Carnegie Mellon receives $2.5M to develop bio-molecular imaging and information discovery systems
... scientists," said Murphy, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, and a member of the Center for Automated Learning and Discovery (CALD) in the School of Computer Science. Inundated with such large amounts of data, scientists have recognized that automated approaches to categorizing and ...$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...pheric systems research and education. UVic earth sciences professor Dr. Chris Barnes directs the Canadian part of NEPTUNE. Along with UVic and the University of Washington, the international partnership involves three other major institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; NASA's Jet Propulsion Labo...Rocks could reveal secrets of life on Earth and Mars
...l challenges at the interface between the physical sciences and engineering. These include microfluidic methods for sample pre-concentration (ie the extraction and handling of exceptionally small amounts of fluid), single molecule detection technologies to locate very small amounts of biomaterials and the eli...Purdue team solves structure of West Nile virus
...," said Richard J. Kuhn, a professor of biological sciences in Purdue's School of Science. "We can't cure West Nile yet, but we can now start thinking about how to interfere with these interactions, which could be a key to stopping the infection's progress." The team's work appears in Friday's (10/10) edition...Illinois study seeking biomarkers of canine diabetes, other diseases
...s," said Lawrence B. Schook, a professor of animal sciences and veterinary pathobiology at Illinois. "Dogs, like humans, get diseases associated with lifestyles. Thus not exercising and over-eating can result in obesity and diabetes. Information about human diseases can be used to treat dogs, and understandin...National Institutes of Health grant to Rensselaer to further research on healing bone injuries
...isten Bennett, associate professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer, is providing the predictive analysis equations that ultimately will sort out the set of conditions that will cause the hMSC to differentiate into bone cells. Also on the team is consultant Deepak Vashishth, assistant professor of biome...$9.4 million NSF grant backs UCSB-led effort in bio-image informatics
...stigator is Robert Murphy, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are also participants. Stuart Feinstein, serving as director of UCSB's Neuroscience Research Institute, descri...Purdue biologists' spotlight solves mysteries of photosynthesis, metabolism
...attery," said Janet Smith, professor of biological sciences and the team member responsible for much of the structure analysis. "They are positive on the inside and negative on the outside, and they are charged up when solar energy excites electrons from hydrogen within the cell. The electrons travel up into ...NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
...rtnerships "Biological, physical and information sciences have converged at an incredible pace. This demands that we break down barriers among disciplines, as well as among our own institutes and centers. We need to challenge ourselves to find even more innovative and effective ways of doing biomedical rese...As autumn approaches, this chickadee's brain begins to expand
... Colin Saldanha, assistant professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University and an anatomist who has studied songbirds for six years. But it is what happens inside the tiny songbird's brain that Saldanha finds amazing.In the fall, as the chickadee is gathering and storing seeds, Saldanha says, its hippoc...New study begins to unravel fate of toxic pollutants harbored in Arctic waters
...co-author and an associate professor of geological sciences at Ohio State. "In addition to solubility, a pollutant's chemical properties will play a role in its potential to interact with organic material," Grannas said. "While lindane and HCB are very similar in terms of their chemical formulas, the molecula...Atomic force microscope used to measure how well live bacteria stick
...ood, and the imaging process." Cail and geological sciences professor Michael Hochella Jr. will present "Measu...illion. Cail will complete her Ph.D. in geological sciences from Virginia Tech in December and work as a postdoctoral associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...Society for Biomolecular Screening to hold ninth annual conference
...niques, emphasizing the growing integration of the sciences and their effects on drug development. Breaking news and breakthrough research will be presented, as well as the latest advances in genomics, proteomics, high-throughput screening, ADMET, imaging, medicinal (all therapeutic areas), combinatorial and...Understanding the impact of genetic technology
...ese provide a critical mass of research in medical sciences and biosciences, and also in the close and productive interdisciplinary relationships between bioscientists, clinicians and social scientists. Professor Paul Atkinson will head the Cardiff-based centre as Associate Director of CESAGen. "Issues such a...Lens replacement material may improve cataract treatment, eliminate bifocals
...r, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and professor of chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. "As we age, the lens of the eye gradually loses its ability to adjust its focus. We have demonstrated that this gel has similar mechanical properties to the lens of the eye,...New study of Europa may explain mysterious ice domes, places to search for evidence of life
...said Pappalardo of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department. "Our models now show that a combination of upwelling warm ice in the frozen shell's interior, combined with small amounts of impurities such as sodium chloride or sulfuric acid, would provide enough of a force to form these domes." A pa...Grant renews funding of research toward cloning primates
...ofessor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and cell biology and physiology at the University ...ofessor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "We have designed several strategies to try to o...Study seeks genetic keys to exercise success
...lly Bray, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the UT School of Public Health's Human Genetics Center. "If we can determine the genes involved, then we might be able to prescribe an exercise program that fits a person's individual needs, one that really works for them and is easier to stick wi...Army awards up to $50 million to establish Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
...ch discoveries at the interface between biological sciences and physical and engineering sciences. This project will give scientists and engineers at the three institutions and their industrial collaborators an extraordinary opportunity to conduct research at that interface and at the forefront of new biotec......D., Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and molecular sciences in Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "But so many aspects of retroviral biology have not been reconciled, including HIV, that we have to take a broader view. If our hypothesis is true and retroviruses can rely on human proteins, vacci...