Sentences with phrase «focusing on animal studies»

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Previous studies of animal speed have focused only on certain groups of animals, such as mammals.

The biologists behind the new research findings synthesized decades of studies on fossil beetles, focusing on beetles associated with the dung of large animals in the past or with woodlands and trees.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

Hanna Granroth - Wilding, who led the study, said: «Our knowledge of disease in wild animals has tended to focus on the individual, but our study shows that we need to pay more attention to the broader consequences of disease to fully appreciate the role that it plays in wild populations, especially those whose numbers may be under threat.»

The study — which looked at the action of Substance P within nerve cells in the lab and in animal models — focused on acute pain, but Professor Gamper aims to look at its role within chronic pain as well.

«Most previous research into ways of delaying the onset of HD symptoms have focused on studying the mutant protein in cells or in animal models, but the relevance of abnormalities in those systems to what actually happens in patients remains a huge assumption,» says James Gusella, PhD, director of the Center for Human Genetic Research (CHGR) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), corresponding author of the Cell paper.

Although it has always been believed that sponges are so simple than their responses to stimuli are minimal, the study identifies some genes involved in nerve conduction in more complex animals: «This proves that sponges» responses to environmental changes or physical stimuli may be more complex than it was thought,» underlines Ana Riesgo, who also participates in the project Actiquim, focused on chemical ecology in Antarctica.

Vines and his colleagues focused on a type of data collection that hasn't changed all that much, certain types of morphological studies of plants and animals.

Studies of swarms focus on how animals move — think of birds flocking or fish schooling — while neglecting the dynamics of their internal states.

Mainstream biology has followed in Morgan's wake, focusing on animals suitable for studying genetic and embryonic development.

For the study, the researchers used an unusually large dataset made up of the sequences of 128 proteins from 55 species, including representatives of all the major animal groups, focusing in particular on those that diverged very early.

Isotope analyses focused on 15N, which reflects dietary animal protein and 34S, which showed an increased amount of railway vegetation for rail - using bears in a previous study.

Researchers focused their study on 100 municipalities in Colorado, the only state to compile public data for animal shelter surrenders and other statistics.

Until now, most studies of animal migration have focused on large, easy - to - study birds and mammals.

Sharpe and Emery's study focuses on Aguateca, Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan, capitals during the late Classic period (A.D 500 to 900) and indicates that the Maya had a complex social system regulating trade, food distribution and access to animal species.

Previous studies focusing on spatial - reward associative learning in foraging animals have assumed that foraging efficiency increases as the forager learns the locations of greater rewards.

Roth, whose research is focused on understanding the processes by which natural selection influences the use of space in animals, is taking the lead on studying the chickadees» neuroanatomy.

Most studies of animal warning colors focus on how well they deter potential predators, but far fewer have examined whether the same signals help their bearers avoid detection by parasites, prey, or competitors, the researchers say.

Scientists studying the potential effects of climate change on the world's animal and plant species are focusing on the wrong factors, according to a new paper by a research team from the Wildlife Conservation Society, University of Queensland, and other organizations.

Haslam studies the evolution of behaviour and culture and thinks archaeology has focused too much on the highly unusual human animal.

A close - up on a Demodex folliculorum face mite, the focus of a new study that uses genetic testing to reveal the microscopic animal's evolutionary link to our own ever - evolving human story.

«I see that frantic search for money in other junior professors, and it makes me appreciative that I can focus on my research program,» says Manns, now in his first year as an assistant professor studying neuroscience and animal behavior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

His scientific work focuses on combining organoids, bioengineering, and animal studies to regenerate damaged bile ducts in the liver as an alternative therapy to liver transplantation.

Future work will focus on identifying cellular targets of ampulexins, and potentially generating a useful animal model for the study of Parkinson's disease treatments.

But a new opportunity may be opening up for studies of chimpanzee behavior and cognition: A first - of - its - kind partnership between a sanctuary and a research center, announced this month, is designed to bolster the scientific output of facilities that have until now primarily focused on the long - term care of their animals.

In nonhuman primates, most epidemiologic studies of adenoviruses have focused on their identification in fecal samples from asymptomatic animals [6], [7], [8].

The American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology focuses on the physiology of the heart, blood vessels and lymphatics, including experimental and theoretical studies of cardiovascular function at all levels of organization ranging from the intact animal to the cellular, subcellular and molecular levels.

The following profile of REGEN2017 student Susannah Kassmer, Ph.D., appears in the fall edition of the MDI Biological Laboratory's «Breaking Through» magazine, which focuses on how the study of highly regenerative animal models can help science understand the potential for regeneration in humans.

Although most students in the course focused their projects on companion or farm animals, a few of us ventured to the zoo world to study more exotic species.

Our work focused on Drosophilia, one of the most powerful animal models for studying the cellular and molecular basis of sleep - wake rhythms.

In this context, Dr. Woo's work focuses on deepening the understanding of these mechanisms based on postmortem human brains and animal studies using a variety of protein and gene expression techniques, in addition to the utilization of differentiated human neurons.

«After the neurobiological studies pointed out the important role of the GABAB receptor in nicotine reward, and we had positive data in a variety of animal models of nicotine dependence, it was time to focus our efforts on discovery of new molecules that could become therapeutics to assist people to quit smoking.»

Since most of the research work still focuses on early basic science work and studies in animals, the funding has mainly created jobs tied to laboratory construction and positions for new scientists, assistants and lab technicians, the study said.

His research interests are focused on the molecular genetics of the inherited myopathies and neuromuscular junction disorders and the study of animal models of these disorders as a means to understand their pathophysiology as well as to develop means to monitor disease progression and therapeutic interventions.

Our wet - lab research is focused on the study of Brucella, a facultative intracellular bacterium that causes brucellosis, one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world in humans and a variety of animal species.

Seminar topics range from entrepreneurship and use of animal and human research subjects to neuroethics, an area of study at the CSNE that focuses on the ethical implications of technology used to reconnect the brain and body.

The researchers focused on a process — known as «homeostatic scaling down» — that has been well - studied in lab neurons but not before in living animals.

According to the scientists, the study focuses on the relationship between growth rate and metabolic rates in animals and then extends the same to long - extinct animals such as dinosaurs.

The phylogenetic position of the cephalochordate amphioxus, together with its relatively simple and evolutionarily conserved morphology and genome structure, has led to its use as a model for studies of animal evolution, with a special focus on the origin of deuterostomes, chordates, and vertebrates.

While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study human disorders such as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.

Experimental studies of animal learning have typically focused on the learning mechanism rather than on social issues, such as who learns from whom.

Made major contributions to the field of immunology through his studies on immune tolerance in animal models, with particular focus on transplantation tolerance and autoimmunity, in addition to pioneering the use of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against T cells, resulting in the development of Campath - 1H, the first humanised monoclonal antibody to be used therapeutically.

His research originally focussed on understanding the early evolution of the arthropods, and now studies the origins of the animals from both palaeontological and developmental perspectives.

Tardigrades are one of the most radiation tolerant animals on Earth, and current research is focused on studying the patterns of tolerance to radiation, and to reveal the underlying mechanisms.

Godwin's findings are a validation of the MDI Biological Laboratory's unique research approach, which is focused on studying regeneration in a diverse range of animal models with the goal of gaining insight into how to trigger dormant genetic pathways for regeneration in humans.

To mimic these conditions in an animal study, Skaar and his colleagues focused their research on mice exposed to C. diff while being given antibiotics.

And of course, you know that the China Study was focused on meat animal protein, and had nothing to do with whey protein, which is a totally different thing.

In addition, a new study conducted on animals, also revealed at the symposium, focused on the beneficial effect of a symbiotic (prebiotic and probiotic) maple sap drink in recovering gut flora balance, which can be lost for several reasons, including treatment with antibiotics.

The Mediterranean diet, with its focus on reduced saturated animal fats, has been studied over and overs show increased longevity.

Most studies have focused on the effect of individual BAs administered intravenously to laboratory animals or healthy volunteers, but these results are difficult to transfer to food intake since the intravenous response is several times higher than that obtained with oral administrations [87].