VIB scientist receives major research grant
Leuven, Belgium − On 10 July, Thierry VandenDriessche, a researcher at VIB and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, is to receive the Hemophilia Research Award for his research on hemophilia − a hereditary disorder affecting coagulation of the blood. The research grant, for the amount of 200,000 USD, is being presented by Bayer at a meeting of the International Society of Thrombosis &...Termites get the vibe on what tastes good
Researchers from CSIRO and UNSW@ADFA have shown that termites can tell what sort of material their food is made of, without having to actually touch it. The findings may lead to improvements in the control of feeding termites.... By offering them a choice between normal wooden blocks and specially designed blocks made of wood and other materials, the researchers found that the termites always pr...'Good vibrations' from deep-sea smokers may keep fish out of hot water
So you're a fish.... Right now some tubeworm tartare and clams on the half shell would really hit the spot, so you're headed for the all-night caf...."All-night" being the operative word because the volcanic ridge you're tooling along is nearly 1.5 miles below the surface. The term "where the sun don't shine" perfectly describes the place. It's pitch black....Darn, but what's that loud rumbling...VIB and Johnson & Johnson set up a new fund
... Proof-of-Concept...Vibrio bacteria could be a risk to fish as well as humans
About half of new marine vibrio bacteria discovered in the last five years, can kill fish and crustacea, according to researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh....... The most common disease of vibrios is cholera, which has caused millions of cases of illness and fatality in humans. Recent interest in this genus of bacteria has led to the discovery of many new species, especially from se...VIB signs cooperation agreement for the development of a new, universal flu vaccine
Ghent, Belgium This week the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) has entered into an agreement with the British company Acambis for the development of a new flu vaccine. Together VIB and Acambis want to develop a universal flu vaccine that offers protection from all flu variants. Furthermore this vaccine will not need to be renewed annually. VIB researchers linked to the G...Edible bivalves as a source of human pathogens: signals between vibrios and the bivalve host.
Clams, mussels and oysters are important vehicles for the transmission of enteric diseases when consumed raw or undercooked. Vibrio species, including human pathogens, are particularly abundant in bivalve tissues, where they can persist even after cleaning procedures, thus representing a potential risk for human health. Although different environmental factors are well known to affect the persist...VIB top scientist receives major research grant & VIB presents 2004 results
Ghent, Belgium - VIB (the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology) is presenting its annual results for 2004 today, and Bart De Strooper - one of VIB's leading scientists - is receiving a 'Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Unrestricted Biomedical Research Grant in Neuroscience'. VIB strives for successful combinations of world-class research and economic relevance, and the BM...Virginia Tech patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more
Blacksburg, Va. -- Virginia Tech faculty and staff members and students who received 20 patents during 2004 will be honored by the university and Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. (VTIP) at a reception at the German Club on March 14. "The creativity, contributions to knowledge, and technology transfer that patents signify are an important form of scholarship," said Brad Fenwick, vice pre...Termites feed through good vibrations
Discovery that termites use vibrations to choose the wood they eat may provide opportunities to new methods of reducing infestations in homes and also may provide insights into the "cocktail party effect" of signal processing how to ignore most noise but have some signals that trigger attention that may prove useful in artificial intelligence....... CSIRO entomologist Theo Evans says laboratory...ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors
TEMPE, Ariz. Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye. ...... For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow of plumage colors, but their biochemical identity has remained elusive. Now, an Arizona State Unive...Researchers have identified a molecule that can transform the mechanical stimulus of a sound wave into an electrical signal recognizable by the brain. The protein forms an ion channel that opens in response to sound, causing electrical impulses that communicate the pitch, volume, and duration of a sound to the brain. ......Scientists have long suspected that such a molecule must exist in the tin...