IMEx consortium provides new mechanism for improving access to molecular interaction data
...ifferent nomenclatures and presentation formats in disparate databases. By following simple guidelines, the IMEx partners offer scientists the opportunity to get the best value for their research efforts." Data exchange is expected to start in 2006 with immediate benefit to the user community. More information...UCI receives $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to research electronic waste
...nment initiative, which brings together members of disparate disciplines into teams that focus on complex environmental systems. This project was funded under the Materials Use: Science, Engineering and Society topical area, which supports the design of new materials with benign environmental impacts and studi...Failure to dispose of unneeded cells during development linked to cancer
...The researchers show that mutations in each of the disparate genes that cause familial pheochromocytoma, NF1, c-RET, SDH, and VHL, ultimately can interfere with the normal activity of EglN3, an enzyme that is required for apoptosis during development. Reduced apoptosis results in sympathetic neuronal progenit...USGS Science at Ecological Society of America
... talk is part of a symposium intended to reconcile disparate views by assembling strong proponents of different research approaches: experimental, observational, theoretical, and modeling, and those who typically conduct research at different spatial scales. Impact of Fire History on Alien Plant Invasion ...New research on temporal autocorrelation and metapopulations comprised of coupled sinks
...g, and movement by organisms across space can link disparate local habitats. The interplay of temporal variation and movement can generate surprising emergent properties in ecological systems. In their article in the August 2005 issue of The American Naturalist, Manojit Roy, Robert D. Holt, and Michael Barfiel...From memory formation during sleep to novel components for physics
.... The researchers aim to combine the traditionally disparate disciplines of cell and developmental biology, bioengineering and clinical medicine in order to develop new therapeutic approaches for regenerative medicine in the long term. (Spokesperson: Prof. Gerhard Ehninger, Technical University of Dresden) The...Lack of coherent cloning policies reflects polarized debate, limited understanding, study says
...LOCK; STATES CHARTING NEW TERRITORY "These widely disparate concerns, fears, and hopes have created a political impasse at the federal level," it explains; no federal laws have been passed regulating cloning, although Congress has considered numerous bills in every session since 1997. "Congress currently is ...NJIT professor explains bird songs with science, poetry, music
...Technology (NJIT), on a journey into the seemingly disparate worlds of science, poetry and music. The result is the publication this month of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books). "My book is the first introduction to the world of bird song to combine science, music and poetry to make sense of why birds s...Multiple-drug resistant gene expression pattern predicts treatment outcome for pediatric leukemia
...ormation about the cellular mechanisms involved in disparate response to these drugs. Specific genetic signatures related to ALL treatment failure and chemotherapeutic cross-resistance were more effective at identifying select populations of patients with inferior treatment outcomes than expression patterns a......r signal to fix it. But how ATR recognizes several disparate forms of DNA damage (ie., UV-induced cross-links, oxidative damage, and polymerase toxins) had remained elusive. Now, Dr. Karlene Cimprich and colleagues have identified how a single-stranded DNA structure can serve as a common intermediate to activa...Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon
...y unexposed populations coming from geographically disparate regions. "At about the 30 km mark from the farm, those lice become reproductive," says Volpe. "In effect, the farm has exported its lice generating properties a cyclical event establishing the potential for re-infections up and down the coast. As t...Same mutation aided evolution in many fish species, Stanford study finds
...e is responsible for an evolutionary adaptation in disparate populations. "Almost every time the stickleback evolves in fresh water it loses the armor," said David Kingsley, PhD, professor of developmental biology and lead author of the study. "Although the trait evolved many times all over the world, nature u...Nano mechanism to control protein may lead to new protein engineering
...cule, which we can control. By gluing together two disparate pieces of the cell's molecular machinery, a protein and a piece of DNA, we have created a spring-loaded protein which can be turned on and off." Zocchi's graduate student, Brian Choi, worked with a transport protein called MBP (maltose binding prote...National Evolutionary Synthesis Center launches in Durham, North Carolina
...gical sciences as it draws together knowledge from disparate biological fields to increase our general understanding of biological design and function. Finally, the center will play a critical role in organizing and synthesizing evolutionary knowledge that will be useful to policy makers, government agencies, ...Body's biological clock found to affect cardiac rhythm patterns in healthy adults
... deadly disease, the BU/BWH team drew on seemingly disparate findings in epidemiology, cardiology, circadian biology, biomedical engineering, and physics to construct an approach that would assess heartbeat fluctuations in healthy individuals at different circadian phases. In addition, they choose to analyze ...In a tiny squid, bacterial toxin governs organ development
...rent bacteria in different host animals plays such disparate roles - disease and massive tissue damage on the one hand, and critical organ development on the other - may force biologists to rethink the relationship between the world's many microorganisms and their host plants and animals, according to Margaret...Defense provides additional $4.9 million for pathogen research tool
...seminate, and analyze available pathogen data from disparate sources through an interoperable life sciences framework built on open community standards. Current analytical tools in PathPort allow for the creation of new data models, analysis of genomic, transcriptomic and curated literature data, as well as th...