Whitehead Receives $35 Million Grant From National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
...rcentof human genome sequence within one year. In plans drawn up last fall, GenomeProject leaders projecte...I will review additional applications in March and plans to award additionalfunds for large-scale human DNA sequence production in May. "We are very proud to......ive us a betterunderstanding of how the major body plans emerged," said Bagu....Urban Ecology Study Watches Birds On The Web
...tion to the bird survey, the CAP LTER project also plans toconduct similar surveys of other urban animals and plants. A survey of insectsand other arthropods is already underway. The CAP LTER Bird Survey Database website is located at http://caplter.asu.edu/po12/ and can be searched by date, loc...Animals' Behavior Can Hasten Their Extinction
...o longer apply in those altered by people.But most plans for conserving endangered species fail to account for behavior,says Michael Reed of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Examples of behavior that contributes to extinction include: Cape vultures like to perch on high roosts while foraging--...Montana Scientist Returns From Dinosaur Nesting Site In Patagonia
...ist MarySchweitzer visited the site for a week and plans to do some follow-up researchas well. All the fossils ultimately will be housed in a museum in Argentina. "The hardest thing we still have to understand is how does a 30-footdinosaur walk around in a nesting ground with such densely clustere...Study: Microgravity May Enhance Gene Transfer In Plants
...beeasily tracked. In future experiments, Bula says plans are to transfer a genethat has been shown to relieve certain human autoimmune diseases. All the interest in conducting gene transfer in space is far from an academicexercise. Fully 30 percent of the International Space Station, now beingassembled in ...University Of Chicago To Host 'Evo-Devo' Symposium
... and rearrange to produce themyriad different body plans we see today. Davis, along with fifth-year grad student William Browne and third yeargrad student James McClintock, began putting together the symposium more than ayear ago. "We wanted to start a discussion on evo-devo with big namescient...Study Bolsters Theory Of Plant Nutrients Trapped In Soil
... In a related future project, Hatcher plans to studywhether humic acid traps nitrogen in forests.......ard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)today announced plans to award $14 million in grants through a new inter...veand the announcement by HHMI on April 29 that it plans to award $15 million ingrants to support the research of biomedical scientists in This new initiat...K-State Researchers Study Pest Resistance Management
... important that we get these resistance management plans justright," McGaughey said. "If we're too cautious we may deprive ourselves thebenefits of this technology. On the other hand, if we're not cautious enough, wemay have to go back to using chemicals." Higgins emphasizes that while no resistance has ye...Endangered Species' Recovery Plans Face Comprehensive Scientific Review
Species recovery plans have multiplied quickly since the Endangered Speci...earheading a national effort toreview 200 recovery plans in detail. It is the most comprehensive review so far,and ultimately could bring a scientific apprai...Urban Restorer Sees Trash Trees, Beetles As Signs Of Hope
...ts, is usually unwelcome in alandscape architect's plans but Penn State's Ken Tamminga says its presence inPittsburgh's Nine Mile Run area is a sign of hope. So, too, he says was the surprising discovery there of African dungbeetles. "Both Ailanthus and the beetles are resilient, early colonizers ...New Carbon Monoxide Sensor Developed For Occupational Use
...-sector partners for distribution and isdeveloping plans to manufacture and market the CO occupational dosimeter. A paper summarizing this research, "A New Carbon Monoxide OccupationalDosimeter: Results from a Worker Exposure Assessment Survey," will be publishedin the Journal of Exposure Analysis and Envi...Montana Hantavirus Study Looks At Why The Mouse Goes Into The House
...gs maybe drawn by the scent of a mate, a theory he plans to test in the future. What's astounding, he added, is how quickly the mice find thebuildings--within 15 minutes after dark. "If you leave your deck door open, you're going to have deer mice goingin and out and your cat's not going t...Women With Low Cholesterol May Be At Risk For Depression And Anxiety
...women was taking medications. Inthe future, Suarez plans to study the effects of low cholesterol in women whoare clinically depressed and to assess the effects of low cholesterol on immunefunction.......ence by the year 2003, the drug-company consortium plans totake the genetic decoding effort a step further....ug design. To accomplish this task, the consortium plans to locate, within the next twoyears, 300,000 of the estimated 2 million single-nucleotide polymorphi...The mother of all cells makes an excellent lab guinea pig
... proteins in response to the toxic drugs.Snodgrass plans to repeat the experiment with human ES cells. Frank Sistare, a pharmacologist with the Food and Drug Administration inWashington DC, says that the VistaGen team must now prove that ES cells predictdrug toxicity better than current cell-cu...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...ilitateserendipitous encounters. Although funding, plans and permits must be obtained before ground can be brokenon the building, the first manifestation of the Bio-X program will appear nextfall with the course "Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences." It will betaught every quarter and has been assig...Germany needs a national genome initiative
...ing position for themselves; the French government plans toinvest an additional amount of 330 million dollars in genome research within thenext three years. Following an initial period of scepticism about geneticengineering the promising perspectives and great potential has been recognisednow in Germany an...... "It's not that he loves me," McRobertsays. He plans to use recorded voices to see what Fido will do when visual andaudio cues don't match up. "We may actually learn something about how theseanimals recognize individuals."...