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Ruoslahti Awarded Japan Prize
Dr. Erkki Ruoslahti, distinguished professor at the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif., has been awarded the 2005 Japan Prize in the category of cell biology. Dr. Ruoslahti will share the prize, 50 million yen (approximately $487,000 USD), with Dr. Masatoshi Takeichi, Director of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan. The award will be presented in Tokyo on April 20 as part of "Japan Prize Week."

The Japan Prize is awarded annually to people from all parts of the world whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind.

Dr. Ruoslahti is being recognized for his seminal contributions to the cell adhesion field, which include the discovery and molecular definition of the site at which cells attach to one another: the peptide RGD. His discoveries were supported over a 20-year continuum with funding from NCI. Dr. Ruoslahti's discoveries in cancer biology are also relevant to a broad range of cell behaviors that are involved in managing heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, and angiogenesis.

CCR Fellows to Participate in Harvard Symposium
The Harvard Medical School Minority Faculty Development Program and the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP) will hold the fourth annual New England Science Symposium on March 4. Four postdoctoral fellows in NCI's Center for Cancer Research have been invited to present their research. The aim of the symposium is to encourage African American, Hispanic American, and American Indian/Alaska Native medical/dental, college, graduate school, and postdoctoral fellows involved in biomedical or health-related scientific research to present their research projects.

The fellows are Dr. Magnus Che, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (poster presentation); Dr. Denise Perry Simmons, Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion (oral presentation); Dr. Karl Thompson, Laboratory of Molecular Biology (alternate oral presentation); and Dr. Sam Waters, Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory (oral presentation).

Global Initiative To Update Guidelines for Breast Health
The second biennial meeting of the Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) took place in Bethesda, Md., January 12-14. A collaboration of 11 national and international organizations, BHGI is sponsored by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and co-sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to develop evidence-based, economically feasible, and culturally appropriate guidelines to improve breast health outcomes for countries with limited health care resources.

Sixty-seven participants from 33 countries with high-, mid-, and low-level resources attended the meeting, including health care professionals, epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, ethicists, patient advocates, and representatives of health organizations and health ministries. NCI's Office of International Affairs hosted the meeting and provided travel scholarships for some participants from developing countries. Based on this meeting, updated BHGI guidelines will be prepared and published this fall. The guidelines will address early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer, as well as health care systems and public policy. For more information about BHGI, go to http://www.fhcrc.org/phs/global_summit.