Regular pancreas cells switched into insulin-producing kind Aug 28, 2008
A team of biologists has turned mouse pancreas tissue into specialized cells, the same ones that go missing in juvenile diabetes. The mouse study, led by Qiao Zhou of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, opens a new avenue to "regenerative medicine," in which physicians remake patient cells into tissues that can be used to treat diabetes and heart and brain ailments. (USA Today -- Tech)
Game and Fish crews survey for trout Aug 28, 2008
- Biologists gather over a tank, peering into the clear water at a flash of spots ... By the end of the day, the biologists have processed about 450 fish and call out lengths and weights. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
1 nay, 3 ayes Aug 27, 2008
This initiative restores predator control to "last-resort" status, where it belongs, and leaves the killing in the hands of the state's wildlife biologists, where it belongs. Shooting wolves and bears from airplanes should be the exception, not standard management. (Anchorage Daily News)
Deer group to contact Rendell governor over deer Aug 27, 2008
He noted that we havent gone operational just yet, but that unless action is taken to prevent the process, federal wildlife service biologists would carry out the removal of the deer in the near future. . (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
On a Wing and Low Air: The Surprising Way Wind Turbines Kill Bats Aug 27, 2008
Many biologists thought that the bats, like their avian counterparts, might be falling victim to the fast-spinning turbine blades. But an examination of 188 hoary and silver-haired bats killed at a wind farm in southwestern Alberta in Canada between July and September in 2007 showed that nearly half showed no external injuries as would be expected if the giant blades had smashed the flying mammals to the ground. (Scientific American)
Keeping Cells Youthful: How Telomere-building Proteins Get Drawn Into The Fold Aug 27, 2008
5, 2001) Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered new insights into how two common proteins found in mammalian cells can cause chromosomes to fuse. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Is Extinction Or Diversity On The Rise? Aug 27, 2008
Is Extinction Or Diversity On The Rise. Study Of Islands Reveals Surprising Results. (Science Daily)
NH biologist worried endangered birds down Aug 26, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Biologists are concerned about the regional population of an endangered marine bird that lives in New Hampshire and other regions of the Northeast ... Biologists say they are not sure what happened to the terns over the winter, because the birds didn't come back to breed this year ... He says biologists aren't too concerned with the decrease in common terns because populations fluctuate from year to year. (Concord Monitor)
Shell game: Floods impacted Hartman Reserve mussel project Aug 26, 2008
He had hoped to monitor the mollusks' progress, which would tell biologists about the water quality along the Cedar River. Friday's search turned up none of the marked mussels. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Life Isn't 2-D, So Why Should Our Encyclopedias Be? Aug 26, 2008
25, 2008) Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease ... This makes the complex structural information readily accessible and comprehensible, even to people who are not structural biologists. (Science Daily)
Biologists Find Diatom To Reduce Red Tide's Toxicity Aug 26, 2008
25, 2008) It s estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately 20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that a diatom can reduce the levels of the red tide s toxicity to animals and that the same diatom can reduce its toxicity to other algae as well. (Science Daily)
Tahitian Vanilla Originated In Maya Forests, Says Botanist Aug 26, 2008
30, 2007) Biologists at Harvard University have identified the ancient fossilized remains of a pollen-bearing bee as the first hint of orchids in the fossil record, a find they say suggests orchids are old ... 19, 2007) An odd distribution pattern of a rare snail has had biologists scratching their heads since at least the 1880s. (Science Daily)
30 Years of the Lego Minifig Aug 26, 2008
Chemists don't screw with Biologists unless they want an exotic disease. Engineers don't mess with Chemists unless they want to be poisoned. (Slashdot)
NASA Tool Helps Track Whale Sharks, Polar Bears Aug 26, 2008
Biologists have adapted a complex algorithm developed by scientists working for NASA. The original algorithm mapped stars. The new one analyzes photos of whale sharks, identifying each animal's unique pattern of white spots. (National Geographic)
Wanted: Home for 6 million dead carp Aug 26, 2008
The June sucker, which is known to live only in Utah Lake and its tributaries, has been listed as an endangered species since 1986, when biologists estimated there were fewer than 1,000 left. In recent years, about 100,000 June suckers have been raised in a hatchery and dropped into the lake. (Sioux City Journal)
Lung provides breathing room underwater Aug 25, 2008
Still, Duke University biologist Steven Vogel said that with engineers and biologists collaborating more and more, potential applications are nearly limitless. "Engineers and biologists are both dealing with complex systems," said Vogel, who was not involved in the study. (Boston Globe)
Tiny island in Aleutians, big surprise Aug 25, 2008
Though biologists saw streams of bubbles in the caldera lake a few years ago, there was no modern record of it erupting ... The eruption was also a shock for two biologists who were studying seabirds on the island for the whole summer ... Refuge staff spoke with scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage and decided to hire Al Giddings, a charter boat captain from Adak, to get the biologists off the island. (Anchorage Daily News)
REGION: Fire-tax campaign off to slow start Aug 25, 2008
Climatologists, biologists and physicists from all corners of the globe agree that U.S. based Gravitational Systems, L.L.C.'s revolutionary clean power climate control project INDRA will improve the lives of billions of people around the world. Concerns have been raised about the projects impact on biodiversity as deserts are terraformed to rainforests. (North County Times)
More of this story Aug 25, 2008
Many duck hunters and some wildlife biologists say the spinning wing decoys are effective primarily on young ducks making their migration flights for the first time. Once the young birds have seen the decoys and heard the shots that accompany them, the bird are much more wary, some believe. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Tortoises on road to recovery Aug 25, 2008
It's been 18 years since the tortoise received federal protections and biologists still aren't sure if the measures are stopping the species' decline. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to change its management plan to focus on a more coordinated approach with federal, state and local officials. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
85 comment(s) Aug 25, 2008
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Znomics Appoints Ofir Moreno, Ph.D., as Senior Director of Chemistry Aug 25, 2008
He brings a depth of experience leading outsourced medicinal chemistry programs, ranging from concept to clinical candidate, including everything from creating intellectual property, formulating chemistry strategy, interfacing with biologists, negotiating external contracts, writing patents, and contributing to business development. We look forward to leveraging Ofir's strong expertise and experience as we work toward advancing our three drug discovery programs. (Primezone Releases)
Predator control Aug 24, 2008
Let professional biologists do the shooting -- preferably from helicopters, which are safer and allow for more accurate fire -- when predator-control shooting has to be done. And let's do it only when necessary, not as a matter of course. (Anchorage Daily News)
Extinction of the Endangered Species Act Aug 24, 2008
Biologists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (or, for sea creatures, the National Marine Fisheries Service) get to evaluate everything that affects the animals ... President Bush, staunch friend of business and industry, is cutting the biologists at the Fish and Wildlife Service out of the evaluation loop ... They would not have to consult biologists from Fish and Wildlife. (New Haven Register, CT)
Fish Cancer Gene Linked To Pigment Pattern That Attracts Mates Aug 24, 2008
A new biopsy test, created by molecular biologists, can tell ocular melanoma patients if theirs is the kind that will spread. Using very thin. (Science Daily)
Genes And Nutrition Influence Caste In Unusual Species Of Harvester Ant Aug 24, 2008
(May 18, 2000) Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the proliferation in California of the introduced Argentine ant, a major pest that has invaded homes and displaced native. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Hunting For Bigfoot Aug 24, 2008
Wildlife biologists, scoop-hungry reporters, crypto zoologists, psychics, New Age shaman and even big-game hunters have been combing the wooded mountains ever since. They've turned up more footprints - lots and lots of footprints - and a few other intriguing bits of evidence, but no one has been able to produce definitive, unassailable proof that the creature exists. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
An endangered act Aug 24, 2008
Instead, in many cases, federal agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Transportation or the Office of Surface Mining would have the authority to green-light projects without consulting independent biologists or botanists. In many cases, agencies such as the Corps of Engineers are the parties proposing the new projects in the first place. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
State facing serious challenges in future, FWC study says Aug 24, 2008
The one point that's woven tightly throughout the study is that it will take a concerted effort by everyone who enjoys the outdoors to tackle the challenges - from bicyclists to biologists, hikers to hunters and politicians to potato farmers. To view the complete document, visit MyFWC.com/wildlife2060. (Florida Times-Union)
Remaining bear cub still eludes biologists Aug 23, 2008
Attempts to capture a brown bear cub orphaned when biologists shot its mother this week were unsuccessful Thursday afternoon, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ... Alaska Department of Fish and Game spokesman Bruce Bartley said biologists were upping their efforts to capture the remaining cub and were sitting at the site of its mother's death in the hopes they would get a clean shot with a dart gun. (Anchorage Daily News)
Grizzly hit by SUV on Gambell, shot by police Aug 23, 2008
Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists had tracked the 15-year-old brown bear by radio collar from 2006 until this spring ... The bear traveled frequently through the city's urban greenbelt and often fished for salmon in Ship Creek, according to the biologists. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bird Creek another option for urban anglers Aug 23, 2008
" Fish and Game put nearly 105,000 hatchery silvers into the creek in 2006 and '07 and 113,000 this year. Biologists look for a 5 percent return, realizing the actual number can range between 3 and 12 percent; that translates to roughly 3,000 to 12,000 fish. There are also plenty of pink salmon and a waning run of chum salmon at Bird Creek. But silvers are the target. "If fishing is really good," said Fish and Game area biologist Chuck Brazil, "word gets out really fast. You're gonna be there. (Anchorage Daily News)
Letters to the editor (8/22/08) Aug 23, 2008
Isn't this what this initiative Measure 2 is all about, letting people who know nothing about the biology of the caribou and moose tell our professional biologists how to manage these herds. I am sure that PETA is happy they have Nick Jans on their side sponsoring Measure 2. (Anchorage Daily News)
Ocean Watch: Laysan ducks Aug 23, 2008
The good news on Midway this week is that biologists think the worst of this outbreak is over. To reduce stagnation in the affected ponds, workers there have added large amounts of fresh water, the recommended treatment. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Bear that once roamed area killed Aug 23, 2008
The 250-pound male bear had an ear tag when it was captured in Augusta, and biologists later learned it had been captured and tagged last fall at Pinhook Swamp near St. George, Fla. In Augusta, the bear was treed by dogs and tranquilized with a dart. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Simplest Animal's Genome Reveals Complexity Aug 23, 2008
With each sequenced genome, another dataset is made available to advance the quest of evolutionary biologists seeking to reconstruct the tree of life. The analysis of the 98 million base pair genome of Trichoplax (literally "hairy-plate") illuminates its ancestral relationship to other animals. (Science Daily)
New And Improved Test For West Nile Virus In Horses Aug 23, 2008
1, 1999) Wildlife biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership with other federal, state and local agencies are studying the newly discovered West Nile-like virus which has been blamed for the. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Greenwings Day set for Audubon Aug 23, 2008
n Aircraft in migration flyway: Learn how biologists conduct waterfowl surveys from the air and how the data is used to set population sizes and hunting bag limits. Weather permitting, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service airplane will be on site. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Caught On Camera: Bobcat Stalks Family's Back Yard Aug 23, 2008
Wildlife biologists said the family will have to get used to their new neighbor. But getting the big cat on tape is rare. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence Aug 23, 2008
Serving the software needs of molecular biologists for over 20 years. Our mission is to provide high quality, intuitive software that helps to speed research. (Yahoo News)
Wyoming officials confirm fifth case of plague found in mountain lions Aug 23, 2008
Wildlife biologists, wildlife veterinarians, public health officials, hunters skinning an animal with plague and the owners of domestic cats stricken with the disease are among those susceptible to plague. Cats can contract plague by eating an infected rodent or by being bitten by fleas from an infected host. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Sea turtles are marching in record numbers Aug 23, 2008
Three days after the turtles hatch, park biologists dig up the nests and free any hatchlings that haven't made it out on their own ... During the nest excavations, the biologists count the number of hatched eggs, unhatched eggs and those that have been broken by predators. (News & Observer)
Plants create blaze of glory as fall approaches Aug 23, 2008
The other day I tagged along with biologists Lisa Kruse and Shan Cammack with the Department of Natural Resources to one of Georgia s largest Carolina bays, Big Duke s Pond in Jenkins County. The state acquired much of Big Duke s more than 1,300 acres for permanent protection in 1999. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Out in the open: Some scientists sharing results Aug 22, 2008
But today the website is backed by a National Science Foundation grant, and more than 4,000 biologists and bioengineers from across the world have signed up to share techniques, get practical tips, and even detail their day-to-day work if they choose. Science Commons, a nonprofit group based at MIT, works to Web-enable the scientific enterprise by working on other aspects of openness: trying to find ways to make inaccessible journals broadly available and developing Internet tools to ease... (Boston Globe)
Zoos not contacted before wolf pup kills Aug 22, 2008
Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists were given the OK from the state's Board of Game to kill wolves if necessary on the southern Alaska Peninsula to protect a caribou herd considered to be in trouble. Biologists shot 14 wolves from a helicopter in June ... If no home is available, biologists are directed to kill the animals quickly instead of leaving them to die slowly. (Anchorage Daily News)
Dead bear's DNA test suggests another one still stalks park Aug 22, 2008
It appears as though that bear wasn't involved in the Petra Davis attack," she said. "It's just preliminary, but I'm pretty confident of the results (Anchorage Daily News)
Grizzly mystery Aug 22, 2008
The cubs' mother was shot after biologists spotted the family eating a bull moose carcass in a Stuckagain Heights yard Tuesday morning, more than a week after the mauling of Clivia Feliz on Aug. 8 on the park's Rover's Run Trail. Biologists suspect the same sow was responsible for charging, but not injuring, several others this summer ... The other cub was spotted in Stuckagain on Wednesday morning, but biologists were unsuccessful at catching it because a solid shot eluded them, Bartley said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Voters already vetoed aerial shooting Aug 22, 2008
Previous wolf control programs included helicopter shooting by state biologists. They were quite efficient and successful, and moose populations in several areas responded favorably. (Anchorage Daily News)
North Pole refinery slowdown could mean higher gas prices Aug 22, 2008
State wolf-pup killing resurfaces; biologists never sought an alternative. The surfaced in July when Fish and Game biologists acknowledged they had killed 14 wolf pups on the Alaska Peninsula as part of a predator control program to help a struggling caribou herd there. (Anchorage Daily News)
Zoo not called before wolf pup killing Aug 22, 2008
Department of Fish and Game biologists killed 28 wolves in early June to save the Southern Alaska Peninsula caribou herd, which has had very low calf survival in recent years ... If no home is available, biologists are directed to kill the animals quickly instead of leaving them to die slowly ... Measure 2 on Tuesday's ballot seeks to mandate that only state biologists can kill wolves and only in a biological emergency for prey animals' survival. (Juneau Empire)
Future Impact Of Global Warming Is Worse When Grazing Animals Are Considered, Scientists Suggest Aug 22, 2008
21, 2008) The impact of global warming in the Arctic may differ from the predictions of computer models of the region, according to a pair of Penn State biologists. The team -- which includes Eric Post, a Penn State associate professor of biology, and Christian Pederson, a Penn State graduate student -- has shown that grazing animals will play a key role in reducing the anticipated expansion of shrub growth in the region, thus limiting their predicted and beneficial carbon-absorbing effect. (Science Daily)
How Showy Male Traits Evolved Aug 22, 2008
"This study is about the how, not the why," says Carroll, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and one of the world's noted evolutionary biologists ... There is a world of exaggerated traits in animals and evolutionary biologists today, like Darwin 150 years ago, are engaged by the question of what advantages they confer. (Science Daily)
Oregon Recreation Report (124) Aug 22, 2008
Based on projections by staff biologists and the Technical Advisory Committee the report offers recreational and commercial fisherman a first look at what to expect this spring. It can be accessed on ODFW s Web site by clicking the link below. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
ETH Zurich study on salmonella self-destruction Aug 22, 2008
ETH Zurich biologists, led by Professors Martin Ackermann and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, in collaboration with Michael Doebeli of the University of British Colombia in Vancouver (CN), have been able to describe how random molecular processes during cell division allow some cells to engage in a self-destructive act to generate a greater common good, thereby improving the situation of the surviving siblings ... The biologists investigated this unusual biological concept using the pathogenic salmo-nella... (EurekAlert!)
Elephant legs are much bendier than Shakespeare thought Aug 22, 2008
Public release date: 22-Aug-2008. Contact: Kathryn Phillips. (EurekAlert!)
Orphaned grizzly cub captured Aug 21, 2008
State wildlife officials say they have captured one of the cubs orphaned when biologists shot its mother Tuesday morning on suspicion that it was responsible for mauling at least one person in Far North Bicentennial Park ... With one of the first-year cubs in custody after the shooting in Stuckagain Heights, biologists are focusing their efforts on capturing the remaining animal, which they say will almost surely die if not captured ... Several zoos in the Lower 48 have expressed an interest in... (Anchorage Daily News)
Biologists kill bear suspected in mauling Aug 21, 2008
Wildlife biologists shot a female grizzly that they believe attacked a jogger this month, and department officials said they're trying to capture her two cubs. The bears were feeding on a bull moose carcass in a rural Anchorage neighborhood. (Juneau Empire)
Outdoors Forecast Aug 21, 2008
Northwest: Catch rates in the Buoy 10 fishery are surprising anglers and biologists alike. Anglers averaged better than half a fish a rod the last week with chinook making up the bulk of the catch. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Decline And Slow Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Illuminated With Tagging Aug 21, 2008
Biologists agree that poor marine survival is affecting salmon in the U.S. and Canada, but specific causes are difficult to determine in the ocean ... Biologists download data monthly by tending the receivers by boat ... Once data is downloaded for the season, biologists can learn which route each fish took, how long it took to get to the Gulf of Maine, and most importantly, which fish survived and where fish that did not exit the Penobscot River may have died. (Science Daily)
Critical Protein Complex In Formation Of Cell Cilia Identified Aug 21, 2008
20, 2006) How a perfectly symmetrical embryo settles on what's right and what's left has fascinated developmental biologists for a long time. The turning point came when the rotational beating of cilia. (Science Daily)
Cataloguing Invisible Life: Microbe Genome Emerges From Lake Sediment Aug 21, 2008
(May 25, 2004) University of Missouri-Rolla biologists studying the mineral-rich waters of Soap Lake in Washington state recently discovered a new genus of bacteria in the ... Molecular biologists have completely sequenced the first dog genome. (Science Daily)
Mute swan regulations take effect Aug 21, 2008
However, commission biologists believe the new rule will prevent future damage if the population grows. All rights reserved. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Gators head for swampy S.F. home Aug 21, 2008
The reptiles will be cared for by a team of biologists. But to move the gators - a male and female, each about 8 feet from teeth to tail - the biologists relied on the expert ... Aquarium biologists leapt to hold the struggling animal for an examination by veterinarian Freeland Dunker. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Park grizzly suspected in attack on jogger killed Aug 20, 2008
On Monday, Bartley said, a team of biologists and others from Fish and Game spent a lot of time outside a Stuckagain home watching a cub with a similar neck collar ... Bartley said Fish and Game biologists plan to give the cub capture effort about a week ... Biologists are largely certain, however, that they got the bear that put Feliz in the hospital, even though the sow and her cubs had moved away from the creek. (Anchorage Daily News)
ANTHRAX AND THE FBI Aug 20, 2008
Moreover, not a few reputable biologists say they have doubts about the science behind the FBI's case against Ivins. Yes, the circumstantial evidence against Ivins appears compelling - but, because of his suicide, it will never be challenged in an adversarial proceeding. (New York Post -- Opinions)
