Immunity mechanism discovered
6/18/2013
| Scientists at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a mechanism that is used to protect the body from harmful bacteria. Platelets, a component of blood typically associated with clotting, were discovered to actively search for specific bacteria, and upon detection, seal it off from the rest of the body. The findings, which were published in Nature Immunology this we... [Comments] |
Novel enzyme from tiny gribble could prove a boon for biofuels research
6/18/2013
| Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata , commonly known as the gribble. Gribbles are biologically intriguing because they exhibit a relatively unique ability to prod... [Comments] |
UT Arlington research to benefit quality, flow in 150-mile Integrated Pipeline
6/18/2013
| A UT Arlington environmental engineer has been awarded a $394,300 grant from the Tarrant Regional Water District to ensure water quality and flow in the new facilities of the 150-mile Integrated Pipeline Project. Andrew Kruzic, UT Arlington associate professor of civil engineering, will investigate the best methods and locations to add monochloramine to the water in an effort to eliminate b... [Comments] |
Computer modeling technique goes viral at Brandeis
6/18/2013
| It's not a hacker lab. At Brandeis University, sophisticated computational models and advances in graphical processing units are helping scientists understand the complex interplay between genomic data, virus structure and the formation of the virus' outer "shell" critical for replication. "We hope that some of what we are finding will help researchers alter virus assembly, leaving viru... [Comments] |
NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico
6/18/2013
| Scientists are expecting a very large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models. NOAA-supported modelers at the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium are forecasting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic "dea... [Comments] |
The American Society for Microbiology honors Marc Torrent
6/18/2013
| Marc Torrent, Ph.D., Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, has been honored as a recipient of a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award. Torrent is being recognized for his outstanding research, which includes developing the first algorithm to predict antimicrobial regions in proteins. Luis Rivas, Centro de Investigaciones Biolgicas(CSIC), said, "we are now applying this algor... [Comments] |
NIH to fund collaborations with industry to identify new uses for existing compounds
6/18/2013
| The National Institutes of Health has awarded $12.7 million to match nine academic research groups with a selection of pharmaceutical industry compounds to explore new treatments for patients in eight disease areas, including Alzheimer's disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and schizophrenia. The collaborative pilot initiative, called Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules, is... [Comments] |
The American Society for Microbiology honors Joshua Obar
6/18/2013
| Washington, D.C. June 18, 2013 Joshua Obar, Ph.D., Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State UniversityBozeman, has been honored with a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his research on factors affecting the regulation of immunological memory responses to infection. Obar earned his B.A. in Microbiology from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2001 and went on to com... [Comments] |
AMP joins the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
6/18/2013
| Bethesda, MD, June 18, 2013: The Association for Molecular Pathology is proud to announce it will join the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) on July 1, 2013. The FASEB Board approved AMP's application for membership on June 3, 2013. The 26 constituent societies of FASEB represent more than 100,000 individuals and share a common vision for the advancement of... [Comments] |
Herbal extract boosts fruit fly lifespan by nearly 25 percent, UCI study finds
6/18/2013
| Irvine, Calif., June 18, 2013 The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers. But it's how Rhodiola rosea , also known as golden root, did this that grabbed the attention of study leaders Mahtab Jafari and Sam Schriner. They d... [Comments] |