Issue: 2011 October 24
Notices — October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011
Adopt-a-Family/Adopt-a-Senior Registration — Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, students and retirees are invited to help brighten the holidays for families and seniors facing hardships. The Office of Work, Life and Engagement partners with local nonprofit and social service agencies to provide gifts, clothing and grocery gift certificates to families, children and seniors in need of assistance […]
Peabody Dance holds master classes, ballet teachers’ seminar
October 24, 2011
Peabody Dance, a division of the Peabody Preparatory, will welcome three distinguished guest artists at its Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar on Sunday, Oct. 30, at its dance studios at 21 E. Mount Vernon Place. “The Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar brings us back to the heart of things […]
Report: Genetic switch allows cells to thrive in low oxygen
October 24, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists have revealed a new way that cells respond to the challenge of low oxygen. A report on the discovery about how the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe regulates its genes in hypoxic conditions appeared online Oct. 20 in Molecular Cell. S. pombe, a single-celled organism used as a discovery tool to reveal cellular […]
P.M. Forni to discuss ‘Age of Distraction’ at Barnes & Noble
October 24, 2011
In his first two books, Choosing Civility and The Civility Solution, P.M. Forni taught readers the rules of civil behavior and ways of responding to rudeness. Now the professor of Romance languages and literatures—and founder of The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins—turns his attention elsewhere: In The Thinking Life: How to Thrive in the Age […]
Reports of mental health disability increase in United States
October 24, 2011
The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the United States among nonelderly adults during the last decade, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the same time, the study found that the prevalence of disability attributed to other chronic conditions decreased, while the […]
Jhpiego receives $24.9 mill to innovate lifesaving tech
October 24, 2011
Jhpiego, a global health nonprofit organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University, will lead a $24.9 million effort to expand its array of simple inexpensive lifesaving technologies to address today’s global health challenges. A cooperative venture with three additional partners, the initiative will leverage the engineering and medical expertise of the university. The five-year project, […]
JHU enters into broad drug discovery collaboration with Eisai
October 24, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University has entered into a drug-discovery research collaboration with Eisai, a pharmaceutical company based in Tokyo, to develop proprietary small-molecule drugs for a range of brain conditions such as schizophrenia, pain, brain tumors and Alzheimer’s disease. The collaboration will operate as part of the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute’s NeuroTranslational Program, launched […]
Practical play: Interactive video games valuable for ICU patients
October 24, 2011
Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. In a report published online in the Journal of Critical Care, researchers studied the safety and feasibility of using video games to complement regular […]
Johns Hopkins scientists elected to Institute of Medicine
October 24, 2011
Three pre-eminent researchers from Johns Hopkins—experts in memory, vision and patient safety—have been recognized for outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service with election to membership in the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Richard Huganir, Jeremy Nathans and Peter Pronovost were among 65 new members […]
‘Stimulated’ stem cells found to stop donor organ rejection
October 24, 2011
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a way to stimulate a rat’s stem cells after a liver transplant as a means of preventing rejection of the new organ without the need for lifelong immunosuppressant drugs. The need for anti-rejection medicines, which carry serious side effects, is a major obstacle to successful long-term transplant survival in people. […]