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Cockroach Survival
Hanan Davidowitz, a biophysicist at NEC Research
Institute
on Independence Way, has made a discovery in the puzzling question
of why cockroaches have survived as a species for hundreds of millions
of years. His work on the escape responses triggered by air movement
detected by tiny hairs on the rear of the roach was published in the
June 15 edition of the journal “Nature” and was featured on
National Public Radio last week.
Davidowitz and his post doctoral student Dima Rinberg share a lab
with Rob DeRuyter, who studies blowflies (U.S. 1, November 18, 1998).
For this experiment Davidowitz constructed special wind tunnels to
measure how cockroaches tell the difference between ordinary breezes
and air movements created by a predator such as a descending broom
or boot. “The cockroach senses minute air movements using tiny
hairs on two posterior appendages called cerci,” writes
Davidowitz.
“It can surmise the direction of an attack and scurry away to
avoid being eaten. Neural signals from the hairs converge on the
terminal
abdominal ganglion where the wind information is processed, and are
then conveyed further by giant interneurons.”
How to outsmart the cockroaches? Scoop them up using the nozzle of
a vacuum cleaner, says Davidowitz. For the cockroaches to evolve a
defense against the Electrolux will take another 100 million years.
NEC Research Institute Inc. (NIPNY), 4 IndependenceWay, Princeton 08540. David Waltz, president. 609-520-1555; fax,609-951-2481.Home page: www.neci.nj.nec.com.Top Of PageManagement MovesPrinceton University Communications Office,StanhopeHall, Princeton 08544-5264. 609-258-3600; fax, 609-258-1301. Homepage: www.princeton.edu/pr/.Lauren Robinson-Brown will be the new director of communications inAugust, succeeding Justin Harmon, who is now at Wesleyan University.A member of Princeton’s Class of 1985, where she majored in English,earned a certificate in Afro-American studies, she went for a master’sdegree in journalism from Columbia.She worked as a reporter for the Star-Ledger, the Dallas Times-Herald,and the Boston Globe, and freelanced for such local and nationalpublicationsas Black Enterprise Magazine. She was executive director and presssecretary for the Boston school board in 1994, was appointed directorof communications for the New Jersey’s Department of State in 1994,and was promoted to assistant secretary of state in 1998.New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission,20 West State Street, Box 820, Trenton 08625-0820. 609-777-0885; fax,609-777-4097.Charles E. “Sandy” Hance succeeds Gualberto Medina assecretaryand CEO of the commerce and economic growth commission. Hance wentto Trinity College, Class of 1965, and to law school at Columbia.Currently in private practice, he had worked in Peapack for 23 yearsfor Beneficial Management Corporation of America as senior vicepresidentand general counsel.Medical Society of New Jersey, 2 Princess Road,Lawrenceville 08648. Vincent A. Maressa, executive director.609-896-1766;fax, 609-896-1368. Home page: www.msnj.org.Walter Kahn MD was installed as the 208th president of the society,replacing Irving P. Ratner MD. An alumnus of Temple and the Universityof Chicago School of Medicine, Kahn is an ophthalmologist in Red Bank.The organization promotes quality health care through assistance tomember physicians. It publishes the magazine New Jersey Medicine.Top Of PageExpansionsSNPE North America Inc., 101 College Road East,Princeton 08540. Dan Slick, chief executive officer. 609-987-9424;fax, 609-987-2767.The Paris, France-based chemical firm expanded from 5 Vaughn Driveto 101 College Road East. SNPE stands for Society of National Powderand Explosives. Founded in 1985, it has nine employees, and issublettingits Vaughn Drive office to Biovid Corp.Biovid Corp., 5 Vaughn Drive, Suite 111, Princeton08540-6313. Andrew D. Aprill, team executive. 609-750-1400; fax,609-750-1466.Home page: www.biovid.com.Andrew Aprill has moved his two-year-old pharmaceutical marketingresearch firm from Carnegie Executive Center to 2,200 square feet,sublet from SNPE, at 5 Vaughn Drive. The firm has doubled in growthevery year and has already eclipsed last year’s revenue, says Aprill.An alumnus of the University of Nebraska, Class of 1985, Aprill hasa PhD in social psychology and statistics from Temple and was agraduatefellow at the Institute for Survey Research in Philadelphia. Beforefounding his own firm he worked at Strategic Marketing Corporationand Data Tactics, both in Philadelphia, and his competitors in thisarea include Total Research on Independence Way and Migliara Kaplanon College Road East.”We work with the big pharmaceutical companies and are takinga slightly different approach from our competitors,” says Aprill.”We’re a small company comprised of five senior level researchers,and we put senior level people on every phase of every project. Weintegrate ourselves with a product team to work on high profileprojects.”Top Of PageCorrectionsHanan M. Isaacs PC, 601 Ewing Street, Suite C-12Princeton Professional Park, Princeton 08540. Hanan M. Isaacs,president. 609-683-7400; fax, 609-921-8982. Home page:www.hananisaacs.com.The telephone number for Isaacs’ law practice listed in the June 14,2000 article on alternative dispute resolution, was incorrect. He canbe reached at 609-683-7400.Sandra Byer-Lubin MS RD CDE, 22 Highmont Drive,West Windsor 08550. 609-275-6237; fax, 609-275-0273. Home page:www.nutritionandyou.com.Information for this registered dietitian and nutritionist wereincorrectin the U.S. 1 Health and Fitness Directory. Byer-Lubin offerscounselingfor weight control, cholesterol, diabetes, and other medical needs.Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy, 183 FranklinCorner Road, Second Floor, Lawrenceville 08648. 609-896-0303; fax,609-921-6838.This center was inadvertently omitted from the Health and FitnessDirectory. Lillian Baum Tenney MD is the psychiatrist here, and thecenter also includes psychologist Michael Litchman PhD and Nancy BakerACSW, social worker.Top Of PageCrosstown MovesAdvanced Biomedical Research Inc., 10 South MainStreet, Pennington 08534. Michael Willitt, president and CEO.609-818-1800;fax, 609-818-0026. Home page: www.abr-pharma.com.Advanced Biomedical Research made its move from temporary quartersat 600 Alexander Road to 4,500 square feet in the historic districtof Pennington, the former Electro Chemical Society headquarters.CommercialProperty Network represented both buyer and seller. ABR doespharmaceuticalconsulting and contract research operations including clinical studymanagement, monitoring, biostatistics, data management, medicalwriting,regulatory affairs and submissions.American Lumi Corp., 3490 Route 1 North, PrincetonService Center, Building 7 C, Princeton 08540. J. Lee, marketingdirector.609-734-9091; fax, 609-395-0970.The engineering services company moved from Cranbury Plaza, 2525 Route130, at Princeton Service Center. It offers services for chemicaland electronic materials.ComNet Mortgage Services, 144 Tamarack Circle,Skillman 08558. Alec Rabinowitz, branch manager. 800-924-9091; fax,609-497-9750.The mortgage division of Commonwealth Bank has moved from the VillageShopper to Tamarack Circle. ComNet is a national discount lender thatboasts no application fee and competitive rates. The bank is federallychartered and serves North and Central New Jersey.DPRA Inc., 208 Wall Street, Princeton 08540. TonyMontrone, principal. 609-279-2123; fax, 609-279-2150. Home page:www.dpra.com.This environmental health and safety consulting firm, based inManhattan,Kansas, doubled its space with a move down the block from 258 to 208Wall Street and has 1,750 square feet with four employees. Montroneis a 12-year veteran of the federal Environmental Protection Agencyand worked for Arthur D. Little and Environ before opening thisoffice.For one of his earlier jobs he spent a year in -50 degree weatherchecking out the Trans Alaska Pipeline System for the U.S. Congress.The pipeline is actually a very sound operation, says Montrone.Top Of PageDeathsBlair Clark, 82, on June 6. He was a former vice presidentof CBS News and editor of The Nation, and he managed Eugene McCarthy’spresidential campaign.Geoffrey Morris 48, on June 7, of a heart attack in theswimming pool at the College of New Jersey. He had a doctorate inneuro-pharmacology from Duke.Angela Rose Jaruszewski, 58, on June 9. She was a diningservices manager at Princeton University and a piano teacher.Anthony Pez, 74, on June 9. He owned Antonio’s Restauranton Upper Ferry Road.Helen N. Cook, 72, on June 9. She had been a seniorperiodicalspecialist at Princeton University and a library specialist in theLawrence schools.Ida L. Connolly, 88, on June 10. A textile designer andfitness instructor for Dancing for Fitness, she founded the HamiltonSteppers.Dana Rhea Dodson, 31, on June 11. A model and fitnesscompetitor, she worked for First Bank of Central Jersey in NorthBrunswick.Carlos M. Worthen, 28, on June 11. He was a reconversiontax analyst for Cenlar Mortgage Banking.Judith A. Smires, 52, on June 12. She worked at CovanceInc. at the Carnegie Center and previously at McGraw-Hill Inc. andUnisys.Mary B. Lawson, 58, on June 12. She had worked atSuperFreshin the Princeton Shopping Center.Kathleen Rainbow Evans, 51, on June 15. She worked atthe Princeton Diner and MarketFair’s Greenstreet Cafe.Carolyn L. Hein, 51, on June 16. She was an accountant atMcGraw Hill.Cantella & Co. Inc., 221 Commons Way, MontgomeryCommons, Princeton 08540. Russell Conrad, partner. 609-252-9000; fax,609-252-9166.These stockbrokers moved from Research Park.Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
