Ultra in Biological News

MCTP bought Genomatix NextGen Sequencing analysis stations

... the origins of disease. The Genomatix Mining Station is the first level analysis solution starting at the raw data from the sequencer, delivering ultra fast mapping, SNP detection, expression profiling and splice analysis. Copy number analysis, small RNA analysis and de-novo assembly are following sho...

Deep-sea rocks point to early oxygen on Earth

...urface or in the depths. Iron compounds exposed to ultra violet light can form ferric hydroxide, which can ...r or the atmosphere." The key to determining if ultra violet light or oxygen formed the hematite is the ...gle crystal and therefore was not hematite made by ultra violet radiation," said Ohmoto. This could only...

A recipe for dog bite injuries: Kids, dogs and warm weather

... BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you and your child are romping in the park or enjoying a stroll on a warm spring day and a dog approaches, be ultra vigilant. Children, warm weather, and dogs, even family dogs, don't mix well, according to a study conducted by pediatric otolaryngologists from th...

New 'pollution radar' developed to provide unprecedented picture of urban smog

...ne of the project leaders of the Compact Air Quality Spectrometer (CompAQS), a CEOI project to develop a compact imaging spectrometer operating in the ultra violet and visible (UV/VIS) part of the spectrum, with a number of potential applications on satellite platforms. The technology developed is now bein...

Boehringer Ingelheim uses Genomatix' Next Generation Sequencing data analysis systems

... paradigm, or GenomeThesaurus, which allows for input of raw sequence reads plus optional quality files from any deep sequencing hardware. It provides ultra fast mapping of sequences of any length (starting from 8bp) with no practical limits on the number of point mutations and/or insertions and deletions ...

Genomatix joins Illumina-Connect program

...s for input of raw sequence reads plus optional quality files from any deep sequencing hardware, especially the Illumina Genome Analyzer. It provides ultra fast mapping of sequences of any length (starting from 8bp) with no practical limits on the number of point mutations and/or insertions and deletions ...

UCSF researchers identify virus behind mysterious parrot disease

...recover virus sequence from a total of 16 diseased birds from two different continents. The complete genome sequence of one isolate was captured using ultra deep sequencing. The virus they identified is highly divergent from all previously identified members of the Bornaviridae family and represents ...

Ultrasonic frogs can tune their ears to different frequencies

...produces and responds to ultrasonic calls. In the new study they sought to determine whether the frog's eardrums actually vibrate in response to these ultra high frequency sounds. Using a laser vibrometer to measure the eardrum's vibration, the researchers found that the eardrum did respond to sounds i...

Argyrin: Natural substance raises hope for new cancer therapies

...y and how it functions. In the process they stumbled upon a completely new mechanism, which was subsequently revealed in a publication in the non plus ultra of oncology journals, Cancer Cell . "Argyrin blocks the molecular machinery of the cell which breakdowns proteins that are no longer required," expla...

Insights into micromillimeters

...core is the imaging robot "NanoZoomer" from Hamamatsu Photonics: the robot scans the tissue slices and displays them on the monitor for researchers at ultra high resolution and in various planes. "Technically, this has brought the fully automatic evaluation of tissue changes and approaches for new thera...

EuroDYNA takes lid off the genome

... determines how and when genes are expressed and also the mechanisms used to repair DNA damaged by a variety of internal and external insults, such as ultra violet radiation and free radical by-products of metabolism. Understanding the structure of chromatin and its interactions with proteins and RNA w...

Europe gets together to harness quantum physics

...terest also in an experiment that demonstrated high fidelity Bloch oscillations by controlling atom-atom interactions. This opens the possibility for ultra precise quantum measurements with BEC's, an aspect which was believed to be very difficult because of the non linear nature of these systems. There w...

Private 'Rocketeers' reach for space -- science writer in Canada to explain

...m-chasing entrepreneurs and clever engineers are aggressively blazing new trails into the heavens and preparing the world for an era of space tourism, ultra fast point-to-point earth travel and even orbiting hotels. On Wednesday, February 6th, at 7:00 pm, Perimeter Institute will host science journalist...

UC Irvine scientists find new way to sort stem cells

...e. The UCI-designed dielectrophoresis device is just a fraction of the size and cost. The two devices could be used to complement each other to create ultra pure stem cell populations. Once the mold is created, these sorts of devices can cost just pennies to make, said Ed Monuki, senior author and UCI d...

NSF awards Williams funding for high-speed imaging faciltity

...cs at Pomona College, a grant in the amount of $105,110. The grant is in support of a high-speed imaging facility at Williams College for the study of ultra fast biological movements and other applications in the sciences. The project builds on research transforming our understanding of rapid events. ...

UN climate conference hears how EO can help

...loy law enforcement or to inform policy makers. Local partners on the ground confirm clearings and burnt areas by regularly targeted field surveys and ultra light aircraft. The change maps, available to users online in Google Earth, are easy to grasp even for an untrained eye. Remote Sensing Solutions ...

Opium and marijuana research go underground

...purposes, but will have no value as illicit drugs. And his work is taking him where few Canadians have gone before: Deep underground into the countrys ultra high-security medicinal marijuana growth facility. Its certainly unusual for a plant biochemist to work in a copper mine hundreds of metres undergro...

Breakthrough research identifies how cells from pigs may cure diabetes

...animal care staff is actively raising high health pigs in compliance with governmental regulations a charge that requires the pigs to be housed in an ultra clean biosecure environment, fed special food and given only purified water to drink and filtered air to breathe. Continuing to populate our Islet...

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper

...e developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin, completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest design and energy requirements of tomorrows gadgets, implantable medical equipment,...

454 sequencing identifies HIV drug resistance at early stage

...tations are undetectable by current resistance testing methods that are used in the clinic. The additional low abundant resistant variants detected by ultra Deep sequencing were found to be extremely important as it enabled the prediction of early antiretroviral treatment failure with strong statistical si...

Bad aftertaste? New sensory on/off switch may 'cure' bane of artificial sweetener search

...ecause the therapeutic complexes only activate with visible light, the researchers are now able to add a luminescent tag that glows in the presence of ultra violet (UV) light. "The UV light does not activate the system but will allow us to see such things as how the assembly enters cells and how much of th...

Virginia Tech group adds tools to DNA-targeted anti-cancer drugs

...ecause the therapeutic complexes only activate with visible light, the researchers are now able to add a luminescent tag that glows in the presence of ultra violet (UV) light. "The UV light does not activate the system but will allow us to see such things as how the assembly enters cells and how much of th...

Product improves peptide identification for proteomics research

...t efforts. The Agilent 1100 Series LC/MSD Trap XCT ultra offers significantly improved scan cycle times, en...ors. "The combination of the new LC/MSD Trap XCT ultra with Agilent's breakthrough HPLC-Chip/MS technolog... scan speed and sensitivity of the LC/MSD Trap XCT ultra make it a powerful tool for a wide range of qualit...

Integration of Agilent's MS technology, Proteome Systems' software to help scientists in proteomics research

...ensive platform for the mass spectrometric analysis of protein-associated glycans (polysaccharides), compatible with the Agilent XCT, XCT Plus and XCT ultra ion trap mass spectrometers. Proteome Systems developed GlycomIQ to address the emerging field of glycomics, which examines how glycosylation, or th...

Novel technology detects human DNA mutations

...nd CEO. "This study and the use of nanoparticles to dramatically increase sensitivity in our other proprietary applications -- such as bio-barcode for ultra sensitive detection of proteins -- demonstrate the broad applicability of nanotechnology and its potential to markedly advance the state-of-the-art in...