DJ-1 is a multifaceted protein with pleiotropic functions that has been implicated in multiple diseases, ranging from neurodegeneration to cancer and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ischemia is a complex pathological state arising...
Mutations in the gene encoding DJ-1 are associated with autosomal recessive forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). DJ-1 plays a role in protection from oxidative stress, but how it functions as an "upstream" oxidative stress sensor...
Robert M. Sapolsky, recipient of the 2008 Lewis Thomas Prize
Humans: Are We Just Another Primate? Are We Just a Collection of Neurons?
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the...
Atul Gawande, recipient of the 2014 Lewis Thomas Prize
The Doctor as Writer, The Writer as Doctor
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the...
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., recipient of the 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize
Touched with Fire: Mood Disorders and Creativity
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as...
Richard Dawkins, recipient of the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize:
Queerer Than We Can Suppose: The Strangeness of Science
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet"...
Jared Diamond, recipient of the 2002 Lewis Thomas Prize: Why Do Societies Collapse through Failure to Solve Their Problems?
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as...
Redox homeostasis is a vital process the maintenance of which is assured by the presence of numerous antioxidant small molecules and enzymes and the alteration of which is involved in many pathologies, including several...
Redox homeostasis is a vital process the maintenance of which is assured by the presence of numerous antioxidant small molecules and enzymes and the alteration of which is involved in many pathologies, including several...
James D. Watson, recipient of the 2007 Lewis Thomas Prize
Rules for Writing Books
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare individual...
Jean-Pierre Changeux, recipient of the 2004 Lewis Thomas Prize:
The Physiology of Truth: Toward a Neuroscience of Human Knowledge
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the...
Martin Reese, recipient of the 2009 Lewis Thomas Prize
From Big Bang to Biosphere
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare individual...
AbstractIn 1727 the Revd George Lewis (c. 1663–1729) donated a wooden cabinet containing a diverse collection of items, including many manuscripts, to Cambridge University...
Frances Ashcroft, Ph.D., recipient of the 2013 Lewis Thomas Prize
Singing the Body Electric
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare...
Thomas Eisner, recipient of the 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize:
The Ruling Class: Tales of Insect Survival
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes...
Brien Lewis has been appointed acting vice president of Development and Alumni Relations. Prior to this appointment, Lewis served as dean of University College.
In this fascinating book, Geoffrey Smith explores the lives and experiences of those Royalists who served Charles I and Charles II as agents, spies and conspirators during the 1640s and 1650s. He takes us into a murky world of...
Marilyn Smith, professor of management and Winthrop's 2013 Distinguished Professor, said she will talk about change. Like many professionals and educators who have had to learn technology for a rapidly changing world, Smith said...
Buchanan-Smith is the founder and principal of Buchanan-Smith LLC and the author of several books. The 6 p.m. event will be held on the second floor of Tillman Hall where the 13 graduating seniors will display their portfolios.
Faculty members Jane Smith, English, and Jennifer Disney, political science, were named Distinguished Professor and Outstanding Junior Professor. The awards were presented May 5 during spring commencement.
Lewis has held many titles at Winthrop since his arrival in 1999 as executive assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Trustees. Lewis is the fourth member of the Winthrop executive staff to be selected for a...