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Oklahoma video showcase research advances

Jessica Hoffman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:40:23 +0000

Video showcases Oklahoma’s use of IDea funds to drive cutting edge research, expand biomedical research faculty, enhance research infrastructure.

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4th Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting

Jessica Hoffman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:32:55 +0000

4th Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting

Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

Wednesday, August 10-12, 2011

Official Meeting Link

Program

Northwest Nazarene University uses systems biology to study effects of alcohol on vitamin A

Jessica Hoffman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:48:25 +0000

Jennifer Chase, Ph.D.

Researchers developed computer simulations to study the possible link between alcohol and disease. One hypothesis is that alcohol blocks the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase from properly metabolizing vitamin A. Read More

ABRF welcomes Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors (NERLSCD) as newest chapter

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:45:03 +0000

by www.ABRF.org

The ABRF welcomes the Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors (NERLSCD, also often called NERDS) as its newest ABRF Chapter!

The annual NERLSCD meeting is a regional forum for core facility directors and mangers to network with colleagues, to learn about biotechnology advances and applications, and to discuss the challenges and results of implementing shared research resources. The NERLSCD meeting, now in its seventh year, has developed into a model of regional core laboratory cooperation. NERLSCD 2011 included presentations and discussion forums on operational issues facing biotechnology core laboratories. There were scientific presentations and technical workshops on next generation sequencing, microarrays, proteomics, metabolomics, clinical diagnostics, flow cytometry, optical and electron microscopy, and bioinformatics. A core facility poster session offered attendees an opportunity to learn about regional life sciences shared resources. Pre-conference satellite events included the Northeast Symposium on Proteomics and Protein Chemistry, an Educational Workshop on Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS), and a NY State Core Administrators Network (NY-CAN) meeting.

NERLSCD 2012will be held October 24-26, 2012 at the Mountain View Grand Resort, Whitefield, New Hampshire, hosted by Norris Cotton Cancer Center of Dartmouth Medical School. Please mark the date!

You can find out more about ABRF Chapters and Affiliates at the ABRF 2012 annual conference, March 17-20, 2012, in Orlando, Fl. There will be many opportunities at ABRF 2012 to meet with Chapter and Affiliate members and to learn about how to become involved and about opportunities to establish new ABRF Chapters and Affiliates. The ABRF and the “ABRF NERDS” Chapter look forward to seeing you at the ABRF 2012 meeting!

www.abrf.org

Idaho researchers look at drugs that disrupt communication between bacteria

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:14:00 +0000

Due to the dramatic rise in antibiotic resistant microbes, there is a continual need to develop new antimicrobial drugs. Researchers at Boise State are looking at drugs that can interrupt the way bacteria communicate with each other.

Researcher in Idaho is developing novel methods to control microorganism transmission

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:55:32 +0000

John H. Thurston, Ph.D.

Potentially pathogenic microorganisms, including Staphylococcus aureus, are becoming increasingly pervasive in society. Researchers at The College of Idaho are developing new materials that use light to control the viable population of these microorganisms in the environment. It is hoped that the work may lead to novel approaches to reduce the transmission and rate of infection for a wide variety of problematic microorganisms.

University of Wyoming Researchers Engineer Silkworms to Produce Stronger Silk

Jessica Hoffman — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:24:46 +0000

Genetically engineered silkworms including this one produced silk that was much stronger than regular silkworm silk. University of Wyoming researchers developed the genetic sequences to alter the silkworms, which were housed at a University of Notre Dame laboratory. (Malcolm Fraser, University of Notre Dame)

Working with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame and Zhejiang University in China, UW researchers have genetically engineered silkworms to spin silk containing spider silk proteins. Those fibers are stronger than fibers normally spun by silkworms and almost as tough as spider silk.

The team’s research was publicized in the Jan. 3 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s top scientific journals. The successful genetic engineering of silkworms has attracted worldwide media attention.

uw-researchers-engineer-silkworms-to-produce-stronger-silk.html

VGN’s James Vincent named Globus Online user of the month

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:46 +0000

By Rajkumar Kettimuthu

James has transferred more than 5TBs of data in less than one month. He has transferred data between several TereGrid/XSEDE resources (including Blacklight, Golem, Lonestar, Ranch and Ranger) and also between his Vermont site and XSEDE resources. He has obtained stellar transfer rates — as high as 1.3 Gbps!

https://www.globusonline.org/2011/12/06/december-2011-user-of-the-month-james-vincent/

Dr. James Vincent

Montana State researcher studies the mechanisms of Aspergillus.

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:25:48 +0000

Dr. Robert Cramer, at Montana State University, is working with Aspergillus fumigatus, a filamentous fungus that is responsible for significant mortality in immunocompromised patients.

For further information: http://www.montana.edu/cobre/rp2.html

Researchers share equipment, space and ideas to fight ALS

Jessica Hoffman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:51:19 +0000

Three scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center are combining their expertise to better understand the mechanism of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Hiroshi Nishimune, PhD, Paige Geiger, PhD, and John Stanford, PhD, are collaborating to provide earlier diagnosis and better treatment of the fatal motor neuron disease.

http://www.kumc.edu/kinbre/news.html