Berkeley Lab Life Sciences division awarded NIH grants for fruit fly, nematode studies
... Researchers in the Life Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are the principal investigators on two of the new grant projects, while other members of the division are co-principal investigators on additional projects. The projects are part of the ENCODE program (Encyclo...Lab-on-a-chip device from Berkeley Lab to speed proteomics research
BERKELEY, CA -- In recent years, the science of biology has been dominated by genomics the study of genes and their functions. The genomics era is now making way for the era of proteomics the study of the proteins that genes encode. Future proteomics research should see a substantial acceleration with the development of a new device that provides the first monolithic interface between mass spe...Berkeley Cancer Genome Center to study tumor genomics
....Berkeley lab life scientists are leaders in team to detect cancer by studying proteins in the blood
... NCI, which is a part of the National Institutes of Health, calls the program Clinica...NIH funds Berkeley Lab research on defense against radiological attack
... Raymond, a member of Berkeley Lab's Chemical Sciences...DDT in mothers linked to developmental delays in children, UC Berkeley study finds
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that when DDT accumulates in a woman's tissues it can be transmitted to her developing fetus across the placenta. Now, a new study led by a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that such in utero exposure is associated with developmental delays in the young child....... The team also found that the longer the children nurs...At Berkeley: Intelligently designed molecular evolution
Evolutionary paths to new therapeutic drugs, as well as a wide assortment of other enzyme products, have been created through, of all things, intelligent design. A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have developed a technique in which the evolution of an important class of proteins is steered towards a de...Berkeley researchers lay groundwork for cell version of DNA chip
A new technique in which single strands of synthetic DNA are used to firmly fasten biological cells to non-biological surfaces has been developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley. This technique holds promise for a wide variety of applications, including biosensors, drug-screening technologies, the growing o...Berkeley scientists get first detailed look at Dicer
BERKELEY, CA -- Scientists have gotten their first detailed look at the molecular structure of an enzyme that Nature has been using for eons to help silence unwanted genetic messages. A team of researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley used x-ray crystallography at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) to determine the...ORNL, UC Berkeley unravel real-world clues to Earth's mysteries
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 5, 2005 -- A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California could be a gold mine to researchers in their quest to understand the complex biological relationships and how these inner workings might apply on a grander scale....... In a paper to appear today on Science Online, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory...Octopuses occasionally stroll around on two arms, UC Berkeley biologists report
Berkeley -- Two species of tropical octopus have learned a neat trick to avoid predators - they lift up six of their arms and walk backward on the other two....... This first report of bipedal behavior in octopuses, written by University of California, Berkeley, researchers, will be published in the March 25 issue of Science....... When walking, these octopuses use the outer halves of their two b...Wolves alleviate impact of climate change on food supply, finds new UC Berkeley study
Berkeley -- Yellowstone National Park's gray wolves, once nearly extinct there, have returned to play a critical role in easing the effects of climate change on food availability, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. ...... When winters are severe, more elk die, providing needed food for the wide range of scavengers in the area, including bears, coyo...