Sentences with phrase «how microorganisms»

Professionals with an advanced degree in microbiology plus expertise in how microorganisms affect human health and wellness.

The discovery of the microbiome has allowed scientists over the last 10 years to understand the functions, processes and mechanics of how microorganisms work.

«The human microbiome is largely unexplored,» said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. «It is essential that we understand how microorganisms interact with the human body to affect health and disease.

Through its IBD and Crohn's Disease Program, the Helmsley Charitable Trust supports the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) to better understand how microorganisms in the gut contribute to this recurring inflammatory condition.

That could help scientists understand how microorganisms — both the ones that hurt us and the ones that help us — have evolved over time.

«Black and Bloom» project explores how microorganisms help to determine the pace of Arctic melting

To guarantee a safe environment for astronauts on long - duration space missions such as a journey to Mars, it is important to monitor how microorganisms such as bacteria adapt to the confined conditions onboard spacecraft, according to a study published in the open access journal Microbiome.

A major concern for long - duration space flight is how the microorganisms who hitch a ride with us will adapt to the loss of gravity.

Not exact matches

Each — in addition to happening right now (or very recently)-- is a reminder of how frail the human organism can be compared with the microorganisms that compete with us for earthly dominance.

Facts: This God didn't know how the universe was actually created, it didn't recognize any physical feature of the universe or form of life unknown to humans at the time (no galaxies, no microorganisms, etc.).

If Universe came into existence suddenly, then how Science can justify the existence and creation of Nature, the Planets, the gamut of microorganisms to the complex human beings, males and females, the power to reproduce... I wonder if all these just appeared from nowhere!

How your baby is born will determine what microorganisms get where, when.

We're gradually thawing them to study which microorganisms are doing what, and which gases are being released and how quickly.

«We were generally interested in how microbes like bacteria interact with surfaces individually and collectively, and how might surfaces guide microorganisms,» Dunkel says.

In addition, the researchers checked the respiration of soil microorganisms by excluding plant roots with a metal ring in small soil areas and then measuring how much CO2 was released from the soil with a gas analyser.

The new study, published online this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first to examine how biochar affects the chemical signaling that's routinely used by soil microorganisms that interact with plants.

As to how the nanoparticles impact plant growth, Colman says his guess it that «partly they are impacting the soil microorganisms directly, partly they are impacting the plants directly, and no doubt the microbes are having impacts on the plants... that could directly influence how the plants are growing.

The microorganisms, which appear to be vastly different from nearly all life - forms found on Earth, offer a good indication of how resilient life can be in extremely harsh environments, including those found on other planets.

The plan «was to start working in the laboratory to learn how to manipulate microorganisms and have knowledge in this field.»

The researchers, who published their findings in this week's edition of the Journal of Antibiotics, say their latest discovery could permit chemists and others to understand how mixtures of potential antibiotics from microorganisms work without first purifying them.

To figure out just how microbial processes in wetlands work, Tringe and her team are building a catalog of wetland microorganisms and the biological tasks they carry out.

We are also interested in how the symbiosis between fungi and microorganisms has evolved and how this benefits both symbiotic partners.»

To figure out how organisms might have endured periods of so - called «catastrophic darkness», Charles Cockell of the Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research in Milton Keynes, UK, and his team placed samples of both freshwater and marine microorganisms in darkness...

The two Nobel laureates figured out how the body identifies viruses and other invading microorganisms as «foreign.»

By tracking changes to the microbiome through fecal samples, Alm hoped to learn more about how daily activities such as diet, sleep and exercise could be linked to changes in these communities of microorganisms.

Both studies demonstrate that the composition of the gut microbiome — the swarms of microorganisms naturally dwelling in the intestines — determines how effective these cancer immunotherapies are.

The researchers investigated how adding an aerobic PCB - oxidizing microorganism could enhance the oxidation of certain PCB congeners (PCB 52, PCB 77, and PCB 153).

Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack from the body's immune system, according to new research from Duke Medicine.

The right temperature determines how well microorganisms or cells can be cultivated in a bioreactor.

About six years ago, researchers in the USA for the first time described how certain microorganisms grow on a cathode, bind CO2, and use the cathode as the only energy and electron source.

Rennie: Well essentially a lot of the, what's being done these days is that we are starting to exploit more and more of our understanding about the tuberculosis microorganism in more detail and how is it that it interacts with its human host.

Although many microorganisms consume Bd zoospores, it's not clear how effective they will be with the hardier variety of Bsal spores.

Until recently, little was known about how the microbiota influences the nervous system; however, it is becoming increasingly clear that gut microorganisms can influence the brain and behavior.

«The goal is to find out how many living microorganisms are present.»

While the chemical reaction that the bacteria perform on uranium is a common process known as «reduction,» or the act of accepting electrons, Kerkhof said it's still a mystery how the reduced uranium produced by this microorganism ultimately behaves in the subsurface environment.

The discovery opens the door to identifying more plastic - degrading microorganisms in other insects, and creates opportunities to investigate how the chemical and biological properties of insect guts might boost the metabolism of plastics, Nealson says.

«Advances in genetic sequencing technologies now allow us to find patterns in large, diverse populations of microorganisms, see how they associate with specific individuals, and understand how they change over time in a way we couldn't just a few years ago,» said Knight, who leads the UC San Diego Microbiome and Microbial Sciences Initiative.

Now Nichole Klatt at the University of Washington, Seattle, and her colleagues have found that the types of microorganisms living in the vagina are linked to how effective tenofovir gel is at protecting against HIV infection.

Heiman and Greenway describe how the reduction in dietary diversity has changed the richness of human gut microbiota, the community of microorganisms living in the gut.

The new report describes experiments in mice showing how genetic variation in a host animal shapes the microbiome — a rich ecosystem of mostly beneficial microorganisms that resides in the gut — and sets the table for the onset of metabolic disease.

Researchers are not sure how widespread water was and how long it may have persisted, which could have put restraints on the development of microorganisms and other creatures.

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 vaccination

Eoin Brodie seeks to reverse engineer naturally occurring microbiomes to understand the functional roles of the microorganisms within them and how their interactions with one another and the environment create stable microbial communities.

Samples of microorganisms collected in Lake Vostok are currently being studied, and Christner and Achberger are looking to understand the organisms, environment below the ice and how the lake runoff can affect diversity of the surrounding ecosystem.

Perspective: The social network of microorganisms — how auxotrophies shape complex communities — Karsten Zengler — Nature Reviews Microbiology

Think about how we've manipulated individual microorganisms to understand their function.

Later, as a young microbial ecologist at Stockholm University in Sweden, she started to catalog the microorganisms she collected during soil sampling trips, deciphering their genetic code so she could understand both their internal workings and how they fit into their underground habitat.

microbiologist A scientist who studies microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, how they cause infections, and how they interact with their environment.

An international group of scientists including several from the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) analysed the genome of vampire bats and the microorganisms that live in their gut and asked the question how much the viruses contained in the blood may affect the vampire bats.

Our laboratory is focused on understanding how lipids contribute to membrane function and organismal fitness from synthetic protocells to microorganisms.