SEEDS program sponsors field trip to Calgary
...rmining global change in wildland ecosystems." The field trip will feature the research of the Kananaskis F...n the Sheep River Wildlife Sanctuary. The field trip will begin with an aquatic ecology overview followed by a tour of the Calgary Zoo and its conse...Continents played key role in collapse and regeneration of Earth's early greenhouse, geologists say
...ly atmosphere was like and how it evolved, Lowe, a field geologist, has spent virtually every summer since 1977 in South Africa or Western Australia collecting rocks that are, literally, older than the hills. Some of the Earth's oldest rocks, they are about 3.2 to 3.5 billion years old. ''The further ...Margaret Foti to be honored for significant contributions to cancer care
... Ville de Paris Award for her contributions to the field of cancer, and several awards from the AACR for advancing progress against cancer. Previous recipients of the ASCO Special Recognition Award include Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Ellen Sigal, president of the ...Study of ProCord for neurologically complete spinal cord injury
..., a Select Medical company, continues to lead this field through its comprehensive, medically-based rehabilitation programs in spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation and orthopedic, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders. In fact, Kessler is one of only 16 centers in the country to be ...Nanosphere announces genetic detection advance in Nature Biotechnology
...ecently extended, was awarded to Nanosphere from a field of 12,000 applicants to provide its Verigene TM platform for the testing of water samples for signature nucleic acid sequences of known biological warfare agents (e.g., anthrax and plague). The second contract, initiated in February 2004, involves t...NASA researchers customize 'lab-on-a-chip' technology
...pplying this technology in laboratories and in the field where organisms live in extreme environments on Earth, astrobiologists can compare Earth-life with that which may be found on other planets. "The micro array chip system developed to go to Mars will be lightweight, portable and capable of detecting o...Concerns remain about UVB damage to amphibians
...t of concerns, the researchers say. "At first our field studies showed only the damage that increased leve...ned these effects did not have an adequate base of field experiments, made too many assumptions about how UV-B radiation in the life cycle of one species wou...Loyola decides to test new blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...Institute. In order to receive approval for the field component of this clinical trial, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and Loyola's IRB require evidence that broad public notification has been made to ensure members of the public have an opportunity to share their concerns. In addition t...Pharmacogenomics could replace 'trial-and-error' with science from the human genome
...pport the initial investment needed to develop the field of pharmacogenomics and incorporate it into daily clinical practice.......ng damaged genes, they are instead focusing on the field of epigenetics--the study of changes in gene silen...genes that should otherwise remain active. The new field of epigenetic therapy, put forth by the USC researchers in their Nature review paper, aims to switch...Genomic biology institute's first grant to focus on soybeans, climate change
... Farms where corn and soybeans are growing in open field conditions under concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone levels projected for the year 2050. The Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research funded the startup of SoyFACE. "With this DOE grant," DeLucia said, "we are now more than doubling...Antibiotic resistance risk from triclosan questioned
...were premature," says McBain. "Indeed a number of field studies conducted of homes and clinics were unable to link antibacterial use patterns with changes in resistance."......and experiments with atom chips where the magnetic field of miniature wires is used to manipulate ultracold...toms can be tuned by varying the external magnetic field (G2 3). And Anthony Leggett of the University of Illinois will offer some reflections on the theory ...Developing tools for reliable 'gene chip' measurements
...ized and hosted by NIST, leaders in the microarray field from industry, government and universities recommended the development of a well-characterized set of ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules whose identity and concentration are known. RNA is an important product of gene activity. Users will be able to val...Promising research: From employment issues to virology
...c computer systems were inspired by ideas from the field of biology. However, they are based on normal sili...ms, thereby providing an impor-tant impulse in the field of theoretical and synthetic chemistry. (Coordinator: Professor Dr. Dietmar Stalke, University of Wr...Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to Chinese conservationist
...utstanding individual, team or organization in the field of conservation biology whose efforts have had a significant impact on preserving the world's rich natural heritage and whose actions and approach can serve as a model to others. The Award bears the names of the late Theodore A. Parker III and Alwy...Stuart Lipton honored with Jung Prize for Medicine
...eing honored for his "trailblazing research in the field of neuroscience and its diagnostic and therapeutic consequences". The award recognizes a series of discoveries from Dr. Lipton's laboratory, which has led to the development of a new paradigm for treating stroke and neurodegenerative diseases based...Bird's eye views earth's magnetic lines
...many other animals, are able to sense the magnetic field of the earth, but how do they do it? "A fascinatin...mpass," reports evidence that the earth's magnetic field is sensed by light-absorbing molecules in the retina of a bird's' eye. Thorsten Ritz, a postdoctora...Biologists uncover genetic links to broad range of human disorders resulting from cilia dysfunctions
...e basic cilia machinery. Avidor-Reiss narrowed the field of 200 again to 40 genes important for a type of cilia found in human, mouse, fruit fly and roundworm cells, then demonstrated, in a series of experiments in fruit flies, that six of those genes were integral for the formation of cilia. This was done...Dartmouth Medical School awarded $9 million grant for genomics research
...n." The bread mold fungus has been central to the field of genetics for decades. George Beadle and Edward Tatum won the Nobel prize in 1958 for discovering, through their work on Neurospora, that genes act by regulating chemical events. Since then, the Neurospora genome has been fully sequenced and is p...