rsity of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Tao, known as the “Mozart of Math” was honored for his research in partial differential equations (PDE), combinatorics, number theory and harmonic analysis. Called a "supreme problem-solver," and named one of "the Brilliant 10" scientists by Popular Science (October 2006), Tao's extraordinary work, much of which has been funded by NSF through the years, has had a tremendous impact across several mathematical areas.

Six out of all the Alan T. Waterman Awards have been given in the Mathematics discipline.

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Description: Confocal micrograph of the anterior region of the developing zebrafish brain (consisting of the telencephalon, part of diencephalon and the optic tectum). Some of the neurons (shown in green) express the green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of specific gene expression. Axons, tracts and neuropils have been labeled using antibodies that mark tubulin (in red) and synaptic vesicles (in blue). Tubulin is important for microtubule formation and cell structure, whereas synaptic vesicles are important for neuronal signaling. CIL 39025 is the dorsal view.

Authors: Monica Folgueira and Steve Wilson

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hese iconic animals and her research into their evolution and biology. We hope to set Nautilus traps overnight at Osprey Reef and retrieve them the next morning, when guests will have the rare opportunity to observe and dive with these deep sea creatures. Rachel will be taking several of the animals back to CQUniversity, Rockhampton, to observe their behaviour and interactions as part of her research. The animals will be kept at the University and form part of an education initiative to inform future students on the incredible Nautilus. - The trip was successfull with 14 trapped and 5 collected for future study. .........PEACE on reef... Nautilus, we love em.

Description: The Golgi Apparatus. In mammalian cells, the very complex architecture of the membrane system makes understanding the interrelationship of the different organelles within the cell difficult. Their dynamic relationship exists in four dimensions and is hard to capture at nanoscale resolutions. We present, here, an animation that takes the viewer inside a mammalian cell where one can see the nucleus and its characteristic envelope connected to the endoplasmic reticulum. We used transmission electron microscopy and tomography to generate a 3D volume of a portion of a Golgi ribbon imaged from a mammalian cell. A model of the Golgi apparatus is presented where the trans Golgi network peels off from the stack of cisternae while the CIS element is fed with a component arising from the ER exit site. This animation is the first project by the Biovisualization program at the NICHD. Computer science and animation students collaborated with researchers to produce this visualization. While the main focus was scientific accuracy, aesthetics were also considered. To convey the sense of scale, a progression is made, from actual confocal microscopy into an SEM style animation and then into non-photorealistic rendering of what can be seen at TEM level magnification. The software tools utilized for this project include Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, Final Cut Studio, Mercury Amira and Imod. Title: Celldance 2008, 1st Place Public Outreach Video: The Golgi Apparatus

Authors: Rachid Sougrat, Tim Mrozek, Jeremy Swan, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

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arvard University. Dr. Charbonneau was honored for his pioneering research into the discovery and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, which has allowed the study of their surface conditions and atmospheres, and revolutionized interdisciplinary research related to exoplanets. Currently, Dr. Charbonneau is pursuing four investigations: The MEarth Project, The Kepler Mission, The EPOXI Mission, and the Exo Atmospheres.

Seven out of all the Alan T. Waterman Awards have been given in the Physics discipline. In 1992, Dr. Srinivas R. Kulkarni, an Astrophysicist, was the first South Asian to have received an Alan T. Waterman Award.

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lion award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research on new analytical tools for Big Data http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/10/algorithms

and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University. Dr. Dunn was honored for his gifted integration of field biology, genomics, and computational science that led to changing our understanding of the evolutionary tree, integrating morphological and molecular perspectives on diversity. Dr.Dunn is particularly interested in animal symmetry properties, the evolution and development of functional specialization, and evolutionary transitions in biological organization.

Ten out of all the Alan T. Waterman Awards have been given in the Biological Sciences discipline. In 1993, Dr. Deborah L. Penry was the first female to receive a Waterman Award for the Biological Science discipline.

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Description: Adult mouse hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in learning and memory, showing reactive astroglia (pale yellow) that have proliferated and enlarged in response to neuronal activity over time. The image was created from a confocal microscopy Z-stack of 7 slices. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®

Authors: Sandra Dieni and 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®

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