Mapping in Biological News

August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... P-T boundary; a major Silurian fish die-off; and mapping naturally occurring asbestos in the Sierra ... accurate prediction of their location. mapping potentially asbestos-bearing rocks using imaging ... Practical applications of this technology for mapping areas that may contain NOA include locating roads ...

A Canada-wide technology platform for mapping the human interactome

... of a national technology platform aimed at mapping the human interactome. This national platform, ... world are facing in the post-genome era is the mapping of the interactome, which can be defined as the ... understanding the interactome's organization by mapping the dynamic networks that proteins form when they ...

Stowers researchers develop whole genome sequencing approach for mutation discovery

... developed a "whole-genome sequencing approach" to mapping mutations in fruit flies. The novel methodology ... senior author on the publication. "Traditional mapping approaches to identify mutations are inefficient ... by several genes at once." "The traditional mapping method could take months to years depending on ...

New nucleotide could revolutionize epigenetics

... Project, for example, is in the process of mapping all of the sites of methylation using bisulfite ... which we believe very likely, then epigenome mapping experiments will have to be repeated with the ... player in the field." Kriaucionis is now mapping the sites where 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is ...

Freezing prostate cancer does a man's body good

... Additionally, the use of 3-D transperineal mapping biopsy for determining the extent of prostate ... 180 patients who had previously undergone TRUS mapping biopsies who were considering conservative ... thought from their original biopsy. The 3-D mapping biopsy provided life-saving information," said ...

Boehringer Ingelheim uses Genomatix' Next Generation Sequencing data analysis systems

... deep sequencing hardware. It provides ultra fast mapping of sequences of any length (starting from 8bp) ... that can be taken into account during the mapping process. Depending on the nature of the ... surrounding areas derived by the GMS or any other mapping procedure. Clustering and peak finding, analysis ...

More accurate FEMA flood maps could help avoid significant damages and losses

... Information from the North Carolina Floodplain mapping Program, which has high-accuracy topographic data ... the committee to compare new and traditional mapping methods among three distinct topographical ... elevation. FEMA's transition to digital flood mapping also provides opportunities for better informing ...

Tension in the nanoworld

... the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in semiconductors. The method, ... of high-performance materials or for contact-free mapping of local conductivity in strain-engineered ... devices, respectively. The non-invasive mapping of strain with nanoscale spatial resolution, ...

Fitness in a changing world

... Ectodysplasin-A (Eda). However subsequent mapping showed that in addition to the region of the ... each other and the lateral plate trait. Genetic mapping work on Alaskan stickleback was conducted by ... the recessive gene--Eda low. From the laboratory mapping results, and the rapid loss of plates observed in ...

Broad Institute awarded major grant to bolster epigenomics research

... the institute as one of four Reference Epigenome mapping Centers nationwide that will aim to transform the ... chart the epigenome. The Reference Epigenome mapping Center (REMC) at the Broad Institute will help ... Program. In addition to the work of the epigenome mapping centers, other funded centers will focus on ...

The good, the bad and the smelly: USGS at the 2008 Coral Reef Symposium

... sub-bottom profiling, reef drilling, and mapping of benthic habitats along the reef tract present ... Sleuthing with Deep ATRIS: A New Tool for mapping Habitats and Animals: Although geo-positioned ... be expensive and time-consuming. To enhance its mapping capabilities and provide a more efficient ...

Extended cyclone relief efforts aided from space

... for support by providing immediate crisis mapping of the affected areas. Following the request, rapid mapping products were created with Earth observation (EO) ... the RESPOND project, which delivers satellite mapping for disaster reduction and humanitarian aid, had ...

First datasets for national biomass and carbon dataset now available

... (NBCD2000) are releasing data from nine project mapping zones. All NBCD2000 data products are being made ... with additional support from the USGS/LANDFIRE, mapping is being conducted within 67 ecologically diverse regions, termed mapping zones, which span the conterminous United States. ...

PNNL's Richard Smith named to prestigious Scientific American 50 list of outstanding leaders

... diseases. Smiths work led to the mapping of proteins in brain tissues. This mapping has allowed scientists to examine the location ... research, they have made comprehensive proteomic mapping possible. This research was supported by the ...

Researchers expand efforts to explore functional landscape of the human genome

... (four years); Production Center for Global mapping of Regulatory Elements. These researchers will ... using digital DNase I and histone modification mapping by high-throughput sequencing. DNAse I is an ... by tag-specific antibodies for use in mapping binding sites for a wide range of proteins, and ...

Researchers develop 'brain-reading' methods

... research also suggests that a more comprehensive approach is needed for mapping brain activity and that the widely held belief that localized areas of the ... pattern of neural connections also provides a more accurate direction for mapping the effective connectivity of the brain. Known as the Connectome Project, ...

22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey

... of the brain has increased dramatically. Advances in brain imaging, the mapping of the brains biochemical circuitry and breakthroughs in molecular ... of neurotransmission was first gained at the end of the 20th century. By mapping the networks of neurotransmission, scientists are looking for specially ...

Susan E. Gardiner receives ASHS Outstanding International Horticulturist Award

... co-editor of the books Genetics and Genomics of Rosaceae and Association mapping in Plants, both published by Springer. She has also published articles in ... distinguishing varieties of pasture grasses and legumes and worked on gene mapping in apples. Susan's most recent work involves unraveling the genetic ...

Reducing the roadworks

... years the VISTA project has been working to transform the technology for mapping the underground network of drains, water and gas pipes, as well as power ... Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded study called mapping the Underworld that was led by the universities of Birmingham, Leeds, ...

A glimpse of future GMES Sentinel-1 radar images

... Radar Observatory will be used for applications such as land-cover mapping and crop management. Sentinel-1 is the first of the five missions that ESA ... provided by Sentinel-1 will improve applications such as land-cover mapping and crop monitoring. To accomplish this ambitious task, ESA has asked MDA ...

Geologists map rocks to soak CO2 from air

... The U.S. survey is the first of what Lackner hopes will become a global mapping effort. "It's a really big step forward," he said. Krevor produced the ... States as part of its Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership; extensive mapping in Washington, Oregon and Idaho has already been done through Idaho State ...

CRG buys Genomatix' Next Generation Sequencing analysis solution

... solution for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data after mapping to the genome. "In regards to the machine, I love it! And I have ... GGA delivers annotation of genomic coordinates from GMS or any other mapping procedure, clustering and peak finding, analysis for phylogenetic ...

Society of Interventional Radiology hosts 34th annual scientific meeting

... can be arranged on request. Cancer Advances Using Focal Therapy/3-D mapping for Prostate Cancer: Look, No Surgery Interventional radiologist can ... Gary M. Onik, M.D., interventional radiologist. And details about a better mapping biopsy for determining the extent of prostate cancer will be given. ...

Genetic differences between yeasts greater than those between humans and chimpanzees

... The mapping of the entire yeast genome in 1996 marked the beginning of a revolution in ... most of which are bacteria. The next advance is only a few years away mapping the genetic evolution of individual multicellular animals, including ...

Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells

... team's experiments involve the "unzipping" of single DNA molecules. By mapping the hiccups, stoppages and forces along the way, they have gained new ... and expressed within cells. The research, "High-resolution dynamic mapping of histone-DNA interactions in a nucleosome," published online Jan. 11, ...

Genomatix joins Illumina-Connect program

... hardware, especially the Illumina Genome Analyzer. It provides ultra fast mapping of sequences of any length (starting from 8bp) with no practical limits on ... and/or insertions and deletions that can be taken into account during the mapping process. Depending on the nature of the experiment, the GMS can provide ...

New rainforest mapping technology gets huge support

... aboard the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO)a unique airborne mapping system that can inventory and probe rain forest vegetation over nearly ... with the existing Carnegie LiDAR system to create the Airborne Taxonomic mapping System, or AToMS. The existing instrument system, which successfully ...

Where optics meets medicine

... Mini-Strokes A Potential New Tool for Brain Surgeons New Technique for mapping Blood Supply in Retina Increases Safety, Comfort of Exams The Optics of ... Highland D, Rochester Riverside Convention Center NEW TECHNIQUE FOR mapping BLOOD SUPPLY IN RETINA INCREASES SAFETY, COMFORT OF EXAMS Anyone who ...

New robot scouts best locations for components of undersea lab

... University of Washington oceanographer and chief scientist for a two-week mapping expedition. The network, which will be connected to land by ... and smaller secondary nodes. Choosing the right sites involved mapping and imaging in remarkable detail using sonar instruments, a towed camera ...

June GEOSPHERE media highlights

... and ArcGIS combined with three-dimensional photorealistic modeling for mapping outcrops in the Slick Hills, Oklahoma Mohammed Alfarhan et al., Center ... 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, USA. For detailed mapping of geologic outcrop features such as contacts and terrain, especially on ...

Into the wild

... in excess of 10ft high. The researchers will spend their time carefully mapping the extraordinary abundance of plant and animal life as a starting point ... of the peninsula. Once in the wilderness, they will spend their time mapping the forests of Bystrinsky Nature Park a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

New cheaper method for mapping disease genes

... breakthroughs for new treatments for a wide variety of diseases. By mapping DNA, scientists can trace disease genes, understand how bacteria and ... of Technology published Pyrosequencing, one of the most common methods of mapping DNA in use today. ...

New approach to measuring carbon in forests

... sensors, to provide a practical technique for broad-scale structural mapping of forests. CSIRO carbon accounting expert, Dr Phil Polglase, says the ... Were expecting that this method will lead to more accurate and efficient mapping and monitoring of forest biomass and, as a result, a better understanding ...

Mars Express -- 5000 orbits and counting

... the most significant results from the Visible and Infrared Mineralogical mapping Spectrometer OMEGA has been the discovery of clays, hydrated minerals that ... of detailed observations, so that they can eventually complete the global mapping of the planet. ...

Northwestern to expose most deadly infectious diseases in 3-D

... Scientists at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine are mapping parts of the lethal bacteria in three dimensions, exposing a new and ... of a monkey wrench into the anthrax cell -- and others --Anderson will be mapping key proteins the bacteria uses to do its work. "We'll see what the ...

Cassini's new view of land of lakes and seas

... interpret as liquid hydrocarbon lakes. "This is our version of mapping Alaska, the northern parts of Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Northern ... Cassini radar scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA. "It is like mapping these regions of Earth for the first time." Lakes and seas are very ...

Prediction of RNA pseudoknots using heuristic modeling with mapping and sequential folding

... An algorithm utilizing structure mapping and thermodynamics is introduced for RNA pseudoknot prediction. The method ... It also identifies information about the flexibility of the RNA. mapping methods are used to build and analyze the folded structure and add ...

Freshwater fish at the top of the food chain evolve more slowly

... that moves our jaw fish actually have two dozen separately moving bones, and lots of muscles that move those bones in a coordinated fashion." By mapping these measurements onto the centrarchid family tree together with data on what each fish eats the researchers were able to reconstruct how diet and ...

DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

... commercially available technology for 3-D geophysical imaging of industrial-sized electromagnetic data. This technology offers oceanic subsurface mapping at a scale and resolution previously unavailable to find sources of alternative energy and in guiding environmental remediation. It will allow ...

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

... in pristine switchgrass and then during treatment with the EmimAc ionic liquid. Their results demonstrate that this label-free visualization and mapping technique can provide a means of rapidly screening a wide range of ionic liquids for pre-treating switchgrass and other biomass material. "Our ...