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New possibilities to fight pests with biological means

...d this plant defence, biologists of the Max Planck institute studied corn plants, caterpillars of the species Spodoptera littoralis (Egyptian cotton leaf worm) and parasitic wasps of the species Cotesia marginiventris. Deciphering the complex mix of scents that the plants release after damage offered clues as ...

Largest study of human 'interactome' reveals a novel way

...arily carried out at the IOB, a nonprofit research institute founded by Pandey in May 2002. The Human Protein Reference Database was developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Bioinformatics. Pandey serves as chief scientific advisor to the Institute of Bioinformatics....

New book on rain forests, slash-and-burn agriculture

...icksen, a science officer fellow with the research institute Global Environmental Change and Food Systems. "Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: The Search for Alternatives" is published by Columbia University Press. Hard copies are $79.50; paperback copies are $39.50. ...

Federal grant funds research on novel HIV therapy

...ptor) Antagonists for HIV Therapy." NIMH, a member institute of the National Institutes of Health, issued the four-year, $6.7 million grant award this fall. The grant builds on more than a decade of investigation by Dr. Douglas into substance P, a neurotransmitter long known to be active in the brain and ne...

University of Arizona plant scientists to unravel maize genome

...human genome. BIO5 is a collaborative bioresearch institute bringing together scientists from 5 disciplines--agriculture, medicine, pharmacy, basic science and engineering--to solve complex biological problems. BIO5 creates science, education and industry partnerships to disseminate knowledge and apply the kn...

Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say

...i, however, has created a window of opportunity to institute reforms needed for the long-term," says Dr. Hall. "Armed with good intentions and awash with money, but without clear co-ordination and a coherent strategy, many of the rehabilitation efforts will fail," says the WorldFish analysis. "Worse still, t...

Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program

...nced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM), a research institute jointly administered by Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "Montelione's dedication and the committed efforts of other groups at CABM and around the country are generating exciting new information and advancing the f...

York scientists warn of dramatic impact of climate change on Africa

...souri Botanical Garden ?the USA's leading research institute on African botany. Dr Lovett added: "The other remarkable thing is that similar changes seem to have occurred in the past. When we showed the results to Jean Maley, a French palaeobotanist from Montpellier who works on past climate change in West Af...

Woods Hole Research Center plans controlled burn in Amazon rainforest

...oods Hole Research Center and its partner research institute in Brazil, the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM), are carrying out the fires with additional collaboration with faculty and staff of the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT) and Yale University. In addition, local firefighters wi...

Alcohol consumption disrupts breastfeeding hormones

...emical Senses Center is a nonprofit basic research institute based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For 35 years, Monell has been the nation's leading research center focused on understanding the senses of smell, taste and chemical irritation: how they function and affect our lives, from before birth through old...

Purdue researchers use enzyme to clip 'DNA wires'

...A Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing. The institute is a collaboration of six universities led by Purdue, whose director is Supriyo Datta, the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue. The work also is affiliated with the Birck Nanotechnology Center and th...

Doing a spin with DNA

...ormale Supérieure in Paris and the Sloan-Kettering institute in New York published their findings in the 31 March 2005 issue of Nature. An artistic impression of the enzyme at work is featured on the cover of this issue. The enzyme topoisomerase IB releases the torsion built up in DNA strands. During their in...

UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders

...provide $3 billion for stem cell research. A state institute is being created in Northern California to allocat...ber oversight and governing board will oversee the institute and review requests for funding. "With the launch of this institute, we realize our goal of bringin...

Development of portable infectious disease detector

...vid Schaffer, a VIIBRE student whostayed on at the institute as a project engineer after he graduated,was browsing the Web looking for a permanent job. Although looking fora local position, he inadvertently opened a Web page with listings fromCalifornia. He came across an interesting opening at Pria, located i...

The secret lives of whales

...e final year of a five-year global voyage, Payne’s institute has found and collected skin samples from over 1100 sperm whales from some of the most remote ocean regions of the globe. He chose to sample sperm whales because they ranged worldwide and are whale icons ?thanks to Melville’s tale of Moby Dick, the ...

Researchers find how protein allows insects to detect and respond to pheromones

...logy (ISB), a non-profitresearch organization. The institute has partnered with IBM and UnitedDevices, an Austin-based company, to create the Human Proteome FoldingProject, a global effort to determine the structures of theapproximately 60 percent of human proteins with no known function. "Howproteins fold de...

UW's Rosetta software to unlock secrets of many human proteins

...logy (ISB), a non-profitresearch organization. The institute has partnered with IBM and UnitedDevices, an Austin-based company, to create the Human Proteome FoldingProject, a global effort to determine the structures of theapproximately 60 percent of human proteins with no known function. "Howproteins fold de...

Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer

...nomic Research (TIGR) is a not-for-profit research institute based in Rockville, Maryland. TIGR, which sequence... the forefront of the genomic revolution since the institute was founded in 1992. The Institute's scientists conduct research involving the structural, functiona...

Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise

...alifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The institute wascreated after California voters in November approved Proposition 71, ameasure that authorized the state to borrow $3 billion to fund stemcell research over the next 10 years."I'm really excited about the stem cell applications of our newtechnology...

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