Many people don’t get enough Vitamin D Oct 26, 2009
The vitamin has so many benefits - including lowering the risk of osteoporosis, heart attacks, and colon cancer - that I am encouraging everyone to increase their vitamin D intake, especially children, says Dr. Michael F. Holick, a professor of medicine, physiology, and biophysics at Boston University. He suggests that children take a minimum of 400 IUs a day and preferably 1,000. (Boston Globe)
DNA Replication: Messenger RNA With FLASH A Key Player Oct 26, 2009
D., associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC, the new study demonstrates that FLASH is also required for the proper synthesis of histone messenger RNA, which gives rise to histone proteins ... D., is Distinguished Professor of biochemistry & biophysics and executive associate dean for basic research ... Other UNC coauthors include Xiao-cui Yang, laboratory technician, and Yan Yan, undergraduate student, both of the dept of biochemistry & biophysics and the UNC Program in... (Science Daily)
Where Are They Now? Oct 25, 2009
THEN: After graduating with a masters of science in radiation biophysics from the University of Kansas in 1966 and entering the doctoral program at the University of Pittsburgh, David Van Valkenburg decided that science wasnt for him. So he enrolled at Harvard, graduating with an MBA in finance in 1969. (Multichannel News)
Mildred Cohn; overcame bias in biochemistry Oct 24, 2009
Dr. Cohn, who worked alongside four Nobel Prize-winning scientists early in her career, combined chemistry, biology, and physics to become a leader in the emerging sciences of biochemistry and biophysics. She performed pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance, a technology used to examine the structure and metabolism of enzymes and other proteins in chemical reactions. (Boston Globe)
Looking For The Origins Of Music In The Brain Oct 23, 2009
"The understanding of neural mechanism of 'innate' music features in non-human primates will facilitate an improved understanding of music perception in the human nervous system," explains Yuki Kikuchi, PhD, a research associate in the department of physiology and biophysics. "This will allow a neurobiological framework from which to understand the basis of the effectiveness of music therapeutic interventions.". (Science Daily)
Scribd profits from online writers bazaar Oct 21, 2009
Adler, then an undergraduate biophysics major at Harvard College, teamed up with classmate Jared Friedman, a computer science major. Together they won a $12,000 seed round from the Y Combinator incubator in Mountain View. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Penn team uses self-assembly to make molecule-sized particles with patches of charge Oct 21, 2009
Similar principles have been explored with lipids in the field of membrane biophysics because calcium is key to many cellular signaling processes. The trick is that the energy of attraction of opposite charges must be adjusted to find a balance with the large entropic price for localization into spots. (EurekAlert!)
Science study: Teacher participation in Columbia program improves student achievement in science Oct 17, 2009
The authors of the paper, led by Samuel Silverstein, M.D., of Columbia University's departments of physiology and cellular biophysics and of medicine, and founder of the Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, as well as Columbia economist Sherry Glied, have also documented the economic benefits of making hands-on laboratory experience widely available to science teachers, demonstrating the kind of short- and long-term savings that can be realized when teachers are retained and students... (EurekAlert!)
A brave new brand of science Oct 17, 2009
"Ramachandran can be credited for bringing together into the one field of molecular biophysics the then disparate fields of X-ray crystallography, peptide synthesis, NMR and other optical studies and physicochemical experimentation," added Brahmachari who began as a physical chemist from Calcutta University and morphed into a molecular biophysicist at IISc. "Today, there's no LoC (line of control) between physics and biology," said TIFR physicist Deepak Mathur, who heads the Centre for... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Young Science Oct 14, 2009
Cooper has two grown children, including a daughter, 29, who is working on a doctorate in biophysics. Children "really are little scientists testing the nature of materials and forces in an unknown world," Cooper said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ribosome Unraveled: A Q&A with Nobelist Thomas Steitz Oct 13, 2009
Thomas Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry at Yale University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, receives one-third of for elucidating the structure and function of the ribosome, the protein-making factory of the cell ... Patrick Sung, chair of the Yale department of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, your work will be put to practical use because "bacteria cannot survive without a functional ribosome" and your... (Scientific American)
Brains on ice Oct 11, 2009
I think of Oliver Jonas, class of 2001, the starting goalie from Germany who got his bachelor s degree in physics in three years and used his fourth year to get a master s. He went on to play professional hockey in Germany, where, during the week, he pursued a doctorate in biophysics. Perhaps the most iconic Harvard hockey players of my era were the three Moore brothers. (Boston Globe)
'Knockout mice' and the school of hard knocks Oct 10, 2009
D. in biophysics from Harvard. "You do have people who will doubt what you can do," he told the students. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
UNC profs win $1.6M grant for research into human genome Oct 10, 2009
Morgan C. Giddings, professor of microbiology and immunology and biomedical engineering and Xian Chen, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, will share the award. The National Human Genome Research Institute has awarded more than $113 million from funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Triangle Business Journal)
Nobel chemistry prize honors atomic study Oct 8, 2009
Steitz, a 69-year-old born in Milwaukee, is a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University and is an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Steitz told the AP that the research cited by the academy was done in parallel, but independently and said he has known Ramakrishnan since the 1980s. (MSNBC -- International)
Yale hails U.S. Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates Oct 8, 2009
"Steitz's contributions represent a great leap forward in our quest to understand life," said Patrick Sung, chairman of the department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and professor of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale. "Moreover, the knowledge garnered from Steitz's seminal work can be put to practical use. Since bacteria cannot survive without a functional ribosome, Steitz's studies will likely lead to more efficacious treatment of bacterial infections via the design of new antibiotics that... (Xinhuanet, China)
* Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ribosomes Oct 8, 2009
Steitz did his PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry at Harvard University and is now a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University in the US.. Indian-born Ramakrishnan, who received his PhD in physics from Ohio University in the US and is now a senior scientist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain, was meanwhile modest in his first reaction. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
All Tied Up: Tethered Protein Provides Long-sought Answer Oct 6, 2009
DNA looping was measured directly by employing single-molecule techniques in the biophysics laboratory at the European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS). The LENS team was led by Francesco Pavone. (Science Daily)
Potential Key To Curing Tuberculosis Oct 5, 2009
Reuben Peters, associate professor in the department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, is leading the team of scientists from Iowa State; the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, that is attempting to find ways to minimize the disease ... Peters' research team includes Francis Mann, doctoral student; Meimei Xu, associate scientist, both in ISU's department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology; Sladjana Prisic, formerly... (Science Daily)
Case Western Reserve University discovers Merkel cell originates from skin, not the neural crest Oct 3, 2009
D., a study co-author and assistant professor of neuroscience, molecular physiology and biophysics and molecular and human genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine. "It is thought that Merkel cells give rise to Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer that responds poorly to current treatments," said Dr. Maricich. (EurekAlert!)
Mackiewicz to Receive NCAA Sportsmanship Award Oct 2, 2009
She aspires to explore ways of applying biophysics to medical imaging and architecture. Brown University Athletics | 235 Hope St. Box 1932 | Providence, RI 02912. (Brownbears.com)
Scientist James Lovelock Brief Biog... Oct 2, 2009
Two years later, he was awarded the D.Science in biophysics from the University of London. He was elected a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society in 1974, and became president of the Marine biological Association in Plymouth for four years, from 1986. (Suite101.com)
New Strategy For Highly-selective Chemotherapy Delivery Developed; Study Points Way To Precisely Targeted Cancer Treatments Sep 26, 2009
Kenneth Longmuir, associate professor of physiology & biophysics, and Richard Robertson, professor of anatomy & neurobiology, used liposomes, small spheres (less-than 100 nanometer in diameter) of naturally-occurring lipid molecules, as "packages" for the cancer chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, and a small peptide molecule to "address" the package to the targeted tissue. Using this technology, the research team demonstrated that the doxorubicin was directed almost entirely to the targeted... (Science Daily)
UCSF, Stanford win science stimulus awards Sep 25, 2009
UCSF winners are a shared award by Dr. Long-Cheng Li, assistant professor of urology, and Hao Li, professor of biochemistry and biophysics; and Wallace Marshall, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics. UCSF did not say how much money each of its T-R01 winners would receive. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Inova Labs locks $1.6M in financing Sep 24, 2009
The company, which launched in 2002, is an affiliate of International Biophysics Corp., a certified medical device and component manufacturer that is also based in Austin. Inova President David Shockley couldn t be reached for comment. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Novel 'on-off switch' mechanism stops cancer in its tracks Sep 24, 2009
In the papers, Alan Garen of the Department of Molecular Biophysics emistry at Yale and his colleague Xu Song explain how cancer may overcome an organism's natural "stop sign" for cell division. During early development, stem cells give rise to other cells that differentiate into all types of tissue. (EurekAlert!)
Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates Sep 24, 2009
Elizabeth H. Blackburn Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. USA -and- Carol W. Greider Daniel Nathans Professor and Director, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. (PR Newswire)
Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue Sep 23, 2009
"We were surprised to find leukemia cells in the fat tissue," lead researcher Dr. Steven D. Mittelman, the fellowship research director with the Division of Endocrinology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and assistant professor of pediatrics, physiology and biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research. He and his colleagues also found that four chemotherapy drugs used in children --... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Blood-brain Barrier As Therapy Delivery System Sep 22, 2009
D., UI professor of internal medicine, neurology, and molecular physiology and biophysics. "This provides a real opportunity to deliver enzyme therapy without surgically entering the brain to treat lysosomal storage diseases. "In addition, we have discovered that these neurological diseases affect not just the brain cells that we often focus on, but also the blood vessels throughout the brain. (Science Daily)
Nanoparticle-based Erectile Dysfunction Therapy Shows Promise Sep 21, 2009
D., professor of physiology & biophysics and of medicine. Dr. Friedman developed the nanoparticles with his son Adam Friedman, M.D., chief resident in the division of dermatology of the department of medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for Einstein. (Science Daily)
Scientists Illuminate How MicroRNAs Drive Tumor Progression Sep 20, 2009
The study was led by the laboratory of Douglas Hanahan, PhD, an American Cancer Society Research Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF.. Approximately five percent of all known human genes encode, or produce, microRNAs, yet scientists are only now nearly a decade after their discovery beginning to unlock the mystery of their functions. (Science Daily)
Outside the bubble Sep 19, 2009
He specialised in biophysics and took a PhD at Cambridge University in 1980. I was doing mathematical modelling of biological membranes,'' he says matter-of-factly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Light Controls Genetically Encoded Mouse Cells Sep 19, 2009
Levskaya is studying in the UCSF Graduate Program in Biophysics and in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Voigt is a faculty member of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. (Science Daily)
Genetic Secrets Of Date Palm Unlocked Sep 17, 2009
D., professor of physiology and biophysics and associate dean for basic science research. "It clearly demonstrates the feasibility and success of the most advanced genomics technologies in Qatar and represents a milestone towards 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 understanding of biomedical problems.". (Science Daily)
A pain cream to shield you during heart attack Sep 15, 2009
Dr. Keith Jones, a researcher in the department of pharmacology and cell biophysics, says when capsaicin was applied to specific skin locations in mice, sensory nerves in the skin were found to trigger signals in the nervous system. According to the researcher, these signals activate cellular pro-survival pathways in the heart, which protect the muscle. (India Times, India)
CI Faculty Member Awarded Nearly $1 Million NSF Grant Sep 10, 2009
Gillespie's lab deals with the fundamentals of molecular biophysics. Many of his experiments and research will be woven directly into the curriculum of several CI science courses. (PR Newswire)
Retrovirus Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer Sep 8, 2009
The link between viruses and some cancers has been accepted for decades, and according to , a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and who wasn't involved in the report some 15 percent of cancers are now known to be linked to viruses. Previous research in had described the presence of XMRV in prostate cancers a few years ago, but small sample sizes and lack of a non-cancerous control... (Scientific American)
The One Thing Sep 3, 2009
Bruce N. Ames, a world renowned biochemist and professor of molecular biology, and Thomas H. Jukes, professor of biophysics and a foremost expert on DDT, from the University of California at Berkeley yes, that "right-wing kook tank" U.C. Berkeley said of the attack on DDT: "This is nonsense.". Wayland Hayes, U.S. public health service scientist, for 18 months, fed to human volunteers, daily, three times the quantity of DDT that the average American was ingesting annually. (Fox News)
Intelligence report: Baseball's whiz kids stand out, to a degree Sep 1, 2009
A newspaper once called Craig Breslow the "smartest man in baseball." The Athletics reliever has a degree from Yale in molecular biophysics and biochemistry ... That's , the relief pitcher and former who has a degree from Yale in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, plus the unofficial and potentially burdensome title of "smartest man in baseball.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Mathematical Keys To Fishy 'Sixth Sense' Aug 29, 2009
One such system found in fish and some amphibians is under investigation by the research team of Professor Leo van Hemmen, chair of theoretical biophysics at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen. Even in murky waters hardly penetrated by light, pike and pickerel can feel out their prey before making contact. (Science Daily)
Mathematical keys to a sixth sense -- the lateral-line system Aug 29, 2009
One such system found in fish and some amphibians is under investigation by the research team of Professor Leo van Hemmen, chair of theoretical biophysics at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen ... Dr. Leo van Hemmen Technische Universitaet Muenchen Physics Department T35, Chair for Theoretische Biophysics James-Franck-Str. (EurekAlert!)
MCW creates endowed biophysics chair Aug 27, 2009
Medical College creates endowed biophysics chair - The Business Journal of Milwaukee ... Medical College creates endowed biophysics chair ... The has established the James S. Hyde Chair in Biophysics, honoring James Hyde for his accomplishments and contributions in biomedical research, mentorship and technical innovation. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Key Circuits Control Cell's Ability To Adapt To Changes In Its Environment Aug 26, 2009
Both Lim and Tang are faculty members in the UCSF departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and are affiliated with the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at UCSF. ... Co-authors were Ala Trusina, from the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, and Hana El-Samad, with the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics ... Both Lim and Tang have joint appointments in the UCSF Department of Bioengineering... (Science Daily)
Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity Aug 24, 2009
Reiter is assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics, an investigator at the Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Diabetes Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF. In July, President Obama named him as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his research on the links between cilia and cancer. Although they are relegated to the outskirts of the cell, primary cilia help determine which... (EurekAlert!)
OSU graduates one of its largest classes Aug 21, 2009
Corvallis: Akram Abdelli, Bachelor of Science, Health Management and Policy; Eric J. Adamic, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Psychology; Mary E. Aguilera, Doctor of Philosophy, Counseling; Suzie E. Ahn, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Marcus D. Alderman, Bachelor of Science, Health Management and Policy; Pamela M. Allen, Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Psychology; Kevin D. Alsip, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Anthropology; Brock A. Ameele, Bachelor of Science, Liberal Studies; Marc E.... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Breakthrough Uses Light To Manipulate Cell Movement Aug 21, 2009
The research in Hahn's lab was carried out by Yi Wu, PhD, research assistant professor of pharmacology, in collaboration with a team led by Brian Kuhlman, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC and a team led by Ilme Schlichting, PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany. This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. (Science Daily)
Phospholipid and connexin association Aug 17, 2009
The results are interpreted in light of connexin channel function and cell biology, as informed by current knowledge of lipid-protein interactions and membrane biophysics. The intimate involvement of distinct phospholipids with different connexins contributes to channel structure and/or function, as well as plaque integrity, and to modulation of connexin channels by lipophilic agents. (BioMed Central)
Climbing To New Heights In The Forest Canopy Aug 13, 2009
Exactly what allows the plants to circumnutate is still poorly-understood and is a topic of much ongoing research involving biophysics. After contacting a support, the stem of twining plants winds and forms a helix around the supporting structure. (Science Daily)
UBC scientists find new way to extract diluted and contaminated DNA Aug 11, 2009
"By exploiting the physical traits of DNA electric charge, length and flexibility we've been able to extract DNA from samples that would otherwise not produce enough clean DNA for analysis," says UBC Biophysics Prof. Andre Marziali. (EurekAlert!)
Campus science research focuses on neurodynamics, nanoscience Aug 11, 2009
Bahar is Assistant Professor of Biophysics in the Physics and Astronomy Department. The idea of how some optimal level of "noise," stochastic resonance, actually enhances an animal's perception has been extended to human studies. (The Current Online, MO)
UCLA's Lumpkin and Arizona's Sheedy Named Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Postgraduate Scholarship Winners Aug 11, 2009
He was selected the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Outstanding Senior in the Fall of 2008, also becoming the department's Valedictorian. Sheedy was a Phi Beta Kappa in 2007, and received an award for scientific research in the biomedical fields in 2007, as well. (Pac-10.org)
Gene Transcribing Machine Takes Halting, Backsliding Trip Along The DNA Aug 10, 2009
Hodges is in the biophysics graduate group, and Bintu is a graduate student in physics. Both are part of Bustamante's Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, named after a chemistry graduate student who died in an automobile accident in 2005. (Science Daily)
New Function For Protein Missing In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Identified Aug 6, 2009
D., a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, who directed the investigation. The new findings suggest that loss of microtubule organization might contribute to the devastating symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, information that will hopefully lead to the development of therapies to combat the disease. (Science Daily)
A's Beat: Braden to miss start Aug 5, 2009
Left-hander Craig Breslow, who has a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale, toured the Research Institute at Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland on Tuesday. Breslow's sister, Lesley, survived pediatric thyroid cancer and Breslow's Strike 3 Foundation has a mission to help find a cure for childhood cancer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Case Study: Autism and Vaccines Aug 5, 2009
Hannah Poling, left, stands with her parents Terry and Jon Poling, right, at a news conference in Atlanta on March 6, 2008. Government health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines worsened a rare, underlying disorder that ultimately led to autism-like symptoms in Hannah, and that she should be paid from a federal vaccine-injury fund. (Time.com)
A's Breslow tours Children's Hospital Aug 5, 2009
OAKLAND -- Most professional baseball players don't have a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. Most players didn't get that degree they don't have from Yale. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Airway Cells Use 'Tasting' Mechanism To Detect And Clear Harmful Substances Jul 27, 2009
D., an assistant professor of biology at Washington University who was a postdoctoral fellow at the UI when the study was conducted, worked in the lab of senior study author Michael Welsh, M.D. (photo, upper left), UI professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics, who holds the Roy J. Carver Chair of Internal Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics. Welsh also is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. (Science Daily)
Short Stress Spurts May Improve Learning and Memory Jul 25, 2009
"Stress hormones have both protective and damaging effects on the body," said Zhen Yan, professor of physiology and biophysics at UB and senior author on the study ... D., UB research assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, is the first author on the study. (Newsmax)
Vanderbilt wins $14M in health grants Jul 25, 2009
Another grant, totaling $923,000 over two years, will allow Marylyn Ritchie, director of the school s Computational Genomics Core and an associate professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, to add a handful of new positions in her lab at the Medical Center and accelerate her research in helping find causes of diseases such as diabetes. The Medical Center is already using grant money to hire at least 50 new positions. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Motor Molecules Use Random Walks To Make Deliveries In Living Cells Jul 24, 2009
Researchers include Shane R. Nelson, M. Yusuf Ali, Kathleen M. Trybus, David M. Warshaw, of the department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT.. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Sticky protein helps reinforce fragile muscle membranes Jul 24, 2009
D., professor and head of molecular physiology and biophysics at the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator ... "Injecting the protein helped us prove that glycosylated dystroglycan is required to attach the membrane to the extracellular proteins and thus reinforce the membrane integrity," said Campbell, who also holds the Roy J. Carver Chair of Physiology and Biophysics. (EurekAlert!)
New windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions Jul 23, 2009
The observations were made using an inverted microscopy technique in which the glass spheres were placed in a 655-nanometer diode laser beam, an approach developed in Parthasarathy's lab by former undergraduate biophysics student Greg Tietjen, now a doctoral student at the University of Chicago. The findings of the National Science Foundation-funded research, he said, suggest that specially tweaked biological membranes applied to artificially produced materials may serve as specialty control... (EurekAlert!)
IOS Press announces launch of Journal of Berry Research Jul 23, 2009
Editorial Board members will include such luminaries in the field as: Balz Frei, PhD, Director and Endowed Chair of the Linus Pauling Institute, Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Corvallis, OR; Bruce I. Reisch, PhD, Professor of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and Kevin M. Folta, PhD, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Cell Phones Turned Into Fluorescent Microscopes Jul 23, 2009
Other researchers on the team include Robi Maamari, a UC Berkeley research associate in bioengineering and co-lead author of the study; Neil Switz, a graduate student in UC Berkeley's Biophysics Graduate Group; and Wilbur Lam, a UC Berkeley post-doctoral fellow in bioengineering and a UCSF pediatric hematologist. Funding for the CellScope project comes from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Blum Center for Developing Economies, both at UC... (Science Daily)
Secrets Of A Life-giving Amino Acid Revealed Jul 21, 2009
ll, co-senior author of the paper, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale. "There are 25 human selenoproteins, and most of them are probably essential for life.". (Science Daily)
