Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2003 Annual Meeting
...logy or Medicine, with a presidential symposium on integration of neuroimaging with computer modeling of brain function. The full meeting program and the abstracts will be available next week on our website at www.humanbrainmapping.org ....Bioinformatics/GIS program aim is to protect chimpanzees
... grant to develop a more "holistic" system for the integration of technology, research and education through a project designed to study and protect chimpanzees in Tanzania. Taranjit Kaur has received the prestigious NSF funding to support a five-year program entitled "Bridging the Gaps Using Bush-to-Base-Bio-In...AGI receives grant to develop environmental science textbook
...aluation functions; and direct the development and integration of various computer-based applications. Paul Hearn, Chief of Regional Programs for the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Mapping Division, will facilitate coordination of subject-matter experts on relevant topics. Other team members include Gregory McHo...Seven CD-ROM global GIS data set available from AGI
...id Marcus E. Milling, AGI Executive Director. "The integration of these data at a global scale will help demonstrate basic principles of Earth science and provide the most effective kind of instruction for students. Furthermore, the data package dovetails very well with AGI's existing K-12 curricula." "Through ...Organization for Human Brain Mapping annual meeting abstract highlights
...ology or Medicine, and a presidential symposium on integration of neuroimaging with computer modeling of brain function. The full meeting program and all of the abstracts are available on our website at www.humanbrainmapping.org/NYC2003 . Members of the press may attend the meeting at no charge by providing pr...Wildlife markets and disease transmission
...y of Disease Spillover The result is a dangerous integration of circumstances, with animals and consumers from different ecosystems coming into contact. The lack of resistance to new pathogens makes humans and animals fertile, uncontrolled laboratories for viruses and bacteria to adapt and rapidly mutate. Furt...Von Liebig Center awards funding to six projects to commercialize UCSD faculty research
...essor Yu favors device concepts that allow massive integration of semiconductor waveguide components on the same ... this would increase the cost of the fan. However, integration of the ANC in a system as a whole is not only cost effective but also significantly better for the c...Type 2 diabetes linked to a family of metabolic genes
...Through repeated examination of the list of genes, integration of medical and scientific information, and educated guesses, Dr. Patti came to the realization that many of the genes altered in diabetes encode for proteins in the mitochondria, and that the majority is regulated by another gene known as NRF-1. Tha...New 'knockout' map helps study gene functions in model plant
...rn off. According to Ecker, this process of T-DNA integration has been carried out for well over 25 years, but this study provides a new perspective on using the technique to analyze gene function. Some genes, it turns out, contain certain features that mark them as favored targets of inactivation. Additiona...Studies probe rapid evolution of Chinese tallow trees
...portant role in plant invasions and their eventual integration into the local flora. To test this theory, Siemann, Rogers, and Saara DeWalt, the Huxley Instructor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, are growing seedlings from seeds collected from states across the southern U.S. Working with a large group of gra...Energy companies, conservation groups issue biodiversity recommendations for oil & gas development
... others with an interest in ensuring the effective integration of biodiversity considerations into oil and gas development. Next Steps: In order to begin testing and refining the report's recommendations, the EBI will work closely with the Biodiversity Working Group established by the International Petroleum I...Army awards up to $50 million to establish Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
...ng of materials in three-dimensions. Likewise, the integration of component function in biological systems is ast...mpact on engineered information processing systems integration as well. "The idea is to understand biological mechanisms and to harness them for design and fabrica...Society for Biomolecular Screening to hold ninth annual conference
...ps on emerging techniques, emphasizing the growing integration of the sciences and their effects on drug development. Breaking news and breakthrough research will be presented, as well as the latest advances in genomics, proteomics, high-throughput screening, ADMET, imaging, medicinal (all therapeutic areas), c...Long-term natural gas supplies should meet growing demand in coming decades, study finds
... and supplies. Far more effective would be better integration of energy, environmental and land-use policies to avoid higher future prices. Natural gas is considered the cleanest fossil fuel, producing nearly 50 percent fewer carbon dioxide emissions than coal. But concerns about the environmental impact of dri...NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
...d to address this crucial area by promoting better integration of existing clinical research networks, encouraging the development of technologies to improve the assessment of clinical outcomes, harmonizing regulatory processes and enhancing training for clinical researchers. Another major goal of this initiativ...USC awarded multi-million dollar engineering research center by National Science Foundation
...o $17 million installments), which will enable the integration of three separate biomedical research programs at USC, each of which is focused on developing electronic replacements for lost neural function. The grant will also fund allied programs based at Caltech and University of California, Santa Cruz. Thro...Scientists develop advanced sensors for biological agent detection
... Analyst James Smith. Without clear direction, the integration of new technologies into a comprehensive set of methods and instruments for future detection may prove to be costly and slow. For instance, antibody-based detectors in weapons take 30 to 45 minutes for the capture-to-identification process and are re...$9.4 million NSF grant backs UCSB-led effort in bio-image informatics
...re," according to Manjunath. The database and its integration with other sources of biological data will greatly facilitate image bioinformatics and large-scale biology. There are three main thrusts to the project: Creating methods for image analysis and pattern recognition and data mining. This effort is le...Complement inhibitor decreases heart attacks and death in men following cardiac surgery
...e factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the integration of multiple technologies and programs; (2) the ability to adapt AVANT's vectoring systems to develop new, safe and effective orally administered vaccines against anthrax and plague or other bioterrorism threats or emerging health care threats; (3) th......searchers said. But research has shown that social integration among male baboons in Amboseli reduces basal levels of the hormone cortisol, a key marker of stress. Grooming has also been shown to reduce heart rate in some monkey species. Nevertheless, the amount of time that baboons spend grooming -- some devote...