Sentences with phrase «collecting samples»

I spent my time in class designing an experiment, reviewing the research literature, collecting samples, writing a formal paper summarizing my findings, and presenting these findings at an oral defense.

Rinse your mouth with water immediately before collecting the samples.

November 23, 2015 New test may improve diagnosis and treatment of pancreatobiliary and other gastrointestinal cancers By collecting samples from the portal vein — which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver — physicians can learn far more about a patient's pancreatic cancer than by relying on peripheral blood from a more easily accessed vein in the arm.

Our researchers are actively collecting samples of blood and bone marrow (voluntary) from patients with Diamond - Blackfan anemia and other bone marrow failure syndromes.

Glenn Svensson, a chemical ecologist at The University of Lund in Sweden, led an international team of scientists, including members Joshua Tree Genome Project, in collecting samples of Joshua tree scent.

Our fieldwork has recorded the changes in zoobenthos by collecting samples from the seabed and taking underwater photos.

The researchers studied between 42 and 97 dogs each year, collecting samples in order to measure the levels of healthy motile sperm, that is, sperm capable of reaching the egg.

Rutishauser said they are collecting samples of the saltwater to determine the presence of microbes.

If all goes well, Cassini will repeat that orbit on a weekly basis until September 15, collecting samples of Saturn's atmosphere and measuring its mass and weight in the process, according to The Verge.

Who knows... maybe one day humans will be collecting samples from these and other habitable environments on Mars.

During the seven - hour round - trip, Cameron spent about three hours at Challenger Deep collecting samples for marine biology, microbiology, astrobiology, marine geology and geophysics research.

After trimming some excess fat, Böhringer believes the centipede could ultimately carry 50 times its body weight, which might make it useful for collecting samples on a Mars mission.

Greg Holland of the University of Manchester, UK, and colleagues have arrived at a different theory after collecting samples of the noble gas krypton from several hundred metres beneath New Mexico.

Shapiro says that collecting samples during other times of the year, when the traditional diet dominates, might yield different results.

Solomon said research teams began making monthly visits to the Big Thicket test sites just a few weeks after Harvey and will continue collecting samples for one year.

They spent nearly 21 hours on the lunar surface, collecting samples of rock and soil and setting up remote instruments.

«We've studied five large wastewater treatment plants, collecting samples over a period of two years.

Outside of work, Kearney is a naturalist at heart and has long enjoyed exploring, observing and collecting samples of the natural world.

They cautioned him that if the government did shut down on 1 October, he would violate the government's mandatory shutdown if he continued to hike around the wilds of Guatemala collecting samples of Solanum bulbocastanum.

In 2009, Vanderbilt doctoral student Tamara Carley, who has just accepted the position of assistant professor at Layfayette College, began collecting samples from volcanoes and sands derived from erosion of Icelandic volcanoes.

Long before satellite sensors filled the sky, scientists like Reheis sought to identify the provenance of widely spread sediments by collecting samples of airborne dust particles and analyzing their mineral content.

By collecting samples from three different groups of patients, the researchers were able to compare the health of the precursor fat cells of the three groups.

Her job was to travel through remote areas of the Ute reservation, collecting samples from streams, creeks, and rivers.

Then Fobos - Grunt will extend a robot arm and start collecting samples of regolith — surface soil and rocks — for return to Earth.

«While we use amphibians as an example in this article, the negative effects of collecting samples from endangered animal populations is a concern that applies across taxa and around the world.

Yet because of the difficulty in collecting samples from so far below the ocean surface, and because of the large area that was impacted by the spill, a number of gaps in understanding the fate of the oil over time remained.

Berman then systematically cuts through the innards organ by organ, collecting samples before the organs are lifted carefully out of the way — sometimes using heavy machinery — to reveal the next layer.

By labeling and collecting samples of Lynx1 and its precursors from the brains of mice at different ages, the researchers tracked how its levels changed over time.

Her team set up transects, walking along 100 - meter lines, marking down the species observed and collecting samples.

So, collecting samples and collecting data about the samples and then just sitting on them while you analyze them to your heart's content is not really acceptable in my opinion.

Nicholas Clements, a director at Delos Labs, is collecting samples of the office microbiome: bacteria, fungi and more that live in the office's nooks and crannies, and on the surfaces that people touch every day.

«We've been collecting samples in a lot of places to analyze DNA and RNA,» Tringe says.

Enkelmann appreciates the challenge of collecting samples here because this range has the highest peaks of any coastal mountain range and is only 20 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, but she points out that it is a tough area to study because of the big ice sheets.

I had my own lab, with a microscope and chemicals and binoculars, and I made these walks in nature, collecting samples,» Vermeulen says.

McAloose and her colleagues are now working on collecting samples from dogs and small wild carnivores in the Russian Far East to get a more complete picture of the various strains of CDV in circulation in the hopes of linking tiger infections to a source, knowledge that would hopefully aid in preventing more infections among tigers.

They searched burn sites for materials that might have ignited, collecting samples of wood chips, industrial sludge, and fresh and rotten tatami, a commonly used floor covering made of rice straw.

To minimize the risk to researchers, Munster helped develop a protocol for collecting samples from dead animals: swabbing the outside instead of using sharp instruments to collect blood or tissue.

I learned Spanish to aid in collecting samples for my thesis on coral immunogenetics in Honduras.

Although not quite as exciting as collecting samples from live animals in the field, working with hunters and trappers has several advantages.

Last December Whittaker, who is also a contender with a separate team for the $ 30 million Google Lunar X-Prize, demonstrated the four - wheeled rover, collecting samples of soil and rock guided by a laser camera.

Here, Apollo 16 moonwalker John Young is collecting samples that would prove that these lunar highlands were shaped more by meteorites than by volcanism.

The two traps began collecting samples on July 19, 2011 — 130 days after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami — and were recovered and reset annually.

Greg Holland of the University of Manchester, UK, and colleagues have other ideas, after collecting samples of the noble gas krypton beneath New Mexico.

The Super-TIGER experiment earns its stripes 25 miles above the South Pole, collecting samples of distant stars — and possibly evidence of a black hole much closer to home.

«Elemental fingerprinting sounds a little CSI, but it's the idea that you can sort something back to its origin,» says Zipkin, a member of the Olorgesailie research team and a leader in the method, which involves collecting samples of different kinds of material from a number of sites.

Next week, Athletigen, which is in the process of raising seed funding, will be collecting samples from more than 60 elite track - and - field athletes at ALTIS, a training center in Phoenix.

Trust me: It's worth collecting samples and learning what others are mailing.

For example, if you're trying to publish statistics on small business websites, you could collect a sample group from small business websites you find on your own, and use their sites to inform your research.

It will need to train staff to collect samples and operate every stage of a complex pipeline.

In it, astronauts could explore, collect samples, and maneuver in and out of habitats and rovers, and fairly easily take it on and off.