UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...s "originality, creativity and the potential to do more in the future." It is the Foundation's convicti...nal funding mechanisms," he says. "I want to learn more about the life cycle and internal regulatory mechanisms of the parasite, and how it avoids the immun...Newly identified master gene key in baby's first breath
...xa2 gene was deleted, the Foxa1 gene was expressed more strongly, perhaps in an effort to compensate for the absence of the parent gene, Dr. Whitsett said. Still, the Foxa1 was not strong enough to support the development of sustainable healthy lungs in the mice. According to the March of Dimes, ...A test case for DNA barcodes to identify species
...barcodes. In the 130 species represented by two or more individuals, gene sequences were either identical or closest to other sequences within that species. The authors report that the genetic barcodes therefore "separate individuals into the categories that taxonomists call species." As their technol...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
As biomedical science becomes more interdisciplinary, research progress will depend on contributions from life scientists who are familiar with the tools and ideas of the physical and computational sciences and engineering. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National I...Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
...in a Globalized World," the symposium will feature more than a dozen experts from WCS, the World Health Organization, Center for Disease Control and other key global and U.S. leaders, discussing diseases such as Ebola, Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu"), and the "mad cow"-like condition called Chronic Wasting D...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
... are being farmed using best practices, and making more high quality sustainable green coffee available to...st 1.4 percent of the planet's surface, yet harbor more than 60 percent of all plant and animal diversity, and are under increasing threats according to CI....Agronomy, crop, and soil science societies to meet Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 in Seattle
...ser and other ARCPACS certification programs. For more information or to register and make housing reservations for the Annual Meetings, visit www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/anmeet/ or call the Societies at 608-273-8080 for the Preregistration Brochure. Media representatives and public information officers can...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...ists there and, in the process, helping NASA learn more about how primitive life forms could exist on Mars. The NASA-funded researchers are studying the Atacama Desert, described as the most arid region on Earth, to understand the desert as a habitat that represents one of the limits of life on Earth. Th...Hidden diversity: DNA 'barcoding' reveals a common butterfly is actually 10 different species
...hwestern Costa Rica. They noticed that, amid the more than 2,500 wild-caught caterpillars of A. fulgerat...specimens. If the specimens in question differ by more than a few percent in their base pairs of DNA in this gene, it is likely that they have come from di...Conference at UH opens doors for new scientists, engineers
...s part of a national NSF-sponsored program to help more minorities earn degrees in science, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) disciplines, as well as prepare them for graduate study, the Houston-area consortium, also known as H-LSAMP, is led by UH and includes seven other academic institution...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
... the most toxic substance known, six million times more potent than rattlesnake venom. It works by binding to nerve endings. The toxin is taken up by the nerves where it blocks chemical signals from reaching muscles. With enough blocked nerve endings, the toxin can cause paralysis and death. In recent yea...Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in specific, primitive portion of nervous system
...posure to low-level sarin in the 1991 Gulf War was more frequent and widespread than previously acknowledged. Subsequent research from Dr. Haley's group showed that veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome also were born with lower levels of a protective blood enzyme called paraoxonase, which ...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
...o identify all plants and animals would allow many more people -- from environmental regulators to nature ...sult, the mtDNA of closely related species differs more than the nuclear DNA of those species and can be used to tell them apart. In earlier stu...Researchers devise potent new tools to curb ivory poaching
... East. The shipment included 532 whole tusks, many more than 6 feet long, and 41,000 small carved ivory cy...ocument signatures. The cylinders alone were worth more than $6 million. The new methods developed by Wasser's team can show generally where such ivory cam...Punching the timeclock of life
...tter suited an organism is to its environment, the more likely it is to reproduce, forcing the species to ...-adapted individuals can grow." What is even more striking, he said, is that the findings raise the possibility that the same process happens in human...Indiana University, EPA to study airborne PCBs
...Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network for five more years. As part of their duties, the scientists will measure atmospheric levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which result from incomplete combustion), PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers which are widel...Tracing genes, biologists show lizard migration is traced to Florida
... in St. Louis shows that Florida is an exporter of more than just fruit and star athletes. Studying gene... The team analyzed a small region of DNA from more than 600 different individuals to get a genetic "ID card" for each lizard. The historic home for An...Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies
...ncies occur in the United States each year (out of more than 6 million total pregnancies) and account for about 9 percent of all pregnancy-related deaths in the country. Risk factors include pelvic inflammatory disease, which can scar the fallopian tubes, and smoking. At the same time, surveys indicate th...Knock knock knocking on rhythm's neural doors
... and in the cerebellum. Discrete activity was much more extensive, including numerous areas on both sides ... and a separate cognitive system that orchestrates more complex movement. And music? "Computational neuroscientist theorize that rhythmic movements are gen......oxicity of water-soluble buckyballs by a factor of more than ten million. The research will appear in an u...f these modified buckyballs by 10 million times to more than 5 million parts per billion. "We're encouraged to see that controlling the surface properties o...