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wFleaBase: the Daphnia genome database

...n interdisciplinary research program to create the resources needed to study genes that affect ecological and evolutionary success in natural environments. Description These tools include the genome database wFleaBase, which currently contains functions to search and extract information from expressed sequence...

Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems

...s charged with overseeing and sustaining ecosystem resources such as fisheries. Surprisingly, it relates to many disciplines involving complex webs of mutually interacting parts, such as ecosystems and world financial markets, which have the potential for unexpected collapse and irreversible change. Scripps P...

Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh

...orked," said Mitsch, who is a professor of natural resources at Ohio State. The wetland was constructed by bulldozing a series of basins into the field. The five basins sloped downward toward the river ?the second basin was at a slightly lower elevation than the first, the third basin was slightly lower than t...

Supercomputers to focus brains on AIDS dilemma

...grase, and relied on the large-scale computational resources of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego. In 1999, related results from traditional x-ray crystallography studies of the structure of a complex between the HIV-1 integrase catalytic domain and an inhibitor pointed to the existence...

Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming

...y to migrate to cooler areas, depleting local food resources and resulting in pup starvation. Elephant seals, which feed in deep waters, were previously thought to be better buffered against ocean temperature changes than other sea mammals. A study by Dr Burney Le Boeuf and Dr David Crocker from the Universit...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

...ve. FDA believes this approach will save time and resources and eliminate possible delays in the application review process because parties will be able to familiarize themselves with novel pharmacogenomic approaches as they evolve. FDA's new pharmacogenomics Web page is available . The Web site ("Genomics ...

Emergence of cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries is not being adequately addressed

...iatric cancer death rate in countries with limited resources is especially tragic because strategies exist that could be used to ensure wider access to effective cancer treatment, according to Raul C. Ribeiro, M.D., director of the St. Jude International Outreach Program and another co-author of the editorial....

Human Cells Filmed Instantly Messaging for First Time

...could play, whether the United States has the land resources and whether such a plan would be economically viable." Looking at just forestland and agricultural land, the two largest potential biomass sources, the study found potential exceeding 1.3 billion dry tons per year. That amount is enough to produce b...

Growth in biomass could put US on road to energy independence

...could play, whether the United States has the land resources and whether such a plan would be economically viable." Looking at just forestland and agricultural land, the two largest potential biomass sources, the study found potential exceeding 1.3 billion dry tons per year. That amount is enough to produce b...

New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool

...o-weapons research that diverts valuable money and resources away from very basic and important issues." Higher winter levels of airborne pathogens in such enclosed pool areas are likely due to seasonal ventilation practices, including closed doors and windows during cold periods, said Pace. Since the study, ...

Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

...of CI. "It also points out the need for additional resources to address the new priority areas that have been identified." CI already works in most of the existing hotspots and plans to expand its programs into some of the new hotspots, including the Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands. "We have already begun looking ...

LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation

..., sustainable energy generation. "The hydrocarbon resources available in the Monument Butte oilfield are very ...ch has the potential to turn current finite energy resources into even more valuable resources for the long-term production of clean, sustainable energy. ...

Asthma gene clusters identified

... The center specializes is combining computational resources with medicine and genetics in order to customize care for patients based on the patient's individual genetic makeup. "Dr. Hershey's research is a good example of research that we believe will benefit patients, based on the use of novel algorithms an...

International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort

... Perlegen is willing to contribute some of its own resources to make this possible," said Kelly A. Frazer, Ph.D., vice president of genomics at Perlegen. "We are confident that the end result of this public-private collaboration will be an outstanding human haplotype map that will provide a major new tool in t...

Kinovate Life Sciences Launches Nittophase?High Performance Solid Support For Oligonucleatide Synthesis

... very highest standard of technical and analytical resources to ensure that NittoPhase?will deliver unmatched performance.?/p> “Our internal testing and analysis of NittoPhase?has clearly validated this product in terms of technical and cost performance. As a result of our partnership with Nitto Denko Corp...

South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

...traditional stakeholders had limited impact on the resources they used and did not have the means to induce major environmental changes, such as altering the flood pulse by building dams or changing water quality by increasing the sediment load in rivers." "As economic development proceeded rapidly however, n...

PANTHER Protein Classification System Database 5.0

...he latestversion, Panther 5.0, include interactive resources for associatingprotein families with their biological pathways, as well as new toolsfor analyzing gene expression data in relation to molecular functions,biological processes, and pathways. The PANTHER system database ispublicly available without res...

Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells

...cancer cells to validate the method, combining the resources of his Center with Sandia's laser expertise. A project proposal has been filed with Sandia to support collaborative work between the unique research capabilities of UCSD and Sandia. "There are 300 different cell types in the human body and different...

The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

...se problems are best solved by empowering untapped resources - the countless creative people who are currently marginalized", says Jefferson, an influential scientist who in 2003 was named as one of Scientific American's 50 Top Technology Innovators and is a Fellow of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepren...

MSI releases 'moleculizer' - a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks

...l at once, a task that requirestremendous computer resources beyond the scope of most research labs. "Moleculizeris a powerful tool that meets a very real need for biologists,"explained Dr. Brent. "It is a critical step forward in our quest toprovide an accurate simulation of intracellular biochemical network...

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