$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
...tablish a research infrastructure to collect data, cultivate a supportive atmosphere for both biological and non-biological researchers and students, and apply the resulting knowledge to prevent and treat diseases. "This grant substantiates the fact that you can't separate research and training," said B. Mon...NSF funds Panikov's Alaskan Tundra Microbial Observatory project
...'domesticate' these organisms: to isolate them and cultivate them on artificial media. "The major technical problem is that their activity and growth rate is extremely low," says Panikov. "From mathematical models, I have calculated that expected generation time of these bugs should be up to 10 years at -20C...Little microbe inside sea squirt makes big splash
...des of attempts, scientists could not successfully cultivate Prochloron in the laboratory once the bacterium was isolated from the sea squirt. Because samples of Prochloron were easily contaminated with remnants of life inside its animal home, scientists couldn't tell if the bacterium or the sea squirt produce...Fungus-farming termites descend from an African rain forest Eve
...e such group is the fungus-farming termites, which cultivate fungi as food inside their nests. Such termites can be found in both rain forest and savannah habitats in the Old World tropics, from Africa to Asia. But as researchers report this week, a combination of DNA sequence analysis and computer modelling s......coffee, is self-compatible and therefore easier to cultivate and maintain as breeding material. However, the high genetic diversity of Robusta offers the potential of increasing the resistance to diseases and environmental changes, improving the quality of our future brew....Top young African-American scholars in science and engineering to meet in Monterey, Calif.
...y experts say, it will be essential to recruit and cultivate future scientists and engineers from the broadest possible pool of talent. Currently, however, African Americans comprise only a small percentage of the students earning advanced degrees in the science, technology and engineering fields. Students in ...A novel method to propagate stem cells
...me normal brain cells. The authors also managed to cultivate the brain stem cells without re-creating the rarefied neurosphere. To grow their stem cells, Smith et al. combined epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF), two small proteins that bind to stem cells and promote growth. P...Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood
...ecial NASA-derived technology, the team is able to cultivate greater numbers of cells in equipment mimicking the effects of space microgravity. "Using Synthecon's bioreactors, originally designed by NASA, means the cells are able to expand faster, giving us a greater supply to work with," Dr Forraz said. "This...Fungus helps tall fescue choke out native plants
...d highway rights-of-way. Ranchers do not typically cultivate tall fescue because the symbiotic fungus it carries, known as an endophyte, produces alkaloids that have negative health effects for livestock. It is estimated that 80 percent of U.S. fescue is endophyte-infected, and in some applications, like turf ...Bacteria which sense the Earth's magnetic field
...of magnetite crystals. Although it is difficult to cultivate and manipulate Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense in the laboratory, as part of his doctoral work Andr Scheffel succeeded in removing the relevant gene from the genome. In this way, mutant bacteria were created which were lacking the MamJ protein. The ...Study reveals classic symbiotic relationship between ants, bacteria
...ants in central and South America, the fungus they cultivate for food, the parasite that invades the fungus, and the bacteria that the ants harbor to fight the parasite. The phenomenon is a classic example of mutually beneficial symbiosis, and Currie views it as a model system with the potential to shed light......ently 1,000 per milligram. 'We want to attempt to cultivate sunflower cells or other plant cells in a nutrient solution together with the mould sclerotinia sclerotiorum and then obtain the enzyme from the liquid,' CEMBIO researcher Ralf Theisen says. 'If things go according to plan, we could produce DCQA at a...Tastier tomatoes in the future?
...ected the taste and health value of the fruits. To cultivate tomato strains with particular characteristics, researchers have to increase the genetic diversity of cultured tomatoes. This can be done either by cross-breeding them with wild tomatoes, or changing their genetic make-up technologically. Scientists ...Mankind benefits from eating less meat
...hat because so much land would become available to cultivate biomass, a quarter of the world's current energy consumption could be sustainably met from this energy source. Moreover, this can be achieved without affecting grasslands (with extensive meat production) and nature areas, such as tropical rainforests...Scientists to employ Arctic ice and polar bears to protect diversity of world's crops
... Yet the diverse genetic apple resources needed to cultivate resistant apple trees are rapidly disappearing, even in Central Asian where the apple was first cultivated. Kazakhstan's Talgar Pomological Gardens and Turkmenistan's Garrygalla Research Center hold irreplaceable collections of apple varieties, whic...Symbiotic fungus does not depend on fungus-farming ants for reproduction, researchers say
...USTIN, Texas--Fungus-farming ants around the world cultivate essentially the same fungus and are not as critical to the reproduction of the fungi as previously believed, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. Fungus-farming ants are dependent on cultivating fungus gardens for food, a...Pine plantations may be one culprit in increasing carbon dioxide levels
...ds of hardwood trees and natural pines in order to cultivate plantations. Sohngen and Brown estimate that an ...rently earn about $20 to $50 per acre per year to cultivate their stocks. Owners of hardwood and natural pine stands typically earn less. "But maintaining har...Nano competition debuts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...he Innovation Valley Nano Initiative, an effort to cultivate nanotechnology business in the region. "This is the first time this type of event has been hosted by a national laboratory," said Alex Fischer, director of technology transfer and economic development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "We have been...Conference supports minority students to pursue biomedical careers
...rence addresses a critical need in this country to cultivate the scientific potential and talent in groups (women and under-represented minorities) that were historically and are currently under-utilized in careers within the biomedical sciences," says Clifford Houston, President-Elect of the American Society ...... that the ability to mobilize epicardial cells and cultivate such a cardiogenic environment is a primary reason why zebrafish, as opposed to other laboratory models, effectively regenerate [heart muscle]," the researchers concluded. Indeed, they added, mammalian hearts typically show insufficient blood vessel ...