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<title>Small Things Considered Wins Big at PRNews' 2009 Nonprofit Awards
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<description><![CDATA["I feel honored and pleased that a specialized subject area that's dear to my heart can garner such national recognition," said Moselio Schaechter, blog author and past president of the ASM. Schaechter, adjunct professor at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, created the blog when he entered into "active retirement" to share his fascination with the breadth and depth of microbial activities on our planet.]]></description>
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<author>(Garth Hogan)</author>
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<comments>Moselio Schaechter</comments>
<pubDate>20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers Receive Competitive Grants, Top Rankings
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University researchers have received four highly competitive Challenge Grants from the National Institutes of Health, it was announced today. Additionally, psychology professor Linda Gallo received a $2.4 million ARRA "Grand Opportunity" award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>closeup of researcher pipetting a sample into a test tube</comments>
<pubDate>04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Vaccination Fascination: SDSU research professor Ed Morgan discusses vaccinations, their scarcity and why they are important.
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<description><![CDATA["The classical approach for making influenza vaccines is you have to grow the virus," said Edward Morgan, San Diego State University research professor, about the vaccine shortage."]]></description>
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<author>gblock@mail.sdsu.edu (Greg Block)</author>
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<comments>close-up of sleeve rolled-up on shoulder with nurse giving vaccine</comments>
<pubDate>30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Launches Biotech Certificate: The new certificate for biotechnology project management in quality assurance will be available online.
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<description><![CDATA["The biotechnology and other life science industries are among the nation's most promising job creators. These are high-paying, high-demand jobs that will fuel the 21st century California economy," said Susan Baxter, CSUPERB executive director.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Erik Fallis)</author>
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<comments>Biocompass logo</comments>
<pubDate>22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Women's Group Funds Grad Student Scholarships: Twelve graduate students in the College of Sciences will be supported by the $97,500 gift.</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year's scholarship recipients included: Peter Belmont, biology; Karen Campbell, computational science; Shirin Doroudgar, cell/molecular biology; Kimberlee Fischer, cell/molecular biology; Marc Gregerson, chemistry; Martin Kandes, computational science; Marc Rideout, biology/biochemistry; John Ruedas, cell/molecular biology; Aleksandr Stotland, cell/molecular biology; Jenna Tabor-Godwin, cell/molecular biology; Dana Willner-Hall, cell/molecular biology; and Robert Wilson, Jr., chemistry.]]></description>
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<author>sterling@mail.sdsu.edu (Suzanne Sterling)</author>
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<comments>President Stephen L. Weber and scholarship recipients holding a $97,500 check.</comments>
<pubDate>21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Research Uncovers Possible Cause of Red Tides</title>
<description><![CDATA["It has long been known that bloom-forming microalgae that influence climate and harm ecosystems and man are closely associated with certain bacterial species, but the reasons why were unknown," said Carl Carrano, chair of SDSU's chemistry and biochemistry department and co-publisher of the study."]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>Red algae bloom in water near coast of Cape Rodney, New Zealand</comments>
<pubDate>21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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