APS in Biological News

Translating the conversation between the brain and blood vessels

...still became hypertensive, eliminating that mechanism as a possibility. aps recognizes important research The American Physiological Society (APS) ...t award. Dr. Schreihofer presented the Bowditch lecture on April 19, at the aps session of Experimental Biology 2009. Distinguished careers Dr. Abb...

New aerosol observing technique turns gray skies to blue

...thematical models. RSP and the soon-to-be-launched aps use parallel optical paths to collect measurements...lory satellite. Functionally identical to RSP, the aps uses slightly different wavelengths of light to im...ater vapor, and cirrus clouds. "But the theory for aps and RSP is exactly the same," said Cairns. Acco...

APS commends President Obama's memorandum on scientific integrity

...ity, revamping health care, and improving science and math education," said aps President Cherry A. Murray. aps has a long history of using its scientific expertise to inform policymakers...

40 minority scientists receive travel fellowships to Experimental Biology 2009 in New Orleans

...that 40 fellows will receive the travel awards. aps administers the program with financial support fro... part of the National Institutes of Health. The aps Minority Travel Fellowship Program is designed to ... and faculty are eligible for the fellowships. The aps has awarded travel fellowships to approximately 57...

Jupiter's shrinking red spot

.... In his talk at the 61st Annual Meeting of the aps Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio, Arnold ...e contaminants. In his presentation to the 61st aps Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio, Plesnia...her presentation to the 61st Annual Meeting of the aps Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio, Juliett...

Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25

...ossible to consider today. In his talk at the 61st Annual Meeting of the aps Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio, Arnold Song, who is one member o...ound the cabin to disperse contaminants. In his presentation to the 61st aps Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio, Plesniak will describe his team'...

Statins may prevent miscarriages

...ine in advance of print. In low risk pregnancies, aps is associated with a nine-fold increase in miscarr... (women who have had at least three prior losses), aps is associated with a 90 percent risk of miscarriag... examined the white blood cells from mice that had aps and discovered that these cells expressed certain ...

APS sets aside $50,000 to help students, post-docs, in wake of Hurricane Ike

...re targeted to students and fellows who are either aps members or working in the laboratories of aps members. The grants will help the recipients repla...ses they incurred as a result of the storm. The aps Council set aside $50,000 for the grants but will ...

Send your name around the Earth on NASA'S Glory mission

...cientific instruments, the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor, or APS, and the Total Irradiance Monitor, or TIM, and two cameras for cloud identification. The aps instrument will help quantify the role of aerosols as natural and human-produced agents of climate change more accurately than existing measurement to...

American Physical Society announces Physics, a new, free, online publication

...ds and can catalyze interdisciplinary work. With the combined output of the aps peer-reviewed publications at about 18,000 papers a year, there is clearly ...significant developments in other subfields of physics," says Gene Sprouse, aps Editor in Chief, "and our authors need and deserve more attention for their...

Post-exercise caffeine helps muscles refuel

...titute of Technology University (RMIT) in Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. A fuller audio interview with Dr. Hawley is available in Episode 11 of the aps podcast, Life Lines, at www.lifelines.tv . The show also includes an interview with Dr. Stanley Schultz, whose physiological discovery of how sugar i...

A novel X-ray source could be brightest in the world

...s which is higher on the average about ten thousand times brighter than the aps is delivering. In an X-FELO, the electron pulse enters an undulator and ...elastic x-ray scattering and nuclear resonant scattering experiments at the aps are severely limited by small x-ray flux in meV bandwidth. An X-FELO will ...

Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading

...or chemist Lynda Soderholm said. People have known about and tried to understand the nanoclusters, but it was the modern analytical techniques and the aps that allowed us understand what it is. The nanoclusters are made up of exactly 38 plutonium atoms and had almost no charge. Unlike stray plutonium ...

APS names 2 minority outreach fellows

...le Modeling for Young Minorities in Science As aps K-12 Minority Outreach Fellows, the women will vis...ities for high school teachers and students at the aps annual meeting, held as part of the Experimental B... Serve as a Physiologist-in-Residence at the aps Science Teaching Forum, a week of hands-on science...

Research at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source reveals structure and behavior of collagen

...t of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. Illinois Institute of Technology biologist Joseph Orgel used the high-energy X-rays produced by the aps to examine the structure of collagen, a protein that composes more than a quarter of all protein in the human body and forms the principal component o...

Lensless camera uses X-rays to view nanoscale materials and biological specimens

...y is the high intensity X-ray beams created at the aps at Argonne. An intense, coherent X-ray beam colli...andful of places in the world this can be done and aps is the only place in the United States at these X-... a dedicated, permanent laboratory facility at the aps for this imaging technique that can be used by sci...

Missouri Police Department Introduces Electronic Traffic Citations

...opy traffic warning and citation forms. With the aps QuickTicket(TM) software integrated within BIO-Key... that eliminates handwritten forms and uses unique aps software capabilities to automatically move Mobile...vailable national, state, and local databases. The aps QuickTicket software then auto-populates the requi...

Granger wins Schmidt-Nielsen Mentor/Scientist Award

...t Award to Joey P. Granger, Ph.D., of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The honor, now in its fifth year, is bestowed upon members of the aps who have made outstanding contributions to physiological research and demonstrated the highest level of dedication and commitment to excellence in tra...

Handbook of small grain insects available now

... may be purchased for $59 plus S&H (USD) from The American Phytopathological Society (ESA members are entitled to a 10% discount). To order, go to the aps PRESS online store at http://www.shopapspress.org/haofsmgrin.html or call toll-free 1-800-328-7560 USA/Canada or 1-651-454-7250 elsewhere. ...

Newly found sensing system enables certain bacteria to resist human immune defenses

...s,” which stands for antimicrobial peptide sensor. aps has three parts: apsS, the sensor region; apsR, th...igating. Studies show that all three components of aps must be present for the system to function and eff...nce—and we are continuing our investigation of the aps sensing system being used for drug development.” ...

Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it

...rom the gene to the organism.?The symposium, sponsored by The American Physiological Society (APS) takes place 10:30 a.m., Sunday, April 29 during the aps annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2007 in Room 147A, the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Scott Kirkton of Union College, Schenec...

Cancer cells forming blood vessels send their copper to the edge

...ution of elements in these structures by using imaging resources." The aps played a key role in the research. The particular aps beamline Finney and her colleagues used employs specialized optics to focus...

First direct mechanical communication of mitochondria, cardiomyocyte nucleus shown

...ptation in Health and Disease" Featured Topic session 199, sponsored by the aps Muscle Biology Group. Sunday April 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the Convention Center...15 a.m. The research also will be presented 12:30-3 p.m. Monday April 3, aps Physiology Signaling in muscle session 486.6/board #C732. Research was perf...

Just the expectation of a mirthful laughter experience boosts endorphins 27 percent, HGH 87 percent

...n: "Beta-Endorphin and HGH increase are associated with both the anticipation and experience of mirthful laughter," 12:30 p.m.- 3 p.m. Sunday April 2, aps Behavioral neuroscience & drug abuse Section abstract 233.18/board #C706. Research was by Lee S. Berk, Department of Health Promotion and Educatio...

Argonne researchers confirm lead in Beethoven's illness

...t an Advanced Photon Source X-ray Operations and Research beamline. "The aps is the best machine in the country to perform the research in this detail,"...ory director for scientific user facilities. "They bring their ideas to the aps because our X-ray beams let them collect data in unprecedented detail and i...

Aquatic plants may hold key to advancing plant disease management

...ogy, and control of aquatic plant diseases in freshwater and marine environments will be addressed during the Aquatic Plant Pathology symposium at the aps Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, July 30 - August 3, 2005. The symposium will be held Sunday, July 31 from 1-5 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center. ...

Plant pathologists evaluate eco-friendly alternatives to methyl bromide

...fficacy with several still in the registration process. More on the alternatives to methyl bromide now used in Florida is available in this month's aps feature article at www.apsnet.org/online/feature/methylbromide/ ...

What's really making you sick? Plant pathologists offer the science behind Sick Building Syndrome

...n real-world conditions. More on this topic will be presented during the Identification of Fungi Involved in Sick Building Syndrome workshop at the aps Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, July 30 - August 3, 2005. The workshop will offer the latest information on building inspections, assessing mold in a bu...

Transgenic plants remove more selenium from polluted soil than wild plants, new tests show

...t selenate into a non-toxic form of selenium, allowing the plant to accumulate more of the contaminant without incurring harm. In the field trial, the aps plant line absorbed 4.3 times more selenium than the wild-type plants. The other two transgenic lines were engineered to produce more of the enzyme...