UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine receives gift from Dolbys
...us. For the last three years, scientists have been conducting this research off of University property, due to f...h funds part of its research. Another lab has been conducting the research in rented space in a former commercial office in San Francisco. During this time, the l...NAU researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus
...n North America. These discoveries were made while conducting an ecological inventory of 24 caves in the monument. NAU's Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity is working with taxonomists to identify other invertebrate specimens collected during this study. So far, at least five new species have been...Epstein-Barr virus might kick-start multiple sclerosis
.... They compete for the opportunity to spend a year conducting mentored research in NIH labs. The program is designed to encourage medical students to consider careers as physician-scientists. Edwards, a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine, conducted her research primarily in the laboratory of ...Genetic finding suggests alternative treatment strategy for common, complex skin disorders
...tor of the National Institutes of Health. "Only by conducting this kind of basic research can we hope to understand the causes of complex diseases. And only by understanding disease can we produce a future in which we can predict who is at risk, pre-empt the illness from ever occurring and personalize the treat...High school students embark on Red Sea adventure
...ganization leading the expedition. "In addition to conducting groundbreaking research, we will provide the nation's leading students with unique opportunities to gain knowledge and develop skills necessary for a career in marine science," said Renaud. "We hope our work will raise their awareness of the importan...Eight Stanford scholars elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
...can and African American Studies, and is currently conducting a study of race, crime and public opinion in the United States. Bobo is a founding editor of the Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, co-author of Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations (1997), senior editor of Prismatic ...Joslin-led study reveals findings on how insulin-producing beta cells grow and function
...ar and Molecular Physiology at Joslin is currently conducting experiments using mice that lack both receptors and exploring what growth factors are altered. "It will give us a clue about which growth factors are critical for development of beta cells in the absence of the two receptors," says Dr. Kulkarni. "If ...New method to analyse the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of the human genome
...possibly fulfill an unmet need for tools to use in conducting genetic studies in populations of unrelated individuals. The researchers have applied for a U.S. non-provisional patent for their haplotyping method....State agency funds stem cell grants, UCLA institute gets largest amount
...the best and brightest UCLA scientists who will be conducting this leading-edge research. "Our program's aim is to train basic scientists, engineers and physicians to become leaders in stem cell research and this grant will help us do that," said Dr. Owen Witte, director of the UCLA stem cell institute, a profe...Tufts' David Walt named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...istry & Biology Almost 20 years ago, Walt started conducting chemistry demonstrations in his children's schools. He gradually transitioned that outreach program to his Tufts students. "Many of my students have told me that this outreach experience was the most exciting thing they ever did at Tufts," Walt says....4th International Congress on Electron Tomography
...ge ideas and approaches, advancing the methods for conducting electron tomography to address research challenges in biology. For students in biological electron tomography, this conference presents a great training opportunity to learn about cutting edge developments in its methodology and application. Electron...Subsurface bacteria release phosphate to convert uranium contamination to immobile form
... Sobecky and her Ph.D. student Robert Martinez are conducting the microbiological and physiological component of the research, while Taillefert and Beazley study the uranium chemistry and analyze distribution of different forms of uranium during incubation in the lab. "The devil's in the details with the chemis...Plants give pests sock in the gut
...-CP is made in the vascular bundles, or strands of conducting vessels in the stem and leaves of a plant. Luthe thinks that when an insect starts feeding, the enzyme is probably transported to vascular tissue that conducts sugars and other metabolic products upward from the leaves, as well as to the soft tissue ...3D ultrasound device poised to advance minimally invasive surgery
...ical endoscopes or two-dimensional ultrasound when conducting minimally invasive surgery," said lead engineer Stephen Smith, a professor of biomedical engineering at the Pratt School. Optical endoscopes are thin tubes with a tiny video camera that surgeons can insert directly into the abdomen or chest through s...Ocean virus identified in human blood samples
...e as an anti-Vesiviral treatment, and is currently conducting further research and development," said Patrick Iversen, a co-author on the study and senior vice president of research and development at the company. Researchers say that Vesivirus has natural reservoirs in the marine community where it can replica...AACR expands cancer research knowledge with scholarships for minority and women scientists
...diatric oncology at the National Cancer Institute, conducting clinical and laboratory research on leukemia and other childhood cancers. Subsequently, she served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, until her own life was claimed by cancer in 1994. There are 10 AACR-WICR Brigid G. L...Biggest physics meeting of the year
...r cells, energy storage, solar sails, electrically conducting appliqués, and several types of lamps, displays and sensors. These sheets are transparent, flexible, light, and extremely strong, and can be produced quickly. Ray Baughman of the University of Texas at Dallas ( ray.baughman@utdallas.edu , 972-883-653...Rare Chinese frogs communicate by means of ultrasonic sound
...niversity biologist who had learned about it while conducting a survey of amphibians in China. Feng continues to study frogs and bats to understand how the brain processes sound patterns, especially in sound-cluttered environments in which filtering is required to allow for communication. Feng and colleagues pr...Hamster study shows how our brains recognize other individuals
... professor of psychology Robert Johnston, has been conducting experiments to study individual recognition. But rather than crash high school reunions with an MRI machine in tow, the researchers stayed in their laboratory and created social encounters between golden hamsters. Then they examined the animals' bra...Independent panel to evaluate genistein or soy formula human development, reproduction risks
...d. Members of the press interested in attending or conducting on-site or phone interviews with any of the scientists, please contact Robin Mackar at (919) 541-0073 or by email at rmackar@niehs.nih.gov. She will schedule interviews for the press availability period immediately following the meeting. Details abou...