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Biology of Single Cells Chemical Biology Evolution, Ecology, and Developmental Biology Medical Sciences and Human Genetics Microbiology and Immunology Neurobiology and Behavior Physics and Biology Physiology of Multicellular Organisms. Details about specific subjects of research can be found at. (Nature News Service)
U-M scientists develop tool to probe role of oxidative stress in aging, disease Feb 16, 2008
The PNAS paper showcases a joint effort of scientists from U-M's Department of Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, the Department of Human Genetics, the U-M based National Resource for Proteomics and Pathways (NRPP), and the Michigan Proteome Consortium (MPC), also at U-M. Philip Andrews, a professor of biological chemistry whose lab performed the mass spectrometry for the study, said the work demonstrates the importance of investment in such high technology infrastructure as the MPC... (EurekAlert!)
Human Skin Cells Made Into Embryonic Stem Cells Feb 12, 2008
"Reprogramming normal human cells into cells with identical properties to those in embryonic stem cells without SCNT may have important therapeutic ramifications and provide us with another valuable method to develop human stem cell lines," said Lowry, an assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology, a Broad Stem Cell Center researcher and first author of the study ... In addition to Plath and Lowry, the team included Amander Clarke, an assistant professor of molecular, cell... (Science Daily)
Transparent Adult Zebra Fish Will Make Human Biology Even Clearer Feb 8, 2008
6, 2008) Currently, one of the most important areas to explore in developmental biology is how cellular transformation processes lead to the three-dimensional formation of organs. A better understanding of. (Science Daily)
Syngenta Full Year Results 2007 Feb 7, 2008
" Financial performance 2007 Sales: double digit growth Sales at constant exchange rates (CER) increased by 11 percent, with growth across all product lines and all regions. Reported sales were 15 percent higher at $9.24 billion. Crop Protection sales* rose by 11 percent (CER) and Seeds sales by 12 percent. EBITDA margin reaches 20 percent EBITDA increased by 19 percent (CER) to $1.9 billion. Excluding the $50 million non-recurring income from Delta Land, EBITDA increased by 16 percent and the... (PR Newswire)
Stanford researchers get brain-imaging grant Feb 6, 2008
The multi-disciplinary effort includes professors of applied physics, biology, engineering, computer science, neurobiology, genetics, developmental biology and bioengineering. -- Don Kazak. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Huntsman Institute chief to advise NIH Feb 4, 2008
D. in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed post-doctoral research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds the Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and recently received the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U.'s most prestigious award. (Deseret News)
Why your fertility cells must have 'radio silence' Jan 30, 2008
The study was conducted by a team led by Dr. Akira Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe and by Dr. Paul Lasko, Chair of McGill University's Department of Biology. Their results were published in January, 2008, in the journal Nature. (EurekAlert!)
Notch-ing glucose into place Jan 28, 2008
The complete loss of rumi causes a temperature-dependent defect in Notch signaling, an unusual phenomenon said Dr. Hugo Bellen, professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM and director of the program in developmental biology. He is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. (EurekAlert!)
Evolution is Not a Random Process Jan 23, 2008
The collaborative study by researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel, the Department of Biology, New York University, Institut Jacques Monod, University of Paris and the Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany set out to test whether evolution is random or not. The research was carried out in all these different centres to ensure that any conclusion reached would not be based on the work of just one or two researchers. (Suite101.com)
Embryonic Stem Cells Create Healthy Muscle in Mice Jan 21, 2008
D., assistant professor, developmental biology and molecular biology, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; Jan. 20, 2008,Nature Medicineonline. More on washingtonpost. (Washington Post)
Stem-cells Help Mice With Muscular Dystrophy Jan 21, 2008
The study is headed by Dr. Rita Perlingeiro, assistant professor of developmental biology and molecular biology ... Other UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study were lead author Dr. Radbod Darabi, postdoctoral researcher in developmental biology; allied health student Kimberly Gehlbach; Dr. Robert Bachoo, assistant professor of neurology and internal medicine; Shwetha Kamath, research assistant in developmental biology; Dr. Mitsujiro Osawa, postdoctoral fellow in developmental... (Science Daily)
Stem cells: a national project Jan 17, 2008
If they all agree to recognize each other's technology, they might even be able to share information before publication, says Shin-ichi Nishikawa of RIKEN's Kobe-based Center for Developmental Biology, who is tipped to head the consortium. Nishikawa has already been in touch with organizers of a stem-cell consortium in China, and hopes that researchers everywhere, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, will be able to work together. (Nature News Service)
Two Proteins, Called BERT And ERNI, Control Brain Development Jan 10, 2008
An international research team led by Professor Claudio Stern of the UCL Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology has shown that the first stage of development of the brain and nervous system is, paradoxically, a block on its progression. The scientists describe a sequence of reactions that take place when vertebrate embryos are only a few hours old that together act as a timing mechanism, temporarily preventing the development of neural cells (cells that go on to form the brain and nervous... (Science Daily)
Evolution education is a 'must' says coalition of scientific and teaching organizations Jan 2, 2008
These organizations include: American Association of Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Physiological Society, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society of Human Genetics, Biophysical Society, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Geological Society of... (EurekAlert!)
How Marine Mammals Can Stay Underwater So Long Dec 20, 2007
The research hasn't completely solved the mystery, but it's a first step, said Mary Zavanelli, a lecturer in molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UCSC. Zavanelli developed the laboratory techniques for measuring the amounts and kinds of globins in brain tissue by analyzing gene expression. In this way, she confirmed the species differences. (Science Daily)
How Molecular Muscles Help Cells Divide Dec 19, 2007
"This contractile ring is thought to operate like an old-fashioned purse string," said senior author Thomas D. Pollard, Sterling Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at Yale. "It constricts the cell membrane into a cleavage furrow that eventually pinches the cell in two.". (Science Daily)
Penn investing $30 million for regenerative medicine Dec 17, 2007
Epstein, chairman of Penn's cell and developmental biology department, is researching how heart muscles are formed and coaxing stem cells into growing new heart muscles to treat heart attack patients. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Protein-dependent 'Switch' Regulates Intracellular Trafficking In Epithelial Cells Dec 17, 2007
"Not only are many more kinesins present in cells than previously thought, but their selectivity helps direct which packages of surface proteins are transported, as well as their ultimate destinations," explains lead researcher Dr. Geri Kreitzer, assistant professor in the department of cell and developmental biology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Breakdown in these types of intracellular trafficking pathways is a serious contributing factor to many diseases ranging from cystic fibrosis to... (Science Daily)
Fish Give Clues to Human Skin Color Changes Dec 15, 2007 Stanford stem cell researchers get $10.7 million Dec 14, 2007 Stanford wins $10.7M in stem cell research grants Dec 14, 2007 Death knell sounds for research centre Dec 14, 2007 Stem cell trailblazer puts Japan at fore Dec 12, 2007 About that Woods Hole job description ... Dec 11, 2007 Gleevec, the targeted cancer pill, delivers more good news to patients Dec 10, 2007 Biologist fired for beliefs, suit says Dec 7, 2007 Research highlights Dec 7, 2007 THE 00004000FLY Dec 3, 2007 Colorado BioScience Association picks award winners Dec 2, 2007 UCSF to name building after biotech pioneer Bill Rutter Nov 29, 2007 After stem-cell breakthrough, the work begins Nov 27, 2007 Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It Nov 23, 2007 Blood clotting protein linked to rheumatoid arthritis Nov 17, 2007 Attack of the genomes Nov 8, 2007 Click Chemistry Labels Biomolecules In Vitro And Now In Live Cells Nov 6, 2007 Light Shed On Black Box Of Gestational Diabetes Nov 5, 2007 Odd Protein Interaction Guides Development Of Olfactory System Nov 4, 2007 Role Of Growth Factor In Vertebrae Formation Demonstrated Nov 3, 2007 Genesis, take two Nov 3, 2007 New Gestational Diabetes Clue Nov 2, 2007 Pancreas May Be Key to Pregnancy-Linked Diabetes Nov 2, 2007 Pourquie Lab demonstrates role of growth factor in vertebrae formation Oct 31, 2007 Scientists Find New Causes For Neurodegeneration Oct 29, 2007 Accidental Discovery Could Lead to Creation of Human Eyes in a Lab Oct 27, 2007 Super healing key to organ regeneration Oct 24, 2007 Sea Cucumbers Fast Track Organ Regrowth By Healing Their Wounds Oct 23, 2007 BioMed Central launches Biology Image Library Oct 19, 2007 Biologists claim Nobel prize with a knock-out Oct 18, 2007 Full Story » Oct 18, 2007 Honesty and abortion Oct 16, 2007 Study reveals a key to blood vessel growth and possible drug target Oct 15, 2007 UCSC awarded $5 million grant for genome research UCSC, Oct. 09 Oct 11, 2007 Study reveals how stem cells decide to become either skeletal or smooth muscle Oct 11, 2007 'Network' approach identifies potential breast cancer susceptibility gene Oct 10, 2007 Response: This 'new life form' is just reassembled car parts Oct 10, 2007 UT Southwestern scientists elected to national organization Oct 9, 2007 Dr. Luis Parada Oct 9, 2007 Census Of Protein Architectures Offers New View Of History Of Life Oct 6, 2007 Human embryonic stem cells remain embryonic because of epigenetic factors Oct 5, 2007 Individual Differences Caused By Shuffled Chunks Of DNA In The Human Genome Oct 4, 2007 Stomach stem cell discovery could bring cancer insights Oct 4, 2007 Genetic Code-Dependent: DNA Structure Also Crucial to Genomic Variation Oct 3, 2007 CU-Boulder worm study sheds light on human aging, inherited diseases Oct 2, 2007 Mice Teeth Explain The Troubles With Human Wisdom Teeth Sep 28, 2007 How The Zebrafish Gets His Stripe Sep 28, 2007 UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital Unveil Innovative Research Complex UCLA, Sep. 25 Sep 26, 2007 Lab-on-chip testing for 'bird flu' developed by Singapore scientists Sep 25, 2007 Economic summit set for Monday Leaders to focus on manufacturing, jobs and service Sep 22, 2007 Vote for your favorite life science blogs Sep 21, 2007 CO2 emissions could violate EPA ocean-quality standards within decades Sep 20, 2007 Scientists Eye Secrets Of Retinal Regeneration Sep 19, 2007 Elizabeth Hay, at 80; was pioneer for women in science Sep 16, 2007 New Species May Form WIth A Little Help From Immune System Sep 8, 2007 Microfluidic Chambers Advance The Science Of Growing Neurons Sep 8, 2007 My news Sep 7, 2007 'Turning Up' Skinny Gene May Slim Down Humans, Study... Sep 6, 2007 'Skinny Gene' Exists Sep 6, 2007 Slimming down by 'turning up' gene Sep 6, 2007 Born lucky: Scientists discover skinny gene Sep 5, 2007 Study finds 'anti-fat gene' that lets mice stay sleek Sep 5, 2007 Auto immune response creates barrier to fertility; could be a step in speciation Sep 4, 2007 Study identifies key player in the body's immune response to chronic stress Sep 4, 2007 Questioned findings confirmed Aug 28, 2007
While it may seem that the small fish and humans have little in common, they share many similarities, noted study senior author David Kingsley, professor of developmental biology. Both the sticklebacks and humans migrated out of ancestral environments to new locations a few thousand generations ago and both developed new traits -- such as skin color changes -- to be able to live in those new settings. (Health-Finder)
Coral reefs unlikely to survive in acid oceans Dec 15, 2007
It is a private, nonprofit organization with six research departments throughout the U.S. Carnegie scientists are leaders in plant biology, developmental biology, astronomy, materials science, global ecology, and Earth and planetary science. . (EurekAlert!)
Joanna Wysocka, assistant professor of chemical and systems biology and of developmental biology. Stanford has now surpassed $41 million in grants from CIRM. The grants are partially aimed at helping the careers of younger scientists. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Joanna Wysocka, assistant professor of chemical and systems biology and developmental biology, got $2. 4 million for work on protein changes in developing embryonic stem cells. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
The centre, which has been based in The Ridgeway since 1950, is a major centre for research on genetics, developmental biology, stem cells and neuroscience, as well as infectious diseases such as bird flu. In 2003, scientists there identified how the Spanish strain of the flu virus mutated from birds to humans. (Hendon & Finchley Times)
"This is the first time that medical-related research of world importance has been done entirely in Japan," said Dr. Hitoshi Niwa of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe. "No one thought before of making stem cells this way. It is a totally new direction.". (International Herald Tribune)
Developmental biology centers around the fact that the theory of evolution has been supported by more than 100 years of experimental results and fossil records. It makes about as much sense for someone who does not believe in evolution to become a developmental biologist as it does for an atheist to become a priest. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
He also is a professor of medicine (hematology and medical oncology), cell and developmental biology, and biochemistry and molecular biology in the OHSU School of Medicine. Gleevec has also been approved for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, pediatric CML, as well as five additional rare cancers. (EurekAlert!)
He was hired by Hahn's marine biology lab in March 2004 because of his expertise working with zebra fish and in toxicology and developmental biology, according to court documents ... Eugenie C. Scott, executive director for the National Center for Science Education, which defends the teaching of evolution in public schools, said Abraham was clearly being disingenuous when he applied for the job because he was hired to work in the field of developmental biology ... "It is inconceivable that... (Boston Globe)
Developmental biology: Miracle growPalaeontology: A predator for lunchAstronomy: Bigger galaxies earlierNanotechnology: Inside storyMicrobiology: RNAi on the offensiveChemistry: Green cleaverGenetics: Light releaseMicrobiology: Divide and conquerBiogeochemistry: Go with the flow. To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right). (Nature News Service)
Developmental biology: A ten per cent solution. John Reinitz. (Nature News Service)
As a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he served as chairman of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department from 1988-92. 2007 Company of the Year Award -- (), one of the largest nonprofit bone and tissue banks in the country. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
"It was clear to me before coming down here that there were approaches to human biology, both at the molecular genetics level and the developmental biology level, that were going to open up vistas that were not there before," Rutter said in an interview this week. "One person was not going to do it - you needed cooperating individuals, multiple technologies.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
"This is a whole new way of thinking about how we might investigate human disease," said Kenneth Zaret, program leader for cell and developmental biology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Just this month, Israeli scientists reported in the journal Cell Stem Cell that they had created stem cell lines from embryos donated by families with a history of fragile X syndrome, a disease that leads to mental retardation and is caused by the silencing of a particular gene. (International Herald Tribune)
Dolly changed the way I thought about developmental biology, Dr. Thomson says. Development was reversible. (New York Times)
D., a researcher in Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Childrens and the studys lead author. These findings also suggest that pharmacologically interrupting the interaction of fibrin and aMB2 might be efficacious in the treatment of arthritic disease as well as many other inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. (EurekAlert!)
When the genomes started coming out, a lot of people thought they could track the regulatory code just by comparing sequences, says Nicolas Gompel, a developmental biologist at the Institute of Developmental Biology at Marseille-Luminy, France. That would have been really nice, but unfortunately it doesn't work, he says. (Nature News Service)
We are already using our copper-free click chemistry technique to probe glycan dynamics in living cells and in live zebrafish embryos, which serve as a standard model of developmental biology, she said. Click chemistry is the popular term for a copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne reaction that makes it possible for certain chemical building blocks to click together in an irreversible linkage. (Science Daily)
"The basis of gestational diabetes has been a black box," said Seung Kim, MD, PhD, associate professor of developmental biology and senior author on the study. The results will be published in the Nov. 2 issue of the journal Science. (Science Daily (press release))
In the antennal lobe, derailed is acting as a decoy receptor, said U. of I. cell and developmental biology professor Huey Hing, who led the study. It is nonproductively just sucking up the ligand. (Science Daily)
D., Laboratory of Cancer and Developmental Biology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick. The paper will appear in the November print issue of the journal. (Science Daily)
Larsson has turned to the burgeoning field of evo-devo or evolutionary developmental biology a radical new approach to understanding the past. It is based on the astonishing discovery that modern animals, including humans, share many of the same body-building genes and that some of these genes have been around for millions of years. (Globe and Mail)
"The basis of gestational diabetes has been a black box," says researcher Seung Kim, MD, PhD, associate professor of developmental biology at Stanford University of Medicine, in a news release. According to the American Diabetes Association, about 4% of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, which is when a previously non-diabetic woman's body isn't able to make enough insulin needed during pregnancy. (WebMD)
"This suggests that there is an internal code for controlling pancreatic islet growth, a code we intend to crack," senior author Dr. Seung Kim, associate professor of developmental biology, said in a prepared statement. Kim's team also found that the amount of menin present in the pancreas is regulated by a hormone called prolactin, which is abundant in pregnant women. (Health-Finder)
D., Laboratory of Cancer and Developmental Biology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick. Dr. Pourqui also is an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor in the Department of Anatomy Biology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. (EurekAlert!)
Weisman, who is also professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at the U-M Medical School and her colleagues, began from clues that were hidden in a conserved genetic pathway in yeast (a pathway that has remained the same in yeast, plants and humans over evolutionary time). Studies in yeast showed that the enzyme that manufactures the lipid is governed by the FIG4 and VAC14 genes, which exist in yeast, mice and humans. (Science Daily)
"This work may have interesting implications for the ," says Richard Lang, a professor of developmental biology at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation. "The activity of purine signaling in inducing eye field precursors," he says, "might be a very useful tool for the culture dish generation of progenitor cells for a variety of eye cell types.". (Scientific American)
BMC Developmental Biology 2007, 7:115doi:10. 1186/1471-213X-7-115. (BioMed Central)
22, 2007) Sea cucumbers are the champions of organ regrowth because they direct their wound healing abilities towards restoring their organs, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Developmental Biology. The discovery that Holothuria glaberrima uses similar cellular mechanisms during wound healing and organ regeneration gives us the opportunity to discover how to repair our own wounds and, perhaps eventually, how to regenerate body parts. (Science Daily)
Subjects covered include developmental biology, histology logy, immunology, microbiology itology, molecular lar biology, neuroscience and plant biology. . (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
FRS, all former recipients of the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, on sharing this year4000 acirc; s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ... The March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology has been awarded annually since 1996 to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies the understanding of birth defects. (Nature News Service)
Pearson graduated from CU-Boulder in 2005 with a bachelor's in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and said in a general sense that the most profound lesson he took away from the experience was an appreciation for systems. very time I went to my classes, especially in biology, I really saw how elegant all the systems were, said Pearson. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Moore and Persaud, The Developing Human: "Human development begins at fertilization ... [A] zygote ... marked the beginning of each of us as a unique individual." Gilbert, Developmental Biology: "Fertilization is the process whereby two sex cells (gametes) fuse together to create a new individual.". What science cannot answer, though, is whether it is right or wrong (or should be legalized or outlawed) to kill some human beings (like embryonic human beings) in order to help others. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Co-authors of the study were Tracy Mitchell, of the UCSF Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Programs in Developmental Biology, Genetics and Human Genetics, and Cardiovascular Research Institute; Temesgen Samuel, of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and John C. Reed of the Burnham Institute. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Packard Foundation and Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship. (EurekAlert!)
Susan Strome, professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, is part of a $7 million modENCODE project to study DNA packaging in the roundworm. More information about the ENCODE project is available on the project's web site. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Implications for developmental biology and the treatment of heart disease and cancer. Researchers have discovered a key protein that controls how stem cells choose to become either skeletal muscle cells that move limbs, or smooth muscle cells that support blood vessels, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). (EurekAlert!)
The senior author of the study is Dana-Farber's Marc Vidal, PhD. The lead authors are Miguel Angel Pujana and Jing-Dong Han, who led the project as postdoctoral fellows at Dana-Farber and are now based at Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona, Spain, and the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, respectively. Other co-authors are from Dana-Farber; Brigham and Women's Hospital; University of Michigan; Carmel Medical Center in... (EurekAlert!)
These findings have led to a revolution in our understanding of cell and developmental biology and offer the prospect of new therapies for human diseases such as Alzheimer's. Venter's "artificial life" is not in the same league. (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
Dr. Luis Parada, professor and chairman of developmental biology, and Dr. Thomas S. dhof, professor and chairman of neuroscience, were among 65 new national members and four foreign associates inducted into the national organization. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
UT Southwestern scientists elected to national organization - Dallas Business Journal. Members: Not Registered. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Members of the team: front row, left to right, Jay Mittenthal, cell and developmental biology, and undergraduate Derek Caetano-Annoll;s; back row, Liudmila Yafremava and Minglei Wang, postdoctoral students in crop sciences ... The research team included postdoctoral researchers Minglei Wang and Liudmila Yafremava, undergraduate student Derek Caetano-Anoll;s, and professor emeritus in cell and developmental biology Jay Mitthenthal. (Science Daily)
1 Genome Technology and Biology Group 2 Information and Mathematical Science Group 3 Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Group, Genome Institute of Singapore, 138672, Singapore 4 Bioprocessing Technology Institute, 138668, Singapore 5 School of Computing 6 Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore 7 These authors contributed equally to this work. For enquiries, please contact the following. (EurekAlert!)
"The focus for identifying genetic differences has traditionally been on point mutations or SNPs -- changes in single bases in individual genes," said Michael Snyder, the Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and senior author of the study, which was published in Science Express. "Our study shows that a considerably greater amount of variation between individuals is due to rearrangement of big chunks of DNA.". (Science Daily)
Before this work, we knew that stem cells existed in the stomach, but we had no way to precisely identify them, says Gumucio, who directs the U-M Center for Organogenesis and is a professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the U-M Medical School. There were no effective markers or tags that we could use to clearly discriminate the stem or progenitor cells from other cells. (EurekAlert!)
ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) "We think SNPs will be responsible for many phenotypes and diseases," says Michael Snyder, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University and senior author of the new report published in Science. But structural variation appears to "have a more dramatic effect because the amount of DNA that's moving around is a lot larger.". (Scientific American)
To learn more about the CU-Boulder molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, go to. . (EurekAlert!)
In the study in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, the researchers Kathryn Kavanagh, Jukka Jernvall and Alistair Evans in the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki first studied cheek tooth, or molar, development in mice. Similarly to human teeth, mouse molars develop from front-to-back so that the first molar appears first and the posterior molars bud sequentially along the jaw. (Science Daily)
Pigment pattern formation is a classic problem in developmental biology and whilst there have been lots of mathematical theories on how the fish make different patterns, the underlying genetics have been unclear. Similarities between animals mean that we can take what we learn about the development of these simple models, and begin applying them to more complex systems, such as humans. (Science Daily)
WHO: Some of the world's leading researchers and doctors will be on hand to explain their efforts on the frontiers of orthopaedic medicine, microbiology, immunology, transplantation, AIDS research, embryonic stem cell research, biological chemistry, and molecular, cell and developmental biology and how this new center will change the face of medicine. -UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block -Dr. (University of California Newswire, CA)
It is a world-class research institute in biomedical sciences with core strengths in cell cycle, cell signaling, cell death, cell motility, protein trafficking, developmental biology, genomics, structural biology, and infectious diseases. Its achievements include leading an international consortium that successfully sequenced the pufferfish (Fugu) genome. (EurekAlert!)
Panelists will include Marc Lalande, chairman of UConn's department of genetics and developmental biology and an associate dean for research planning and coordination at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington; Peter Farina, senior vice president of development for Boehringer Ingelheim, a German pharmaceutical conglomerate; and Paul Pescatello, president and chief executive officer of Connecticut United for Research Excellence. The discussion on positioning western Connecticut... (Republican-American)
In the case of pharyngula, posts span a spectrum from valuable and well thought out commentary on developmental biology and other science topics to personal political opinion. comment:science blogsby Sandra. (The Scientist)
It is a private, nonprofit organization with six research departments throughout the U.S. Carnegie scientists are leaders in plant biology, developmental biology, astronomy, materials science, global ecology, and Earth and planetary science. . (EurekAlert!)
"Rod cells make up the majority of photoreceptors in the human eye, and disruptions in these discs' ability to grow and capture light may be at the root of a host of disabling or blinding eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa," explains senior author Dr. Ching-Hwa Sung, professor of cell biology in ophthalmology and professor of cell and developmental biology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Rod cells contain tiny organelles called the 'outer segment,' which contain about 1,000 flattened... (Science Daily)
"Biological structure was just something that clicked with me," she said in an interview published three years ago in the International Journal of Developmental Biology ... "I was the first full professor in a HMS preclinical department, the first female elected president of the American Society for Cell Biology and the Society for Developmental Biology, and the first female to receive the Society's Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology." ... "I hid my interest in science from him and other... (Boston Globe)
A research team led by Detlef Weigel from the Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology in Germany and Jeff Dangl from the University of North Carolina has now shown that a mis-regulated immune system can establish reproductive barriers and might be a first step toward speciation ... Authors of the study were Detlef Weigel, Kirsten Bomblies, Janne Lempe, Norman Warthmann and Christa Lanz from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, T. (Science Daily)
This finding will be very positively greeted by the neuroscience community, said Martha Gillette, who is an author on the study and the head of the cell and developmental biology department at Illinois ... Cell and developmental biology graduate student Larry Millet exposed the PDMS to a series of chemical baths to extract impurities that were killing the cells ... Gillette is Alumni Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology. (Science Daily)
Developmental biology. Earth & environment. (Nature News Service)
"There's a skinny gene out there, and when it's reduced in function, animals become fat," said Jonathan Graff, the study's senior author and a professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at the medical center. The study, published in this week's issue of Cell Metabolism, is based on research conducted during a five-year period and involved isolating and stimulating the adipose gene in mice, fruit flies and tiny worms. (Fox News)
"From worms to mammals, this gene controls fat formation," said Dr. Jonathan Graff, associate professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at UT Southwestern and senior author of a study appearing in the Sept. 5 issue of Cell Metabolism. "It could explain why so many people struggle to lose weight and suggests an entirely new direction for developing medical treatments that address the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity."People who want to fit in their jeans might someday be... (Science Daily)
"There's a 'skinny gene' out there, and when it's reduced in function, animals become fat," said Jonathan Graff, the study's senior author and a professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at the medical centre. "It works in fat cells and not by changing appetite, and could account for what I would call this epidemic of obesity and diabetes.". (Globe and Mail)
"This gene is in every organism from worms to humans," says the studys senior author, Dr. Jonathan Graff, an associate professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. "We all have it. It's very striking.". (MSNBC -- Environment)
"Over 30 years, that's 30 pounds," says Jonathan Graff, associate professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at UT Southwestern University in Dallas. "That's several dress sizes. That's a big difference over time.". (Vancouver Sun)
Plant biologists at the Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that an autoimmune response, triggered by a small number of genes, can be a barrier to producing a viable offspring. Studying Arabidopsis thaliana, sometimes called thale cress, the researchers identified a phenotype that, when paired together from a male and female, produced plants that survived only long enough to produce a few leaves, then died a... (EurekAlert!)
Authors on the paper include Dr. Yufang Shi, investigator on NSBRIs Radiation Effects Team and professor of molecular genetics, microbiology and immunology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Dr. David T. Denhardt, one of the discoverers of OPN, professor of cell biology and neuroscience at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and Kathryn X. Wang, graduate student in the Rutgers Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology.... (EurekAlert!)
The authors of a 2005 Developmental Biology , including Goodwin, published a in April after laboratory at Northwestern University's Children Memorial Research Center redid the experiments with new reagents and different methods ... Lakiza O. et al., "STAR proteins quaking-6 and GLD-1 regulate translation of the homologues GLI1 and tra-1 through a conserved RNA 3'UTR-based mechanism," Developmental Biology, November, 2005 ... Lakiza O. et al., "Corrigendum to STAR proteins quaking-6 and GLD-1... (The Scientist)
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