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...evice, developed by Zhong and his research team of undergraduate and graduate students and a post-doctoral researcher. Any small, closed environment could benefit from tiny equipment that requires little fuel and produces no waste, he said. "For example, there's the space shuttle," Zhong said, "If you want to anal...Heart drug might help fight chronic fungal infections
...rchers discovered. In another set of experiments, undergraduate student Veronica Beaudry and Kyle Cunningham, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at The Johns Hopkins University, discovered that amiodarone first causes calcium to pour into the cell's interior from the outside and then causes its release from...Graduate student Kristine Preston wins competition for A. Brazier Howell Award
...Department of Biology serves three main functions: undergraduate instruction, graduate education, and research in b...icultural sciences. The Biology major is a popular undergraduate major on the UC Riverside campus, with approximately 1000 students currently enrolled. Biology also ...UC Riverside's David Reznick receives 2003 E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
...Department of Biology serves three main functions: undergraduate instruction, graduate education, and research in b...icultural sciences. The Biology major is a popular undergraduate major on the UC Riverside campus, with approximately 1000 students currently enrolled. Biology also ...Botanist explores fascinating world of plant resins and amber in comprehensive new book
...endipity, Langenheim said. She met Markman, a UCSC undergraduate in biology at the time, when he asked her to supervise a seminar he wanted to teach. Markman had just taken a course in science illustration, and he showed Langenheim his work just when she was wondering who she could get to do line drawings for the ...Finicky snails provide new clues to the evolution of coastal ecosystems
...ience study are Melissa S. Roth, a former Stanford undergraduate now with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Glenn C. Johns, a Stanford postdoctoral fellow; and John P. Wares, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California-Davis. This study was part of the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coast...Highway deaths highest for males Male urban squirrels, that is
...350-or-so fox squirrels on the campus and to teach undergraduate students how to trap, handle and monitor animals. ...rrels were monitored five to seven times a week by undergraduate and graduate students using homing devices, Lopez said. Data for each squirrel was recorded and used...Obesity prevention program aimed at second graders
...sts, health professionals, farmers, chefs), joined undergraduate and graduate students to present the program to elementary school classrooms throughout the school year. During year 1, weekly classroom (60 min) and physical (30 min) activities and a 90 min after school program and occasional science museum-based ...Achillion and UMBC collaboration identifies new class of agents with potential to treat HIV
...arch team at UMBC, a group of two graduate and two undergraduate students. The team includes biochemistry graduate student Chun Tang; sixteen-year-old college sophomore and Presidential Fellow Erin Loeliger; Meyerhoff Scholar and HHMI Undergraduate Scholar Isaac Kinde; and former Meyerhoff Scholar Samson Kyere, no...From biology to computing and back again
...fforts to add mathematical-modeling exercises into undergraduate biology labs. Eugene Bruce, who directs integrative activities in biology at NSF, said, "There's been much interest in recent years applying mathematics and computing to deciphering gene sequences and to managing the massive amounts of data in them. ...A new class of catalysts will help boost production, quality of transportation fuels
...emical Engineering at Virginia Tech, completed his undergraduate work at Yale University and earned his graduate degrees at Stanford University. Oyama will present his keynote address, "Transition metal phosphides: New catalysts for hydroprocessing (Fuel 82)," at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, March 24, in the Convention ...DNA-repair protein functions differently in different organisms
...olet (UV) light. Cabell Jonas of Richmond, Va., an undergraduate honors student in biology at Virginia Tech, will r...ab since Jonas was a sophomore. McKee received her undergraduate chemistry degree at Montana Tech....Atomic force microscope powerful new tool for measurement of particle attraction
...ho is from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, did her undergraduate work at St Francis Xavier University and her master's degree work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas....Carnegie Mellon scientists create unique DNA probe with great potential
...mitage's lab by graduate student Bhaskar Datta and undergraduate student Christoph Schmitt, the "hybrid quadruplex" assembled from mixing together homologous PNA and DNA strands actually consists of two strands each of PNA and DNA. The strands do not fold back on themselves, leading to formation of an extended fou...Sarah Billington and Alexandria Boehm named Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professors
...or two years and received an award for outstanding undergraduate teacing. Boehm's research brings her to the beach, where she studies coastal water quality and the processes that affect it. "What happens to viruses and bacteria when they are released into the environment?" she asked. "For how long can they harm hu...UC Riverside biochemists develop technology to increase Vitamin C in plants
...h. The University of California, Riverside offers undergraduate and graduate education to nearly 16,000 students and has a projected enrollment of 21,000 students by 2010. It is the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse campus of the preeminent ten-campus University of California system, the largest public...Boston chemist wins national award for research with enzymes, antibiotics
...nned to go to medical school after college, was an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of Konrad Bloch when ...etter," Walsh said. One year later he received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and in 1970 received his Ph.D. in life sciences from Rockefeller Univ...Pacific Northwest chemist wins national award for studies of biological systems
...would be a lot of opportunity." Smith received his undergraduate degree from Lowell Technological Institute in 1975 and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1975. He is a member of the ACS division of analytical chemistry....Washington-area chemist wins national award for free-radical research
...ink that's where it all began." Jacox received her undergraduate degree from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1951 and her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1956. She is a member of the ACS divisions of fluorine and physical chemistry. The E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy is sponsored by Rohm and Haas ...Wilmington chemist wins national award for environmentally friendly processes
...ne before is hard to explain." Manzer received his undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, in 1970 and his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, in 1973. He is a member of the ACS division of industrial and engineering chemistry. The E.V. Murphree Award in...