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Latest advances in DNA sequencing highlighted at DOE Joint Genome Institute User Meeting

... not have access to such a resource to advance the frontiers of their disciplines. The meeting will be held in the California Ballroom at the Walnut Creek Marriott, 2355 North Main Street. Highlights of the three-day event include: Search for Superior Biofuels Larry Wackett, University of Minn...

Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology

...Polytechnic Institute will continue to advance the frontiers of computational science with the help of IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer. Awarded under IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene will complement the $100 million partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state to create o...

NAU researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus

...orth America is rare. "Caves are one of the final frontiers in temperate regions for discovering new taxa," Cobb said. "Because caves are extreme environments, cave arthropods are very specialized and possibly endemic to a single cave system or region. They present interesting and odd evolutionary forms that ...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

...ted delivery of gene- and immuno-therapies are new frontiers in cancer treatment under investigation by interventional radiologists in collaboration with other specialists. Interventional radiologists are uniquely skilled in using imaging guidance to deliver targeted cancer treatments throughout the body non-s...

Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program

...erating exciting new information and advancing the frontiers of science," said CABM Director Aaron J. Shatkin. "We have even discovered several potential antibiotic drug targets and drug screening assays for which we have submitted patents," Montelione said. "However, there are many protein families that stil...

Frog peptides block HIV in lab study

...d. Tononi, one of the few scientists exploring the frontiers of consciousness, has theorized that conscious thought depends on the brain's ability to integrate information. "Sleep is the most familiar alteration of consciousness," he says. "It happens every night to all of us. Every night, when you fall into ...

Deep sleep short-circuits brain's grid of connectivity

...d. Tononi, one of the few scientists exploring the frontiers of consciousness, has theorized that conscious thought depends on the brain's ability to integrate information. "Sleep is the most familiar alteration of consciousness," he says. "It happens every night to all of us. Every night, when you fall into ...

Anthrax inhibitors identified by Burnham team

...al research institution dedicated to advancing the frontiers of scientific knowledge and providing the foundation for tomorrow's medical therapies. The Institute is home to three major centers: the original Cancer Center, the Del E. Webb Neuroscience and Aging Center established in 1999, and the Infectious and...

DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse

...th the Stanford Human Genome Center to advance the frontiers of genome sequencing and related biology. Additional information about DOE JGI can be found at: http://www.jgi.doe.gov/ ...

Mouse with designer liver has enhanced glucose tolerance, insulin response

...al research institution dedicated to advancing the frontiers of scientific knowledge and providing the foundation for tomorrow’s medical therapies. The Institute is home to three major centers: the original Cancer Center, the Del E. Webb Neuroscience and Aging Center established in 1999, and the Infectious and...

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