Sentences with word «biomineralization»

This new origin of biomineralization coincides with major changes that mark the end of a period known as the «boring billion» (SN: 11/14/15, p. 18), said Stanford University paleontologist Erik Sperling, who was not involved in the discovery.

«We have made electrochemically active materials using a fungal manganese biomineralization process,» says Geoffrey Gadd of the University of Dundee in Scotland.

«Previously, we thought that collagen fibrils could serve as passive templates, however, this study confirmed that collagen fibrils play an active role in biomineralization by controlling nucleation pathways and energy barriers.

One of the key goals in this emerging field of organic biomineralization is to understand how organisms control crystallization and to determine if these strategies could be harnessed in the development of new materials, bearing in mind that many biological optical devices display functionalities beyond the state of the art in artificial optics.

The new study is the first to demonstrate the synthesis of active electrode materials using a fungal biomineralization process, illustrating the great potential of these fungal processes as a source of useful biomaterials.

These observations indicate that AMTN plays a subtle yet critical role in enamel biomineralization, particularly during the establishment of the outer and surface enamel layers.

Geme, who grew up in an area of Russia not far from Chernobyl and so has a personal interest in nuclear clean - up, was one of the few people at the meeting who knew the significance of Krejci's presentation in advance: the talk's title, focusing on biomineralization, did not mention Japan, radioactivity or nuclear accidents.

At about 809 million years old, the find is the oldest evidence of organisms controlling the formation of minerals, a process called biomineralization.

«Until now, white biotechnology has labored under the idea that mineralization could not be recreated using biological models, because it was assumed that it took a combination of several proteins and a number of factors that were not readily understandable to make biomineralization possible,» she explains.

Joanna Aizenberg pursues a broad range of research interests that include biomineralization, biomimetics, self - assembly, crystal engineering, surface chemistry, nanofabrication, biomaterials, biomechanics and biooptics.

Uncovering regulatory genes involved in the scleractinian biomineralization process and their coded proteins is truly a challenge because genetic manipulation methods of mutagenesis are not yet accessible in scleractinian corals.

Professor McKee believes that a better understanding of the role of proteins in the calcification events that drive eggshell hardening and strength through biomineralization could have important implications for food safety.

Congratulations to Dr. James De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on earning the 2013 American Association for Crystal Growth Award for his foundational insights into the processes underlying biomineralization and biomolecular assembly.

A chemical engineer by training, his expertise includes biomass pretreatment, enzyme engineering, biofuel cells, nanomaterials, microfluidics, desalination and silica biomineralization.

Financial support by the German Science Foundation priority program 1117 «Principles of Biomineralization» and the Max Planck Society are gratefully acknowledged.

Besides stable biogenic species, ACC occurs as a transient precursor phase in biomineralization.

Benjamin Palmer, an HFSP Cross-Disciplinary Fellow, describes his research in the emerging field of organic biomineralization, and in particular on the intricate structure and functioning of the mirrored eye of the scallop.

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The presence of that protein makes calcium carbonate crystals form in a nanostructured pattern, rather than smooth and even crystal, study coauthor Marc McKee, a biomineralization researcher at McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues found.

Even unsaturated solutions contain stable neutral clusters of calcium carbonate, which may aid in crystallization and biomineralization.

Calcium carbonate has great scientific relevance in biomineralization and geosciences, forming enormous scales of biological (reefs and ocean sediments) and geological origin, which bind a huge amount of CO2 and affect the chemistry of ocean water (1) and, with it, Earth's atmosphere and climate.

In contrast, there is increasing evidence that small polymeric species and stable clusters play a dominant role in the prenucleation stage of biomineralization and the formation of organic nanoparticles (16, 17).

«Recognizing MMP - 20's function in biomineralization is one of the first steps to learning how dental enamel forms in nature,» said Qichao Ruan, lead author of the hydrogel study and a postdoctoral research associate in the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at USC.

It's previously reported that the genes ENAM, MMP, and AMEL might play a role in tooth enamel formation and biomineralization.

The strategy and mechanistic insights from the work on sodium chloride provides a blueprint for predicting growth rates in materials synthesis, pharmaceuticals and biomineralization.

«What Mother Nature does in tooth enamel encourages us to revisit known theories in nanocrystal science, polymer, composite, biomineralization, self - assembly and surface science,» Tian said.

«This is wonderfully exemplified in the realm of inorganic materials formation by organisms, so - called «biomineralization».

«GFP alone simply coexists with calcium carbonate — it surrounds the calcium carbonate lattice like a jacket without changing it,» explains the biomineralization expert.

«This finding simplifies matters and opens up new possibilities for white biotechnology,» says Weiss, who is Head of the Biomineralization Program at the INM.

Biomineralization Processes: Investigation of biomineralization processes, particularly amelogenin, the protein which forms enamel using solid state NMR, neutron reflectivity and physical chemistry methods.

«This work opens new avenues for the investigation of biomineralization.

Professor Aizenberg's research is aimed at understanding some of the basic principles of biomineralization and the economy with which biology solves complex problems in the design of functional inorganic materials.

Biomineralization of the coral's skeleton is a developmental process that occurs concurrently with other proliferation processes that control the animal extension and growth.

These gene expression characteristics of many cellular processes, among them are biomineralization and tissue growth, which are coordinated by networks of regulatory genes.

Key words: Stylophora pistillata; inorganic carbon; biomineralization; CO2 - concentrating - mechanism; Carbonic anhydrase.

He was recognized for «pioneering research that advanced the fundamental understanding of the molecular - level mechanisms of biomineralization, and translated those principles into realizable materials technologies; and for his leadership in the materials sciences research community.»

From Molecular Mechanisms of Biomineralization and Bioadhesion to Applications in Nanobiotechnology

Shaw is an expert in catalysis and biomineralization processes, and has a Ph.D. in physical / biophysical chemistry from the University of Washington.

Washington, DC, 14 April 2011 - How amino acids attach to mineral surfaces is important for understanding bioadhesion, biomineralization, solar cell development and the origin of life.