Wright State biologist studies birds to learn how our stomachs convey thoughts of hunger
...the role of melatonin, a chemical in the brain, in organizing the activity of the gut," he explained. Van't Hof said the goal of his research is "to increase our understanding of these clocks in the gut with respect to metabolic conditions, and also to shed light on why we get hungry when we do and why we oft...Space technology in new technique to fight breast cancer
...pertise, ESI also assisted Brunsveld van Hulten by organizing an international workshop, under the auspices of ESA, to consult outside leading medical experts. The participants discussed user requirements and operational constraints as well as the new non-invasive diagnostic methods used by the rapidly developi...Researchers develop computer application to 'read' medical literature, find data relationships
...rch to computers. But, they are not only useful in organizing this growing body of scientific knowledge, they also are rapidly becoming indispensable." Initiated in September 2003, etexx Biopharmaceuticals creates new uses for existing Food and Drug Administration-approved compounds for various classes of ca...European Virtual Institute for Genome Annotation receives 12 million Euro
...cs by creating a virtual research institute and by organizing a European school for training in bioinformatics. Data overload is reaching epidemic proportions among molecular biologists. As genome-sequencing efforts continue apace and are being supplemented by new types of information from microarray, proteomic......one of the big challenges to accomplishing this is organizing these components into integrated circuits. Structures like the ones that Shih and Joyce have developed might someday guide the assembly of nanoscale circuits that extend computing performance beyond the limits set by silicon integrated circuit techno...Risk and food are on the same plate: World food safety experts offer new methods to assess risk
...r at Michigan State University. Ewen C.D. Todd is organizing the symposium "Food Safety and Risk Assessment: New Approaches to Microbiological Problems" at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting today in Seattle. Todd emphasizes that microbiological foodborne hazards, such as li......, the postdoctoral fellow who played a key role in organizing the optical imaging laboratory and conducting the experiments. Other participants in the study are graduate students, Peter Kaskan and Ilya Khaytin, research associate professor Christine E. Collins and Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Kenne...Study shows how consensus is attained in a noisy world
...hat they display organization without any external organizing principle being applied. "How did a consensus come about? Our computer model shows how social networks can substitute for central mechanisms in decision making," said Lus A. N. Amaral, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering and a...Integrative biology of exercise APS Intersociety meeting October 6-9, 2004 in Austin
... conference," said Ronald L. Terjung, chair of the organizing committee of the meeting and professor in the Department of Biomedical Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Veterinary Medicine. "And the range of subjects is quite phenomenal, both in terms of the 12 symposia each organized by ...Origin and Development of the Vertebrate Traits
...e asked to submit an application for review by the organizing committee. Applicants are encouraged to submit poster abstracts with their applications....Serotonin metabolites in mollusks suggest pathways for human therapies
...ced by serotonin. "Serotonin is a major factor in organizing the behavior of Pleurobranchaea, particularly for feeding," Gillette said. "Some potential prey have dangerous, stinging defenses. In a single encounter, Pleurobranchaea learn to avoid their odor, Pleurobranchaea learn to avoid it by doing a charac...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...6-9, 2004. Ronald L. Terjung, chair of the meeting organizing committee and professor in the Department of Biomedical Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Veterinary Medicine, noted that in addition to the 12 symposia of invited speakers, ample time each day has been set aside for discussi...