Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...ence Foundation grant to a Maine interdisciplinary biophysical research program. The Institute for Molecular Biophysics brings together expertise in biophysics and engineering at the University of Maine in Orono, molecular and cell biology at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) in Scarborough,...Winner of 2004 EMBO Science Writing Prize announced
...tuto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare focuses on biophysical studies of protein structures involved in chromatin structure or transcription. The young researcher's first post-doctoral position at EMBL in Heidelberg was supported by an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship. Asked to elaborate on the inspiration behind his...Molecule that 'blocks' key bacterial enzyme may lead to new antibiotics
...ites for MccJ25 on RNAP. The researchers also used biophysical methods, attaching fluorescent tags to MccJ25 and ... action. In addition, the group used sophisticated biophysical methods that revealed how MccJ25 binds to a single RNAP molecule, stopping it instantaneously. ...Articles on remote sensing in ecology published in BioScience
...e articles. Cohen notes that increasing numbers of biophysical data products are being created through the use of remote sensing techniques. Journalists may obtain advance copies of the articles in the Special Section and Cohen's editorial by contacting Donna Royston, AIBS communications representative....Bird's eye views earth's magnetic lines
...rrying out related experiments to characterize the biophysical basis of the magnetic compass in insects, amphibians, and mice....Study: Mimicking viruses may provide new way to defeat them
...dels are based on experimental data and decades of biophysical and biochemical studies. The analysis shows that when the parasitic molecule was absent, the virus had produced more than 10,000 copies of itself in less than 20 minutes after infection. In the presence of the parasitic molecule, however, no new pro...Seeking a mechanical solution to nation's number-one children's illness
...fe Sciences Program, studies the biomechanical and biophysical properties that govern the eustachian tube, which connects the middle ear to the back of the nose and the upper throat and which helps to regulate air pressure inside the ear. Ghadiali's work is an example of the growing role played by engineers in t...Researchers reveal calcium transport protein function that regulates heartbeat frequency, strength
...other," Dr. Hilgemann said. "This is a much bigger biophysical problem to get a handle on than ion channels. Ion channels, when they are open, let millions of ions slip through them each second. You measure the electrical current, and you know what's going on." UT Southwestern researchers over the last three yea...Governing commons still a struggle, but fight not without hope, according to new report
...be wrong, the scale of organization can shift, and biophysical and social systems change. In an online supplement to the article, remotely sensed images from five countries illustrate that either forest stability or deforestation can occur under all forms of ownership. Instead of ownership being the key -- as Ha...Professor uses satellites to protect Amazon forests, global climate
...vests and deforestation. Satellite images focus on biophysical and biochemical changes in the forest canopy and provide a broad picture of how the Amazon is being thinned. The information is then shared with the environmental protection agency to help it better target illegal loggers. ''It provides extraordinary...Latest knowledge on plant cell-wall biology in new book
...osition and structure of plant primary cell walls, biophysical characteristics of plant cell walls, molecules as probes for cell-wall analysis, plant cell-wall biosynthesis, expansion of the plant cell wall, cell-wall disassembly and plant cell walls in the post-genomic era....Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher develops new model for studying prions mad cow disease
...r model of the structural core of prions, based on biophysical measurements of a fibrous form of a prion protein fragment. Prions are infectious protein particles linked to degenerative neurological diseases in animals and humans, such as mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE) in cattle, scra...Tufts University wins $25-million NIH contract
... NIH award, and Bal Ram Singh, PhD, a professor of biophysical chemistry at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Tzipori said the NIH contract also will help consolidate Tufts' plan to establish a food and waterborne pathogen research center that includes a regional water testing facility. "This center wi...Salmonella uses molecular staples to change structure of infected cells
...ot known. To find the answer, the researchers used biophysical imaging techniques that produce molecular pictures of the virulence molecules: the Rockefeller scientists used X-ray crystallography to get an atomic resolution structure of SipA, and the Virginia researchers developed an electron microscopy image of...5 Million award for pioneering project to train new breed of scientists
...ch. The demand for mathematical, computational and biophysical expertise for life sciences research is outstripping existing training programmes in the UK. Highly specific skills in biology, physical and mathematical sciences will enable these scientists to make sense of complex computer data sets tied to gene m...Chemists unlock secret to activating tumor suppressor gene
...sion action went to work. Cho's laboratory used a biophysical technique called surface plasmon resonance analysis and cellular microscopic analysis of green fluorescence protein-labeled PTEN to unlock the secret of its activation. The UIC chemist believes the mechanism described for PTEN is a relatively common ...Study of nature's machinery takes center stage at UH
... on the UH campus. Ad Bax, chief of the section on biophysical NMR spectroscopy at the National Institutes of Health and one of the foremost experts in biomolecular NMR, will speak at 8:45 a.m. on new opportunities in NMR studies. The May 17 symposium is free and open to the public. It will be held in Room 232 o...Alzheimer's protein jams mitochondria of affected cells; resulting 'energy crisis' kills neurons
...l. "Researchers have observed many biochemical and biophysical phenomena associated with Alzheimer's disease," said Anandatheerthavarada, research assistant professor of biochemistry and the paper's first author, "but it has remained unclear whether these are causes of Alzheimer's or merely side effects. The pa...In a noisy world, how can the senses project and receive information at the same time?
... solution to this problem could be to modulate the biophysical sensitivity of the ear during sound production. However, the tympanic membrane of the cricket remains fully responsive during stridulation. A New Study Researchers have examined how their central and simple auditory system copes with the intense ...Scientists re-evaluating the meaning of 'desertification,' Duke ecologist says
...If you don't consider the human dimensions and the biophysical dimensions simultaneously, you're going to miss the boat." Reynolds described a hypothetical dry land ranching family that starts out owning a modest-sized herd of cattle grazing in an area with good soil and grass cover. If a drought suddenly sets ...