Biologists predict more marine disease
...ry studies of ocean epidemics. "The molecular and computational tools we need to trace these diseases arebeginning to come on line, and we are just starting to understand the mechanismsof disease resistance in marine organisms," she said. "We have identified someindicator species of heightened disease load, such...Revolutionary genomics project launched
...ioinformatics faculty members who will provide the computational biology and informatics research needed to analyze the enormous amounts of data generated by the genomics research. Today and tomorrow, recruitment ads for the first new Genome Center faculty members will appear in the journals Nature and Science. T...Whitaker Foundation funds Washington University biomedical engineering facility
...opolymer structure and functions, biomaterials and computational biology; and neural engineering, a rapidly growing area that leverages the strengths of neuroscience to yield information about signal processing, sensory perception and motor control and neural imaging. "The job outlook is outstanding for biomedica...CIIT publishes formaldehyde cancer risk assessment
... process that causes tumors. CIIT researchers used computational flow dynamics (CFD) algorithms with models of human and rat nasal airways in order to predict regional formaldehyde dose. These regional does predictions were in turn linked to subsequent efforts in nasal tissues. Carcinogenic risk was predicted thr...JMU builds supercomputer for national model undergraduate program
...rgraduates for the increasingly-in-demand field of computational science. "We hope to have a curriculum constitut... courses that introduces undergraduate students to computational science - the use of computers to model the physical world," said Peterson. "Prior to this, that's p...'Frozen pictures' allow far-reaching glimpse into the cells protein factory
... creates a pattern that coupled with sophisticated computational analysis demonstrates the crystal's components and the nature of their spatial interactions. However, the ribosome, a notoriously unstable giant nucleoprotein complex, represents a daunting crystallographic challenge. To further complicate matters, i...ASM statements on FY 2001 federal budget proposal: NIH, CDC, NSF
...y Research (ITR) budget priority, will ensure that computational techniques are in place so that future generations...plinary research made possible by NSF grants. The computational field, mathematics, earth sciences, and the physical and chemical sciences all play a crucial part i...UWs new Cell Systems Initiative welcomes Immunex collaboration
...intelligence, but also cell biology, biochemistry, computational biology and genetics. In addition, CSI will build an extensive program of on-line education programs, as it is clear that continuous learning, well beyond degree programs, will be required by a diverse and large "student" population. "The strong ind...... and biotechnology, bringing the power of advanced computational techniques to bear on complex problems in molecular biology. Called bioinformatics or computational biology, this new field is providing essential tools for scientists on the leading edge of research ...NY pilot study pushes Human Genome Project toward cures for disease
...ing disease. It advocates using recent advances in computational biology to increase the speed at which these prote...oach is possible only through dramatic advances in computational biology -- most notably, specially designed software that finds all the protein -- coding regions in...Light receptor may be key in how animals use Earth's magnetic field
... Biophysical Journal that chemical experiments and computational modeling indicate that cryptochrome may be the site of a neurochemical reaction that lets birds, for example, process visual clues from the magnetic field and stay on course. "Animals as diverse as migratory birds, salamanders, salmon, or hamsters us...President Clinton awards nation's highest honor for science and technology
...l computer to produce a generation of fast, robust computational tools that have substantially benefited both science and technology and led to significant applications such as the FBI with consolidation and cost-savings of its fingerprint database. James W. Cronin, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus of P...Brain cell 'chorus' appears as attention increases
...laboration between experimental, theoretical, and computational neuroscientists ." All 3 research groups plan to follow up on the finding in the future. "I'd like to go back to an earlier stage in this process, and look for some type of oscillatory signal that we're thinking could proceed these synchronized nerve...Inaugural award for population ecologist
...sed as a world authority on using mathematical and computational tools to gain a deeper understanding of ecological systems, combining this with a great enthusiasm and skill for solving applied problems in ecological and conservation management. He is also a skilled naturalist who plays an active role in the work ...Breakdown of penicillin by resistant bacteria elucidated
...atoms of the penicillin and b-lactamase enzyme and computational simulation of their interactions. They concluded that b-lactamase attacks penicillin in a way different than previously thought. An intact penicillin molecule contains a characteristic segment known as the b-lactam ring. Destruction of one crucia...Mouse genome revealing which DNA sequences activate human genes
...e interleukin regulatory element CNS-1 entirely by computational analysis of mouse and human sequences," says Rubin. "Since we are soon to have the entire genomes of mice and humans sequenced, our study demonstrates one successful strategy of interpreting the sequence information coming from the genome program int...Genome annotation experts take standardized test
...inst the results of an exhaustive experimental and computational effort to locate all the genes in this region (not available to the participants during the test). When the results were in, many programs had detected the genes in the region with 95% accuracy compared to the experimental effort. Furthermore, the ...HHMI announces selection of 48 new investigators
...ssistant investigators or in the emerging field of computational biology. They will join 305 HHMI investigators acr...nces." Those selected include 12 in the field of computational biology -- a new initiative by the Institute to pursue the growing opportunities at the confluence o...Five Seattle scientists selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
...is laboratory combines cutting-edge neurologic and computational techniques. By scrutinizing the brain's ability to...a statistical geneticist, develops statistical and computational methods for locating chromosomal regions that may be linked to disease genes implicated in cancer an...... latest technologies, such as gene microarrays and computational analytical techniques. Also included in the plan are a number of detailed milestones to ensure progress in the development of research tools to study the function of Arabidopsis genes. Toward the end of the 10-year project, the researchers propose...