Tag: "themes" at biology news

Biologists call for better choice of model organisms in 'evo-devo'

...oach to selecting organisms, based on the evo-devo themes that the organism can shed light on. "It is fai...cifically to illuminate hitherto neglected general themes within evo-devo.". In other cases, new model organisms are chosen on the basis of how well they a...

Music genes and musical geniuses

... its peculiarities and reasons. These are the main themes of the International Workshop on the Biology and Genetics of Music, to be held in Bologna, May 20 to 22, with leading scientists currently involved in researching the mysteries of music, invited to explain their recent findings to the audience. The m...

Study illuminates how the plague bacteria causes disease

...ct on virulence." The results also add to broader themes in the evolution of bacterial diseases, the researchers added. "It is becoming increasingly clear that a common strategy used by bacterial pathogens to manipulate host cell biology is the mimicry of their own biochemical processes," Stebbins said. ...

First 'encyclopedia' of nuclear receptors reveals organisms' focus on sex, food

...ve similar patterns in certain tissues. The common themes suggest that those receptors together regulate a similar regulatory circuit," said Dr. Mangelsdorf, an investigator in UT Southwestern's Howard Hughes Medical Institute and holder of the Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Scien...

Best research work in the area of wine growing

...tural topics. Amongst other aspects discussed were themes such as food quality and safety, conservation and use of horticultural biodiversity, conservation of the environment, technology transference and interchange, as well as current tendencies of consumption, that determine the quality of production, tra...

Disease diagnosis, biodefense among UH chemical research projects

...rs with recent research results based on two major themes ?polymer-nanoparticle hybrid materials and polymer loops and brushes. Polymer materials and ultrathin polymer films have applications in advanced electronics, display technology, biosensors and biomedical devices. Advincula also is sole presenter on ...

Navigating an integrated yeast network

...elease is based on the following article: Motifs, themes and thematic maps of an integrated Saccharomyces cerevisiae interaction network Lan V Zhang, Oliver D King, Sharyl L Wong, Debra S Goldberg, Amy HY Tong, Guillaume Lesage, Brenda Andrews, Howard Bussey, Charles Boone and Frederick P Roth Journal of ...

Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication

...e concludes, "If we are to understand the unifying themes underlying these contrasting bacteria–host interactions, we must begin to use comparative genomic approaches with closely related pathogenic and beneficial microbial species." Marie Faini O'Brien of Frederick, Maryland, earned her master's degree in...

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