Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...s. Currently, the University of Houston leads the consortium of six universities and two community colleges in the H-LSAMP, consisting of UH, Texas Southern University, UH-Downtown, UH-Victoria, Rice University, Texas State University, Houston Community College System and San Jacinto College District. The gro...High resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious 'kissing bugs'
...as part of its Data User Programme. It is run by a consortium headed by Belgian firm Keyobs s.a. and includes the Italian company Intecs HRT, with MSF Belgium as the user partner. The long-term intention is to build HUMAN into a self-sufficient service for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and public organ...Conference at UH opens doors for new scientists, engineers
...ithin STEM professions. Others in the H-LSAMP consortium include Texas Southern University, UH-Downtown, UH-Victoria, Rice University, Texas State University, Houston Community College System and San Jacinto College District. The group also enjoys a good partnership with Houston Independent School Distric...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
... database of DNA barcode sequences. The consortium arose from two conferences on DNA and taxonomy organized in 2003 with leadership from Rockefeller Professor Emeritus Norton Zinder, Ph.D., the first chair of the Human Genome Project, and Jesse Ausubel, director of the Rockefeller Program for the Hum...Poplar DNA code cracked -- a step in combating global warming?
... our daily life is enormous. Now, an international consortium - which includes researchers from the Flanders Int...red four years ago. In May 2002, the international consortium set to work to determine the poplar's genome. To do this, they used a female poplar from the banks o...The book opens on the first tree genome
WALNUT CREEK, CA--An international consortium including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Gen...n these diverse plants," Rokhsar said. The poplar consortium researchers plan to publish the results of their analysis early next year. "Carbon management issue...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...every facet of our lives." For example, a research consortium led by Cornell University will participate in an international project to sequence the gene-rich portions of the 12 chromosomes of tomato by developing the detailed map of the tomato genome. The map that will result from this work will pave the way ...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...logical Sciences (AIBS) will set up a NEON design consortium and project office to develop a blueprint for the network and a plan for its implementation. NEON, envisioned as field and lab instrumentation deployed across the United States and integrated via cutting-edge cyberinfrastructure into a continent-wide......the milk genome project, which is an international consortium for genomic research devoted to better understanding the genetic basis for the healthfulness of milk. The symposium will be held at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, Calif., and is sponsored by the California Dairy Researc...Pioneering AIDS researcher to speak at UH
...as southwest region. The China AIDS Initiative, a consortium of Chinese and American organizations that have come together to combine forces in advocacy, public education, testing and prevention work, and antiretroviral therapy, will also be discussed. It is most gratifying to have our work progress from the...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...ce and Technology Center in Medford and includes a consortium of experts from Tufts' schools of engineering, arts and sciences, medicine, dental medicine and veterinary medicine. It also includes colleagues from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Division of Health Sciences and Technology, led by MIT's ...Joslin President awarded medal from international diabetes organization
... the leader the Diabetes Genome Anatomy Project, a consortium of institutions involved in the use of DNA chips and proteomic techniques to study diabetes. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Kahn received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Louisville. After training in internal medi...Select research highlights from current AACR journals
...n Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group, a consortium of Canadian....Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...elationships were established. In 1992, a research consortium consisting of three international teams working in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine was created to study long-term health effects of the radiation released at Chernobyl. "Our initial work in Russia was simply to conduct small pilot studies to establish in...5AM Solutions releases Microarray Enterprise Manage(TM) Software
... "We can finally seamlessly share data across the consortium and across the world," said Stephan. Dr. Tom Miller, who provides NIH oversight of the Consortium, said, "The public repository and control over its content will feed the international repositories with Minimum Information About a Microarray Experime...Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction
Investigators from an international consortium of research institutes, including the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, have identified compounds that mimic the effects of a low calorie diet but without a change in the amount of essential nutrients. The researchers believe it may be...Colorado River Conference Aug. 26
...hwest Center for Environmental Research (SCERP), a consortium of five U.S. universities and several Mexican research institutes. The Utah Engineering Experiment Station at the University of Utah is serving as the meeting's associate sponsor and organizer. The general public is invited to attend. The registra...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
..., such as cigarette smoking. An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of 12 research institutions and universities, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), identified a major lung cancer susc...European researchers tackle mitosis
... division in a comprehensive manner, the MitoCheck consortium of European scientists will systematically hunt for all genes that are required for division and then check the products of these genes to see how they are regulated by mitotic kinases. "This project is vital to understanding one of the most basic pr......In the five years to come, activities in the 3D-EM consortium will focus on: (1) The development of a high level...be developed according to the demands of the 3D-EM consortium in close collaboration with existing structural databases in the EU and USA. (3) The creation of a u...