EPA Should Redirect Some Research on Toxic Airborne Particles
...ward developing improved monitoring techniques and characterizing the sourcesof emissions and their movement through the atmosphere. While some fundingshould continue to be devoted to these efforts, the agency could defer much ofthis work for three or four years until researchers develop a betterunderstanding of h...Raymond Receives $113,000 NIH Grant To Support Cell Cycle Regulation Research
...l sophomores, who spent January 1997 isolating and characterizing suppressers of two genes involved in cell-cycle regulation. The course is purposely designed to give younger students what may be their first laboratory research experience; the findings were serendipitous. "I intended the course to be a learning ...New Microbial Insecticide As Potent As Bt
MADISON - By isolating and characterizing the biochemical properties of anew-found natural insecticide, scientists have taken an important step towardaugmenting the sparse armamentarium of biological pest control. Writing today (Friday, June 26) in the journal Science, a team of scientistsfr...Molecular Marker May Identify Bladder Cancer Patients Most Likely To Recur
...gs from the present study, as well as otherstudies characterizing the influence of molecular alterations on tumor behavior,will have important clinical implications. "Molecular markers will allow us tomanage patients with a clearer idea of the benefits of treatment in thatindividual. This represents a great advanta...Virginia Tech Scientist Seek Genetic Solution To Malaria
...n thegene in mosquitoes. "We've completed characterizing the gene," Luckhart said. "We're juststarting to characterize it's regulatory aspects. There's a great deal of workyet to come." There is also the possibility that by understanding the biochemicalprocesses occurring in the mosquito, scientis...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
... term "acoustic ecology" to describe their work on characterizing the bat'ssonic environment (2pAB8). --- A Real-Life WB Frog? In a rain forest in East Madagascar, Peter Narins of UCLA ( pnarins@ucla.edu ) and his colleagues have discovered a creature with the largest known vocal repertoire of any amphibian. Know...Discovery Of 13 Genes Expressed In Brain Tumors May Lead To More Effective Diagnosis Or Prevention
...ved in cancer research for the past 15 years, said characterizing the genes -- understandingtheir activities and the results they produce -- may eventually unlock some ofcancer's secrets, such as why tumor cells, unlike normal cells, grow withoutlimit, or how they are able to invade other parts of the body. "...Sandia Discovery About Protein May Help Clean Up Pollutants, Find Cures For Diseases
...one of its kind, uses a mathematical procedure for characterizing thestructure of hemes in terms of normal coordinates.When heme proteins are put into a solution and the water slowly evaporates, theyemerge in a crystalline form. Protein X-ray crystallographers then determine thepositions of the atoms in these very ...Discovery Of A Molecule That Controls Bile Acids May Lead To New Cholesterol Drugs
...s a way to rid the body ofcholesterol, so our work characterizing these orphan receptors is becoming verysignificant in understanding cholesterol synthesis and metabolism," he said. Orphan receptors are molecules believed to be the locks that controlbiochemical processes but whose function and ligand, or ke...Journalists put 'hands on science'
...ants' workduring the six days involved: pipetting, characterizing proteins, determining "bands" on gels, or screen in drosophila larvae forgenetically induced mutations. There were also introductions to other modern techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology.Participants were shown how cell compartments can b...DNA fingerprinting reveals surprise in wine-grape family tree
... have been working for several years ongenetically characterizing grape varieties so that California grape growers and vintners canbe certain of which varieties they have. Two years ago, in the course ofstudying major wine-grape varieties maintained in the UC Davis vineyards, theydiscovered that the highly esteeme...Genome tools pass big test in fruit flies
...ir colleagues present the results ofgenerating and characterizing 1,052 mutant fly strains that contain P elementdis...he P element approach, which hasbeen successful in characterizing a large number of fly genes, merits an evenlarger trial. Of course, the P element disruption techni...Warner-Lambert Company gift creates bioinformatics program
... in data and develop mathematical modelscapable of characterizing thousands of biochemical variables simultaneously." A portion of the UMHS funding will be used to finish renovating a5,000-square-foot area, which will be equipped with advanced computer hardware,software and network support, according to Savageau an...INEEL, universities collaborate on subsurface strontium-90 remediation efforts
... the calcite forms beneath the Idaho desert and in characterizing themineral. Laboratory experiments will focus on the chemistry of calcite formation insimulated subsurface conditions, looking for ways to increase the rate of thatformation. While Smith will examine the geochemistry of the reaction, Colwell,Ferris, ...Virginia Tech microbe-minerals group launches new field of study
...rom minerals.Objectives include: recognizing and characterizing the strategies and or chemicalmicro-environments that microbes use to obtain nutrients strongly bound tomineral surfaces; refining surface sensitive imaging and characterization techniques, which willadvance the study of other interactions. Members...Yale yeast genome study could lead to further understanding of diseases like cancer
...nd to date, Yalescientists have succeeded in fully characterizing the function of theyeast gene, furthering understanding of how human cells work. "While the human genome project so far has focused on the discovery ofnew genes, our study has taken gene discovery to the next level byfiguring out how the genes work,...Stream research supports better watershed management
...l andwell-defined aquatic habitat areas. By first characterizing specific habitat types on the basis of anextensive analysis of channel morphology, and then performing detailed fish counts, the researcherscan draw general conclusions concerning the potential effectiveness of various approaches at streamnaturalizat...Howard Hughes Medical Institute funds biomedical facilities at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
...e successand promise of the ALS in identifying and characterizing proteins." As the Human Genome Project approaches completion, the next big steps are to identify the proteinsthat human DNA codes for and find out what those proteins do. The key to understanding a protein'sfunction is to determine its three-dimens...Chromosome centers defined and sequenced for model plant
...nstitute for Genomic Research) was responsible for characterizing the centromere of chromosome 2, and the second, jointly led by Rob Martienssen and Richard McCombie at Cold Spring Harbor and Mike Bevan at the John Innes Institute, Norwich, England, was responsible for sequencing the centromere of chromosome 4. The...The future of planet earth: scientific challenges in the coming century
...offshore ecosystems. USGS scientists are locating, characterizing and quantifying how these sediments and associated contaminants are distributed. More information about coastal water conditions is available at marine.usgs.gov or contact USGS scientist Jeff Williams at 703-648-6511. Putting Information in Its P...