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August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... et al., Dept. of Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota state University, Mankato, Minnesota 56001, USA. Pages ... sources of East Asian dust Gaojun Li et al., state Lab of Mineral Deposits Research, Institute of ... D.A. Edmonds et al., The Pennsylvania state University, Dept. of Geosciences, University ...

Study links virus to some cases of common skin cancer

... Americans, according to researchers at the Ohio state University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James ... medical genetics and a researcher with the Ohio state University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James ... graduate research associate Amy Dworkin and Ohio state pathologists O. Hans Iwenofu and Sara B. Peters, ...

Key OSU water research receives national funding

... STILLWATER, Okla. In a first to the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma state University's Division of Agricultural Sciences ... We believe this is an important study to help the state plan for the future." Clarence Watson, ...

SF State professor honored by President Obama for science mentoring

... Bayliss' mentoring work has made San Francisco state University a leader in training and educating ... Bayliss had already been teaching biology at SF state for nearly two decades when he noticed a shortage ... to 25 underrepresented minority students from SF state to doctoral programs each year. From 1984 to ...

UH team analyzes Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination

... bodies of water in partnership with both state and federal authorities since 2001, is leading ... Ike. In July 2008, the Texas Department of state Health Services issued an advisory for Galveston ... Quality to do its own assessment of the state health department findings last year, the results ...

CWRU receives $5 million from Ohio Third Frontier Commission

... located in Northeast Ohio but collaborating state wide, is uniquely positioned to rapidly implement ... term value for the sponsoring companies and the state of Ohio. Athersys and Kenneth Cooke (UHCMC ... and CC which will be the first of its kind in the state of Ohio. Cell Targeting will apply its cell ...

Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures

... the University of California, San Diego, and Ohio state University have used a very sensitive ... but the protein can easily morph from one state to another. The scientists say their ... and the laboratory of Thomas J. Magliery of Ohio state University, has shown that a protein dimer made ...

Troubled waters: Low Apalachicola River flow may hurt gulf fisheries

... Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida state University study that may provide new ammunition ... in a nearly two-decade water war. The Florida state researchers found that in years with low river ... estuary system of Apalachicola Bay, the Florida state researchers instead examined the effect of ...

Protein regulates movement of mitochondria in brain cells

... movement regulator (HUMMR), is produced in a state of low oxygen called hypoxia. HUMMR is induced ... series of events that ultimately lead to a state called excitotoxicity and cell death. One of ... between 2-5% oxygen. This creates a "normal" state of hypoxia in the brain. However, the ...

Seventy-three scientists elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

... Gttingen, Germany Margo A. Brinton, Georgia state University, Atlanta Frederic D. Bushman, ... United Kingdom James C. Carrington, Oregon state University, Corvallis Michael Chandler, ... Philadelphia Patrick L. Green, The Ohio state University, Columbus John Hayes, Woods Hole ...

Enzyme involved in inflammatory bowel disease discovered at Penn State College of Medicine

... Researchers at Penn state College of Medicine, working with biochemists, ... of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn state College of Medicine, and Daniel Lottaz, ... down proteins in the body. Researchers at Penn state College of Medicine studied the role of meprin in ...

Researcher garners major award from NIH for further exploration into the mechanisms of obesity

... Regents' Professor of Biology at Georgia state University, has received a multi-million dollar ... Morris, vice president for research at Georgia state University. "The NIH gives these awards very ... of doing cutting-edge and quality work. Georgia state is very proud to have him as a member of our ...

BIO-key(R) Enters Strategic Partnership With Nlets

... Canadian "Hot File" records, and INS databases to state criminal history records. Over 90 million records ... missions that enforce or aid in enforcing local, state or international law or ordinances. For more ... reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high ...

Minnesota Counties Secure New Criminal Charging System With BIO-key(R) Fingerprint Biometrics

... the new system, believes Minnesota is the first state to move to an entirely paperless criminal ... expand across the county into other parts of the state this summer. It is being deployed in branches of ... reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS

... Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona state University and an international committee of ... The taxonomists also are issuing an SOS state of Observed Species report card on human ... Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona state University. "Charting the species of the world ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species; issue SOS

... Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona state University and an international committee of ... The taxonomists also are issuing an SOS state of Observed Species report card on human ... Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona state University. "Charting the species of the world ...

Study finds link between individual stress and adolescent obesity

... childhood obesity. That's according to a new Iowa state University study finding that increased levels of ... obese," said lead author Brenda Lohman, an Iowa state assistant professor of human development and ... kinesiology and pediatrics faculty at Michigan state University; also contributed to the study. The ...

'Beating' heart machine expedites research and development of new surgical tools, techniques

... A new machine developed at North Carolina state University makes an animal heart pump much like a ... live animals is necessary. So, researchers at NC state have developed a "dynamic heart system" a ... a Ph. D. student in mechanical engineering at NC state who designed the heart machine. The ...

BIO-key(R) Enters Strategic Partnership With Nlets

... Canadian "Hot File" records, and INS databases to state criminal history records. Over 90 million records ... missions that enforce or aid in enforcing local, state or international law or ordinances. For more ... reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high ...

Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth

... CORVALLIS, Ore. Two Oregon state University researchers have uncovered a pattern ... the hospital because of complications. Oregon state University assistant professor Melissa Cheyney ... Cheyney is also pushing to get hospitals and the state records division to better track homebirths. The ...

American College of Medical Genetics affirms importance of newborn screening dried blood spots

... and confidentiality to protect the public. If a state decides that newborn screening blood spots should ... and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, to discuss state newborn screening programs with regard to the ... Meeting attendees included representatives from state NBS ...

NIH grants $122 million in Institutional Development Awards

... phase of five-year funding are the New Mexico state University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, ... In Delaware, catalyzed by INBRE grants, the state has seen its NIH funding nearly double between ... www.ncrr.nih.gov/inbre/2009-05 . New Mexico state University (Las Cruces) $17.4 million New ...

Center to investigate plant cells for better biomass fuels

... collaboration with researchers at North Carolina state University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state University. "The biggest solar collectors on ... porosity and plant cell wall mechanics. Penn state also has researchers participating in three other ...

Entomological Society of America's Linnaean Games teams selected

... Douglas G. Pfeiffer (coach) Runner-up: Penn state UniversityRobert D. Anderson, Scott M. Geib, Maya ... Darcy A. Reed (coach) Runner-up: Washington state UniversityJeremy Buckman, Ashfaq A. Sial, Matthew ... Southeastern Branch Winner: North Carolina state UniversityKeith M. Bayless, Ana R. Cabrera, ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

... loose. Mechanical engineer Joe Guarino of Boise state University in Idaho is developing an early ... acoustics of its sound. Paul Wheeler of Utah state University will provide an introduction to and ... According to David Mellinger at the Oregon state University, the right whales were located and ...

Researchers report 'moderately large' potential for red tide outbreak in Gulf of Maine region

... Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina state University (NCSU). This advisory is based in ... and his colleague Ruoying He of North Carolina state University (NCSU) have been working with Anderson ... oversees the safety of offshore shellfish beyond state limits). "We can only issue an advisory, as ...

Marine scientists warn of potential for spring, summer red tide outbreak in Gulf of Maine

... Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina state University (NCSU). The finding is based in ... harvest or expansion of aquaculture beds. state agencies can make informed staffing decisions to ... Shellfish stocks are regularly tested by state and federal agencies, ensuring that contaminated ...

2009 ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship award announcement

... studying plant biology. Evan Pratt, Michigan state University Mentor: Susanne Hoffmann-Benning ... on my project! Shelley Sianta, Colorado state University Mentor: Patricia Bedinger ... CATEGORY B David Valenta, Frostburg state University Mentor: David Puthoff The ...

Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences

... Research (LTER) Network and other groups state that few people realize the value of the data and ... populations, and soil and climate dynamics, state the authors. They note that while initial ... health workers and wildlife specialists from state and federal agencies, "established field stations ...

Nanofarming technology harvest biofuel oils without harming algae

... Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa state University have developed groundbreaking ... and $216,000 from Catilin and $16,000 from Iowa state University in matching funds. The so-called ... Lin, who is also a chemistry professor at Iowa state University, has been leading research on using ...

A miR boost enables acute leukemia cells to mature

... COLUMBUS, Ohio A new study by Ohio state University cancer researchers shows that boosting ... that trap the cells in an immature, fast growing state of development. The study discovered how the ... professor of internal medicine at the Ohio state University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James ...

Researchers examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions

... task of a group of three researchers from Iowa state University and one from Kansas state University. The researchers are looking at two ... and other researchers -- Bing Yang, Iowa state assistant professor of genetics development and ...

Iowa State chemist synthesizes carbohydrates, launches startup company

... still in its infancy," said Nikki Pohl, an Iowa state University associate professor of chemistry. Pohl ... branches and long chains of sugars. The Iowa state University Research Foundation Inc. has filed for ... in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory on the Iowa state campus. Pohl is developing her technology and ...

Rensselaer receives more than $2 million from New York State to fund stem cell research

... fortunate to conduct our research in a state that shows strong support for stem cell research. ... that it has proven very difficult to control the state of the cells once they are implanted," Linhardt ... human or animal stem cells is in accordance with state and federal guidelines and is performed safely ...

Seattle Times reporters win ASM public communications award

... Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Washington state hospitals. The series, entitled "Culture of ... explored the increase of MRSA in Washington state hospitals as well as official reluctance to meet ... cases. By day three of the series, Washington state announced that it would require hospitals to ...

Science returns to the Capitol Hill spotlight at March 24 exhibition

... Working Together, William H. Schmidt, Michigan state University American Geological ... for a Changing World, Gary M. King, Louisiana state University American Society of Agronomy/Crop ... Environment, Francis X. M. Casey, North Dakota state University American Society of Plant ...

Empire State Stem Cell Board awards $12.7 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine

... For the third time in 14 months, the Empire state Stem Cell Board has awarded Albert Einstein ... David Paterson announced $101.8 million in new state funding for stem cell research, reinforcing New ... of awards is in addition to $16.5 million in state funding previously announced. To date, New ...

Iowa State researchers developing clean, renewable energy for ethanol industry

... AMES, Iowa Iowa state University researchers are working to produce ... $2.37 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund, a state program to advance energy innovation and independence. Song-Charng Kong, an Iowa state assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is ...

Antioxidants in Midwestern black raspberries influenced by production site

... Turkey, included Faith J. Wyzgoski, The Ohio state University at Mansfield, Artemio Z. Tulio, Jr., ... Center, R. Neil Reese from South Dakota state University, and Shawn R. Wright of The Ohio state University South Centers. To estimate ...

World's top minds to celebrate 'the birth and life of beginnings'

... by the Office of Research at The Florida state University. It will celebrate 2009 as the Year of ... Johanson, a professor of anthropology at Arizona state University and one of the most widely recognized ... professor of jazz trumpet at The Florida state University who has drawn widespread acclaim ...