Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
...biomedicine. The AACR Science Education Committee organizes both. Twenty undergraduate students will receive AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards. Dr. Bardos, a native of Hungary, came to the United States after World War II to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. He went o...Stem cells found in adults may repair nerves
...n, and the hippocampal dentate gyrus, an area that organizes short-term memory. However, the pace of stem-cell repairs in humans is slow. And in some cases, stem cells can even impede healing. Stem cells in an injured spinal cord can create a sticky scar that blocks nerve regeneration, according to Dr. Philip...Researchers identify important function of NF2 tumor suppressor
...link to the cellular cytoskeleton, merlin normally organizes the structure that facilitates cell-to-cell communication the adherens junction," says McClatchey, who is an assistant professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. "Loss of junction integrity has been linked to both tumor development and tumor...First molecule discovered that directs nerve cells to connect with each other
...ut the location of the guidepost cell, and then it organizes the synapse around the guidepost," Bargmann explains. "That ensures that it always makes the right connection in the right place." She expects that SYG-1 likely plays a similar matchmaking role in synapse formation in other organisms, perhaps includi...Queen's invention connects brain functioning to limb control
...int tasks. "Now that we're learning how the brain organizes information related to movement and motor control, we can take that information into the clinic and start to look at different patient populations to develop diagnostic tools and provide quantitative information on what the specific deficits are," sa...UT Southwestern researchers shed new light on regulation of cell behavior
...he development of caveolae, a membrane system that organizes signaling molecules used by cells to communicate with each other. The findings, appearing in today's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that a protein called caveolin, in conjunction with cholesterol, forms filaments...Physical map of mouse genome now available
..., and T--that make up the genome. The physical map organizes and delineates this information on the mouse's 20 chromosomes.McPherson compared the draft sequence to loose pages from an encyclopedia. The pages may provide a lot of information, but they lack context. "Each page may provide many details," he says,...Bioinformatics: The quest for new drugs finds significant profits
...lead will be successful. This technology sorts and organizes data to enable scientists to identify potential drug targets, disease susceptibility, drug toxicity and efficacy, as well as individual responses to medication. In addition, computer modeling of molecular structure can aid researchers in optimizing ......ooks very cool." The architecture of the new site organizes the institute's information into seven major categories. More than one-third of the pages can be found in the Research section of the site, providing an overview of the institute's scientific activities. This section includes an overview of the Hum...Genomic data viewed on biological pathways with new computer program, GenMAPP
...yield information from thousands of genes. GenMAPP organizes the results by biological process, allowing researchers to see coordinated changes in gene expression that would be difficult to see when looking at all the data at once. Since its beta release one year ago, more than 1,000 scientists from more than ...Scientists solve first flavivirus structure
...he major protein called "E" for envelope protein organizes itself to form a protective shell around the virus. The protein shell is made up of 60 subunits to form a 20-sided sphere. The shell serves as a cage for the genetic material inside, sheltering it from harm until it is released inside a host cell. Wh......rature is overwhelming, and a systematic tool that organizes and evaluates it authoritatively like this is just what we need. Similarly, Tony Pawson, Faculty head for Cell Biology is equally enthusiastic about Faculty of 1000: I visited the web site, and got immediately excited. This is just what we need. ...Five Rutgers professors named fellows of national science association
...ergraduate and graduate courses on immunology, and organizes the department's annual seminar series. Her major area of research is neuroimmunology, specifically the molecular mechanisms through which the neuroendocrine and immune systems communicate. Paul B. Kantor, professor of information science in the lib...Welch Award honors 2 for unlocking nature's secrets
...ions, underwrites 35 academic chairs in chemistry, organizes a visiting lecture series of prominent scientists, supports a summer scholar program for high school students, and helps fund a biennial conference for chemistry and science teachers at the high school and junior high levels....Carnegie Mellon's Carnegie Symposium on Cognition
...The latest advances in understanding how the brain organizes and interprets information that the eye sees will be explored by scientists attending the annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition June 2-4 at Carnegie Mellon University. Titled "Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural Perspectives,"...Report in PNAS on role of nephrin, the kidney filter protein
...that functions bothas a key structural motif which organizes and maintains the integrity of thefiltration barrier as well as a porous filtration structure that allows theliquid portion of the blood to pass but not plasma proteins. A break-down in the kidney's ability to filter proteins is a common occurrencein...AAAS Annual Meeting And Science Innovation Exposition
...ws Briefings The AAAS News and Information Office organizes over 25 news briefings during the Annual Meeting. A full schedule of briefings will be available on this site in early January. Special Events Welcome reception for newsroom registrants , Friday, January 22. Sponsored by the AAAS Office of News...Duke Study Helps Explain How Cells Divvy Up Genes During Reproduction
..." To help visualize just how the Ncd motor organizes the apparatusresponsible for dividing up chromosomes equally during cell division, Endow andher colleagues attached a glowing fluorescent molecule to the Ncd motor in fruitflies. Then they photographed the chromosomes and molecular motors in action a......The fluorine atoms are soaking up electrons, which organizes the collagen chains into a highly stable triple helix. The stability of collagen is measured by its "melting point," or the temperature at which the strands begin to unravel, Raines said. In Prockop's experiment, he produced collagen that was stable ...