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BIOLOGY News, May 15, 2012


National initiative launched to change the way biology departments approach ...
Phys.Org (press release)
A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-secondary life sciences departments approach education. PULSE, which stands for Partnership for Undergraduate Life ...
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Potential of Synthetic Biology
Genetic Engineering News (blog)
Do you think synthetic biology has the ability to offer solutions for problems related to health and the environment? Authors of the Point of the View article in our May 15 issue state that the “science behind synthetic biology rests on questionable ...
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Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings swim, drift with currents around North ...
NOLA.com
View full sizeKenneth Lohmann, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillIn the open ocean, rafts of plants provide young loggerheads with food, resting places and camouflage from large fish and birds.
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NOLA.com
Conservationists knocking on wood that birds thrive
The Virginian-Pilot
Mike Wilson, a biologist at the Center for Conservation Biology at The College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University, points to a baby red-cockaded woodpecker at the Piney Grove Preserve in Sussex County, Va., on Monday, May 14, ...
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The Virginian-Pilot
La Prairie extends Advanced Marine Biology with new Lifestyle Collection
MoodieReport
By Rebecca Mann, Associate Editor La Prairie has extended its Adavanced Marine Biology brand with a new Lifestyle Collection, designed to keep skin as young looking for as long as possible. The Collection is targeted at both women and men who lead ...
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MoodieReport
New museum-university partnership ushers in new era of environmental science ...
Phys.Org (press release)
The field station provides opportunities for biological surveys and estuary studies of over 180 acres of diverse coastal and forest habitats; students will gain hands-on research experience in turtle ecology, wetland processes and climate change, ...
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Lathrop's Edic will run and ski at Northern Michigan
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Edic is hoping to pursue a biology major. After visiting the Northern Michigan campus, she learned the biology program is excellent, helping her make her decision. “I visited and saw the head of the biology department, and he was excited about what he ...
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Day of Data at ICERM at Brown University May 18, 2012
Phys.Org (press release)
Artists, biologists, humanists, engineers, social scientists . . . faculty across disciplines from Brown University, the Marine Biology Laboratory, Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Rhode Island will gather on May 18th at the ...
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Why some scientists avoid any public outreach
msnbc.com
The results are based on a random sample of biologists and physicists in the United States, so they may not be universal for all scientists. But according to their interviews with these researchers, science communication is getting the short end of the ...
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Two New York Scientists Win Albany Prize
RTT News
(RTTNews) - A pair of molecular biologists from The Rockefeller University in New York City will share the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research this year. James Darnell Jr. and Robert Roeder will share the $500000 payout for ...
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RTT News
KineMed, CHDI Foundation Collaborate on Huntington's Disease Research
GenomeWeb
"The application of KineMed's technology will provide us with unique insights into central nervous system disease pathophysiology," Seung Kwak, director of Target Biology for CHDI, said in a statement. Kwak added that the collaboration hopefully "will ...
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The NIH Is Going to Discover Drugs... Really?
Forbes
Testifying before the subcommittee as an adviser to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, he made the following point: “Does anyone in the audience believe that there is something that NCATS is going to do that the industry ...
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New Psychology and Radiology Resources Published at Sciences Social Network
Houston Chronicle
ScienceIndex.com was established in 1998 to index the very latest news, headlines, references and resources in all fields of biology, business, chemistry, engineering, geography, health, mathematics and society. ScienceIndex.com is a health sciences ...
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UM professor named as contributor to CBS News
KTVQ Billings News
M. Sanjayan, the lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a faculty affiliate in The University of Montana Wildlife Biology Program, has been tapped as the science and environmental contributor to CBS News. Sanjayan will talk about a broad range ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Tsinghua University Enter Strategic Partnership
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“We are delighted to be working with Tsinghua University, a world-renowned and highly esteemed research-based academic institution with expertise in target identification and structural biology that will support the discovery of new medicines to fight ...
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KineMed and CHDI Foundation Collaborate to Develop New Biomarkers of Disease ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“The application of KineMed's technology will provide us with unique insights into central nervous system disease pathophysiology,” said Seung Kwak, PhD, Director, Target Biology at CHDI. “We are excited and hopeful that this collaboration will help ...
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The Bachelorette, Emily Maynard's debut: Review
Toronto Star
“Biology teacher. Mushroom farmer. CEO. A football player. Single dads. Really, you're going to see it all tonight.” “Wow,” says Emily, sounding decidedly un-wowed. “Let the journey begin,” says Harrison, cueing the parade of black limos.
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Washington University receives $8 million to lead international childhood ...
Phys.Org (press release)
... gut microbial communities and the immune system in severely malnourished children," says Gordon, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and director of Washington University's Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology.
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Campus NEWS
Glenview Announcements
Maureen Hanzel of Glenview recently received the Bartholomew Kunny Endowed Biology Scholarship at Beloit College's Honors Day Convocation. Kara Lynn Gurvey of Glenview has been named to the winter dean's list at Knox College in Galesburg, ...
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'Dip Chip' warns of toxicity in real time
IANS
Yosi Shacham-Diamand, professor of engineering at Tel Aviv University, and Shimshon Belkin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have married biology and engineering to design a biosensor called the "Dip Chip," which detects toxicity quickly and...
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IANS
NanoInk Expands Presence in Japan With Prestigious New Distributor
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"RIBM is a leading player in the Japanese nano-biology industry and has already established a strong relationship with NanoInk's target customers in Japan. Its sales and technical teams have the in-depth knowledge required to understand the scientific ...
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TVCC student earns national recognition
Ontario Argus Observer
When she is not overseeing her duties as president of the PTK, she is also a math tutor and a biology lab assistant with a 3.92 grade point average pursuing an associate of arts transfer degree with a focus in biology and chemistry.
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Panasas Parallel Storage Accelerates Scientific Discovery At California ...
Sacramento Bee
CACR operates large-scale computing facilities and provides support services for numerous campus research groups that require reliable I/O, including the aeronautics, applied mathematics, astronomy, biology, engineering, geophysics, materials science, ...
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In Pilot, Team at Thomas Jefferson University Tests 454 GS Junior for Cancer ...
GenomeWeb
The study "demonstrates the power and feasibility of this approach for practical aspects of diagnosis," said Stephen Peiper, chair of the department of pathology, anatomy, and cell biology at the university, who presented some results during a webinar ...
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Fibrocell Science, Inc. and Top University Investigators Form Scientific ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release)
... PhD, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA Dr. Denis Evseenko, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Head of the Laboratory of Connective Tissue Regeneration, UCLA Dr. Donald Kohn, MD, ...
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APSU Faculty Chosen as Summer Research Fellows
Clarksville Now
CM Gienger, College of Science and Mathematics, Department ofBiology, “Thermal and Metabolic Responses to Climate Change in Vertebrate Ectotherms.” Tatsushi Hirono, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Department of Social Work, ...
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Clarksville Now
Protein inhibitor points to potential medical treatments for skull and skin ...
EurekAlert (press release)
... we can design effective treatment and strategies," said Ethylin Wang Jabs, MD, the study's senior investigator and Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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Creation versus evolution debate
Examiner.com
Andrew Bohonak has a PHD from Cornell University and is a biologist at San Diego State University. He is the undergraduate advisor for the biologyprogram and a professing Catholic. The debate was more or less a civilized discussion in which both men ...
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Sugar makes you stupid
EurekAlert (press release)
"Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of ...
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Belleville student named to list of top influential teens in America
Belleville News Democrat
Kendra plans to major in Biology and eventually go to medical school where she will study Neurology, specifically Alzheimer's disease. She is the daughter of Greg & Karen Rakers. Michael King, a Granite City resident who is a student at St. Joseph's ...
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GSK to Buy Cellzome for $99M as Pharma Interest in Chemical Proteomics ...
GenomeWeb
The company launched in May 2000 in partnership with the European MolecularBiology Laboratory. In 2001, it acquired GSK's Cell Map protein-protein interaction unit, at which time the pharma firm became a minority shareholder. In 2008, Cellzome signed ...
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Judge criticises BLM's stance on wild horse evidence
Horsetalk
At issue were expert declarations submitted to the bureau from experts in wild horse behavior and biology outlining the impacts castration would have on the health and natural behaviors of wild free-roaming stallions and wild horse herds.
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US snowmobilers seek to stop caribou-protection measures in their tracks
Calgary Herald
They also say that commercial opportunities and recreational rights in Idaho shouldn't be thwarted by "feel-good biology" and "erroneous" interpretations of the US Endangered Species Act — the legislation under which the Selkirk Mountain caribou ...
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Dear Media, Leave My Dinosaurs Alone
Smithsonian (blog)
What we think we know about the dinosaur's biology might change, but the classic name will stay. I pointed this out on Twitter shortly after the io9 post appeared, and, to io9′s credit, science editor Analee Newitz quickly changed the headline and ...
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Smithsonian (blog)
Researchers use light to switch on gene ... - Biology News Net
Biology News Articles & Current Events, Updated Daily.
www.biologynews.net/.../researchers_use_light_to_switch_on_...
Latest science from area of network biology - Medical News
This week experts from around the world will meet to discuss how network models can be applied to the study and targeting of complex diseases such as cancer ...
www.news-medical.net/.../Latest-science-from-area-of-networ...
Biology News Story - PHP @ Radford - Radford University
During the 2012 College of Science and Technology commencement ceremony biology major Kiersten Newtoff was presented the Artis Outstanding Student ...
https://php.radford.edu/~biology/newsstory.php?storyid=119
A single stem cell mutation triggers fibroid tumors - Biology News ...
Fibroid uterine tumors affect an estimated 15 million women in the United States, causing irregular bleeding, anemia, pain and infertility. Despite the high...
esciencenews.com/.../a.single.stem.cell.mutation.triggers.fibroi...
WKU Chemistry student receives NSF Graduate ... - Biology News
A chemistry major from Berea, Wright works in the lab with Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, assistant professor of chemistry. His research has focused on solar energy, ...
www.wku.edu/biology/news/index.php?view=article...
The Biology of Forgetting | Psych Central News
While forgetting is normal, exactly how we forget — the brain processes guiding the process — has been, until now, poorly understood. But now scientists.
psychcentral.com/news/2012/05/13/the...of.../38575.html
Clark Lindgren, professor of biology - News | Grinnell College
Clark Lindgren, biology. Photographer: O'Connor Photography. Clark Allen Lindgren. Professor of Biology. Patricia A. Johnson Professor. The professorship was ...
www.grinnell.edu/news/.../clark-lindgren-professor-biology
ScienceDaily: Human Biology News
Read the latest research on human biology. Learn about comparative biologyand human genetics.
sciencedailyreview.com/news/health.../human_biology/
Biology of a Sneeze: Rebooting the Airway's Defense - Penn ...
Penn Medicine researchers are the authors of a new study, out in the May issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for ExperimentalBiology, ...
news.pennmedicine.org/.../biology-of-a-sneeze-rebooting-the-...
Study links genes to melanoma development-Biological News ...
Researchers have found a set of gene mutations that seem to play a part in some cases of skin cancer. Cancer geneticist Michael Berger of the Broad Institute of ...
www.cusabio.com/news_show.php?newsid=4144
Biology News - Winter 2012 edition — Penn State Department of ...
Biology newsletter. ... Department of Biology. search. Search This Site, Search Penn State Web, Search Penn State ... Alumni and Giving · News and Events ...
bio.psu.edu/about-us/BiologyNews_Winter2012.pdf/view
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