Detecting biological threats top goal of UH project
...esearchers at UH to study DNA probes for detecting emerging or engineered pathogens. The project, titled "Tools for Ultraspecific Probe/Primer Design," started in April as part of the Bioinformatics and Assays Development Program and is headed by Yuriy Fofanov, assistant professor of computer science and of ...What's really making you sick? Plant pathologists offer the science behind Sick Building Syndrome
...isoc.org or +1.651.994.3802. A news conference on emerging plant diseases will be held at the annual meeting on Monday, August 1. The media is invited to attend or call in....Plant pathologists explore using fungi to control plant diseases
...r viruses that naturally grow inside plants, is an emerging tool for managing plant diseases, say plant pathol...ating plant diseases," Backman said. More on this emerging research area will be addressed during the Endophytes: An Emerging Tool for Biological Control sympo...Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health
...e current interests focus on the interface between emerging infectious diseases, anthropogenic environmental change and conservation. The researchers have monitored the three species, gathering data immediately after logging, 12 years later and again 28 years after the logging ended. "We know land-use change ...Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research
...have limited available government support for this emerging and promising research, prompting CUMC to reach out to the private sector with this crucial stem cell initiative. CUMC researchers are currently exploring the vast potential of stem cells to treat a wide range of illnesses, including Parkinson's di...Genes exert powerful effect on sexual behavior
..., and they are ready to mate within 24 hours after emerging from their pupa. But other more advanced animal species, Taylor said, may combine developmental experiences and social interactions with the still-powerful ability of single genes or small groups of genes to influence complex behaviors ranging from ...Emerging diseases require a global solution
...ture programs must factor in the complexity of how emerging diseases move among humans and other species." Th...ent a cross-species, planet wide approach to these emerging health issues will cost more than we can afford. The 'One Health' paradigm can serve as an 'ounce of...First high-tech incubator at a women's college says girls can do science
...e American Industrial Revolution, the heart of the emerging technologies industries of the 21st century. It will be an important next step in developing Tech Valley," said Senator Bruno. "It is another positive example of the good things that can happen when the public sector, private enterprise and academic ...Plant pathologists address next steps in combating soybean rust
...enter. A news conference on soybean rust and other emerging plant diseases will be held during the APS annual meeting at 10 a.m. Central Time, Monday, August 1. Media are invited to attend or call in by dialing 888.872.2038 and entering guest code 1202#. Members of the media are extended complimentary regist...UNC plant researchers discover proteins interact to form hair-trigger protection against invaders
...t it is under pathogen attack," Holt said. "So the emerging story is that RAR1 and HSP90 keep resistance proteins ready to perceive pathogen signals, and SGT1 probably pulls against these two to send resistance proteins to their destruction." The National Science Foundation supported the research through its ...Microbes found to produce miniature electrical wires
...le resources. It may also have applications in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which develops advanced materials and devices in extremely small dimensions. The findings of microbiologist Derek R. Lovley's research team are published in the June 23rd issue of Nature, an international science journal. Res...Amazon symposium to address large-scale conservation
...ironmental destruction of frontier expansion along emerging highway corridors, and (3) the transformation of grain and beef production industries into proponents of Amazon conservation using a combination of market-based instruments and improved government regulation. This symposium will provide a state-of-...Argonne receives $50 million NIH grant
...protein structures a concept made possible by the emerging comprehensive genomic data and the data generation capacity of third-generation synchrotrons and advances in computer science and technology," explained Lee Makowski, director of Argonne's Biosciences Division. "Achieving this goal requires enhanceme...Genetics center to launch new genetic-testing initiative
...tiatives that addresses the policy implications of emerging technologies. "Genetic tests increasingly provid... understand and successfully and swiftly integrate emerging technologies, and we are pleased to be expanding our partnership with Johns Hopkins." "Almost daily,......ally different activities. Alternative splicing is emerging as a key mechanism for controlling cellular function, and identification of MMPs as influencing these processes provides a unique tool for understanding their regulation." Finding new mechanisms of cancer control can lead to specific opportunities...Top young African-American scholars in science and engineering to meet in Monterey, Calif.
...ads the Packard Foundation's efforts to foster the emerging field of sustainability science. The Foundation is based in Los Altos, Calif. The meeting will be held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium....News conference on emerging plant diseases
Event: News conference on emerging plant diseases Find out the latest information on plant diseases that are significantly affecting the economy and the environment at a news conference on August 1, 2005 at 10 a.m. Central Time. The news conference will be held during The American Ph...Less intense response to alcohol sheds light on genetic tracing of alcohol dependence
...ues looking into the root causes of alcoholism are emerging from new findings that center on the genetic patterns of young drinkers, with particular focus on why adolescents are more likely to drink large quantities of alcohol even if they need more alcohol to get the effects they desire. "The study offers a...The World Congress of Nephrology 26-30 June 2005, Singapore
...presentations, which were given by colleagues from emerging countries such as South Africa, India and China, served as a lesson to us all, showing just how developing countries against all odds can teach the developed world about the effective and efficient management and treatment of the constant and incre...Discovery of new dopamine action may yield alternative psychiatric drugs
...e direct physiologically relevant evidence for the emerging concept that beta-arrestin 2 not only controls desensitization but also participates in slow synaptic transmission here by acting as a scaffold for signaling molecules in response to dopamine receptor activation," Caron said. "The observations also p...