News archive 2004

08 Jul 2004	King’s Psychologist elected Fellow of BA
Terrie Moffitt, Professor of Social Behaviour and Development in the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. She is among 35 new Fellows announced by the BA.
08 Jul 2004	MRC major autism study: King's role
New MRC study to look at the role of environmental risks in development of Autism
08 Jul 2004	King’s announces new Fellows
Two new Honorary Fellows and ten new Fellows of King’s College London have been elected.
30 Jun 2004	MRC considers King's for new Centre
International Task Force recommends new role for MRC's largest institute
29 Jun 2004	King’s wins share of HEIF 2 money
King’s has successfully bid for almost £3 million in two projects from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF2) and is a collaborative partner in two others.
28 Jun 2004	School science exams failing pupils
School science exams are failing to prepare pupils for their future careers and studies warned the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, today (28 June, 2004).
28 Jun 2004	Khat key to increased fertility
Berlin, Germany: A chemical that occurs naturally in the leaves of an African plant could boost men's fertility, researchers told the 20th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday 28 June).
14 Jun 2004	Queen honours King’s staff
Nairn Wilson, Head of the Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ Dental Institute and Professor of Restorative Dentistry, and Christine Saunders, Senior Assistant College Secretary for the School of Humanities, were awarded a CBE and MBE respectively in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
14 Jun 2004	Lab undertakes Pre-Games testing
Every British athlete taking part in the Olympics will be drug tested at least once before they leave for Athens. The Drug Control Centre at King’s College London will be undertaking the testing on behalf of UK Sport in the run up to the 2004 Olympic Games and the Paralympics.
14 Jun 2004	Top Educationalist measures the cost of education
Education for sale! The commodification of everything Thursday 17 June 2004, 5.30 pm, Great Hall, King’s College London, WC2
09 Jun 2004	MOD Centre for King’s
MOD to establish Centre for Defence Mental Health at King’s
21 May 2004	Who was Jean Hanson?
As the world gets in shape for this summer’s Athens Olympics, King’s College London will mark the 50th anniversary of two seminal Nature papers describing how muscles work, with a two-day conference celebrating both this discovery and presenting current research in the field.
19 May 2004	First stem cell lines deposited in UK Stem Cell Bank
The UK’s first human embryonic stem (hES) cell line, grown by researchers at King’s College London, is to be deposited in the UK Stem Cell Bank. The deposit coincides with the official opening of the Bank by Health Minister, Lord Warner, today (Wednesday 19 May 2004).
13 May 2004	Talking Peace: Somerset House 1604
King’s College London and Somerset House to celebrate the fourth centenary of the Treaty of London
03 May 2004	How to Grow a Tooth
People who have lost or damaged teeth could soon be growing their own, thanks to a major scientific breakthrough by a start-up, Odontis Ltd, formed by King’s College, London.
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