Marian Johnson-Thompson wins 2004 Alice C. Evans Award
...of Microbiology," showcasing the contributions and roles of women microbiologists. Johnson-Thompson earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in microbiology from Howard University in Washington, DC. She received a Ph.D. in molecular virology from Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC, in 1978. Ele...Melvin Weinstein wins 2004 BD Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology
...e, as well, through committee service and advisory roles for ASM's American Board of Medical Microbiology, the National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. A Fe...What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
...ntal to the intervention. Educators play multiple roles as teachers, coaches, mentors, tutors and counselors. Teachers develop and maintain quality interactions with students and each other. Active family support is sought and established. These design principles provide tools that will enable communi...Protein-centric drug development and functional glycomics enrich biopharmaceuticals pipeline
...hese carbohydrates are moving beyond their regular roles as sugar storage bins. Carbohydrate-binding proteins are becoming extremely useful in curing various illnesses. "The rapid evolution of glycomics as a natural extension of proteomics provides a better understanding of glycoproteins, glycosylation p...Inflammation, hypertension are focus of major new MCG research program
...e inflammation. Dr. Inscho is piecing together the roles of interleukin-6 as well as the cytokines TNF- and TGF- in the problems that occur in the microvasculature of kidneys in hypertension. "We have been interested in the hypertension angle because we know blood vessels in the kidney don't function c...Clemson launches S.C. DNA Learning Center
...p prepare college-bound students for their future roles as working professionals and civic leaders in government, industry, agriculture, education, engineering and medicine. The Clemson-based program also will work with middle and high-school teachers. Tentative staffing for the center for its first ye...Young chimpanzees show sex differences in learning
...em to pursue activities related to their adult sex roles at a very young age." Because this learning difference is similar to published sex differences in human learning, a sex-based learning difference may date back at least to the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans, the researchers said. Acco...Sticklebacks reveal secrets to evolutionary change in Stanford study
...se large evolutionary shifts. Most genes have many roles in an animal, so mutations kill the animal rather than altering its shape. Mice with mutated Pitx1, for example, die soon after birth. In the sticklebacks, however, the group found alterations in the location of the Pitx1 gene activity. Although the ...St. Jude researchers create image of enzyme that orchestrates natural genetic engineering
...uman helicases, Bloom and Werner, may have similar roles to those of UvsW in rescuing stalled replication forks. Mutations in these helicases cause Bloom's syndrome and Werner syndrome, rare disorders linked to a predisposition to develop cancer. White used a modified form of X-ray crystallography to creat...Genetic trick adapted from viruses makes gene therapy vectors more versatile
...gives researchers a powerful tool for studying the roles of complex proteins in living cells. The study also showed that this technique can reliably produce therapeutically useful amounts of multiple proteins. Some cellular proteins must be present in many copies in order to work efficiently. Because it on...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
... angiogenesis. These findings demonstrate critical roles for VEGF-A and for macrophages in the pathological induction of both hemangiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis and identify important targets for antiangiogenic therapies. TITLE: VEGF-A stimulates lymphangiogenesis and hemangiogenesis in inflammatory neo...AChemS: Cutting edge research in taste, smell, & chemical irritation
Sarasota, FL - Smell and taste play essential roles in our daily lives, serving as important warning systems, alerting us to the presence of potentially harmful situations or substances, including gas leaks, smoke, and spoiled food. Flavors and fragrances are also important in determining what foods w...'Top Houston Women in Technology' honoree at UH
...ed to helping women advance and achieve leadership roles in the technical disciplines of computing, business, industry, science, education and government. The 22 honorees of 2004 represent an array of leaders in Houston, from the corporate sector to non-profits and academic institutions, each having demon...Awards honor Alt's three decades of genetic cancer research
...ins involved in this pathway, and later elucidated roles for two more; a total of six end-joining proteins are known today. Alt's team found that mice deficient in these proteins, in combination with certain other mutations, are dramatically susceptible to cancers of the immune system and other cancers. ......e organisms (such as yeast) and may play important roles in their growth and development. Now, Osherovich and colleagues have identified the amino acid sequences that allow prions to aggregate and replicate - and thereby pass through generations of cells - and prove this by designing an artificial yeast p...Oregon Stem Cell Center result of OHSU research strides
...cells that allow them to be viable and take on the roles in the body you hope they will?" The Oregon facility is one of only a handful of stem cell research centers around the country. Other sites include the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, the University of California, San Francisco, and the...'Male-targeting' bacterium's genome is deciphered
...me analysis identified many genes that likely play roles in interacting with the insect host. The same genes may be involved in interacting with the worm hosts for other Wolbachia. The genomic data are also a boon to scientists who are studying other human pathogens. For example, comparing and contrasting...Researchers model embryo implantation and tumour metastasis in fruit flies
...ation, as well as tumour metastasis, plays similar roles in fruit fly development. This research is reported in the featured article in the March 9, 2004 issue of the scientific journal Current Biology. "We were surprised to find such high evolutionary conservation of the structure, expression and function...Rb protein's role in retina development is key to understanding devastating eye cancer
..., Dyer's team was able to demonstrate the critical roles the Rb protein plays in retinal development by using several unique genetic approaches representing important advances in the study of gene function. These techniques included methods for knocking out Rb from retinal cells that can be studied in a la...Study examines whether giving good bacteria reduces infections
... lactobacillus plantarum, that play many important roles including maintaining a healthy intestinal lining, protecting from invaders such as Salmonella and E. coli, encouraging the activity of macrophages, an immune system component that gobbles up invaders and preventing diarrhea. "We know very well that ...