel was reopened with its present theme and name in May 2017.

Facilities

The hotel's theme is based on the University of California, Berkeley. Lonely Planet describes it as "cheekily" in style. A mobile made of books hangs from the lobby ceiling. The walls of the lobby are decorated in yearbook photos from the university. Hotel rooms feature "dictionary-covered shower curtains and bongs repurposed as bedside lamps."

The gastropub inside the hotel is Henry's Publick House. In 2009, Henry's "Everything but the Kitchen Sink Bloody Mary" Bloody Mary was voted the best in the East Bay by East Bay Express. The bloody mary features tomato juice made in-house and is topped off with a splash of Guinness.

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W. H. Weeks buildings
Berkeley Landmarks in Berkeley, California


title: Jennifer Stow

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Jennifer Lea Stow is deputy director (research), NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and head of the Protein Trafficking and Inflammation laboratory at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Australia. She received a PhD from Monash University in Melbourne in 1982., postdoctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine (US) in the Department of Cell Biologyand first faculty position as an assistant professor at Harvard University in the Renal Unit, Departments of Medicine and Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Biography
Jenny Stow completed her tertiary education at Monash University Melbourne. Her undergraduate science degree was followed by an honours year (Hons 1st class) in the Department of Immunology and Pathology and a PhD (1979–1982) in the Department of Anatomy and Prince Henry's Hospital, under the supervision of Professors Eric Glasgow and Robert Atkins. Stow's PhD project involved characterizing cell populations in glomerulonephritis, and included the use of electron microscopy.

She was then awarded a Fogarty International Fellowship for postdoctoral training in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University School of Medicine, US, where she worked with one of the luminaries of cell biology and nephrology, Dr Marilyn Farquhar. Stow, Farquhar and colleagues published seminal studies on glomerular basement membranes and proteoglycans.

Upon leaving Yale, Stow took up her first faculty position as an assistant professor in the Renal Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University. Stow and colleagues published important findings on secretion in polarized epithelial cells and published the first evidence showing trimeric G proteins functioning in membrane trafficking.

At the end of 1994 Stow returned to Australia as a Wellcome Trust Senior Medical Research Fellow to set up a cell biology laboratory at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The Centre she joined later became of Australia's largest research institutes, UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience, where she has served as a group leader, professor and principal research fellow of the NHMRC.

Appointed head of IMB's Division of Molecular Cell Biology and then subsequently as deputy director (research) at IMB, Stow has performed roles in science, teaching and training and research policy. Her focus has been in cell biology, where her interest in protein trafficking and secretion is pursued using techniques such as microscopy and fluorescence imaging. Her current work in inflammation and cancer focuses on trafficking in epithelial cells and on cytokine secretion in macrophages. She is known for discovering new pathways for secretion and recycling in cells and for defining new functions for the cell machinery, including large and small G proteins, myosins and SNAREs.

Stow sits on national and international peer review and scientific committees and advisory boards. She has served as head of IMB's Division of Molecular Cell Biology, and in 2008 she was appointed as deputy director (research).

Career history
From 2008 to the present, Stow has held the position of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow and Professorial Research Fellow at The University of Queensland. Additionally, Stow currently serves as the Deputy Director (Research) and Group Leader at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, holding a joint appointment with the School of Biomedical Science at The University of Queensland, a role that was renewed in 2012.

Prior to this, during the years 2006 to 2008, Stow assumed the role of Division Head and Professor in the Division of Molecular Cell Biology at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, also at The University of Queensland. Stow's academic journey at the university includes a period spanning from 2001 to 2006 when she held the position of NHMRC Principal Research Fellow (continuing), Associate Professor, and Group Leader within the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences.

In the year 2000, Stow undertook the responsibilities of Principal Research Fellow (continuing), Associate Professor, and Group Leader at the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology (now the IMB) and the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

During the years 1994 to 1999, Stow held the position of a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow (fixed term), serving as an Associate Professor and Group Leader at the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology (now the IMB) and the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

Prior to that, Stow served as a Research Scientist and Swebelius Cancer Research Fellow at the Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut, US, from 1985 to 1988. Stow's academic journey commenced as a Fogarty International Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the same institution from 1982 to 1985, under the mentorship of Professor Marilyn G. Farquhar.

Career discoveries & awards
1987 Discovered mechanism for pH dependent sorting in epithelial cells
1988 Appointment at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital as Assistant Professor
1990 Discovered new role for heterotrimeric G proteins in trafficking
1999 Discovered new recycling pathway for E-cadherin trafficking and regulation
2005 Discovered new pathway for cytokine secretion in macrophages
2007 State Winner, Smart Women/Smart State Award, Queensland Australia
2009 Davson Distinguished Lecturer for the American Physiological Society
2010 Discovered role for PI3K in cell secretion and inflammation
2014 Discovered role for PI3K and Rab8 in regulating inflammation
2019 Elected to EMBO

Selected publications

References

External links
 Stow Lab homepage, UQ, IMB
 Jenny Stow, IMB profile

Australian women scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian scientists
Women biologists


title: Sue Meek

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Susan Denise Meek  is an Australian scientist. From 2008 to 2016 she was the Chief Executive of the Australian Academy of Science.

Career
Prior to her role at the Academy, Meek was Australia's inaugural Gene Technology Regulator from December 2001. This statutory appointment was established by the Australian Federal Government to administer the national regulatory system for the development and use of genetically modified organisms.

Before this Meek held senior State Government positions in South Australia and Western Australia where she was responsible for the development and implementation of policies on science and technology and public sector intellectual property management; the administration of grant programs to support innovation and develop research capabilities; and the formulation of strategies to support emerging R&D intensive, emerging industries such as aquaculture, biotechnology and renewable energy.  In the industry sphere, Meek has principally been involved with environmental consultancies and the establishment of biologically-based business ventures.

Current board service
Meek currently serves on the following boards and committees:

Agriculture and Food Systems Institute (Trustee).
Bioplatforms Australia Ltd (Director).
Centre for Personalised Immunology Advisory Board.

Awards
Meek has received the following awards:

Honorary Professor, The Australian National University (2016)
Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (2014)
James Cook University Outstanding Alumni (2010)
Elected to Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2005).

References

External links
Honours to Academy Staff.
Australia Day Honours 2014, ATSE.
Dr Sue Meek on LinkedIn.
James Cook University Alumni - Dr Sue Meek.

Australian women scientists
Officers of the Order of Australia
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Australia Prize recipients
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Alumni of the University of Southampton
Alumni of the University of Surrey
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women marine biologists
Australian marine biologists


title: Jane Hunter (scientist)

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Jane Hunter was the interim Director of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN). She has held roles such as the Director of University of Queensland's e-Research Lab and Chair of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Data in Science; Vice-President of the National Executive Committee for Digital Humanities; and Member of Scientific Committee of the ICSU World Data System. E-research has emerged through the exponential expansion of information technologies.  New online tools, networks, data capture, management and visualisation techniques are needed to enhance collaboration and data sharing between researchers who need access to very large data collections, high-performance analysis and modelling particularly across disciplines.

Her research projects cover a wide range of topics and include the OzTrack Project looking at how to store, analyse and visualise animal tracking data;   The Twentieth Century in Paint a multidisciplinary project to inform the preservation of modern art;  HuNI - Humanities Networked Infrastructure applying new data tools to integrate Australia's most significant cultural datasets for humanities researchers.  In speaking of a joint project on Queensland's waterways, Hunter notes, 'There is a massive amount of monitoring data being collected, and Health-e-Waterways provides a high-tech approach to turning that data into meaningful information".

References

External links
AURIN. Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network – Australia's Urban Intelligence Network
Information about Jane Hunter
Data Science - School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering - The University of Queensland, Australia
Academic Programs
list of Professor Hunter's publications

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Data scientists
Australian women scientists
21st-century women scientists
People in digital humanities
Academic staff of the University of Queensland
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Year of birth missing (living people)


title: My Brother Anastasia

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My Brother Anastasia (Italian: Anastasia mio fratello) is a 1973 Italian drama crime film directed by  Steno.

Cast

 Alberto Sordi as Don Salvatore Anastasia
 Richard Conte as Albert Anastasia
 Luciano Pigozzi as Pasquale
 Edoardo Faieta as Sonny Boy
 Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. as Frank Costello
 Franco Angrisano as Inspector De Felice

Plot
Don Salvatore Anastasia, a priest in a seminary in Tropea, Calabria (Italy), gets a ticket to visit his brother in New York. He has never known him, because the brother emigrated illegally in the U.S.A. years before.

Upon his arrival in America, he is greeted with much respect, as well as his brother, also from the Italian-American community of Little Italy. Enthusiastic of that, he decided to stay on as assistant pastor in the church of Saint Lucia and bring it to a new shine.

Accompanied in New York, his last name, Anastasia, commands respect and, above all, opens the door hitherto locked: his brother, really, is the infamous mob boss Albert Anastasia.

After the allegations of a clandestine horse race, there is a federal investigation, and Albert, brother of Don Salvatore, is locked up in the prison of Sing Sing and sentenced to 10 months for tax evasion.

Here begins the collapse of Don Salvatore, who will recover only when his brother gets out of jail. But the recovery will be short-lived because Albert dies shortly after, assassinated in a barber salon. Don Salvatore, overcome by grief at the loss of his brother, has no choice but to embark, sadly, and return to Italy.

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1973 films
1970s crime films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Stefano Vanzina
Italian crime films
Films set in the 1920s
Films set in the 1930s
Cultural depictions of Albert Anastasia
Cultural depictions of Frank Costello
Films scored by Piero Piccioni
1973 comedy films
1970s Italian films


title: Bradin Hagens

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Bradin Carl Hagens (born May 12, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career

Arizona Diamondbacks
Hagens was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Merced College. He was called up to the majors for the first time and made his debut on August 14, 2014. Hagens was optioned back to the AAA Reno Aces on August 18, after making two appearances with the Diamondbacks. He was outrighted off the Diamondbacks roster on August 21, 2014.

Tampa Bay Rays
He was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on April 4, 2015. He elected free agency on November 6, 2015.

Hiroshima Toyo Carp
In 2016 he signed for Hiroshima Carp of Japan.

Second stint with Diamondbacks
On February 16, 2018, Hagens returned stateside and signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He elected free agency on November 3, 2018.

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
On April 1, 2019, Hagens signed with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association.

Third stint with Diamondbacks
On May 20, 2019, Hagens's contract was purchased by the Arizona Diamondbacks and he was assigned to the Triple-A Reno Aces. He elected free agency on November 7, 2019.

Second stint with RedHawks
On March 18, 2020, Hagens signed with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball

Rakuten Monkeys
On December 30, 2020, Hagens signed with the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. On September 20, 2021, Hagens set a CPBL record with 25 consecutive scoreless appearances without allowing a run.
On December 13, 2021, the CPBL announced Hagens as a Gold Glove winner for the 2021 season. On January 8, 2022, Hagens re-signed with the Monkeys for the 2022 season.

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1989 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Japan
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
American people of Dutch descent
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Arizona League Diamondbacks players
Baseball players from Modesto, California
Cañeros de Los Mochis players
Durham Bulls players
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks players
Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
Indios de Mayagüez players
Merced Blue Devils baseball players
Merced College alumni
Missoula Osprey players
Mobile BayBears players
Montgomery Biscuits players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Rakuten Monkeys players
Reno Aces players
South Bend Silver Hawks players
Visalia Rawhide players


title: Jessica Meeuwig

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Professor Jessica Meeuwig is the inaugural director of the Centre for Marine Futures at the University of Western Australia (UWA). In 2012 she was appointed as a Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and was also named as one of the 100 most influential people in Western Australia by The West Australian newspaper.

Career
After being awarded a PhD with Distinction by McGill University, Meeuwig became deputy  director of the conservation organisation Project Seahorse.  She worked in south east Asia on the science and management of reef fisheries, including the application of novel statistical approaches to understanding catch and effort data. On moving to Perth, Meeuwig worked for the WA Department of Environment and Conservation and the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in policy and planning positions. At UWA, she worked on the "Marine Futures" project prior to being appointed as inaugural director of the new Centre for Marine Futures.

Research
Meeuwig's PhD research was on the subject of statistical modelling of aquatic ecosystems. She now focuses on how marine fish communities are affected for good or ill by human activities, such as resource extraction or protection. Her research projects include investigating the displacement of humpback whales as a result of coastal development, researching how sharks and fish use underwater banks and canyons, and how marine sanctuaries generate ecological and economic benefits.

Environmental campaigns
Meeuwig is well known in Western Australia for her campaigning to protect the marine environment. She is a strong advocate for the creation of marine parks in Western Australia, an idea opposed by the WA state government.

Opposition to Western Australian shark cull
In response to the deaths of 7 swimmers attacked by sharks between 2010 and 2013, the government of Western Australia implemented a shark culling scheme in 2014 – a policy which generated considerable controversy in WA. Meeuwig made a submission opposing the scheme to the State Environmental Protection Agency, backed by 300 of the world's leading marine scientists. She has analysed the data from a similar scheme in Queensland and found no statistical evidence that it has proved effective in reducing deaths from shark attacks.

Awards and recognition
2009 WA Coastal Award for Excellence in Marine Science and Education (team award)
Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (appointed 2012)
2012 Finalist, WA Science Ambassador of the Year

Select publications and bibliography

Bushmeat and food security in the Congo Basin: linkages between wildlife and people's future. JE Fa, D Currie, J Meeuwig. Environmental Conservation 30 (01), 71-78
Biology of a seahorse species, Hippocampus comes in the central Philippines. NC Perante, MG Pajaro, JJ Meeuwig, ACJ Vincent. Journal of Fish Biology 60 (4), 821-837

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Fellows of the Zoological Society of London
McGill University alumni
Academic staff of the University of Western Australia
Australian oceanographers


title: Tearaway Unfolded

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Tearaway Unfolded is a 2015 platform-adventure game developed by Media Molecule and Tarsier Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Announced at Gamescom 2014, the game released worldwide in September 2015 (October in Japan), is an expanded remake of the 2013 PlayStation Vita game Tearaway, which had been originally developed by Media Molecule.

The game takes place in a vibrant storybook-type world made entirely out of paper. The player gains control of either Iota or Atoi, a messenger tasked with delivering a letter to a portal in the sky called 'the You', which has mysteriously been opened. Along the way, the messenger must save the world from Scraps, small villainous creatures which are invading the paper world via the opening to cause disruption.

Tearaway Unfoldeds gameplay revolves around environmental platform interaction, creativity and customizability, confrontations with Scraps and other antagonistic creatures, mini-quests issued by non-playable characters, and finding collectibles. The player, who controls several aspects of the world in a god-like fashion, navigates the messenger through the environments by changing the landscape. For example, in order to help Iota/Atoi advance through a specific section, the player may have to trigger bounce pads, rotate platforms, illuminate objects, cast gusts of wind, or hurl objects, to trigger the solution and allow progression. The player is tasked with designing objects for use in the game's world, which are mostly used to solve people's problems or requests, but may also be used for decorative purposes. The messenger is given several helpful tools over the course of the game, which introduce new gameplay mechanics, and, among other things, allow for alternate methods of traversal.

Upon release, Tearaway Unfolded was met with a positive critical reception. Critics mostly praised the game's controls, visuals, characters, and world design. Some critics disliked the emphasis on optional controllers, while others felt that the original PlayStation Vita version was a more personal experience, and therefore, better overall. However, it was a commercial failure.

Gameplay
Tearaway Unfolded is an expanded remake of the 2013 PlayStation Vita game Tearaway. Like the original, it is a third-person platform game with a heavy emphasis on environmental interaction, the features of the DualShock 4 controller, and quirky creativity. The player navigates the protagonist though environments made almost entirely out of paper, and may complete side-objectives which involve helping non-player characters and the creation of items. The protagonist's main movement options are jumping, grabbing, and rolling.

When moving through areas, the player mostly modifies the landscape so that new paths can be opened. For example, in order to reach an isolated area, the player might have to bring down a platform by casting a gust of wind, climb onto the platform, and then return the platform to its original position and jump off. The player is also given tools to help with puzzles. One such tool acts as a reef blower or vacuum cleaner, moving items out of the way or defeating enemies. Some tools or objects must first be created on the controller's touch pad. Here, the player can draw the shape of an object and choose the colours. When finished, the item is then used in the game world wherever it is necessary. One instance of this occurs when the player is asked to create a butterfly design. The butterfly design the player creates can then be seen numerous times throughout each level for the rest of the game.

Although the plot and central characters mostly remain unchanged, many gameplay elements from the original have been tweaked for the DualShock 4 controller. For instance, touch-based elements in the original game have been re-mapped and modified for use on PlayStation 4. The creation aspects, where players used the touchscreen to draw objects that would appear in game, are now used on the DualShock's touchpad. Alternatively, the player may use the PlayStation Camera or the PlayStation App to input their drawings. The latter options can also be used to input a real world texture or colour into the game, a feature previously dedicated to the Vita's rear camera. Along with new creation methods, the touchpad is used for interacting with the world. Certain platforms require the player to grab, hold, or drag them off the environment for use. The player can also use the touchpad to create a blast of wind, which can swipe enemies away and blow down extra platforms for use.

The lightbar on the front of the DualShock controller can be used to help illuminate dark areas in the game world, as well as create additional platforms for traversing areas. The gyroscope of the DualShock 4 allows suspending, tilting, and turning platforms in the game, to make them possible for the messenger to traverse.

Tearaway Unfolded renders in 1080p HD, at 60 frames per second frame rate.

Plot
Similarly to that of the original, the player controls the messenger Iota or Atoi (both play identically, with the only difference being the gender; Iota is male while Atoi is female) who is tasked with delivering a message to a portal that has mysteriously opened in the sky, displaying the player (referred to as "The You" in game). Along with The You, enemies known as Scraps are invading the world via the opening. Throughout the adventure, the messenger will traverse many new and reworked levels to reach the Portal, and save their paper world.

Development and release
Tearaway Unfolded was initially a project that allowed Media Molecule to properly experiment with the DualShock 4 and the PlayStation 4's technology for the first time. The studio began to seriously develop Tearaway Unfolded once they realized that the PlayStation 4's features could create an experience that would serve as an alternate version of Tearaway, rather than just a remake.

The game's designer Rex Crowle stressed that neither version of Tearaway is the definitive version: "I try and think of the two games as two separate versions. In one direction it’s gone to Vita and that game is all about the features of the handheld. Some players will play it first on [PlayStation 4] and then go to play it on Vita and enjoy it for seeing that alternate version because it does differ so much. I don't think of the [PlayStation 4] as being the definitive version, just another version."

Media Molecule felt that Unfolded could only be possible on PlayStation 4 because the PlayStation 3 and its controller did not have enough features. "There are a lot of things that we could think about and wonder how we could use them creatively", Crowle said. "[We tried to] give the controller a character, so you feel like a little bit of the world is in your hands." The DualShock 4 was emphasized in part because Media Molecule enjoy implementing innovative concepts into their games, but also so that the "personality" of the device could be brought out in ways that could influence games in the future.

Unfolded allowed for Media Molecule to include items that had been scrapped in the original version because of hardware limitations and time constraints. One such item was the paper plane: "[It] was a thing that one of our level designers desperately wanted to get into the Vita version," Crowle said, "but it just didn’t work. So it was great to add it back into the Unfolded version."

The game was released worldwide on September 8, 2015. A special Crafted Edition was given as a pre-order reward and in first print copies. This version includes various in-game extras, along with a copy of the game's soundtrack. The game was not released in all territories. For example, the Indian release was cancelled in late August 2015, over concerns of poor sales. Platforming games as a whole have not sold well in the country, leading to the cancellation of the game's release.

Reception

Critical response

Upon release, Tearaway Unfolded was met with a positive critical reception. On the aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic, the game holds scores of 82.22% based on 27 reviews, and an 81/100 from 70 critics respectively.

Daniel Krupa of IGN gave the game a 7.6/10. He praised the use of the new features of the DualShock 4, the updated graphics, new world areas, and stated that the papercraft world still felt like a "magical experience", also adding that no other game used the features of PlayStation 4 better. However, despite applauding the new areas, he felt they didn't structure properly with the overall narrative, hurting the pacing, and also felt the game as a whole didn't live up to the original.

Tom Orry from VideoGamer.com awarded the game a 9/10, saying: "Unfolded ranks as one of the best remasters released, exhibiting a clear sense of love of the property that simply isn't seen when many older games arrive on new systems." Orry mostly praised the game's visuals and game world design, calling it "absolutely gorgeous" and "wonderful", as well as the "smart" changes integrated into the PlayStation 4 version. Orry felt annoyed by some gimmicky features, such as the game's use of the PlayStation camera and app.

Jeff Cork from Game Informer scored the game an 8/10, saying: "Creation and discovery are at Tearaways foundation, and I was still pleasantly surprised at the steady drip of new abilities, gameplay elements, and other novelties delivered throughout. Not everything lands, but the parts that do are outstanding. One thing did seem to get lost in the move to PS4, though: Tearaway on Vita was an intimate experience. Holding the device close to my face, it felt as though I was privy to a secret directly from Media Molecule. I’m glad to see the adventure on the big screen, but the console experience feels less personal, and the journey loses a little bit in the transition. That said, Tearaway Unfolded is still a great game for families or anyone else who’s looking for an uplifting change of pace."

Game Revolution's Jeb Haught gave the game a 4 out of 5, calling it "whimsical" and "nostalgic". Even though they spoke positively of the game, such as complimenting the "lovely" visuals and "excellent" voice acting, Haught felt the game needed a sprint button and more of a challenge. "Tearaway Unfolded improves upon the original by adding innovative controls, a handy companion app, augmented reality features via the PlayStation camera, and a plethora of new content including expended environments with new quests", Haught wrote. "With this much whimsical content, it's going to be hard to tear away from my TV."

GameSpot's Josiah Renaudin gave the game a positive review, with a score of 8/10. He praised the controls, calling them "creative and effective", liked the art style, calling it "stunning", enjoyed the puzzles for providing rewarding gameplay, and said the world was "cute and charming". Renaudin's criticisms were concerning the overall pacing, which he thought hindered the ending, and the fact that the game places a heavy emphasis on the PlayStation camera, thinking that the player would not get the most out of the game if they did not own the accessory.

Giving a review for GamesRadar, Ludwig Kietzmann scored the game a 3.5 out of 5. Kietzmann mostly praised the game's overall premise, tone, setting and personality, more specifically enjoying the world design and music, saying the game's imaginative nature makes it feels like a "wondrous toy box". However, Kietzmann thought the game could have offered more creative tools for the player, called the platforming "so-so", and also disliked the pacing.

Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead wrote: "More than a mere HD remaster, Media Molecule has rebuilt its Vita classic with entirely new gameplay for the PlayStation 4." Whitehead mostly praised the new controls and changes that were made for the PlayStation 4, as well as the "gorgeous" visuals, the game world, which he commended for feeling "organic" and "lush", and the customization for allowing "stylish acts of creativity", even it was sometimes "fiddly". Whitehead had minor criticisms, one of which was that he felt since the player is no longer holding the world in their hands, via the Vita, the player feels less like a god and feels more distant from the game's world.

Sales
Tearaway Unfolded was considered a commercial failure. While sales figures were not released for the North American market, it failed to make any spot on weekly, monthly, or year-end sales charts. In the United Kingdom, the game debuted at #33 on the weekly sales charts, short of expectations. This stat did not include copies purchased via the PlayStation Store, however.

The game fared even worse in Japan. Tearaway Unfolded did not make any of the major sales tracking charts, meaning it failed to crack the top 50 for its launch month. Digital sales were slightly better, with the game taking the final spot on the PlayStation Store's monthly sales charts.

Analysts attribute Tearaway Unfoldeds low sales to a weak marketing campaign by Sony, as well as the release of several higher profile games in the same week, including Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Mad Max, Super Mario Maker, and Until Dawn.

References

External links

Tearaway.me (companion website)

2015 video games
3D platform games
Media Molecule
Fiction about origami
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation 4-only games
Single-player video games
Video game remakes
Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Video games about toys
Video games developed in Sweden
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games scored by Kenneth Young


title: Neil D. Opdyke

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Neil D. Opdyke (February 7, 1933 – April 7, 2019) was an American geologist.

He was the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States. He was previously with Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, including a stint as Director.  He was well known for his groundbreaking research in the 1950s on paleoclimate and continental drift, with Keith Runcorn, and later in Africa and Australia with Mike McElhinny and others. Back the U.S. in the mid-1960s he worked on the documentation of magnetic reversals in deep-sea sediments, which led to proof of the Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis the governing paradigm for marine magnetic anomalies.

In 1969, Dr. Opdyke & Ken Henry used marine core data for a convincing test of the GAD
hypothesis that is central to the use of paleomagnetism in continental
reconstruction. Opdyke’s work with Nick Shackleton in 1973 marked the
beginning of the integration of oxygen isotope stratigraphy and
magnetostratigraphy that has led to current methods of tuning
timescales. Neil pioneered magnetic stratigraphy in terrestrial
(non-marine) sediments and produced some of the most impressive records, notably from Pakistan and southwestern United States. These studies led to a vastly improved time frame for vertebrate evolution and allowed the documentation of mammal migration.

Research interests
 Paleomagnetism and its application to tectonics and magnetostratigraphy.
Paleoclimatology and paleogeography of the Phanerozoic.

Education
 B.A., Columbia University, 1955
 D.Sc., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982
 Ph.D., Durham University, England, 1958

Memberships and distinctions
 European Geosciences Union Petrus Peregrinus Medal 2008 for pioneering work in magnetic stratigraphy of marine and continental sediments and its contribution to our understanding of the history of the magnetic field and its geological applications.
 National Academy of Sciences, 1996
 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998
 Geological Society of America, fellow
 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
 American Geophysical Union, Fellow
 American Geophysical Union John Adam Fleming Medal 1996

References

External links

 Oral history interview transcript with Neil D. Opdyke on 17 March 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session I
 Oral history interview transcript with Neil D. Opdyke on 11 July 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session II

1933 births
2019 deaths
American geologists
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Columbia University faculty
University of Florida faculty
Fellows of the American Geophysical Union
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the Geological Society of America
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Alumni of King's College, Newcastle


title: Bernhard Moritz Snethlage

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Bernhard Moritz Snethlage (28 May 1753, Tecklenburg – 19 November 1840, Berlin) was a German educator. He was the father of clergyman Karl Wilhelm Moritz Snethlage (1792–1871).

He studied theology, philosophy and other subjects at Duisburg and Utrecht, and for a period of time, worked as a private tutor in Arnhem and Amsterdam. In 1779 he became a teacher of mathematics at the gymnasium in Hamm, where he subsequently attained the title of rector (1781). In 1789 he succeeded Theodor Friedrich Stange as director of the Hamm gymnasium. From 1802 to 1826, he was director of the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin. In 1816 he was appointed Konsistorialrat. In 1826 he was succeeded at Joachimsthal by classical philologist August Meineke.

Selected works
 "Frankreichs Revolution ist warnend und lehrreich für alle Nationen : Eine politisch-pädagogische Abhandlung", (1794) – The French Revolution is a warning for all nations: a political and educational treatise.
 "Ueber den gegenwärtigen Zustand der niedern Schulen und ihre zweckmäßigere Einrichtung", (1798).
 "Bemerkungen über Pestalozzi's Lehrmethode", (1804) – Comments regarding the Pestalozzian teaching method.
 "Über einige Hindernisse welche den Erfolg der Erziehung und die vermehrte Wohlfarth der Staaten aufhalten", (1805) – On some obstacles that stop the success of education, etc.
 "Kurze Uebersicht der Geschichte des Königl. Joachimsthalschen Gymnasiums", (1824) – Overview on the history of the Joachimsthal Gymnasium.

References

1753 births
1840 deaths
People from Tecklenburg
Utrecht University alumni
Heads of schools in Germany


title: Colleen Nelson

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Professor Colleen Nelson is a scientist in prostate cancer research. Professor Nelson founded and directs the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland (APCRC-Q). The Centre, based at the Translational Research Institute and the Princess Alexandra Hospital, spans the spectrum of discovery of new therapeutic targets and their preclinical and clinical development. Professor Nelson is also Chair of Prostate Cancer Research at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Biography
Dr. Nelson established the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2007, and was a co-founder of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in 1998.  Dr. Nelson founded and is the director of the Federal Government funded Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, a global network of researchers, clinicians, academics, and scientists who work in prostate cancer research.

In 2010, Prof Nelson was appointed to the Movember Foundation's Board of Directors and serves as the Chair of Movember's Global Scientific Committee. This committee leads Movember's Global Action Plan to progress outcomes in prostate cancer research by facilitating global research collaboration projects.

In 1999 she established The Microarray Facility at The Prostate Centre for high throughput gene expression, second of its kind in Canada and the only large scale microarray facility in Western Canada.

Intellectual property from Prof Nelson's research has been licensed from University of British Columbia to OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, a Vancouver-based biotechnology company. The lead agents are now in Phase II and Phase III clinical trials in North America.

Research
Professor Nelson's expertise is in translational prostate cancer research, specifically in identification of potential therapeutic targets, their in vitro and in vivo validation, clinical validation through molecular pathology approaches, and their translation into potential clinical application. Professor Nelson has developed expertise in high throughput applications in microarray gene expression, gene regulation, animal models, prostate cancer, steroid hormones, molecular endocrinology, and targeted therapeutics.

Throughout her career, Prof Nelson has studied androgen action and the effects of androgen deprivation and progression to castrate resistant prostate cancer. Her laboratory made the seminal discovery that castrate resistant prostate tumours can synthesize their own androgens de novo from cholesterol. Recently, these findings have been extended to investigate the inter-relationships of androgen synthesis, prostate cancer progression, and metabolic syndrome.

Fellowships
 2009–2014: Queensland Smart Futures Premier's Fellow
 2002–2007: Senior Faculty Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
 1997–2002: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Faculty Scholar
 1997–2004: NCIC Senior Research Fellowship Award
 1995–1997: Centennial Medical Research Council Fellow, Canada
 1990–1995: Senior Research Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada

References

External links
 |Australian Prostate Centre profile
  Queensland University of Technology profile
 |Australian Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance profile
 Prostate Centre profile

Australian biochemists
Australian women chemists
Australian oncologists
Women oncologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Mary Ann Augustin

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Mary Ann Augustin  (born 16 April 1954, Kedah, Malaysia) is an Australian food chemist and dairy scientist who leads the Food Science Research Program at CSIRO.  Much of her work has focused on understanding the changes that occur during dairy milk processing and the effect these changes exhibit on the proteins and minerals of milk, which are collectively referred to as "milk functionality".

Dr. Augustin researches emerging food processing technologies and approaches to food processing for dairy and milk products, fish oils and probiotics. She leads the research on CSIRO's patented microencapsulation system, a high-tech ingredient-delivery technology. Her research on the chemistry of milk modifications has led to the development of specialised milk powders that improve the performance of liquid milk products as food ingredients. The most extensively used of Dr Augustin's innovations is a technology that allows milk powder manufacturers to guarantee that their product will be stable during subsequent processing in the manufacture of recombined products. Notably, she was also the driving force behind the research that produced calcium-enriched milk, enabling adults to ingest their recommended daily calcium intake from fewer than two glasses of the fortified milk.

Augustin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours from Monash University, where she was also awarded her PhD. In 1988, she joined CSIRO laboratories and is now heads the Food Science Research Program at CSIRO Food and Nutritional Services. She was appointed as a Professional Fellow in the School of Chemistry at Monash University in 2005 as part of a special collaboration between CSIRO and Monash University. She is a member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Nutrition, serves on the Research Advisory Committee for the Malaysian Palm Oil Board in China, and in 2013 was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE).

Selected publications
2014 Fu S, Shen Z, Ajlouni S, Ng K, Sanguansri L, Augustin MA. Interactions of buttermilk with curcuminoids. Food Chem. Apr 15;149:47-53.
2014 Oliver CM, Mawson R, Melton LD, Dumsday G, Welch J, Sanguansri P, Singh TK, Augustin MA. Sequential low and medium frequency ultrasound assists biodegradation of wheat chaff by white rot fungal enzymes. Carbohydr Polym. Oct 13;111:183-90.
2013 Sanguansri L1, Shen Z, Weerakkody R, Barnes M, Lockett T, Augustin MA. Omega-3 fatty acids in ileal effluent after consuming different foods containing microencapsulated fish oil powder - an ileostomy study. Food Funct. Jan;4(1):74-82.
2013 Sanguansri L, Day L, Shen Z, Fagan P, Weerakkody R, Cheng LJ, Rusli J, Augustin MA. Encapsulation of mixtures of tuna oil, tributyrin and resveratrol in a spray dried powder formulation. Food Funct. Dec;4(12):1794-802.
2013 Sanguansri L, Shen Z, Weerakkody R, Barnes M, Lockett T, Augustin MA. Omega-3 fatty acids in ileal effluent after consuming different foods containing microencapsulated fish oil powder - an ileostomy study. Food Funct. 2013 Jan;4(1):74-82.
2010 Chandrapala J,  McKinnon I, Augustin MA, Udabage P. The influence of milk composition on pH and calcium activity measured in situ during heat treatment of reconstituted skim milk. Journal of Dairy Research. 77: 257–264.
2010 Ying DY, Phoon MC, Sanguansri L, Weerakkody R, Burgar MI, Augustin MA. Microencapsulated Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG Powders: Relationship of Powder Physical Properties to Probiotic Survival During Storage. Journal of Food Science. 75(9): E588-E595
2010 Shen ZP, Augustin MA, Sanguansri L, Cheng LJ. Oxidative stability of microencapsulated fish oil powders stabilized by blends of chitosan, modified starch and glucose. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58 (7): 4487–4493.
2009 Oliver CM, Augustin MA, Sanguansri L. Maillard-based casein-carbohydrate microcapsules for the delivery of fish oil. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology. 64(1): 80-83.
2009 Augustin MA, Sanguansri P. Nanostructured materials in the food industry. Adv Food Nutr Res. vol 58:183-213.  Review.
2009 McKinnon IR, Yap SE, Augustin MA, Hemar Y. Diffusing-wave spectroscopy investigation of heated skim milks containing calcium chloride. Food Hydrocolloids. 23: 1127–1133.
2009 Augustin MA1, Hemar Y. Nano- and micro-structured assemblies for encapsulation of food ingredients. Chem Soc Rev. Apr;38(4):902-12.
2007 Augustin MA1, Udabage P. Influence of processing on functionality of milk and dairy proteins. Adv Food Nutr Res. vol 53:1-38
2006 Crittenden R, Weerakkody R, Sanguansri L, Augustin M. Synbiotic microcapsules that enhance microbial viability during nonrefrigerated storage and gastrointestinal transit. Appl Environ Microbiol. Mar;72(3):2280-2.
2001 Udabage P, McKinnon IR, Augustin MA. Effects of mineral salts and calcium chelating agents on the gelation of renneted skim milk. J Dairy Sci. Jul;84(7):1569-75.
2000 Udabage P, McKinnon IR, Augustin MA. Mineral and casein equilibria in milk: effects of added salts and calcium-chelating agents. J Dairy Res.  Aug;67(3):361-70.
1996 Ward BR, Goddard SJ, Augustin MA, McKinnon IR. Distribution of proteins in concentrated skim milk reconstituted from low- and high-heat milk powders. J Dairy Res. Nov;63(4):643-8.

Patents
Ashokkumar M, Kentish S, Lee J U-L, Zisu B, Palmer M and Augustin M. Processing Dairy Ingredients. WO2009079691.
Sanguansri P, Augustin MA and Htoon A. Starch Treatment Process. WO2005105851.
Sanguansri L, Augustin MA and Crittenden R. Probiotic Storage and Delivery. WO2005030229.
Augustin MA, Sanguansri L and Head R. Gastro-intestinal Tract Delivery Systems. WO2005048998.
Sanguansri L and Augustin MA. Encapsulation of Food Ingredients. WO200174175.
Augustin MA and Williams R. Nutritional Mineral Fortification of Milk. WO200172135 A1.

Awards
2008 Newton Turner Award for outstanding scientists at CSIRO
2003 American Oil Chemists Society Corporate Achievement Award (team award)
2001 Recognised by Women In Business (Commonwealth of Australia)
2001 JR Vickery Address (Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology)
1998 Sir Ian McLennan Achievement For Industry Award
1997 Loftus-Hills Silver Medal (Dairy Industry Association Of Australia)

References

External links
 CSIRO brief Bio
 AIM Conference Bio

Australian women scientists
Scientists from Melbourne
Living people
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1954 births
Malaysian emigrants to Australia


title: Shin Jeong-yil

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Shin Jeong Yil (Shin Jeongyil, , 1938–1999) was the founder of Hanol-gyo (Korean spiritual foundation), a politician (the founder of Unified Korea party) and an entrepreneur(the founder of Hanon Group).

Hanol-gyo
Hanol-gyo was established based on Hanol principle which is the teachings on enlightenment and awakening; it pursues self-liberation of consciousness rather than the traditional ways of religious worship.

According to its doctrine of Spiritual Acceptance, Hanol-gyo is open to multi-culture as it allows its participants from various cultures to practice their religion as well. It regards all enlightened beings (Dangun, Buddha, Jesus, Lao-tzu, Confucius, etc.) as teachers of enlightenment and awakening, and various religions as the pursuit of True Spirituality in different ways. Its aim is to overcome all forms of separations (e.g., religion, race, ideology and so on).

The Founder's Doctrine is "Naol is Hanol", which means “My true spiritual nature is one with the spiritual nature of All.”

Other activities
As a politician, Shin formed the Unified Korea Political Party and ran for the South Korean presidency twice, in the 13th election in 1987 and 15th election in 1997.

As the founder and chairman of the Hanon Group, Shin acquired the right to develop one of the largest crude oil mines in Iraq. He protested against the war in Iraq and supplied medicine for the children suffering from the war. As recognition of his humanitarian and diplomatic efforts, he was appointed to the Honorary Consul by both the Iraqi and South Korean governments.

Later years
Shin passed away in 1999. According to the press, "unprecedented number of sari (sacred crystals found among the cremated remains of enlightened monks and Buddha) were found and witnessed by many people including clerics and monks of other religions. Hanol-gyo has been exhibiting the sari at the Commemoration Ceremonies of the Founder."

Timeline
Source:
 1965 Established the Foundation of Hanol
 1967 Established the Jeong-Yil Association Inc.
 1971 Established <Junghwhasa> publications
 1973 President of the National Association of Dangun, the Progenitor of Korea
 1978 Founder of the Central Association of Hanol-gyo
 1979 Premier Representative of Hanol-gyo Inc.
 1980 Head of the Research Institute of Hanol Philosophy
 1980 Public Proclamation of 'The Declaration of Hanol'
 1981 Chairman of the National Committee of the Spiritual Enhancement Organization
 1981 President of the Korean Club of the International Kendo Federation
 1984 Honorary Chairman of the Labor and Agrarian Political Party
 1985 Standing member of the Advisory Council for the Democratic and Peaceful Unification Policy
 1987 Member of the founding committee of the Unified Korea Political Party/ Advisor to the Research Institute of the Unified Korea Party
 1987 Unified Korea Party 13th Korean Presidential Candidate
 1989 Chairman of the Board, Institute of Korean Diplomacy and Defense
 1989 President of the Association of Korean Technology and Development
 1991 Presenter of the “Political Theory on the Peaceful Unification of Korea" at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Institute of Politics
 1992 Chairman of the Hanon Group
 1996 Honorary Consul of Iraq in South Korea
 1997 Harris Manchester College Foundation Fellow, Oxford University
 1997 Unified Korea Party candidate in the 15th South Korean presidential election
 1998 The fifth Chairman of the Korea Wushu Federation
 [Former] Member of the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC)

Publications
 1966 The Path: the Meditation on Transcendence (묘도경)
 1967 The Theories on Form, Formlessness and Transcendence of Form (진공묘유론), The Book on Truth and Nature (정연장서)
 1968 The Incredibility of Truth (바른 모습의 신비), The principles of Unification: Truth Movement (정일운동요람), Transcendentalization (정화)
 1969 The Book on the Reflection of Truth (정학경서)
 1970 The Introduction to the Theory of Truth (정학입문)
 1972 The Philosophy on Transcendentalization (정화이념)
 1973 The Emergence of Unified Religion (통합종교의 출현)
 1975 The Enlightened and Awakened Progenitor, Dangun
 1976 Spirit Truth Happiness (얼.바름.행복)
 1978 The Sacred Book on Human-race, Humanity, Hanol (민족성전, 인류성전, 한얼경서)
 1980 The Concept of Hanol Spirit (한사상), Hanol-Gyo (한얼교)
 1981 The Quintessence of Hanol Spirit (한사상의 본질)
 1982 The First Principle of Hanol Spirit (한사상의 원론)
 1984 Shin Jeong Yil, The Founder of Hanol-gyo (한얼교 창교주 신정일)
 1985 The Quantum Physics of Han (한과학론)
 1986 The Political Theory of Hanol and its applications (한주의온얼사상론)
 1987 The Reflection of Han (한경), The proposal to Constitutional Reform on Presidential Election (대통령직선제 개헌을 제의한다)
 1988 The Texts of 13th Presidential Candidate Speech (제13대 대통령 후보 연설문집), The Hanol Scripture (한얼말씀(한얼성서)), The Technology of Trans-Spirit (첨단정신 기술학개론)
 1989 The Path (나의 길), Hanol Political Philosophy (한주의 정치 철학)
 1990 The Peaceful Unification of Korean peninsula(한반도 통일)
 1991 The Trinity of Possibility (가능성의 삼위일체), The Equilibrium of Korean Unification (한반도 통일을 향한 중도 노선)
 1993 The Theoretical Approaches on Han: Mathematics and Science (온울과학 성격수학 개론)
 1994 The Text book on Hanon theory (신정일 정신한온학)
 1995 The Guidance to Enlightenment and Awakening (한얼교 육대원리 교리서)
 1996 The Sacred Doctrine of 10,000 years (한님의 만년교리)
 1998 The Hanol (36books) (한얼말씀 36권)

See also
 Hanol-gyo

References

External links
 Official website

South Korean religious leaders
South Korean politicians
20th-century South Korean businesspeople
1938 births
1999 deaths


title: 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

text:
The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014.

Format
8 teams qualified for the 2014 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Teams
The top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship).
Despite finishing 7th at 2013 World Championship, Serbia received an invitation from FINA as defending European champion instead of Italia ranked 4th at 2013 World Championship

Groups

Preliminary round
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Championship

Quarterfinals
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Semifinals
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Bronze medal game
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Gold medal game
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

5th–8th playoffs

5th–8th semifinals
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

7th place playoff
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

5th place playoff
All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Final standings

  Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

Individual awards
Best Player

Best Goalkeeper

Defender

Best Scorer

References

External links
Official site

F
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FINA Water Polo World Cup
International water polo competitions hosted by Kazakhstan


title: Michelle Haber

text:
Michelle Haber  (born 18 October 1956) is an Australian cancer researcher.

Haber is an Australian scientist in the field of childhood cancer research. She serves as the Executive Director of Children's Cancer Institute and is a professor at the School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales. She is known for her discoveries in the area of chemotherapy resistance in neuroblastoma and for translating these discoveries into new therapeutics that are currently in clinical trials.

Education
Haber attended Mount Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne and, when her family moved to Sydney, attended Moriah College, graduating in 1973. She completed a clinical psychology degree at University of New South Wales and was awarded a University Medal. She obtained her PhD from the School of Pathology at the University of New South Wales in 1984 - her thesis was entitled Structural analysis by BD-cellulose chromatography of mammalian DNA during repair, replication and degradation. She was awarded a Doctor of Science honoris causa by the University of New South Wales in 2008.

Career
In 1982, during her PhD studies, Haber spent three months as Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Molecular Virology in Hadassah Medical Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her first postdoctoral position was as at Children’s Leukaemia and Cancer Research Unit, a precursor to Children's Cancer Institute then located at the Prince of Wales Children’s Hospital, Randwick. Having joined as a Staff Scientist in 1984, she was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in 1992, Principal Research Fellow in 1996, Director in 2000 and Executive Director in 2003. Haber also holds a conjoint appointment as Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales.

Under her leadership Children's Cancer Institute, now located in the UNSW Lowy Cancer Research Centre, has tripled in size and grown from a little known group to become the largest children’s cancer research facility in the region.

Research
Haber’s early studies were amongst the first characterizing the complex molecular mechanisms underlying therapy-related drug resistance.  With her collaborators, she identified the relationship between high expression of multidrug transporter gene MRP1, and the malignant phenotype of neuroblastoma and poor clinical outcome. These studies provided the first definitive demonstration of clinical relevance of the MRP1 gene in solid tumours, resulting in a large international clinical study which confirmed the independent prognostic significance of MRP1 expression in neuroblastoma and established MRP1 inhibition as a potential new treatment for this disease.

By high-throughput chemical screening of small molecule libraries, Haber and her colleagues have also developed novel MRP1 inhibitors and patented and licensed the compounds for the treatment of neuroblastoma and other MRP1-associated malignancies. This led to a $3.1M award from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation to establish a Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer in the UNSW Lowy Cancer Research Centre, which is currently developing a pipeline of potential new drugs for treating childhood and adult malignancies.

Haber and her collaborators have also identified the role of ATP-binding cassette transporter genes (ABC transporters) in neuroblastoma biology, demonstrating that their expression predicts for poor clinical outcome in neuroblastoma but, unexpectedly, this phenomenon was not due to the ABC proteins’ role in drug transport, but through an independent pathway that influences fundamental aspects of tumour biology. A further study on ovarian cancer and ABCA1 has extended the discovery to common adult cancers.

Service to the scientific community
Haber is a long-term member of the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Committee, which makes recommendations regarding standardised protocols and best practice for identifying/utilising prognostic indicators for neuroblastoma treatment risk assessment. From 2006 to 2014, Haber has served on the steering committee of the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Association (ANRA), the peak international body for neuroblastoma research and was President of this organisation from 2010 to 2012. In 2011, Haber also played a key role in establishment of the Kids Cancer Alliance and currently serves on this organization's executive management committee. Haber is convenor of the 2016 Advances in Neuroblastoma Research conference (Cairns, Australia), one of the largest specialist childhood cancer conferences internationally.

Awards and honours
In 2007 Haber was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science in the field of childhood cancer, to scientific education, and to the community and she was also named as one of Australia’s 25 ‘True Leaders’ by Financial Review’s Boss Magazine. In 2008, Haber was awarded DSc (Honoris Causa) by University of New South Wales for eminent service to the cancer research community. She has received numerous awards for research excellence, including the NSW Science & Engineering Award for Biomedical Sciences (2011), and in that same year was a New South Wales finalist for Australian of the Year. In 2012, Haber (with her long-time collaborators Norris and Marshall) received the Cancer Institute NSW Premier’s Award for Excellence in Translational Cancer Research and was also highlighted with a National Health and Medical Research Council  (NHMRC) Ten of the Best Award. In 2013, she was showcased, again with Norris and Marshall, in an article in the Lancet. In 2013 she was a finalist in the 2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation, and in 2014 received the NSW Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year. Haber was elected a Fellow of the newly formed Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in March 2015 and elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.

References

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Living people
Australian oncologists
Women oncologists
Jewish women scientists
Australian Jews
University of New South Wales alumni
Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
Medical doctors from Liverpool
People educated at Moriah College
Members of the Order of Australia
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
British emigrants to Australia
People educated at Mount Scopus Memorial College


title: Elizabeth Powell (scientist)

text:
Elizabeth Powell is an Australian scientist who, in collaboration with her colleagues, established an internationally recognised liver research group, which is making significant contributions to the study of liver disease.

Education
Elizabeth Powell is a graduate of The University of Queensland Medical School. She completed her early postgraduate training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and completed her PhD at The University of Queensland. In 1992 she won a Menzies Scholarship to study at Oxford University, UK. She returned in 1994 to take up the position of Director of Clinical Training and Hepatologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Subsequent periods of study included further training at Oxford University and Yale University in the US.

Honours and awards
 2012: Professor, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
 2011: NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (50%) for 5 years
 2010: Queensland Government Health Research Fellowship
 2007: Queensland Government Smart State Health and Medical Research Fellowship
 2006: NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (50%) for 5 years
 2001: NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (50%) for 5 years
 1996: Young Investigator Award, Gastroenterological Society of Queensland
 1995: Viertel Clinical Investigator Award
 1992: Menzies Scholarship awarded for postdoctoral research at Oxford University

Research
The Liver Research Program led by Professor Powell has helped to shape two new paradigms: the importance of metabolic risk factors in the progression of chronic liver diseases, and more recently proposing altered hepatic regeneration and the ductular reaction as a potential driver of hepatic fibrosis.

The Liver Research Program aims to identify the pathogenic mediators/mechanisms driving chronic liver injury and to develop specific strategies to monitor and improve the outcome of treatment for patients with liver disease. The Research Program will use these strategies to develop new methods for prevention, early detection and personalized treatment for patients.

Current laboratory research activities: - defining the role of altered liver regeneration and repair mechanisms and the regulatory effects of infiltrating monocytes and tissue macrophages in the development of cirrhosis.

Current clinical research activities: - investigating the role of non-invasive techniques to diagnose liver injury and evaluate specific therapeutic interventions to determine whether they favourably modify the natural history of liver disease and are cost-effective.

Fellowships
 2001: NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship
 2010: Queensland Government Health Research Fellowship

References

Australian medical researchers
Australian women scientists
University of Queensland alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Georgia Chenevix-Trench

text:
Georgia Chenevix-Trench  (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancer.

Chenevix-Trench was born in Nairobi, Kenya. She received her undergraduate degree (BSc(Hons)) in 1980 from the department of genetics at Trinity College in Ireland and was subsequently awarded her PhD in 1985 from the department of human genetics at the Medical College of Virginia, USA. and in 1986 she commenced her post-doctoral work there. In 1989 she moved to Australia where she started working as a research officer at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR). She currently works at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, where she heads a cancer genetics research lab.

Chenevix-Trench has published over 400 papers in peer reviewed journals and has been actively involved in science education and communication.

She was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2014, for her work on the genetics of breast, ovarian and other cancers, including showing that mutations in the ATM gene confer moderate risks for breast cancer. In 2015 she was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She was awarded the Suzanne Cory Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.

References

1959 births
Living people
Australian women scientists
Academics from Brisbane
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Medical College of Virginia alumni
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences


title: Kate Brooks (astronomer)

text:
Kate J. Brooks is an astronomer at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, where she works as a Research Scientist. With over 40 refereed publications to her name, she has developed a strong reputation in the field of galactic star-forming regions.

Brooks is a strong supporter of young women scientists and early career researchers, and as a result she is a member of the inaugural steering committee for the Societies Chapter on Women in Astronomy.

Education
Brooks was awarded her PhD in 2000 for studies on the Carina Nebula.

Career

Brooks was Vice-President of the Australia Astronomical Society in 2009-2010 and President 2011–2012.

She has been Deputy Head of Operations of the Australia Telescope National Facility and an Honorary Associate of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, an editorial Board Member of the PASA Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

From 2011 to 2013 she was the President of Council for the Astronomical Society of Australia

 2011 Executive officer for CSIRO telescope ASKAP
 2004-2007 CSIRO Boulton Fellow
 1998 – 2003 European Southern Observatory, University of Chile

References

External links

 http://www.cata.cl/publicaciones_en.php (Accessed 7 August 2014)

Living people
21st-century Australian astronomers
Women astronomers
Australian women scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Sarah Pryke

text:
Sarah Rosalind Pryke is a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist. A graduate of the University of Natal (South Africa), with a PhD from Göteborg University (Sweden), she is best known for her research on the evolution of sexual signals in the Red-collared widowbird and more recently research on maternal effects and the evolution of alternative reproductive strategies in the Gouldian finch.

Career
Pryke began her postdoctoral career with a move to Australia in 2005. At this time she took up New South Global Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of New South Wales. In 2007 she moved to Macquarie University to take up an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, followed in 2010 by an Innovation Research Fellowship awarded by Macquarie University. In 2012, Pryke obtained a faculty position at the Australian National University where she moved to establish her own research group and start and ARC Future Fellowship.

Awards and recognition
2004 – Pitelka Award from the International Society for Behavioural Ecology
2005 – Christer Hemborg Award
2007 – L'Oréal Women in Science Fellowship Award
2011 – Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator from Association for the Study of Animal Behaviours

Selected publications

Pryke, S. R. 2013. Bird contests: from hatching to fertilisation. In: Animal Contests. Editors: I.C.W. Hardy & M. Briffa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge pp. 287–303.
Pryke S. R. & Rollins L. A. 2012. Mothers adjust offspring sex to match the quality of the rearing environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 279: 4051–4057.
Pryke S. R., Rollins L. A. & Griffith S. C. 2011. Context-dependent sex allocation: constraints on the expression and evolution of maternal allocation. Evolution. 65: 2792–2799.
Pryke, S. R., Rollins, L. A. & Griffith, S. C. 2010. Females use multiple mating and genetically loaded sperm competition to target compatible genes. Science 329: 964–967.
Pryke, S. R. 2010. Sex chromosome linkage of mate preferences and color signal maintains assortative mating between interbreeding finch morphs. Evolution 65: 1301–1310.
Pryke, S. R. & Griffith, S. C. 2009. Postzygotic incompatibility drives sex allocation and maternal investment in a polymorphic finch. Science 323: 1605–1607.
Pryke, S. R. & Griffith, S. C. 2009. Socially mediated trade-offs between aggression and parental effort in competing color morphs. American Naturalist 174: 455–464.
Pryke, S. R. 2007. Sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural color signals. In: Reproductive biology and phylogeny of Aves. Editor: B. M. Jamieson. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, USA. pp. 1–40.
Pryke, S. R. & Griffith, S. C. 2006. Red dominates black: Agonistic signalling among head morphs in the colour polymorphic Gouldian finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 273: 949–957.
Pryke, S. R., Lawes, M. J. & Andersson, M. 2002. Multiple receivers, multiple ornaments and a trade-off between agonistic and epigamic signaling in a widowbird. American Naturalist 160: 683–691.
Pryke, S. R. & Andersson, S. 2002. A generalized female bias for long tails in a short-tailed widowbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 2141–2146.
Pryke S. R., Andersson, S. & Lawes, M. J. 2002. Carotenoid status signaling in captive and wild red-collared widowbirds: independent effects of badge size and color. Behavioral Ecology 13: 622–631.

References

External links
Sarah Pryke.com
Pryke Lab - Evolutionary and behavioural ecology

Australian women scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Natal alumni
University of Gothenburg alumni
Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
Academic staff of Macquarie University
Academic staff of the Australian National University
Australian ecologists
Women ecologists


title: Génesis Dávila

text:
Génesis María Dávila Pérez (born November 18, 1990) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss World Puerto Rico 2014 competition, where she represented Arroyo. She also represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 2014 in London. She was crowned Miss Florida USA 2017 but was disqualified for using outside assistance on hair and makeup.

Life and career

Early life
Dávila was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on November 18, 1990.

Pageantry

Puerto Rican titles

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2013
On August 29, 2012, Dávila represented Arroyo at the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2013 pageant. She ended up finishing as the first runner-up, and won the Best Legs Award. The winner of Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2013 was Monic Pérez, who represented the municipality of Arecibo. As first runner up, Dávila received the right to represent Puerto Rico at Miss Intercontinental 2012. She finished as the first runner-up, and won the title of Miss North America Intercontinental

Miss World 2014
On August 13, 2014, Dávila represented Arroyo at Miss World Puerto Rico 2014. She won the competition and also won the Beach Beauty Award. Dávila went on to represent Puerto Rico at Miss World 2014 in London, where she became the first woman of predominantly African heritage to represent Puerto Rico in Miss World but failed to place in the semifinals.

Miss Florida USA
Dávila represented Miami Beach in the Miss Florida USA 2017 pageant held on July 16, 2016. She ended up winning, and was crowned Miss Florida USA 2017 by outgoing titleholder Brie Gabrielle. Dávila was dethroned on July 22, 2016, after it was revealed that she hired outside hair and makeup professionals during the Miss Florida USA state pageant instead of doing the makeup herself, which is explicitly against pageant rules. The pageant stated they received multiple complaints from eyewitnesses and other contestants, in addition to it giving Dávila an unfair advantage. Dávila later filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Miss Florida USA pageant for $15 million, seeking damages for defamation and a restoration of her crown. The lawsuit was later dismissed in October, with its terms confidential. The following year, Dávila returned to Miss Florida USA, representing Miami, and won the competition yet again. She represented Florida at Miss USA 2018 and made the Top 5.

See also
 Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2013

References

External links
Missworld.com

1990 births
American beauty pageant winners
American people of Puerto Rican descent
Female models from Florida
Living people
Miss World 2014 delegates
People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
People from Miami Beach, Florida
Puerto Rican beauty pageant winners
Puerto Rican female models
Miss USA 2018 delegates
People of Afro–Puerto Rican descent
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
Dávila


title: Dal: Yma/Nawr

text:
Dal: Yma/Nawr (; ) is a 2003 Welsh documentary film directed by Marc Evans starring John Cale, Ioan Gruffudd and Rhys Ifans.

Premise
The documentary focuses on the poetic soul of Wales. It explores poetic responses, historical and contemporary, to the issues of social and cultural survival and it celebrates the 2,000-year odyssey through Europe's oldest surviving bardic tradition.

Cast
 John Cale
 Ioan Gruffudd
 Rhys Ifans
 Siân Phillips
 Daniel Evans
 Guto Harri
 Nia Roberts
 Cerys Matthews
 Iola Gregory
 Betsan Llwyd
 Cerys Matthews
 Maureen Rhys

References

External links

2003 films
2003 documentary films
Welsh films
Welsh-language films
British documentary films
Documentary films about poets
Welsh culture
Films directed by Marc Evans
2000s British films


title: Franceska Toro

text:
Franceska Toro (born 1993 in Toa Baja) is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2014 and represented Puerto Rico at Miss Earth 2014.

Pageantry

Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2014
Franceska competed in Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2014, representing Toa Baja, where finished as 1st Runner-Up, giving her the right to represent Puerto Rico at Miss Earth 2014 in November. She was the first Puerto Rican representative for Miss Earth from Miss Mundo Puerto Rico franchise spearheaded by Shanira Blanco. She had also placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico the prior year.

Miss Earth 2014
Toro later represented Puerto Rico at Miss Earth 2014 in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines where she received 3 bronze medals for Darling of the Press, Cocktail wear, and Resort Wear and was also awarded with Miss Psalmstre and Miss Advance. However she failed to place in the Top 16.

The pageant was won by Jamie Herrell of the Philippines.

References

1993 births
Living people
Miss Earth 2014 contestants
Puerto Rican beauty pageant winners
People from Toa Baja, Puerto Rico