Strong background in molecular biology /
cell biology with emphasis on virology, cell cultures, viral vectors, protein design and vaccine.
Dr. Wei - Ping Li completed her Ph.D. in
cell biology with Jürgen Roth, the «immunogold master» who pioneered the use of immunogold EM on thin sections (Sedwick 2013).
The laboratory has a strong interest in developmental stem
cell biology with a focus on understanding the development of the liver and blood - forming tissues.
â $ œSuccessfully integrating knowledge of stem
cell biology with bioprocess engineering and process development is the challenging goal of this program, â $ says McDevitt.
Not exact matches
His research has spanned hematopoiesis, gene therapy, stem
cell biology, genomics and cancer, consistently focusing on bringing the very latest research advances to patients
with heretofore incurable diseases.
SYNTHETIC
BIOLOGY: REPROGRAMMING THE
CELL With Peter Beetham of CIBUS, Nessan Bermingham of Intellia Therapeutics, Rachel Haurwitz of Caribou Biosciences, Kathy L. Hudson of the National Institutes of Health, and Alice Park of Time
I could go on and elaborate on a number of other disciplines or facts that creationists have to pretend into oblivion to retain their faith, including the Ice Ages, cavemen and early hominids, much of microbiology, paleontology and archeology, continental drift and plate tectonics, even large parts of medical research (medical research on monkeys and mice only works because they share a common ancestor
with us and therefore our fundamental
cell biology and basic body architecture is identical to theirs).
Even large parts of medical research would be rendered unusable but for the fact that monkeys and mice share a common ancestor
with us and therefore our fundamental
cell biology and basic body architecture is identical to theirs.
Evolutionary
biology provides us
with a reason why sickle
cell anemia is so prevalent.
Dr. Liyun Li graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT and received her M.D.
with honors from Harvard Medical School where she studied stem
cell biology and cultivated a keen clinical...
The audience roars
with laughter as Polish tells how he initiated select new members into the
cell biology lab he worked in after college
with strategically placed miniature dry - ice bombs fabricated from plastic Eppendorf test tubes.
With a doctorate in molecular and
cell biology, she originally came to Stanford University to pursue a postdoc.
Researchers at the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB), an NSF Science and Technology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, study plants like this Arabidopsis thaliana to learn how molecules,
cells and tissues integrate mechanics within plant and animal
biology,
with the aim of creating new materials, biomedical therapies and agricultural technologies.
The goal of synthetic
biology, which combines
biology with engineering, is to (re) program
cells in order to improve their performance in a specific task, or so that they can efficiently perform a new task.
Molecular
biology chiefly concerns itself
with understanding the interactions between the various systems of a
cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated.
«Computerized
biology, or how to control a population of
cells with a computer.»
«We don't know what [the government] will do
with it, but we shall remain vigilant,» says Alain Trautmann, co-director of the
cell biology department at the Cochin Institute and spokesman for the protest movement.
My research has implemented MFC methods for
cell manipulation and molecular
biology and has been applying them in collaboration
with local life science researchers.
The discovery is an important advance in the search for new medications to fight obesity, said senior investigator Shingo Kajimura, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of
cell and tissue biology, with a joint appointment in the UCSF Diabetes Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at U
cell and tissue
biology,
with a joint appointment in the UCSF Diabetes Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem
Cell Research at U
Cell Research at UCSF.
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists have expanded their knowledge of how living
cells work
with new approaches including genomics, proteomics, and systems
biology.
Synthetic
biology enables researchers to tackle a huge and diverse range of applied problems: building a
cell with the smallest possible genome; synthesizing proteins
with extra amino acids — more than the 20 found in nature; using bacteria to produce medicines previously too complex to synthesize; even decomposing living organisms into standard, off - the - shelf «biobricks» that can be assembled on demand.
The group then ran dozens of microscopy tests
with Dan Wagner, Rice associate professor of biochemistry and
cell biology, to see how different formulations and amounts of biochar affected
cell signaling.
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.
His research career, peppered
with landmark discoveries that go all the way from uncovering the basic principles of how DNA instructs
cells to make proteins to unraveling the genetic blueprint of the puffer fish, is an indelible part of the history of molecular
biology.
The findings were published recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by a group that includes Rony A. François, an M.D. / Ph.D. student working
with Maria Zajac - Kaye, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine's department of anatomy and
cell biology.
Maria Zajac - Kaye, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Medicine's department of anatomy and
cell biology, and Rony François, an M.D. / Ph.D. student who works
with her, found a new drug combination that inhibits one form of pancreatic cancer tumor and kills its
cells.
«It was kind of fun being at a medical school and known as the weird guy who worked
with dogs,» says Modiano, who is now a professor of comparative oncology at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and the Masonic Cancer Center, where his research focuses on immunology, cancer
cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene therapy.
Johnson's team borrowed a technique from cancer
biology, called the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), which creates a huge library of random, short chains of nucleotides, called aptamers, and then incubates them
with a target of choice, such a specific breast cancer
cell.
Two of his math professors were collaborating
with physiologist Joshua Singer, also at Northwestern, who was keen to model the
biology of a retinal
cell called the AII amacrine interneuron.
«The gene has been cloned, and we know it interferes
with the production of toxic amyloid fragments,» says Ralph Nixon, a professor of psychiatry and
cell biology at New York University School of Medicine and a past chair of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Association.
In one episode, he interviews a
biology professor who matches the stages of
cell division to memorable theme songs; converting this into a multimedia piece, Shapiro made a minute - long movie called Pink Floyd and the dancing embryos, splicing together video segments
with a musical soundtrack.
Yanhai Yin, a professor of genetics, development and
cell biology and a Plant Sciences Institute Faculty Scholar, said the biological processes that oversee plant growth and drought response often clash
with one another.
During this period, he became interested in
cell and molecular
biology thanks in part to discussions he had
with a roommate about his graduate research in Iowa's microbiology program.
«This paper is a great example of how chemistry can help make step changes in
biology,» says Matthew Dalby, a professor of
cell engineering at the University of Glasgow and co-senior author on the study
with Ulijn.
They have made it easy for anyone
with basic molecular
biology training to insert, remove, and edit genes in
cells, including sperm, eggs, and embryos, potentially curing genetic diseases or adding desirable traits.
Like many graduates, Seno spent a couple of years working in an academic lab after he graduated from Purdue University
with a degree in
cell biology in 1998.
Armed
with his first big discovery, Allison won a full professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became co-chair of the department of molecular and
cell biology and director of the cancer research lab.
If you want a career doing research, for example, you'll climb higher
with the Ph.D., says Lane, who was a biochemistry and
cell biology professor at Rice University earlier in her career.
«It is also an advantage if the postdoc can occasionally tag along
with the adviser at a scientific conference and possibly be introduced to some bigwigs in the field,» adds Katherine Mould, a postdoc in the department of biochemistry, molecular
biology, and
cell biology at Northwestern University.
I graduated from Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan, in 1991
with a degree in zoology and continued my studies at Kyoto University in
cell biology.
In fact, there's reason to believe that all of the properties of
cell biology that made complex life possible in the next geologic era were put in place here: cytoskeletons that allow eukaryotic
cells to change shape, and
cell polarity that allows
cells to send a molecular message to one side of the
cell but not the other, and to interact
with nearby
cells.
She graduated from Dartmouth College
with a B.A. in genetics,
cell and developmental
biology, and from Harvard University
with an A.L.M. in
biology.
It was the first time I took a course in
biology that had nothing to do
with cells or genes or medicine.
A wide variety of conditions that affect human adults,
with the notable exception of cancer and infections, could be aided if we could stimulate regeneration, argues Mark T. Keating, a professor of
cell biology at Harvard Medical School.
The majority worked in the life sciences,
with molecular
biology,
cell biology, neuroscience, and biochemistry the best - represented fields.
Dr. Taraska's lab studies the structural
cell biology of exocytosis and endocytosis
with advanced imaging methods including live
cell microscopy, superresolution fluorescence, and electron microscopy.
«However,
with the capability to image live
cells in the process of dividing, stopping, and then continuing to divide, under different conditions, the fruit fly system allows us to understand the steps necessary in this very basic process of
cell biology.»
«This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our
cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian
biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field
with vast implications for our health and well - being.»
«Our results underscore the need for the field of regenerative medicine to proceed
with care,» said the study's co-corresponding author Kevin Eggan, an HSCI Principal Faculty member and the director of stem
cell biology for the Stanley Center.
Sharanya Prasad, who recently graduated
with her Ph.D. in molecular and
cell biology from UC Berkeley, knew from the start that she wanted to go into industry, but she found the number of options and career paths to choose from overwhelming.