Sentences with phrase «biology lab uses»

LiWang's structural biology lab uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the parent technology for MRI, to study the protein structure and dynamics of biological molecules and then uses the structures to gain insights into their function.

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He earned degrees in cell biology and tissue engineering and eventually got a job in a lab run by Vladimir Mironov, who was investigating the use of bioprinting — 3 - D printing using living cells — to generate replacement organs.

In those conversations, they hatched the idea of using their scientific training and Selden's marine biology expertise to grow fish in the lab.

Of course this will be thoroughly analysed and dissected and all those words you use in the biology lab in the coming weeks, and months and probably even years to come.

«We combine a biological lab that includes molecular biology and biochemistry with the analytical chemistry using mass spectrometry,» Sharon says.

His lab began by working with Matt Bennett, assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice, to make use of two tailored forms of E. coli bacteria created by Rice graduate student Chen Ye.

At this point, synthetic biology takes place mainly at lab benches, but this technology is aimed at mainstream uses and is becoming more accessible to mainstream users.

In the new study, Dangl and colleagues delved more deeply into this relationship, using mutant versions of Arabidopsis thaliana, a weed that has long been the standard «lab rat» of plant biology research.

Through iGEM, interdisciplinary teams of supervised students or community lab members throughout the world engineer genetic systems, using standardized biological parts, to tackle a broad variety of global synthetic biology challenges, from producing sustainable chemicals to detecting environmental contaminants.

Working on Arabidopsis, a model plant used widely in plant biology labs, Cutler and his colleagues focused their efforts on tinkering with one of the plant endogenous systems involved in drought responses.

«We may have discovered a major step toward developing a «dream tool» for remotely controlling neural circuits, by manipulating specific cells using engineered gene products that respond to magnets,» said Ali Deniz Güler, a UVA biology professor who led the study in his neuroscience lab.

This retroviral vector technique is now a tool routinely used in molecular biology labs and clinical trials.

Andrew Huberman, PhD: Each of our labs uses a variety of techniques such as anatomy or imaging, or physiology, molecular biology and genetics but no two labs are exactly the same; so what's really great about the Catalyst for a Cure initiative is that each lab is very expert in one or a few of those different techniques.

Scientists have traditionally used Sanger sequencing to validate these constructs, as the relatively low cost and quick turn - around time of Sanger sequencing have historically matched the needs of most molecular biology labs.

Prior to joining at the DOE JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni was a co-founder and Chief Science Officer at a clean technology start - up, Bio Architecture Lab, Inc. where his significant achievement was using synthetic biology to develop the first microbial platform technologies enabling to unlock the potential of macroalgae as highly environmentally sustainable and cost - effective biomass for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals.

Courtney did her PhD at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) and recently joined Ettema - lab to investigate the diverse protist biology using single - cell genomics and transcriptomics.

With their deep expertise in the biology of senescent cells, the Campisi lab will be focused on fundamental research into questions like how senescent cells vary in their susceptibility and resistance to immune clearance (depending on factors like their tissues of residence or the pathway that led them into senescence); the targets and mechanisms used by NK cells to clear senescent cells; and why subsets of senescent cells might persist when their similarly - situated neighbors are cleared out (and what might allow us to overcome that resistance).

A Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor and a colleague who mentors HHMI - supported undergraduates in his structural biology lab are using the...

In the lab, he uses synthetic biology to create tools to better understand human disease.

The primary component is polyacrylamide, known for its use in soft contact lenses and as the electrophoresis gel that separates DNA fragments in biology labs; the second component is alginate, a seaweed extract that is frequently used to thicken food.

Engineering T cellbots Wendell Lim's lab from USCF continue to explore the ways to control CAR T - cells precisely, using «magic of synthetic biology».

Currently, students in my lab are using molecular biology to clone the genes for guidance cues from crickets.

Students receive training with a «systems» biology approach through courses, bench work, lab discussions and publications spanning a broad range of muscle - biology questions using studies at the level of single cells, tissues, animals and humans.

The lab investigates consequences of epigenetic alterations in neuronal cancers and neurodegenerative diseases using a combination of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology with genome wide approaches to gain mechanistic insight into how chromatin architecture is modified in disease.

Its biospecimen repository is still used in translational studies of HTLV biology and pathogenesis by our lab and international collaborators.

Then for postdoctoral research I moved to Yale University, where I worked in a lab that looked at all kinds of different disease areas using the approaches of a field called chemical biology, which is using small molecules — chemicals — to probe biological systems in the hopes of developing compounds that could be new drugs.

The Li lab uses genomic tools to investigate the evolution and biology of seed - free plants: ferns, fern allies, and bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).

Both mouse and fly have been used in countless labs to look at all manner of questions in biology.

LabLit.com is edited by scientist, novelist and science writer Dr. Jennifer Rohn, who has many years of research experience in cell biology, cancer, virology, and microbiology and an incurable addiction to scientist - related literature (or «lab lit», a term she coined in 2001 which is now used widely).

Using the fruit fly Drosophila, a standard lab model for studying animal biology, the researchers discovered a cascade of molecular signals that program gene activity to drive the fly from one stage of maturation to the next, like a baby turning into an adult.

In other installments of the series, a physicist uses the 1953 film Atomic Blonde (Run for the Hills) to discuss Cold War fears and fission bombs, and a research entomologist from a bee - biology and bee - systematics lab debunks the so - called science in Wasp Woman, from 1959.

While the focus is on life sciences to prepare students for high school biology, to ensure they have the skills for projects and labs, students spend time reviewing general principles of science, the scientific method, measurement, and measuring using the metric system.

But she did enjoy knocking out two semesters of biology online and using her kitchen as a makeshift lab.

Second stage of biology lab report writing is to explain in great detail how you performed the experiment, indicating tools and procedures that you were using in every step and methods you used to obtain particular results.

The show is titled «PCR,» an abbreviation for «polymerase chain reaction,» in molecular biology the technique that finds and multiplies tiny fragments of DNA and is used by crime labs everywhere.

Created in collaboration with a team of scientists working in the fields of synthetic biology and bioelectronics, the lab has created a flesh - like human nose using biological print technology and interactive facial - recognition software that attempts to predict the viewer's DNA profile.

With a eight years of research & development experience in molecular biology and biochemistry, I desire to develop a career in biopharmaceutical industry by using my technical, scientific, leadership, problem solving and management skills to carry out lab bench work that meet the business goals of a cutting edge company.