Professor Authors Complete Guide To Fungi
...tirring introductory lecture, Hudler found himself peering intomicroscopes, fascinated by fungi, and he's been having fungi fun ever since. For 10 years, Hudler has been teaching one of Cornell's most popular courses,Plant Pathology 201, better known as "Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds."More than 2,000...Jumpin' Jordan! Athletic Gene Yields Biological Clues
... genetic signature, as recognizable to a biologist peering througha microscope as a player's slam dunk is to a fan watching replays. They then useJordan to isolate genes of interest to understand their form and function. The Jordan jumping gene has helped the developmental biologists discover andanalyze two ...Scientists predict food in the new millennium
... does Y2K have in store for food? Food scientists peering into their crystal balls see supermarket sections devoted to functional foods (products that may provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition), grubs as grub, and pill-popping to optimize nutrition. "I envision grocery store shelves lined with ...Researchers unlock secrets of directional cell movement
... green protein tags to PH domain proteins and then peering through a microscope to determine to which side of the cell these tagged proteins flocked after being subject to cAMP. They discovered that the fluorescent proteins reliably marked the places on the membrane where the G-protein signals are active. ...Whale of a Puget Sound problem lures UW researchers
...ng at the world differently. It is not like a dog peering at you. It is another creature looking at you and trying to figure you out," said Hawks-Johnson. Her first such encounter came in 1991 near Australia's Great Barrier Reef with a bottlenose dolphin. "I was on a Zodiac and a dolphin popped its head u...Researchers reveal new secrets of the brain
By peering through a window into the brains of living mice, researchers Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have caught a groundbreaking glimpse of adult brain cells forming new connections. Their study upends the long-held tenet that the structure of adult brains is......elationships between bacteria and their hosts. "By peering into ourselves and studying the genomes of our co-evolved bacterial partners, we have an opportunity to address fundamental questions about ecology and evolution and about determinants of our own physiology," Gordon offers. The gut microbiome represe...Researchers in a University of Chicago lab are peering inside the minds of European starlings to find out how they recognize songs and in the process are providing insights into how the brain learns, recognizes and remembers complex sounds at the cellular level. In a study published in the Aug. 7, 2003, ...