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The 110,000-square-foot facility will include vibration- and noise-controlled laboratories located underground to support work in atomic, molecular and optical physics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, nanoengineering and photonics ... In addition, the new facility will support research in areas with direct relevance to NIST s mission, including nanoscale science and technology, atomic physics, quantum physics, optical technology, electron and optical physics, microelectronics,... (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Genetic Factors That Hold Promise For Treatment Of Vascular Diseases Jul 20, 2009
He is also a professor of medicine in the Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
'Artificial leaves can generate energy' Jul 18, 2009
The initiators are six universities that will combine their international expertise in the field of photosynthesis, biophysics, biochemistry, bionanotechnology, genomics and physiology. Thirty participating companies form an innovative mix of start-ups, SMEs and large corporations in the energy sector, algae production and plant breeding. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
New information about DNA repair mechanism could lead to better cancer drugs Jul 17, 2009
D., the Raymond H. Wittcoff Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics ... D., the Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, a prominent expert in the biochemistry of motor proteins like Srs2 ... D., a postdoctoral research associate in biochemistry and molecular biophysics. (EurekAlert!)
On the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing today's scientists point to new frontiers Jul 16, 2009
Randy W. Schekman, PhD. Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Editor-in-Chief, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dr. Schekman's research receives support from the National Institutes of Health. "If America decided to accept the challenge, the basic and clinical research... (EurekAlert!)
COHASSET WEDDING: Pologruto - Meehan Jul 14, 2009
The groom is a graduate of Monsignor Bonner High School in Pennsylvania and received his bachelor of arts degree and master of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his doctorate degree in biophysics from Harvard University. He works in finance in New York City. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
3-D Protein Map To Aid Stroke And Cancer Research Drafted Jul 10, 2009
"This protein ASIC-1 has a lot of little nooks and crevices where other molecules can sit and interact with the channel," said Yawar Qadri, a graduate student in the UAB Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the study's lead author ... D., chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and a co-author on the study, said the ASIC-1 map is an invaluable tool in the ongoing search for new drugs that will specifically act on this biological pathway. (Science Daily)
Systems biology recommended as a clinical approach to cancer Jul 10, 2009
In an upcoming paper* in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, the international journal of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, the team highlights the usefulness of a systems biology approach in developing a comprehensive view of cancer diseases, which will help researchers better understand the complex processes related to cancer progression, diagnosis, and treatment. Systems biology brings together mathematical modeling, simulations, and quantitative experiments, allowing researchers to... (EurekAlert!)
Cells Use Import Machinery To Export Their Goods As Well Jul 9, 2009
Jyoti Jaiswal, a research assistant professor and Sanford Simon, head of the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics at Rockefeller University, examined the most common form of cellular export process called constitutive exocytosis, a continual ferrying of goods involved in the regular life and maintenance of all eukaryotic cells. This sort of shipping was assumed to end with the vesicles fusing completely to the membrane and delivering their whole load of proteins and lipids, in contrast to the more... (Science Daily)
iZumi Bio and Pierian Merge to Form iPierian to Advance Cellular Reprogramming Jul 8, 2009
Dr. Deepak Srivastava is the director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, a professor of the departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Biophysics and Wilma and Adeline Pirag distinguished professor in Pediatric Developmental Cardiology at UCSF. Dr. Srivastava's research focuses on understanding the causes of heart disease and on using knowledge of cardiac developmental pathways to devise novel therapeutics for human cardiac disorders. Dr. Douglas Melton is co-director of... (PR Newswire)
MicroRNAs Hold Promise For Treating Diseases In Blood Vessels Jul 7, 2009
Along with senior author Srivastava, the effort at Gladstone, and within the departments of Pediatrics and Biochemisty & Biophysics at the University of California at San Francisco, was led by first author Kimberly Cordes, Neil Sheehy, Mark White, Emily Berry, Sarah Morton Alecia Muth and Kathryn Ivey. Ting-Hein Lee, a post-doctoral fellow in Miano's lab, also contributed within the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. (Science Daily)
Gladstone scientists identify genetic factors that hold promise for treatment of vascular diseases Jul 6, 2009
He is also a professor of medicine in the Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. About the Gladstone Institutes. (EurekAlert!)
MHS grad gets 'Nobel' honor Jul 5, 2009
97 GPA while getting a bachelor s degree in biochemistry and biophysics from OSU, hopes to become a professor and continue researching cancer. He is interested in the disease in part because a grandmother of his died of breast cancer. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Traveler in quest of answers to a 400-year-old mystery Jul 5, 2009
The Hudson Stone, located in Chalk River, Ontario, includes a puzzling inscription. " the guide asked."Here," he said, pointing to an area of land about 8 feet long and equally as wide. The land was covered with sticks and rocks, clearly placed there with intent. This, the Eskimo said, was the grave."Is it Henry. (Albany Times Union)
Enzyme Doesn't Act Alone In Atrial Fibrillation Jul 1, 2009
"When the heart pumps properly, the muscle contractions are regulated by waves of calcium. When the heart relaxes, the calcium is stored; when the heart contracts, it is released," said Dr Xander Wehrens, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, and cardiology at BCM. "In atrial fibrillation, the calcium is released too early. As it leaks out, the heart beats too fast and irregularly." ... Mihail Chelu, Satyam Sarma, Subeena Sood, Ralph van Oort, Darlene Skapura, Na Li, and... (Science Daily)
Brain plasticity: Changes and resets in homeostasis Jun 26, 2009
Bains is an associate professor and Pittman a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Both are members of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. (EurekAlert!)
Link Between Light Touch And Merkel Cells Solves 100-year Mystery Jun 25, 2009
"Human, primates and any animal that relies on hands for dexterity use their Merkel cells to feel texture and shape," said Dr. Ellen Lumpkin, assistant professor of neuroscience, molecular physiology and biophysics and molecular and human genetics at BCM and a senior author of the report. "Merkel cells are not like pain fibers. They exist in special areas of the skin to feel light touch. We have a lot of them on our fingertips and also on our lips.". (Science Daily)
Newton Notables Jun 24, 2009
Kishore received a bachelor of science degree in physics with a concentration in biophysics. She was awarded the Louis B. Green Prize in Physics. (Newton Tab, MA)
New Strategies To Prevent Childhood Obesity Jun 24, 2009
D., professor of preventive medicine, physiology and biophysics and pediatrics, and director of the USC Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine. The study looks at the impact of a computer-based education program on promoting physical activity in fourth-grade students. (Science Daily)
Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south Jun 23, 2009 Toxic Molecule May Help Birds Navigate Jun 23, 2009 Brain Energy Use Key To Understanding Consciousness Jun 17, 2009 Global network formed to improve hearing implant outcomes Jun 16, 2009 Finding May Lead to Vaccine for Traveler's Diarrhea Jun 16, 2009 Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Jun 16, 2009 Faculty of Translational Medicine boosts support for biomedical researchers Jun 6, 2009 Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators Jun 5, 2009 Another View: Too much information on the Net can damage privacy Jun 3, 2009 Israel's 4th president, Ephraim Katzir, dies May 31, 2009 A's reliever has medical career on hold May 29, 2009 Daniel C. Tosteson, 84, dean of Harvard Medical 20 years May 29, 2009 New Therapy Substitutes Missing Protein In Those With Muscular Dystrophy May 28, 2009 Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth May 28, 2009 A's reliever has medical career on hold May 28, 2009 Scientists Reaching Consensus On How Brain Processes Speech May 27, 2009 A's pluck Breslow from waiver wire May 24, 2009 The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and control May 23, 2009 A's Claim Lefty; Move Ellis To 60-Day DL May 21, 2009 Army ROTC dominates in competition May 19, 2009 Business People May 16, 2009 Genetic Cause Of Most Common Form Of Breast Cancer Identified May 14, 2009 Analysis Of Flu Virus Could Lead To Better Vaccines May 14, 2009 UNC study identifies genetic cause of most common form of breast cancer May 12, 2009 Brain's Decision Mechanism Underlies Certainty May 8, 2009 Driving On Mushroom Fumes May 8, 2009 New Technology Shows Promise Against Resistant Staph Infections May 5, 2009 U of L researcher joins medical society May 5, 2009 Key Function In Protein, Cell Transcription Identified May 5, 2009 African Genetics Study Revealing Origins, Migration And 'Startling Diversity' Of African Peoples May 3, 2009 Genetic secrets of date palm unlocked by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar May 2, 2009 Disrupting A Brain Protein Produces Antidepressant-like Effect In Mice May 2, 2009 Scientists Discover How To Improve Immune Response To Cancer May 1, 2009 NCAA Selects Massey And Sheedy As 2009 Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholars May 1, 2009 Why Anti-HIV Antibodies Are Ineffective At Blocking Infection Apr 30, 2009 Genetic Switch Potential Key To New Class Of Antibiotics Apr 19, 2009 Worms Control Lifespan At High Temperatures Apr 18, 2009 Our views: Gutting higher ed Apr 17, 2009 Winning over a giant Apr 17, 2009 Rare Window On Spinal Muscular Atrophy Genetics Apr 16, 2009 Researchers study signaling networks that set up genetic code Apr 15, 2009 Tested to the limit Apr 14, 2009 Milestone tumor virus publication by Elsevier journal Virology Apr 10, 2009 UNC study: Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors Apr 10, 2009 New approach discovered to lowering triglycerides Apr 1, 2009 Twins' Breslow happy to have found home Mar 28, 2009 Proteins By Design: Biochemists Create New Protein From Scratch Mar 28, 2009 At Our Best (March 23) Mar 23, 2009 Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications Mar 23, 2009 New Role For Immune System Pathway In Post-heart Attack Inflammation Mar 17, 2009 Antibody Key To Treating Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) Mar 13, 2009 Hazards abound in plunge over Niagara Falls Mar 13, 2009 'Holy powder' ingredient makes membranes behave for better health Mar 7, 2009 Molecule tracking reveals mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells Mar 7, 2009 Cancer Drugs: Study Sheds Light On Angiogenesis Inhibitors, Points To Limitations, Solutions Mar 6, 2009 UA nursing college names Joan Shaver dean Mar 6, 2009 New And Unexpected Mechanism Identified How The Brain Responds To Stress Mar 4, 2009 Alzheimer's-associated Plaques May Have Impact Throughout The Brain Feb 28, 2009 Cholesterol-reducing Drugs May Lessen Brain Function, Says Researcher Feb 27, 2009 Two sisters at Bartow High among state science fair qualifiers Feb 26, 2009 Another Blow to Magic Bullet Drugs: Statins Impair Brains Feb 25, 2009 Estrogen Found To Increase Growth Of The Most Common Childhood Brain Tumor Feb 20, 2009 Working Toward Artificial Corneas Feb 19, 2009 A Better Mesh: Researchers 'Tighten' Body's Protective Coating Feb 13, 2009 Compounds Could Be New Class Of Cancer Drugs Feb 12, 2009
Schulten directs the theoretical and computational biophysics group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois. Editor's note: To reach Klaus Schulten, e-mail: or call Diana Yates at the contact number above. (EurekAlert!)
Exploring New Therapy Strategies For Tuberculosis Jun 23, 2009
Eilika Weber-Ban, research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics of ETH Zurich, and her team have now succeeded in understanding how the Pup protein works in the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the test tube, the researchers were able to show how Pup is attached to proteins. (Science Daily)
Schulten directs the theoretical and computational biophysics group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
There are two problems with such an approach, said Robert G. Shulman, Sterling Professor Emeritus of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale and lead author of the paper, to be published this week in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. First, functional magnetic resonance imaging has shown that many areas of the brain, not just one or two, are recruited during tasks such as memory tests and are scant help in studying the state of being... (Science Daily)
Internationally recognized for research excellence, the NCA has adopted a multidisciplinary approach to studying hearing and hearing impairments by including scholars from the health sciences, engineering, music, medical biophysics, psychology, otolaryngology, and physiology. The NCA is firmly committed to the integration of its research with the needs of its partners in the hearing health care and industrial sectors. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
"Atomic resolution detail of the proteins in the fibers and analysis of genetic variability among different clinical strains were combined to show that each bacterial strain presents a different outer surface of the major protein while preserving the protein components that are buried within the fiber," the study's senior author, Esther Bullitt, an associate professor in the department of physiology and biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine, said in the news release. "Because of... (MEDLINEplus)
Dr. Marshall A. Lichtman, professor of medicine, biochemistry and biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, described the study as a very thoughtful analysis of a complex problem ... D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Marshall A. Lichtman, M.D., professor, medicine, biochemistry and biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York; Barton A. Kamen, M.D., Ph. (MEDLINEplus)
Cell and molecular biophysics. Developmental neurobiology. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
In addition to Mapp, the study's authors are former graduate students Sara Buhrlage, Brian Brennan, Aaron Minter and Chinmay Majmudar, graduate student Caleb Bates, postdoctoral fellow Steven Rowe, associate professor of chemistry and biophysics Hashim Al-Hashimi, and David Wemmer of the University of California, Berkeley. Funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, Novartis, the U-M Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program, Wyeth and the U-M... (Science Daily)
Gerstein is the Albert L. Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics and a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and computer science at Yale University. (June 2, 2009). (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Katzir was a founder of Israel's renowned Weizmann Institute of Science and headed its biophysics department, where his work on synthetic protein models deepened understanding of the genetic code and immune responses. Katzir was awarded the Israel Prize, the country's highest honor, in 1959 for his contribution to the natural sciences. (AZCentral -- News)
(05-27) 23:10 PDT OAKLAND -- You can understand a guy going to Yale and majoring in molecular biophysics ... But earning a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry ... But earning a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A large portrait of the poet Robert Frost hung in Dr. Tosteson's office, and he could quote the poetry of William Carlos Williams "at the drop of a hat," said Dr. Jim Adelstein, the Paul C. Cabot distinguished professor of medical biophysics at the medical school ... Dr. Tosteson married Magdalena Tieffenberg, a lecturer on biophysics in the medical school's department of cell biology, and their family lived for many years in the Brookline section of Chestnut Hill before moving to Boston a few... (Boston Globe)
D., principal investigator of the study and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics. Muscular dystrophy causes the muscles in the body to progressively weaken. (Science Daily)
"This is more evidence that obesity is not good for young people," said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado, a spokesman for the American Heart Association ... SOURCES: Elaine Urbina, M.D., director of preventive cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, associate professor of pediatrics, University of Cincinnati; Robert H. Eckel, M.D. professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado, Denver; May 26, 2009, online, and... (MEDLINEplus)
(05-27) 23:10 PDT OAKLAND -- You can understand a guy going to Yale and majoring in molecular biophysics ... But earning a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry ... A's reliever has medical career on hold Articles You can understand a guy going to Yale and majoring in molecular biophysics. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
These pathways are dubbed the "what" and "where" streams and are roughly analogous to how the brain processes sight, but are located in different regions, says Rauschecker, a professor in the department of physiology and biophysics and a member of the Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences. Both pathways begin with the processing of signals in the auditory cortex, located inside a deep fissure on the side of the brain underneath the temples - the so-called "temporal lobe."... (Science Daily)
A 2002 Yale graduate with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Breslow has a career 2. 91 ERA with 76 strikeouts in 89 2/3 innings. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Zihe RAO, Yingfang LIU and colleagues from Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Tsinghua University and Nankai University, provide an overview of the structure and potential target for the new drug design. For a long time the drug target for influenza viruses was basically limited to two proteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). (EurekAlert!)
Breslow, dubbed the "smartest man in baseball" by Minnesota Star Tribune writer La Velle Neal, graduated from Yale in 2002 with a double-major in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. To make room for Breslow on the A's 40-man roster, Oakland moved to the 60-day DL. He is sidelined with a severe calf strain. (Oakland, TheInsiders.com)
People were really surprised to see BYU in first place on the board the morning of the main competition, said John Vomsta, a sophomore from Bear Lake, Idaho, majoring in biophysics. Park said their time was competitive enough to keep them in the top position for the next three and a half hours. (The Daily Universe, UT)
The latest: Prabhu, a professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, has been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious organizations of physician-scientists. Nicole A. Guffey. (Courier-Journal -- Business)
D., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and biophysics, observes, "When this gene is not expressed or is deleted, cells have no braking mechanism. They will continue to grow and divide until they turn into cancer.". Xiong and his colleagues specifically targeted the role that p18 plays in the development of luminal breast cancers. (Science Daily)
A closer look, using techniques that combine computing and biophysics, suggested that a phenomenon known as antibody interference was at play. It arises when a virus prompts the creation of multiple types of antibodies. (Science Daily)
D., is the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine ... D., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and biophysics, observes, "When this gene is not expressed or is deleted, cells have no braking mechanism. They will continue to grow and divide until they turn into cancer.". (EurekAlert!)
Kiani and the co-author of the new May 8 Science article, Michael N. Shadlen are members of the UW Department of Physiology and Biophysics and of the National Primate Research Center. Shadlen is also an investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Science Daily)
Montana State turned them down, choosing instead to develop mycodiesel through a joint venture with Yale University, where Strobel's son Scott is chairman of the biophysics department. Yale researchers have already sequenced the fungus' genome. (Forbes -- Technology)
D., professor of physiology & biophysics and of medicine at Einstein, and his son, Adam Friedman, M.D., an incoming chief resident in the division of dermatology at Einstein. The Friedmans were co-senior authors of the study along with Joshua D. Nosanchuck, M.D., associate professor in the departments of medicine and microbiology & immunology at Einstein. (Science Daily)
Dr. Sumanth Prabhu, a professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at the , has been inducted into the. Memberships are extended by invitation only. (Louisville Business First, KY)
In the current edition of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Michael Shogren-Knaak, assistant professor in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, along with Shanshan Li, a graduate student in his lab, show how a protein, Gcn5, is involved in this process. When a portion of the Gcn5 protein recognizes chemically modified proteins associated with DNA, called histones, this recognition facilitates further chemical modification of the histones. (Science Daily)
and Scott M. Williams of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University. The researchers wish to acknowledge the indigenous populations who so graciously donated the DNA samples used in this study. (Science Daily)
D., professor of physiology and biophysics and associate dean for basic science research at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. "It clearly demonstrates the feasibility and success of the most advanced genomics technologies in Qatar and represents a milestone toward establishing Qatar and Weill Cornell as a regional research center of excellence. In addition, this achievement by the WCMC-Q research team holds great promise for the application of the genomics technology to a better... (EurekAlert!)
In addition to Wemmie and Coryell, the research team included scientists from the departments of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics at the UI Carver College of Medicine, and from the University of Memphis and the University of Utah. The study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Science Daily)
She is also a Professor, University of Toronto, in the Department of Medical Biophysics and Immunology. " Dr. Tak Mak, co-author and CFIBCR director, says: "The promise of using the body's own defenses to fight cancer is enormous. (Science Daily)
He will graduate in May with a bachelor of science degree with honors in biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and a second major in physiology, and a minor in Spanish. Sheedy was a member of Arizona's 2008 National Champion Swimming and Diving team. (Pac-10.org)
"When both arms of an antibody are able to bind to a virus at the same time," says Joshua Klein, a Caltech graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics and the PNAS paper's first author, "there can be a hundred- to thousandfold increase in the strength of the interaction, which can sometimes translate into an equally dramatic increase in its ability to neutralize a virus. Having antibodies with two arms is nature's way of ensuring a strong binding interaction.". As it turns out,... (Science Daily)
Biochemistry & Biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and the study's senior author ... Along with Wedekind, the work was performed in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center by doctoral students Robert C. Spitale and Andrew T. Torelli who played key roles in the structure determination and refinement. (Science Daily)
"We've shown it's not so simple," said Kenyon, a professor in the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and director of the Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging at UCSF. She is renowned for her ongoing research on C. elegans (Caenorhabditis elegans) and aging. Humans and other warm-blooded animals have a mechanism that enables us to maintain a constant temperature as our environment heats up or cools. (Science Daily)
A $73 million cut for Florida State University would mean the elimination of 21 programs, including molecular biophysics, anthropology, oceanography and physical education, and reductions in everything from religion to economics and closing the Panama City campus, according to FSU President T.K. Wetherell. The ax falls just as brutally on the University of Florida and University of Central Florida in Orlando, where thousands of Brevard County youth go to earn diplomas. (Florida Today)
In 1998, after writing a master's thesis in medical biophysics at the University of Toronto, Cameron Piron wanted to develop a technique to improve MRI detection of breast cancer through the use of a revolutionary patient-support system and coils, which attach to magnets used to measure signals during the procedure. Near the end of his academic work, which involved making the new technology, Mr. Piron began to get serious inquiries from doctors and medical researchers about how they could obtain... (Globe and Mail)
19, 1998) For the past decade the lab of Gideon Dreyfuss, PhD, the Isaac Norris professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Penn and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has centered on the. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Luthey-Schulten is affiliated with the U. of I.'s Beckman Institute, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and Institute for Genomic Biology. The National Science Foundation funded this work. (EurekAlert!)
It all started as the subject of his master's thesis in medical biophysics at the University of Toronto in 1998. Mr. Piron wanted to develop a technique to improve MRI detection of breast cancer through the use of a revolutionary patient-support system and coils, which attach to magnets used to measure signals during the procedure. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
The approaches and techniques used are expected to encompass those of many disciplines, including molecular genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, immunology, and morphology. The journal is a leading resource for current information in the field of virology. (EurekAlert!)
D., William R. Kenan Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. "If scientists can develop -KG into a clinical drug, it could potentially be used for treating brain tumor patients who have this specific gene mutation. The -KG compound is already there; it only needs to be modified to be used clinically, so that may save a lot of time," Xiong said. (EurekAlert!)
The were just published in the Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, a professional journal. "The extent of triglyceride reduction was really dramatic, we didn't expect it to be this profound," said Regis Moreau, an assistant professor with the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. (EurekAlert!)
Breslow holds a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University, but he put his medical pursuit on hold when he was drafted by the Brewers in 2002. The foundation now allows him to still be involved with the cause, and he admits that his success this past season has helped it get more public recognition. (MLB.com -- Minnesota Twins)
This is quite a different way of making novel proteins than the rest of the world, says senior author P. Leslie Dutton, PhD, Eldridge Reeves Johnson Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We ve created an unusually simple and relatively small protein that has a function, which is to carry oxygen. (Science Daily)
Two graduate students in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University have been honored for their academic accomplishments. Andrea Courtney Hall of Burlington, Vt. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
ASU Regents' Professor and Carson Presidential Chair of Physics and Chemistry, Stuart Lindsay, who also directs the Biodesign Institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, summarizes one of the chief physical obstacles to more efficient identification of DNA base pairs through techniques like optical microscopy: "The difficulty is that any physical readout that you can think of placing on a device is sensitive on a length scale that is longer than the separation between bases.". Lindsay... (EurekAlert!)
D., professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics at the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine ... D., associate professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics; and additional UI researchers in the Department of Internal Medicine; and in the Department of Psychology in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (Science Daily)
Samar Hasnain, Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University, explains: "To pin-point where the antibody 'sticks' to the protein we used X-ray crystallography, pioneered by Nobel Prize winner Max Perutz. Significantly we found that the point at which the protein and antibody came together was also where scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit had identified a single amino acid, which we now know has a significant impact on a patient's susceptibility to prion disease.".... (Science Daily)
"You have the water coming down at a very high velocity and therefore it sinks into the bottom and this creates both undertows and whirlpools," said Dr. David Pendergast, a physiology and biophysics professor who directs the University at Buffalo's Center for Research and Education in Special Environments. "What usually happens," Pendergast said, "is once the person hits the water, they're actually sucked underneath the water and then they're spun around under there, and even if the person holds... (Muscatine Journal, IO)
"The membrane goes from being crazy and floppy to being more disciplined and ordered, so that information flow through it can be controlled," said Ramamoorthy, a professor of chemistry and biophysics. The findings were published online March 3 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. (EurekAlert!)
The lead researchers on the study were Andrew F. Powers and Andrew D. Frank from the UW Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Daniel R. Gestaut, from the UW Department of Biochemistry. The senior authors of the study were Charles "Chip" Asbury, assistant professor, and Linda Wordeman, associate professor, both of physiology and biophysics and both members of the UW Center for Cell Dynamics; and Trisha Davis, professor of biochemistry, and director of the Yeast Resource Center. (EurekAlert!)
The ability of angiogenesis inhibitors to starve tumors rather than poison them has been a true breakthrough, says Douglas Hanahan, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF and co-senior author on the paper. But they are not likely to be a one-stop fix. (Science Daily)
Shaver holds a doctorate in physiology and biophysics and a master s in nursing from the University of Washington. This college has long been a national leader, she said of the UA school. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Bains is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research scholar, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
27, 2009) Advanced imaging reveals surprising effects on astrocyte signaling networks. The impact of the amyloid plaques that appear in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease may extend beyond the deposits' effects on neurons the cells that transmit electrochemical signals throughout the nervous system. (Science Daily)
Yeon-Kyun Shin, a biophysics professor in the department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, says the results of his study show that drugs that inhibit the liver from making cholesterol may also keep the brain from making cholesterol, which is vital to efficient brain function. "If you deprive cholesterol from the brain, then you directly affect the machinery that triggers the release of neurotransmitters," said Shin. (Science Daily)
Pranali won for a biochemistry project titled Characterization of a Biophysics Simulation to Evaluate p53 Apoptosis. Prachiti won for her medicine and health project titled Determination of Amyloid-Beta levels through regulation of Ataxin-1 Pathway. (Lake Wales News, FL)
That's a serious consequence, according to Yeon-Kyun Shin, a biophysics professor in the department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State, because cholesterol is vital for healthy and optimum brain function. "If you deprive cholesterol from the brain, then you directly affect the machinery that triggers the release of . Neurotransmitters affect the data-processing and memory functions. In other words, how smart you are and how well you remember things," said Dr. Shin in... (Natural News.com)
Belcher, an associate professor in the department of pharmacology and cell biophysics at UC, and his team examined tumor tissue from 22 patients between the ages of 6 months and 18 years. They found evidence of estrogen receptors, particularly estrogen receptor beta, in the cancerous cells of every tumor analyzed. (Science Daily)
Keith Meek, Head of the Structural Biophysics Research Group at Cardiff University, has been using X-ray scattering techniques, first at Daresbury's Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) and now at its successor Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, to perform structural analysis of the cornea. By shining specially tuned X-rays onto corneal samples, Prof. (Science Daily)
The team, which also includes Richard Cone, a biophysics professor and INBT-affiliated faculty member from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and Denis Wirtz, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and INBT's associate director, envisions many potential applications for this concept. "If there is an outbreak of influenza, for example, we imagine that doctors and nurses could inhale these agents in an aerosolized form and be protected against the virus for several hours," Lai... (Science Daily)
D., professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Pharmacology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his work on PLDs. The researchers will now optimize their new compounds for in vivo studies and to give them characteristics compatible with being good medications. (Science Daily)
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