Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...ic material to create a new hybrid genome. "This project helps illustrate the amazing diversity of life on our planet," Armbrust says. "Diatoms display features traditionally thought to be restricted to animals and other features thought to be restricted to plants. Diatoms, with complete disregard for thes...NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...ady involved in a thus far highly successful large project developing high-throughput technology for structural biology. This project, the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG), is also sponsored by the NIH and is led by Scripps Research Professor Ian Wilson, D.Phil. (For more information on the JCSG, ...Studying the chemistry of drugs in wastewater
...ement techniques and data collected throughout the project should help other laboratories further investigate possible health or environmental effects....Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
... improving the public's health." The need for the project arises from the fact that individuals often respon...imiting the efficacy and safety of drugs. The Penn project seeks to pave the way for a complete understanding of the genetic basis for these sometimes unpredic...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...dry and casting operations. For links to longer project descriptions for each of the 32 awards go to: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/atpaward09-04.htm ....College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...ier than conventional tests. Their advisor on this project is Dr. Chad Mirkin, who receives a $5,000 prize. Ozgur Sahin , 24, of Stanford University, is the grand prizewinner of the 2004 competition. Sahin was still an undergraduate when he first thought about the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), an instrume...A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...ES graduate students when they participated in the project (*). Don Buso, Institute of Ecosystem Studies *Brian K. Dresser *Emily S. Bernhardt, University of Maryland Robert O. Hall, Jr., University ot Wyoming *Kate H. Macneale, Northwest Fisheries Science Center Scott W. Bailey, USDA Forest Service...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...boration. "One of the challenging elements of the project is our goal to simulate a range of living systems from individual atoms to entire organisms," said Delp, who is a bioengineer and expert in biomechanical modeling and simulation. "If you look at the physics of many different biological structures, th...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
... everyday use by people within a few years. The project has been chosen as one of eight to represent UK sc...London. "It's been great fun working on a project that is going to lead to a fundamental change in clothing," said Veronika, who has experience of des...Internet data-mining of natural history
...y's Department of Computer Science. The four-year project is expected to produce new techniques for interact...n, in the collection of bird observation data. One project resulting from that effort, eBird, an online checklist program that allows bird enthusiasts to repor...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
... in everyday use by people within a few years. The project has been chosen as one of eight to represent UK sc... of Arts London. "It's been great fun working on a project that is going to lead to a fundamental change in clothing," said Veronika, who has experience of des...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
...ternational HapMap Project, a collaborative public project designed to advance genetic research and its application to disease gene discovery by determining patterns of genetic variation throughout the human genome ( www.hapmap.org ). "We are thrilled that the NCRR has selected the Broad Institute for this i...Marine Biological Laboratory summer investigator wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
...impossible without those antibodies as soon as the project is complete. "Sequencing the clam genome will be a...our research," said Hershko. (Read more about this project at: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/publications/labnotes/04_spring01.html ...New study will tackle three major killer diseases
...s of Orkney. The islands have been chosen for the project because the people living there are isolated geogr...ngly to illness. The volunteers taking part in the project will have the benefit of a health check and will also be contributing to improving the health of the...Biologists ID molecular block for social 'cheaters'
...ale genomics to the study of social evolution. The project was one of the first funded by the NSF's new Frontiers in Integrated Biological Research program. Other co-authors on the paper, "Pleiotropy as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation," are Kevin Foster, a former Huxley Fellow in ecology and evolutionar......ion (Cdn) towards a second phase of the sequencing project which will help define genetic variability in the ...iative that began in 2003. The Canadian arm of the project has invested $5 million US through Genome Canada. The province of Alberta and the Canadian beef catt...... of cattle selected for the bulk of the sequencing project was Hereford, which is used in beef production. A high-resolution photo of the Hereford cow, named L1 Dominette 01449, whose DNA was sequenced is available at: http://www.genome.gov/12512900 . Sequencing at lighter coverage will be carried out in ...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
...reak. Health workers are participating in a pilot project that aims to demonstrate that effective use of inf...longstanding cycles of poor health.The goal of the project is to trackand ultimately reducethe incidence of Japanese encephalitis through improved surveillance...Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
...he cellular and molecular processes involved. This project will identify inflammatory processes underlying sm... and cellular biophysicist Joseph Brand, PhD, this project will document the magnitude, quality, and time course for changes in taste perception following radi...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
..., "Virginia Tech's OIRED will focus the world-wide project on the nexus between sustainable agriculture and n...rld-class institutional partners, and an excellent project management team," De Datta said. A number of other U.S. universities, International Agricultural Res...