PLoS ONE is launched by the Public Library of Science
... manuscript submissions only in August, it already receives in excess of 100 submissions each month and launches with the publication of 100 peer-reviewed research articles. The volume of articles is unprecedented for a journal launch, and is an indication of the strong support within the research community f...Biophysical Society announces winners of 2007 Student Travel Awards
...l present a paper at the conference. Each awardee receives a travel grant and will be recognized at a reception on Saturday, March 3, 2007. The 2007 recipients of the Student Travel Award are: Youval Ben Abou, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Activation Gating of Potassium Channel Pores is Controlled ...Novel approach to cancer drug given major boost
...fects very large numbers of people which is why it receives so much attention from those engaged in medical research. But it is a complex disease to tackle and as a result many of the current anti-cancer drugs have unpleasant side -effects. This work has the potential to provide a more targeted approach to d...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...then are pruned back, so that by E16, each NM cell receives input from a single axon with 23 endbulb terminals. This one-to-one mapping allowed the authors to follow development at single axon synapses. At E12, EPSCs on NM cells had both NMDA and AMPA receptor components, but by E19, AMPA receptors had taken...... the process to be finely tuned. When the receptor receives a chemical message from the neurotransmitter, it is already hooked up to the correct G protein. After being activated by the receptor, the G protein changes shape, opening the ion channel. The evidence for this complex structure came from special tec...Fungal factories may save hemlock forests
... donated from a New York-based cheese company, and receives support for his research from the USDA and EPA and other funders. Whey is a far cheaper growing medium than those available in labs for the many fungi now in use as biological controls in agriculture and forestry. And the whey serves as a nutriti...Some brain-damaged patients quit smoking with ease, researchers report in Science
... his body "forgot the urge to smoke." The insula receives information from other parts of the body and is thought to help translate those signals into something we subjectively feel, such as hunger, pain, or craving for a drug. Compared to other brain regions, the insula has not attracted very much attentio...... dynamics of the neuronal activity. When the brain receives sensory input, calculates or remembers, it processes information encoded in a series of neuronal impulses in different nerve cells. Although no two people have the same brain, they can still share the same thought. Thus, only to a certain extent is t...Educators in Georgia and Maryland earn top 2006 Mentoring Awards from AAAS
...rs of success in mentoring students. The recipient receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque. 2006 AAAS M...red students for less than 25 years. The recipient receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque....Stem cells determine their daughters' fate
...lized cells divides, the resulting "daughter" cell receives instructions to differentiate into a specific cell type. In some cases this signal comes from other cells. But now, for the first time, researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology have found a type of stem cell that directly de...Stanford professor to discuss the ups and downs of 'team science'
...es, and each investigator that is part of the team receives more recognition than working alone.'' Tenure and funding While tenured faculty members often see advantages in doing interdisciplinary research, for junior faculty and graduate students working to establish themselves, collaboration can be a ...'Dilbert of academia' brings humor to talk at UH
...ity, his comic strip is published online, where it receives more than 4.5 million page views per month. To see the strip, visit http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php . Originally from Panama, Cham obtained his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. i...Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships
...mental contributions to new knowledge. Each fellow receives a $45,000 award for the two-year period and is free to pursue whatever line of inquiry is of the most compelling interest to him or her. Those named at Yale are Assistant Professor Jack Harris ( Physics and Applied Physics ), Associate Professor...McGovern Institute Scolnick Prize awarded to David Julius
...nt of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at USCF, receives the 2007 prize for his discovery of the molecular receptors for temperature and inflammatory pain. David Julius has transformed our understanding of temperature perception and pain, says McGovern Institute director Robert Desimone. His work is of...Keeping the body in sync -- the stability of cellular clocks
...ck genes. The oscillators work like this: the cell receives a signal from the master pacemaker in the hypothalamus, and then these clock genes respond by setting up concentration gradients that change in a periodic manner. The cell interprets these gradients and unleashes tissue-specific circadian responses. ...Researchers create artificial enzyme that mimics the body's internal engine
... proteins known as electron carriers. Each carrier receives electrons from the preceding one, then transfers t...e last electron carrier in the transport chain. It receives four electrons from the other carriers and transfers the electrons to the molecule of oxygen, conver...Notorious cancer gene may work by destroying messenger
...NAs and remains there as a silent passenger. If it receives the proper signal, however, the protein chops up and destroys the mRNA, which instantly stops production of that protein. Cells use that mechanism to control the production of proteins such as growth factors, which activate genes in response to a ...Weizmann Institute scientists discover a key player in embryonic muscle development
...ts identify and attach to each other. Only when it receives this signal does WIP hook the actin fibers in the skeleton up to the myoblast recognition protein, allowing cell fusion to proceed. The WIP protein has been conserved evolutionarily. In other words, versions of it exist in all animals, from microor...Brain tumors coax important support from nearby immune system cells
...o deprive the cancer cell of the growth signals it receives from the normal surrounding tissue? These cells may actually decide whether a tumor forms at all and whether it continues to grow." To learn more about the neighboring cells' effects on brain tumors, Gutmann turned to NF1, which affects more than 10......d more effective medicines. Professor Shakesheff receives the PSWC Research Achievement Award for his recent work researching the application of injectable polymers in regenerative medicine. Professor Shakesheff said: "This Award reflects the international standing of our University in interdisciplinary ...