DRZE comprehensively provides scientific information which is required for a qualified formation of opinion and judgment in the area of ethics in the life sciences and medicine. The main focus lies in the scientific preparation of the information. [Information of the supplier]
The President's Council on Bioethics is charged with advising the President of the United States on bioethical issues that may emerge as a consequence of advances in biomedical science and technology, such as embryo and stem cell research, assisted reproduction, cloning, enhancement of human capacities through genetics and the neurosciences, and end-of-life issues. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
In 1986 faculty members of Ruhr-University founded the Zentrum für Medizinische Ethik. The Center is a non-profit tax-exempt institution and serves as a research, teaching and consulting center in issues of applied ethics, especially in clinical ethics and bioethics. The Center specializes in developing practical instruments for moral assessment of cases and scenarios in biomedical research and patient care. ... [Information of the supplier]
BATS Centre is a leading competence center studying the effects of biotechnology. The main application of biotechnology is in farming (green biotechnology) and medicine (red biotechnology). Looking forward, the BATS Centre analyses possible effects on economy, ecology and society.We are heading towards the following goals: that research objectives are adjusted to take account of sustainability, that society is informed of the social effects and can then decide which limits to place. ... [Information of the supplier]
Taxacom is "the" mailing list for biological systematics. Brought to life by Dr. Richard Zander, Taxacom began its peripatetic existence on the dark and snowy night of January 12, 1987 as a dial-up BBS at the Buffalo Museum of Science (Buffalo, New York). Subscription to Taxacom is free. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Taxacom Archives. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
On this website Uppsala University presents research, with the origin taken from the works of one of the most famous professors through its history, namely Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) (1707 - 1778). The aim of the project was to present some glimpses from contemporary knowledge within a few research areas, mostly using, as a starting point, the contributions of Carl Linnaeus, in his role as researcher and teacher at Uppsala University. We also wanted to arouse the interest in ongoing activities at the university. In particular we turn to pupils and teachers of schools. ... [Information of the supplier]
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) led the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) contribution to the International Human Genome Project, which had as its primary goal the sequencing of the human genome. This project was successfully completed in April 2003. Now, the NHGRI's mission has expanded to encompass a broad range of studies aimed at understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. To that end NHGRI supports the development of resources and technology that will accelerate genome research and its application to human health. A critical part of the NHGRI mission continues to be the study of the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genome research. NHGRI also supports the training of investigators and the dissemination of genome information to the public and to health professionals. ... [Information of the supplier]
Synbiosafe is a scientific project supported fully by the EC-FP6 programme. It is the first project in Europe to research the safety and ethical aspects of synthetic biology, and aims to proactively stimulate a debate on these issues. [Information of the supplier]
The Hennig Society was founded in 1980 with the expressed purpose of promoting the field of Phylogenetic Systematics. Hennig's idea that groups of organisms, or taxa, should be recognized and formally named only in cases where they are evolutionarily real entities, that is "monophyletic", at first was controversial. It is now the prevailing approach to modern systematics. The Society has a strong international character meeting once a year. The journal Cladistics is the official publication of the Willi Hennig Society comprising a rich mixture of theortical and empirical peer-reviewed contributions to phylogenetic systematics. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Blumen sind in fast allen Kulturbereichen gegenwärtig und bergen bei näherer Betrachtungen eine kaum zu überblickende Vielfalt an Figurationen und Metaphern. In Mythen und Märchen, kultischen und religiösen Praktiken, in Poetik und Rhetorik, Ökonomie und Handelsgeschichten sowie der Mode taucht die Blume immer wieder an Schlüsselstellen auf. Sie vermittelt zwischen Natur und Kultur, zwischen dem Heimischen und dem Exotisch-Bizarren und ist Exempel für Schönheit und Hinweis auf Vergänglichkeit. An ein vermeintlich nebensächliches Objekt wie die Blume lassen sich so zentrale Fragen der Wissens- und Kulturgeschichte adressieren. Die Arbeitsgruppe „Floriographie“ bietet ein Diskussionsforum für Untersuchungen aus den unterschiedlichsten Disziplinen – Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Kunstwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft, Tanzwissenschaft, Philosophie, Kulturwissenschaft, Postcolonial Studies u. a. – deren Gegenstand die Blume ist. ... [Information des Anbieters]