Researchers discover how worms' noses sense oxygen
...f molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, and a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). "And the bordering and clumping that worm experts refer to as social behavior is really the worms, in an artificial setting like a Petri dish, trying to get to an area of 6 percent oxygen, wh...$1.6 million grant to Williams College
..., and fund research opportunities for students and faculty from Berkshire County high schools and from the Ma...ining teaching and research. A second will enhance faculty development and promote collaborative research between Williams faculty and faculty from MCLA, Benne......areas that will be continuing include: student and faculty travel awards for the ESA Annual Meeting; a SEEDS ...ndergraduate students, 6 graduate students, and 20 faculty members will receive travel awards to attend the Society's scientific conference in Portland, Oregon...Mitochondria in spinal cords is ALS target according to UCSD medical researchers
...iences, and cellular and molecular medicine, and a faculty member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He added that "the SOD1 may also tip the balance and induce mitochondria to send a cell death signal to the motor neurons." In laboratory studies with tissue from animals and humans, the UCSD team ...National Parkinson Foundation designates UNC as 'Center of Excellence'
...at Emory University in Atlanta. She joined the UNC faculty in 2002 when she founded the Movement Disorders Cl...of-the-art clinical care, he recruited several new faculty members, including Drs. Huang, Murrow, Alexander I. Trster and Daniel Kaufer, Huang leads UNC's tran...New $9 million NSF grant to fund creation of center at LSU
...rom LSU will be involved in the project, including faculty from CAMD and the departments of biological sciences, mechanical engineering and chemistry. External partners in the project include researchers from Cornell Medical College, Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Research Center and Baylor College of Medic...New milestones on the path to conquering HIV drug resistance (AIDS)
...e design of better drugs," said Arnold, a resident faculty member of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. The research institute is jointly administered by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Since 1987, Arnold has collaborat...Protein believed to control formation of memory identified by Scripps & UCSD scientists
... to Scripps Research four years ago, Mayford was a faculty member at UCSD, where together with another UCSD scientist Edward Korzus, Ph.D., they initiated the research. "There is a link between this molecule and very severe problems in humans," Mayford added, noting that the findings may be significant for...Ralph J. Cicerone nominated to be next National Academy of Sciences president
... by the United Nations. Cicerone has served on the faculty at the University of Michigan, and he was also a research scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He was dean of physical sciences at the University of California at Irvine from 1994 to 1...Professor and student among tops in technology at UH
...H with two prestigious honors bestowed on both the faculty and student levels," said John Bear, dean of UH's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. "It represents UH's commitment to fostering research across the board and reflects the changing landscape for the role of women in cutting-edge research a...Keeping your peas and carrots safe to eat
...outbreaks. According to Steve Scheuerell, faculty research associate at Oregon State University's Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, there has been an increase in reported human disease outbreaks associated with fresh produce over the last couple decades. "When an outbreak occurs, most of the...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
... valuable information for admissions officials and faculty of veterinary colleges for recruiting and training the type of students likely to pursue a career in food supply veterinary medicine," said Dr. John Thompson of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. Andrus' areas of research includ...Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease UH students are taking aim
...esented award-winning work, as well as commend the faculty members for engaging undergraduates in the research process." Jose Figueroa, a senior biology major in NSM's Biology and Biochemistry department at UH, won his poster award for research in biological clocks. Also known as circadian rhythms, biolog...National nanotech expert to address UW-Madison conference
...at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. University faculty engaged in the study and uses of nanotechnology wi...l also showcase the research of several UW-Madison faculty who are working at the intersection of nanotechnology and biotechnology, an area considered by many ...Tigecycline - Candidate antibiotic produces 74 percent cure rate in cSSSI patients
...are that are world firsts. OU Physicians serve as faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region's future physicians....20 May AAAS lecture: Computers that Respond to Human Emotion
...ing to her remarks will be Paul Root-Wolpe, senior faculty associate, department of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, who will focus on the ethical implications of affective technology and its relationship to understanding people.......llaborating with Michigan's Hope College to create faculty teams from biology, the physical sciences, and mat...with Philadelphia area schools. Undergraduates and faculty from both colleges will mentor middle- and high-school students, providing laboratory experiences an...Bird's eye views earth's magnetic lines
...in the Phillips' lab at Virginia Tech who is now a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, co-authored the paper with Peter Thalau of the Zoologisches Institut, Fachbereich Biologie und Informatik, at J.W. Goethe University, Siesmayerstrasse, John Ph...Professor publishes book on historic 'mosquito wars'
...mporary Florida. Patterson, on the Florida Tech faculty since 1981, is director of the university's Center for Florida Studies. He is also the author of "Florida Institute of Technology," a pictorial history. Patterson's research interests include modern European intellectual history and Florida history, ...... of Columbia, where she was a valued member of the faculty for two decades, she chaired the Women's Advisory Committee. She is a founding member and former national chair of the National Network of Minority Women in Science (MWIS). She was an active member of the National Network of Minority Women in Science...