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"TNRC6C antisense RNA 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNRC6C-AS1 gene. References Further reading "
"Victoria Jane Martin is a Scottish physicist who is Professor of Collider Physics at the University of Edinburgh. She works on the ATLAS experiment on the Higgs boson. Early life and education Martin studied mathematical physics at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1996. She remained there for her postgraduate studies, working on CP violation on the NA48 experiment. She completed her PhD thesis A measurement of the CP violation parameter Re(e'/e) in 2000. During her PhD she visited CERN, where she enjoyed the diverse disciplines of people she worked with. She was a student of Peter Higgs. Research and career Martin spent five years as a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University. She returned to Edinburgh in 2005, where she was appointed a lecturer. She is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy. Martin works on the ATLAS experiment and Compact Linear Collider. She has received significant funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to support upgrades to the particle collider. She is searching for the Higgs boson production, in association with top quarks. She looks for how it couples to the fermions of the Standard Model. She gave the 2013 MacMillan Lecture at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. She took a sabbatical at CERN in 2015. During this time, she delivered the Royal Institution lecture Big Bucks for Big Bosons: Should we still be paying for the Large Hadron Collider?. In 2017 she took part in a British Council tour of India, talking about the Higgs boson. Martin is the Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) peer review panel and the theme leader for the Scottish Universities' Physics Alliance. Martin is on the Board of Trustees of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the advisory board of Perspective Realism. She took part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She has taken part in several interviews with the BBC. References Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh Category:Northwestern University staff Category:Nationality missing Category:People associated with CERN Category:Particle physicists Category:British women physicists Category:British physicists "
"Philip Scott Kosnett is an American diplomat. He was sworn in as the fifth U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo on November 27, 2018. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci attended the ceremony at the Department of State. Kosnett's previous assignment was as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the United States Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Kosnett was nominated in July 2018 by the U.S. president to be the next ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo. The Senate confirmed him in this position in September 2018. Early life and education Kosnett graduated with an A.B. from Harvard University in 1982. Career Kosnett worked as a game designer during his enrollment in high school and college, primarily in New York. After graduating from Harvard University he worked as a teacher in Japan. He then launched a career in Foreign Service, with his first assignment in Ankara, Turkey, serving as a political and consular officer. Following his initial assignment, he then served at eight different United States Missions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and in senior leadership positions at the Department of State. The positions included Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy in Iceland. He also served in other political, political-military, and economic- commercial positions at the US Embassies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Netherlands, and Japan. In Washington, Kosnett served in the State Department's bureaus of European, Counter-terrorism, Political-Military, and Intelligence & Research affairs and also worked in the 24-hour Operations Center. Before beginning his assignment in Turkey, Kosnett served as Director of the State Department Office of Southern European Affairs and was responsible for U.S. relations with Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. = Diplomatic service in Turkey = In July 2016, Kosnett began working at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, initially as the Deputy Chief of Mission. He then assumed the duties of Chargé d’Affaires on October 15, 2017, after former ambassador John R. Bass finished his assignment. A new ambassador to Turkey has not yet been appointed, but in July 2018 Kosnett stated that President Donald Trump is considering to appoint "a highly qualified individual" as the ambassador to Turkey. = United States Ambassador to Kosovo = In July 2018, Kosnett was nominated by U.S. president Trump to be the next ambassador to Kosovo. Kosnett succeeds Greg Delawie, who was U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo 2015-2018. Kosnett's nomination was confirmed in September 2018 by the Senate. Award Kosnett is the recipient of over 10 Department of State awards, including the State Department Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor Awards. He was also awarded the Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Department of the Army Medal for Outstanding Civilian Service. Personal life Kosnett is married to Alison Kosnett, an international business and development consultant. They had 2 children: Alex, an environmental planner, and Nicole, a social media influencer. Kosnett speaks Turkish, Russian, Dutch, and Japanese. References Category:American diplomats Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Kosovo Category:Harvard University alumni Category:American game designers Category:United States Foreign Service personnel Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) "