NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...rtain types of proteins that present technological challenges that must be overcome before they yield to high-throughput methods. These include eukaryotic proteins, proteins that are involved in interactions with other proteins, and integral membrane proteins -- a mere fraction of the structures contained in th...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
... four "driving biological problems"--physics-based challenges that are archetypes of common problems in a field, cover a range of scales and have a lot of experimental data from the real world to provide the constraints necessary to drive and validate models and simulations. The problems under investigation are...New biomaterials improve medical devices
... of implants. Some of the new approaches to these challenges employ nanotechnology methods for both diagnostic and imaging systems. Another strong theme will be the use of computer modeling to predict the interactions between cells and materials, thus reducing the amount of lab work necessary to develop a new...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...s. The authors use a case study to discuss several challenges associated with psychosocial intervention research...rism, to a methodology study addressing the unique challenges inherent in international primary care research, these papers help develop the methods for PBRN rese...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...s are continually faced with a variety of seasonal challenges and assaults by a series of different pests which may well lead to evolution on a fast track." While the findings offered in the four newly published papers provide exciting, new glimpses into the nature of maize, Messing stressed the need for the c...Highlights of American Anthropological Assoc. meeting
...thnography and the Everyday: A panel discusses the challenges of violence to everyday lives. (25.45 p.m.) Food, Ritual and Home: Food rituals around the world with festive Mexican feasts, African presentations of tea and coffee, American family dinners, church teas. (4-5.45 p.m.) Parenting in M...Johns Hopkins team wins British biotech business plan competition
... planning and were very effective in conveying the challenges faced by modern entrepreneurs," said team captain Noren. "We worked hard at honing our strategy and in the end we are all very excited to have won." Following workshops presented by leading figures in the UK biotechnology industry, proposals were ...Experimental drug prevents vaginal simian HIV transmission in monkeys Science study says
...certain importance in HIV acquisition. Despite the challenges ahead, the authors say their findings represent an important proof-of-concept: topical application of a substance that blocks CCR5 can protect against vaginal transmission of SHIV in monkeys. Science coauthor Ronald Veazey and colleagues from Tulane...NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
...Switch dNTPs" Sequencing single molecules produces challenges in imaging, but reduces other hurdles to achieving long sequence read length. This group is developing technology to detect the release of reaction products when nucleotides are incorporated into single DNA strands. Michael L. Metzker, Ph.D., Human G...Nov. 18-21 nanotechnology conference in Irvine, Calif.
...ocus groups to discuss and try to solve some major challenges facing nanotechnology today, including the building of a nano-system that can multiply and isolate RNA or DNA; the building of a synthetic self-replicator; and the development of a system to detect disease in vivo. Conference attendees will be eligi...Rutgers is on the 'NIH Roadmap'
...ience together in a concerted effort to meet these challenges head-on." In this spirit, one of the new grants w...rd grant will be used to address the computational challenges in the study of large molecular complexes that form the machinery responsible for most biological pr...$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
...the types of researchers needed for the scientific challenges that exist in today's society. With applications already pouring in, he said they expect to begin handing out fellowships as early as this semester....ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
... remaining 99 percent of the human genome. "Major challenges lie ahead on the road to a complete encyclopedia of DNA elements," said Elise A. Feingold, Ph.D., NHGRI's program director in charge of the ENCODE project. "Such work is well beyond the scope of any single group. However, by bringing together researc...Early life stress harms mental function and immune system in later years
...fects the ability of adult offspring to respond to challenges to their immune system. Heather Richardson, PhD, a... the changes in the offsprings' response to immune challenges may be due in part to deficits in nitric oxide, a signaling system in the brain known to connect the...Study at Joslin shows ease of introducing technology to kids with diabetes
..., insulin dosing, and carbohydrate intake data and challenges users to predict their next blood glucose levels. DiaBetNet was created by Vikram Kumar, a medical student at the time in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, together with MIT Professor Alex Pentland, Ph.D., and Lori Laff...Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
...o increase drastically for the country to meet the challenges of reducing its impact on global climate and achieving a more energy-efficient economy. ...Research to explore revolutionary gene sequencing: Threading the molecular needle
...this is impossible but we have encountered lots of challenges that still need to be solved. But this is what scientific research is about. We are making solid progress and every time a new problem has come up, we have found a way around it. This grant is a wonderful opportunity to continue the work." ...Findings challenge Darwinian theory
...om a University of Alberta professor. The research challenges the classical Darwinian theory of evolution as being the sole explanation for how new life forms arise. In a paper published October 29 in the journal Science, Dr. Richard Palmer, a U of A professor of biological sciences, says studies of hundreds ...... million, five-year program to explore and address challenges in measurement, validation and quality control for the rapidly growing field of gene expression profiling. Enormous quantities of gene-sequence data are pouring out of labs thanks to dramatic gains in DNA sequencing technology, but that's only a star......e published in the November 18 issue of Neuron now challenges the view that RET-independent GFR1 signaling plays a significant physiological role in either development or regeneration. Enomoto first devised an elegant experimental system to make it possible to generate mice specifically lacking RET-independent...