Sentences with phrase «organismal studies»

The Heidelberg researchers study the function and molecular structure of these «weapons systems» at the Centre for Organismal Studies.

«The underlying mechanisms still need to be clarified,» states the Heidelberg researcher, who leads the Molecular Evolution and Genomics research group at the Centre for Organismal Studies.

Using the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly as a model organism, the team led by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Lohmann at Heidelberg University's Centre for Organismal Studies was able to show how a special developmental gene from the Hox family influences germline stem cells.

To fulfil the promise of stem cell therapy, it is important to discover the function of the respective stem cells and understand how they interact with their environment, that is, the surrounding cells and tissues,» explains Prof. Lohmann, who heads the Developmental Biology research group at the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS).

The research team led by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Lohmann of the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) studied the function of a special developmental gene of the Hox gene family.

«Animals interact with their environment based on stereotypical movement patterns, such as those performed during running, breathing or feeding,» explains Prof. Lohmann, who directs the Developmental Biology research group at the Centre for Organismal Studies.

Not exact matches

The findings, published recently in the peer - reviewed academic journal Nature Communications, show periodically flooded soils may actually lose organic matter at accelerated rates, said Steven Hall, an assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology and corresponding author of the study.

«The octopus genome makes studies of cephalopod traits much more tractable, and now represents an important point on the tree of life for comparative evolutionary studies,» said Ragsdale, an associate professor in neurobiology and organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago.

In particular, it has been difficult in empirical studies to rule out the possibility that evolvability arises and is maintained as a byproduct of selection on organismal features more directly related to fitness.

Holding's collaborators on the California study were H. Lisle Gibbs, an Ohio State professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology, and James Biardi of Fairfield University in Connecticut.

«As pectoral fins evolve different shapes, behaviors, and mechanical properties, we've shown that the sensory system is also evolving with them,» said Brett Aiello, a PhD student in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and the lead author of the study.

«Collaboration among scientists with different perspectives and expertise can take research in whole new directions,» said Melina Hale, the William Rainey Harper Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and senior author of the study.

«Coarse textures are reflected in the spatial pattern of responses by one set of receptors, but that's only a small part of the story,» said the study's senior author, Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago.

As a result, adds Robert Dudley, an organismal biologist at UC Berkeley, even more engineers are now studying animal flight than biologists.

The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, is the first discovery of rigor mortis in worms and provides new insight into the process of «organismal» death.

«From our data we suspect the songbird dreams of singing,» said Daniel Margoliash, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, and principal investigator in the study.

Integration of morphology, physiology and behavioral performance studies of vertebrates to understand organismal adaptations to the environment.

«As the earliest known haramiyid, Haramiyavia is the key piece of evidence for inferences about the timeline of early mammalian evolution,» said study co-author Zhe - Xi Luo, PhD, professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago.

Overall, these studies will progress our understanding on how organismal aging is an integrated process resulting from signaling events in muscle and other tissues.

«This fossil is a unique representative from an incredibly important era in the evolution of mammals; the ecosystem of the whole world changed as the Triassic transitioned into the Jurassic,» said study senior author Neil Shubin, PhD, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago.

We will study how signaling mechanisms impact homeostasis in cell - free, cell - based, and organismal systems, with a particular focus on the highly topical role of autophagy in different processes and studying autophagic mechanisms in depth.

«This is where the rubber meets the road in building touch - senstive neuroprosthetics,» said Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago and senior author of the study.

This symposium discusses the degree to which genetic association studies can inform us about development, what the conceptual and practical challenges are, and how such models help us to understand organismal evolution.

Until now, lincRNAs have been studied primarily in cell lines rather than at the organismal level, which has precluded research into how lincRNAs affect growth and development.

We study how various physiological and molecular processes including physical activity, fat metabolism, circadian clocks, advanced glycation end products, calcification and intestinal permeability are influenced by nutrients to impact organismal health and survival.