Oct. 16 is World Food Day.
World Food Day (WFD) is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.
It is observed each October 16th in recognition of the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945. The first World
Food Day was in 1981. In the United States the endeavor is sponsored by 450 national, private voluntary organizations.
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LifeScience Moment: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins."
On Oct. 18, 1962, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Francis Crick,
James Watson and Maurice Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
acids and its significance for information transfer in living material."
Rosalind Franklin, whose work contributed to the discovery, died before this date and the rules
do not allow a Nobel Prize to be awarded posthumously. (Photos: © The Nobel Foundation)
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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MERS-CoV, showing the spherical particles within the cytoplasm of an infected cell (Photo credit: Cynthia Goldsmith/Azaibi Tamin).
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Science Quote
"Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!"
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Claudius Galen, Greek physician
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(c.130-200)
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to thank all of the front line workers who have supported us during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an historical crisis not
experienced since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19.
