Energy Department awards $103 million for post-genomic research
...s of genes. The new projects will focus on entire networks of genes and even entire biological systems - sing...lead to an understanding of the complex regulatory networks that control the assembly and coordinate the operation of these machines. The program will also pr...ORNL receives $21.7 million for DOE's Genomes to Life
...scribe and predict the behavior of gene regulatory networks in microbes in response to environmental conditions found in sites contaminated with metals and radionuclides. Other partners in the $36.6 million project are the University of California, Berkeley; University of Missouri, Columbia; University of Was...'Obesity sleuths' find chronic diseases linked to behavior contrary our DNA
...of the maintenance of normal signaling by cellular networks that activate that genome. Since the normal orchestration of protein expression in cells in humans was selected during evolution, when physical activity was higher than today, an altered protein expression of cells from sedentary individuals is asso...Researcher is using nature's command and control network to develop ways to engineer organisms
... taking place within a cell are linked together in networks that allow the cell to process information and mak...o (the response.) "As we learn more about how the networks perform, we can engineer them to be more sophisticated, efficient, and adaptable," he says. For exam...Amazonian devastation: Common sense quantified to predict disaster
...and dramatically expand highway and infrastructure networks in the Brazilian Amazon will have important impacts on deforestation activity. Deforestation will be greatest in relatively seasonal, south-easterly areas of the basin, which are most accessible to major population centers and where large-scale cattl...Physics tip sheet #20 July 3, 2002
...n patterns in all leaves. An analysis of leaf vein networks revealed simple relationships between the angles that veins form when they intersect and the thickness of the veins at the intersections. The universal similarity of vein structure from one plant to another suggests that the patterns provide insight ...Tomato packs more cancer-fighting punch
...eneficial compounds. "They may stabilize membrane networks that involve longevity of physical structures in the cells called chromoplasts," Mattoo says. "Because lycopene accumulates in chromoplasts in the tomato fruit cells, in this case the polyamines seem to have a positive effect." The polyamines share a...Study offers a rare view of how species interactions evolve
...ontinually respond to one another, forming complex networks of interaction," Thompson said. In the Nature paper, Thompson and coauthor Bradley Cunningham of WSU described how these two species--the woodland star and the Greya moth--have coevolved in a variety of habitats throughout western Idaho and adjacent ...Study suggests infants 'tune in' to familiar face groups
...l narrowing" may signal a general change in neural networks that is involved in early cognition, Nelson said. "We're interested in what this means in neurological terms," he said. "For example, we don't know why this particular area of the brain--the fusiform gyrus--gets the assignment of distinguishing faces...Scientists identify the 'Bin Laden' of cancer causing faulty proteins
...he methods used to deal with established terrorist networks - aggressive therapies to destroy the cancer/terro...al with the problem early before extensive support networks are developed. This research finds that cancer can have simple non complex causes that give us more ...Networking slows down protein evolution, study reveals
... showing that many yeast proteins form interacting networks that allow them to communicate with one another inside the cell. ``How genes interact to form complex traits in an organism is a relatively new aspect of evolutionary theory,`` said Stanford biologist Marcus W. Feldman, co-author of the Science study...Looking for clues about how proteins talk to each other
...ases. The understanding of how protein interaction networks are designed might, for instance, help scientists ... this work can be applied to interactions in other networks such as food webs in ecosystems, neural networks, the Internet, and even among stock market agents,"...MelTec GmbH characterizes protein networks involved in T-cell invasion
...al of Theoretical Medicine, describing the protein networks involved in T-cell invasion in Sarcoid myopathy an...rotein expression and function. MELK reads protein networks in the context of whole, intact cells, providing an image of protein locations in the cell, or the c...NIH and ES Cell International Pte. Ltd sign International Stem Cell Research Agreement
.... NIH researchers and those in their collaborative networks are among the best in the world and all of us in the field will benefit from their input. We look forward to distributing our cells and providing training to researchers where required. The MOU is available on the NIH web site at: http://www.nih.g...Ultrasound cleans ceramic filters: Could aid water treatment
... membrane filters -- honeycomb-like networks of tiny channels separated by thin ceramic films, or membranes. When water flows through the channels, the membranes act as sieves to catch contaminants such as clay, iron oxide, bacteria a...APS announces its 2002 Young Investigators Awards
...on will assist with understanding how these neural networks control blood pressure and breathing, as well as how changes in neural network activity may be involved in cardiovascular and respiratory disease. James D. Stockand, Ph.D. University of Texas, San Antonio The Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Awar...Office of Naval Research awards $8.4M to young investigators
...hat will be widely usable in the mobile cell phone networks as well as tactical military communication networks. Dr. Xiaosheng Gao, Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron will develop tools for the quantitative characterization of damage tolerance in structures using mechanism-based methods. The researc...Neural stem cells move to damaged areas of brain after injury
...y hyperexcitable and wire into existing nerve cell networks in a way that may lead to seizures, Parent says. This suggests that making more new neurons after injury is not always a good thing for brain function. Despite such obstacles, the idea that the brain can replace nerve cells lost to injury opens up ne...Military technologies and increased fishing effort leave no place for fish to hide
...e must recreate the refuges of old by establishing networks of marine reserves. New evidence indicates that fully protected refuges can help protect stocks from reaching the point of no return by providing safe havens, protecting habitats and by exporting fish and their offspring to surrounding fishing groun......l fisheries, and unavoidably, the establishment of networks of no-take marine reserves: to replenish the oceans depleted resources and to restore productivity, says Pauly. In order to restore productivity to a fishery, the broader ecosystem with its many parts needs to be conserved. The only solution is serio...