Intelligent software solutions to better understand biological processes
...ledge-based image recognition. Especially particle tracking imagery produced by high throughput microscopy wil... by Dr. Yannis Kalaidzidis in the area of particle tracking is an ideal start for collaboration. The close to practice testing of our developments at the MPI-CB...Synthetic peptide targets latent papilloma virus infections
...rom successfully tethering to the chromosomes. By tracking the plasmid DNA in dividing cultured cells, the researchers showed that the synthetic peptide did indeed prevent HPV from following the chromosomes into daughter cells. The plasmids were left behind. Because they built the peptide to enter cells eas...... called neuroplasticity, or just plasticity, makes tracking the circuitry behind memories a task of near-epic proportions. Hundreds of variables come into play. Consider, for example, that a lot of memory formation and storage goes on simultaneously, some of it consciously and some of it unconsciously. And, ...Training breathing muscles improves swimming muscles' performance
... using specialized breathing valves and a computer tracking system developed in CRESE. Swimmers in the ERMT protocol, using the same equipment, increased their breathing rate and tidal volume (total ventilation) progressively each week, while a re-breathing bag insured that the amount of carbon dioxide in ...OHSU studies of technology for healthy aging get boost
... demonstrated the potential of these approaches to tracking cognitive performance," said Pavel, director of ORCATECH's Point of Care Lab, where many of these devices are developed and tested prior to their deployment in homes. "We foresee that further refinements of these methods will allow us to intervene an...Articles on animal migration published in BioScience
...and even molecular terms. In addition, advances in tracking techniques, including stable isotope analysis for identifying locations an animal has visited and miniaturization of transmitters and receivers, have started to contribute to scientific understanding of migration. Another reason for focusing on migr...Bones in motion: Brown scientists to create new 3-D X-ray system
...pability of CT scanners and the real-time movement tracking of cinefluoroscopy. CTX technology is expected to deliver images with exceptional precision and detail. Researchers will be able to track 3-D skeletal movements with 0.1 millimeter accuracy and see the equivalent of 1,000 CT images per second. The ...New medications, cancer diagnosis goals of UH engineers with $1M in grants
...that allow these biomolecules to be tracked. This tracking tells researchers the location of the biomolecules and whether the biomolecules have bonded with a specific substrate, such as a healthy cell. Common tags used by researchers are fluorescent beads that are detectable by their coloring, but many o...Bats prey on nocturnally migrating songbirds
...lied because this recently developed method allows tracking species' main dietary specializations and trophic level position along food chains. The researchers concentrated on carbon and nitrogen isotopes, which are among the best dietary tracers. They analysed their concentrations in bats' blood throughout t......r environment, and dinoflagellates are perfect for tracking the effects because they are sensitive to water te...s, she says. The fossils I study are a good way of tracking the past, so that we can predict the future and be better able to cope with it. ...DNA analysis reveals rapid population shift among Pleistocene cave bears
...quence (mitochondrial DNA is especially useful for tracking population changes). The findings indicated that while four sequence types (known as haplotypes) corresponded to bears 28,000 to 38,000 years old, a fifth DNA haplotype was found only in bears that were 28,000 years old or younger. These data suggest...CSIRO imagery shows Outer Great Barrier Reef at risk from river plumes
...technology behind the successful SENTINEL bushfire tracking system. While extreme coastal events have been captured by remote sensing before, this is the first time they can be seen and analysed straight after the event as there are now more satellites imaging the Earth and CSIRO has invested in fast infor...Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships
...entification in unstructured settings and position tracking and motion estimation as quantitative measurements for diagnosis," he said. "All of these techniques address understanding social cues." Susumu Tomita is a neurophysiologist who studies how neuronal circuits store information in the brain. Billion...Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
...exicos Pacific coastthe first time that electronic tracking devices have been applied simultaneously to deep-diving predators and prey in the same waters. The research team included principal investigator William Gilly, professor of biological sciences at Stanford University, and lead author Randall Davis, ...Plants' management of nutrient suggests environmental remedies
...and its genome has been completely sequenced. By tracking the glow of the jellyfish molecules, the researchers learned that CAS plays a number of roles in plants. The scientists initially thought it simply monitored changes in levels of dissolved calcium that enters the plant from the outside. They discover...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ents in untrained monkeys using a threedimensional tracking system and recorded from individual neurons in motor cortex. As expected from studies in restrained animals, standard tuning properties of motor cortex neurons were present. Neurons were tuned to multiple movement parameters. The total variance in ne...Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu
... universal tools, novel algorithmic approaches and tracking mechanisms for reproducibility at a global level. Having Asian researchers involved in the TATRC-funded project lends an added dimension of urgency and depth to the U.S. research program. "Avian flu is very important to sites worldwide, but especi...Elsevier launches new journal, Marine Genomics
... organisms, genomics applied to microbial ecology, tracking of infectious diseases and environmental stress. The journal will also publish reviews and topical special issues. Editor-in-Chief Prof. Giorgio Bernardi, President of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Naples Italy) explains: "The need for a new...Flies don't buzz about aimlessly!
...e any real purpose? Armed with a computer video tracking system and an array of mathematical techniques the two researchers have revealed how the flight patterns of starved fruit flies constitute an optimal scale-free searching strategy like the fractal patterns of a snowflake, a fly flight path appears s......(MR) imaging, they have created a set of tools for tracking and measuring these folds over time. Their resulting model of cortical development may serve as a biomarker, or biological indicator, for early diagnosis of neurological disorders such as autism. The researchers describe their model and analysis in...