Fungus-friendly scientists meet in Tucson
...he University of Arizona March 11-13 for an annual international meeting of mycologists, the scientists who study f...it's a wonderful opportunity to honor him with his international colleagues," Arnold said. "We have specimens representing many, many species -- sometimes the only s...Brain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
...cal Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). BAW is an annual international partnership of government agencies, scientific organizations, universities, and volunteer groups organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, a nonprofit organization of more than 200 pre-eminent neuroscientists dedicated to advancing educat...Oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced
An international team led by researchers at the Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Liepzig, Germany and Washington University in St. Louis, has extracted and sequenced protein from a Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave, Ir...William C. Rose Award lecture will focus on cytochrome P450
... hear his presentations frequently at national and international meetings and read his outstanding and frequent publications. He is almost unmatched in his dedication to science, his insight into the mechanistic aspects of cytochrome P450, and his excellent contributions to the overlapping fields of biochemistry, ...Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
...t eventually flow into the sea. "There has been an international effort to try to understand the productivity of the oceans and their potential vulnerability to nitrogen," said Pamela A. Matson, the dean of the School of Earth Sciences and co-author of the Nature study. "A map has been developed showing special re...International physiologists mark post-genomic resurgence March 31-April 5 in San Diego
...nd the ever increasing awareness and importance of international research collaborations," Cowley said. Added Chien: "The IUPS program will foster integrative approaches from genes/molecules to cells/tissues to organs/systems, and from physiological research to medical application, with the ultimate goal of enha...Blocking neurodegeneration by radiation and bone marrow transfer prevents inherited glaucoma in mice
...r publicly available information resources, and an international hub for scientific courses, conferences, training and education....Survivors to revisit the polio scare
...Hospital are still seeing new cases the result of international adoptions from Third World countries and from Russia. The public can obtain more information by calling 508-872-2200, ext. 241....Acid rain likely stunts US forests
A recent international scientific study on Russian soils raises concerns ... before the acid rain era, the Russians helped our international team track tree growth for the first time with changes in soil from acid rain." This study, conducte...Domesticated pig's wild origin mapped
...gricultural Sciences have been participating in an international collaborative project to map the wild origins of the domesticated pig. The findings show that the wild boar was domesticated several times in different parts of Europe and Asia. The study is being presented in today's issue of the scientific journal ...Disease diagnosis, biodefense among UH chemical research projects
...he largest scientific society in the world with an international membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. Chartered by the U.S. Congress, ACS is a world leader in fostering chemical education and research. Faculty members of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Cullen Col...Anti cancer virotherapy well tolerated in first human administration, research finds
(Banff, Canada March 14, 2005) An international medical conference here heard that an Australian developed anti-cancer therapy based on the use of a common cold virus to control cancer cell growth has begun safety testing in human subjects. The research was presented to the third International Mee...Consortium to create comprehensive tools for uncovering the functions of human, mouse genes
... Harvard-associated research institutions and five international life sciences organizations. The goal of TRC is to...community of Taiwan can participate in this unique international effort." RNAi technology RNAi is expected to revolutionize drug development and discovery by provi...Mutant protein developed by Hebrew University scientists
...aeli Endocrinology Society and most recently at an international biotechnological conference in Miami, Fla., sponsored by the scientific journal Nature ....Studies expand understanding of X chromosome
...ems, Inc., Foster City, CA. In the first study, an international team of more than 250 genomic researchers led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute described an analysis of the complete DNA sequence of the human X chromosome. In humans and other mammals, sexual identity is governed by a pair of chromosomes refer...Marine researchers deliver blueprint for rescuing America's troubled coral reefs
An international team of marine ecologists is urging the United States to take immediate action to save its fragile coral reefs. Their message is contained a strongly worded essay titled, "Are U.S. Coral Reefs on the Slippery Slope to Slime?" that appears in the Marc...Children's Hospital & Research Ctr. at Oakland's DNA library helps to map the sex chromosome
...ibrary was used to duplicate strands of DNA for an international team of scientists to generate the most complete a...quencing". This process was used to help a team of international scientists map the X chromosome. "Our DNA library has become a major resource for ongoing global re...Institute for Medical Research scientists identify gene critical to type 1 diabetes
SAN DIEGO, CA -- An international team of scientists, led by Yousef Al-Abed, PhD, a medicinal chemist at the Institute for Medical Research of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System in Manhasset, NY, has identified a gene that plays a critical role in the development ...Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...rican Commission for Environmental Cooperation, an international organization created by the three countries. ( ENVR 137 , Wednesday, March 16, 6:00 p.m., Convention Center, Sails Pavilion, during the poster session, Canada, Mexico and the United States Working Together Through North American Regional Action Plans......ibing, cataloging and comparing their findings. An international team of RNA scientists, known as the RNA Ontology Consortium, has now been formed to do just that. "The consortium will develop a common vocabulary and scientific concepts relating RNA structure and function to allow RNA scientists worldwide to commu...