Sentences with phrase «for microbial research»
«Our study reveals an explanation how nicotine contributes to induction of inflammation and in doing so shows new possibilities for future therapies to treat tobacco - related diseases which each year lead to premature deaths of several million people worldwide,» said Constantin Urban, a researcher involved in the work from the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research in Sweden.
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Wth technology addressing skin microbial therapeutics, fertility science, chronic disease alleviation, post traumatic stress disorder treatments, and services for the biopharmaceutical and clinical research industries; the startups selected by Illumina will have access to the company's genomics and sequencing expertise, business coaching, lab and office space and an infusion of capital.
According to the Organic Farming Research Foundation, «Organic standards set strict guidelines on manure use in organic farming: either it must be first composted, or it must be applied at least 90 days before harvest, which allows ample time for microbial breakdown of pathogens.»
«Human microbial communities play an important role in digestion and immune health and are believed to collectively endow us with the essential traits we rely on for such functions, according to the research team.
Edwardson will conduct research primarily in Shedd Aquarium's Microbial Ecology Lab, the headquarters for the Shedd Aquarium Microbiome Project.
Our research advances our knowledge of the impact of management practices on microbial communities and adds to a growing understanding of their importance for animal and environmental health.
She stayed in Boston to take her current position at Harvard Medical School, where today she maintains a lab for her research on mucosal immunology and host defenses against microbial pathogens.
SAMHD1 isn't a molecular «good guy» or «bad guy» per se, but there are cases in which blocking its activity might thwart disease progression, said Li Wu, the study's senior author and a professor of veterinary biosciences and microbial infection and immunity in Ohio State's Center for Retrovirus Research.
«This work provides a foundation for the development of novel antiviral agents to combat Ebola virus,» said Dr. Christopher Basler, director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Microbial Pathogenesis.
The interesting thing about the research is that Madsen's team was able to isolate the organism that was actually responsible for what they saw in the field, says microbial biologist Norman Pace of the University of Colorado, Boulder.
«I think it's important [for journals] to be discussing this, but I think it's unrealistic to think that journals can and should play the role of the sole enforcer,» says Claire Fraser, director of The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Maryland, which posts a range of microbial gene sequences online.
«Nerves control the body's bacterial community: Research team proves, for the first time, that there is close cooperation between the nervous system and the microbial population of the body.»
High in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa grows a bristly shrub that embodies the tug - of - war taking place between industrialized and developing nations over the value of genetic resources — the genes found in plant, animal or microbial cells used for research as well as in commercial products, such as enhanced seeds and naturally derived cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
«Both malaria and Helicosporidium started out as alga and ended up as intracellular parasites preying on animals, but they have done it in very different ways,» says Keeling, director of the Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution at UBC and a Senior Fellow of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Steve Evans, who received a Ph.D. in microbial physiology from the University of Mississippi, is currently a research fellow at Dow AgroSciences, where his is responsible for identifying and acquiring differentiating biotechnology capabilities.
After finishing my Ph.D. at the Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, I had worked in two different research groups as a postdoctoral researcher, which gave me some experience in lab design.
This opens new possibilities to the use this treatment for other diseases related to microbial dysbiosis,» says the Academy Research Fellow Reetta Satokari from the University of Helsinki.
In addition to her research focus on microbial biofilms, bacterial motility, and pathogenicity, Dr. Turnbull is also the OMX Application Specialist for the Microbial Imaging microbial biofilms, bacterial motility, and pathogenicity, Dr. Turnbull is also the OMX Application Specialist for the Microbial Imaging Microbial Imaging Facility.
In this role, she works with many collaborators to facilitate implementing superresolution microscopy into their research programs as well as developing novel techniques for microbial live cell imaging.
The quest to find exotic microbial life that may have evolved in or beneath these lakes is for many the most thrilling aspect of the research.
During the past year alone, concerns about oversight of high - containment laboratories; vetting of personnel (personnel reliability); the efficacy of security measures in place for the select agent program; medical countermeasure research, development and distribution; bioterrorism and pandemic influenza preparedness; misuse of beneficial biological research and technologies; and microbial forensics have generated several policy evaluations and prompted the development of policy recommendations and legislation.
In recent years, research has shown that what people commonly think of as «their» bodies contain roughly 10 microbial cells for each genetically human one.
The research, which was just published in the journal Microbial Ecology, shows for the first time that multiple flower and wild bee species share several of the same types of bacteria.
«New and novel paradigm for advancing research on beneficial microbes: Identifying ecological mechanisms can provide a roadmap for better microbial treatments in the field.»
The research team's findings describe a totally new pathway for the microbial production of methane in the environment, that is very unlike all other known pathways.
Immediately after finishing my degree in microbial limnology, I applied for the position of a half - time research assistant at the division of limnology at the University of Innsbruck and got the job!
The study was supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health (R56 - AI089532 and RO1 - HL105704), an Abbott Viral Discovery Award, the QB3 Swartz Foundation Lyme Disease Grant, the National Research Fund for Tick - borne Diseases, a UCSF Microbial Pathogenesis training grant and the CDC.
Richard Lindsay, a PhD student who worked on the research team, added: «Our findings are of central importance in understanding how microbial infections evolve, but also have wider significance for the treatment of cancer and the therapeutic control of disease in humans, animals and plants.»
Called the Ambrose Monell Collection for Molecular and Microbial Research, the lab is home to thousands of frozen microscopic genetic samples.
«Research spotlights a previously unknown microbial «drama» playing in the Southern Ocean: Discovery highlights both competition, cooperation between algae, bacteria for iron and vitamins that may have consequences for life in a warming ocean.»
Although amplicon has been the traditional workhorse for studies on microbial life, the spike in human microbiome research inspired many scientists to switch to shotgun, which is cheaper and generates more genetic information.
Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) investigated the composition of bacterial communities in different digestion - associated organs but found no unusual or special microbial communities when they compared these with those of other mammals.
«The study was performed using a human norovirus surrogate called murine norovirus (NoV), and a hepatitis A (HAV) virus along with advanced quantitative microbial risk assessment tools,» explained Pillai, professor of microbiology and director of the National Center for Electron Beam Research at Texas A&M University.
For Dr. Gregor Reid at Western University, what's frustrating about the wave of unproven claims about microbial health is they take away from legitimate research.
The Simons Foundation invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology.
Using photosynthetically active microorganisms, researchers at the Ruhr - Universität Bochum (RUB) have succeeded in manufacturing several biocatalysts suitable for industrial application: a crucial step towards sustainable chemical processes, according to Dr Marc Nowaczyk from the Chair for Plant Biochemistry and Jun. - Prof Dr Robert Kourist, Junior Research Group Microbial Biochemistry.
Brent Christner, associate professor of biological sciences, should be preparing his research team for the roughly 8,000 - mile trip to Antarctica to continue microbial research, but a lapse of funds from the National Science Foundation has buried those plans.
Washington, D.C. — May 13, 2016 — In support of a National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.
The selected proposals include research on genetic switches to study microbial ecosystems, tools for deciphering multi-kingdom communication molecules, and a novel approach to map interactions between bacteria species.
10.30 - 11.00 Stackebradt, Erko (Professor, Leibnitz Institute, DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures; Coordinator, MIRRI - Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure, Braunschweig, Germany): Scientists and (their) microbial resources: responsibilities revisited 11.00 - 11.30 Balázs, Ervin (Member of HAS, Professor, Director - general, Centre for Agricultural Reserch, Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvárár, Hungary): Microbes serving agri - food industry 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 12.30 Nagy, Károly (Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary): How science supports management of emerging infections 12.30 - 13.00 Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Human life in invisible company - The significance of preventive vaMicrobial Resource Research Infrastructure, Braunschweig, Germany): Scientists and (their) microbial resources: responsibilities revisited 11.00 - 11.30 Balázs, Ervin (Member of HAS, Professor, Director - general, Centre for Agricultural Reserch, Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvárár, Hungary): Microbes serving agri - food industry 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 12.30 Nagy, Károly (Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary): How science supports management of emerging infections 12.30 - 13.00 Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Human life in invisible company - The significance of preventive vamicrobial resources: responsibilities revisited 11.00 - 11.30 Balázs, Ervin (Member of HAS, Professor, Director - general, Centre for Agricultural Reserch, Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvárár, Hungary): Microbes serving agri - food industry 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 12.30 Nagy, Károly (Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary): How science supports management of emerging infections 12.30 - 13.00 Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Human life in invisible company - The significance of preventive vaccination
Brussels, Belgium, 9 December 2016 — A Canadian researcher, Dr. Lori Ziolkowski, has been awarded the prestigious $ 150,000 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship for her proposal to study radiocarbon estimates of microbial activity and carbon accumulation surrounding the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station.
Genome - reconstruction for eukaryotes from complex natural microbial communities — Patrick T West, Genome Research
This Ideas Challenge recognizes the need for an interdisciplinary approach to microbiome research and invites the scientific community — including microbiologists, ecologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, material scientists, nanoscientists, computational scientists and others — to submit their ideas for novel experimental tools and methods aimed at understanding microbial interactions and function from new perspectives.
William Schief is a Professor in the Immunology and Microbial Science Department at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, Director for Vaccine Design at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and an Associate Member of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard.
In support of a National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.
Their proposal, published in the October 30 issue of the journal Science, calls for a major research project to develop new research tools and collaborations that will unlock the secrets of Earth's microbial communities.
In an email interview with Newsweek, lead author Gaël Choblet, from the French National Center for Scientific Research, said that while he can not speculate on the presence of alien life on Enceladus, their timescale for hydrothermal activity does bolster the case that microbial life could emerge.
Since Megan Mullis recently received one of four $ 30,000 grant from the International Ocean Discovery Program Schlanger fellowship for her collaborative research project titled, «Active microbial community survival in Mariana Forearc sediments.»
Rhizosphere soil for microbial isolations was collected from the Little Buck watershed at the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center in an area in which Avena barbata are the dominant vegetation.
Oceanographers at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C - MORE) at the University of Hawai`i have made an important discovery.