Sentences with phrase «in biological»

A new study in Biological Psychiatry suggests that alterations in silent synapses, inactive connections between neurons, could be the neural mechanism underlying the formation of these drug - related memories.

In an effort to identify a biological marker to help guide intervention, a new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that postoperative delirium is associated with signs of inflammation — specifically elevations in the inflammatory marker C - reactive protein (CRP)-- in patients 70 years of age or older.

So, driven by a desire to understand how the brain works in biological terms, he chose psychology instead and went on to a distinguished career studying fundamental questions in neuroscience.

I originally wanted to pursue a Ph.D. in the biological sciences and worked diligently toward this goal for two - and - a-half years; however, every time I voiced concern to my supervisor or adviser about my work progress, they responded by telling me I was not doing so well and that I needed to get more results to prove that I was capable of getting a doctorate.

As a philosopher with a background in biological science, I applaud your recent special issue on reality (29 September, p 34) as a valuable marker of where we are, and aren't, on this important topic.

In biological research, obtaining a research sample in a timely manner allows reproducibility.

The nascent field of neuroeconomics seeks to ground economic decisionmaking in the biological substrate of the brain.

The technique of using sodium ions in the body as a biomarker for imaging is very challenging because of the lower detectability of the sodium signal in biological tissue by currently available MRI scanners.

Some basic research findings are being translated into new treatments, and with the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells in 2006, the field has seen a step - change in biological understanding that will affect the way new drugs are identified and tested and, potentially, the way cells can be generated in the lab.

I estimate that humans have on the order of 300 million pattern recognizers — the basic and ingenious mechanism for recognizing, remembering, and predicting a pattern, which accounts for the great diversity of our thinking — in our biological neocortex.

«The radioactivity released by dirty bombs is not life threatening,» says Angelo Acquista, former medical director of the Office of Emergency Management in New York City and author of The Survival Guide: What to Do in a Biological, Chemical, or Nuclear Emergency.

So our focus will be to study the genome through the transcripts in biological systems, to understand the genetic architecture of Pan-Asian populations, and finally to focus on the intersect between genomics and human medicine.

They placed either one or ten silver disks below the skull as targets, and immersed them in a biological serum that simulates conditions of living tissue.

These findings causally link sleep deprivation to the etiology of biological aging, and further supports the hypothesis that sleep deprivation may be associated with elevated disease risk because it promotes molecular processes involved in biological aging.

Xue, who holds a doctoral degree in biological chemistry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was «one of the top protein biochemists in the world,» according to the indictment.

The nanofiber size and pore size of the hydrogel are in the similar range of a natural extracellular matrix in the biological system.

«In the first study to examine the connection, we found women who consumed soy isoflavones regularly saw improvement in biological markers that reflect how effectively the body utilizes insulin to process sugars and had reduced levels of harmful cholesterol.»

While previous studies have looked at targets outside of the opaque environments, this study took it much further by placing the target in biological fluids.

To produce a medical implant, we need to select materials with similar mechanical properties to those in biological tissues, so as to mitigate inflammation or necrosis.

Unfortunately, no graduate degrees existed at the time in biological fields at a Palestinian university, so she decided to take a position as a research assistant at Birzeit, preparing practicals for undergraduate classes and conducting research for a faculty professor.

«It is rare to have this size of difference in biological measures,» Macey said.

Using blood samples from newborn babies in Edinburgh, the study investigated thousands of signals written in biological code known as messenger RNAs.

The presence of, or changes in the concentration of, certain proteins in biological fluids can be indicators of disease.

The primary threat to vultures, according to the report published today in Biological Conservation, is the presence of toxins in the carrion they consume.

«Our method opens up new frontiers in biological research.

He went to NIMH from the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he held a variety of senior positions, focusing on basic research in the biological, behavioral and social sciences, science policy and science education.

Furthermore, we have developed a robust and sensitive method that allows us to study the dimers in any biological sample,» explain Aurelio Vázquez de la Torre, a member of Natàlia Carulla's team, and Marina Gay, who works in the Mass Spectrometry Platform.

All present the theory of evolution as a logical explanation of the known facts in biological history.

The survey and analysis, reported in the journal PLOS ONE, comes after a preliminary survey offered evidence that many of those engaged in biological anthropology field research — most of them younger women, but also men — were sexually harassed and / or assaulted while conducting field research far from home.

Conversely, the full - heritage Pimas, the most «Indian» in biological terms, were most at risk.

However, Lungarella also cautions that the nature of curiosity in biological entities, including humans, remains extremely complex and poorly understood: «I am not sure if it's possible to map curiosity onto an algorithm.

The compound also appears to be effective in small amounts, potentially reducing the toxicity that has been shown in biological compounds targeting the same inflammatory pathway.

He graduated from Rutgers University with degrees in chemistry and physics and received his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in biological engineering, before moving to Harvard Medical School where he worked as an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow.

It should be based on brain physiology, and make sense in biological and psychological terms.

The MIRT program offers several international research opportunities for students interested in the biological sciences and its applications.

By combining raster image correlation spectroscopy with STED microscopy, KIT researchers have now succeeded in quantifying molecule dynamics in biological structures based on the raster images recorded.

I later found another advisor in the biological sciences department.

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase contains a rotary motor involved in biological energy conversion.

David Moss, as coordinator of teaching at the School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, had set up the first UK - based university course in a biological subject to be taught entirely using the Internet: «Principles of Protein Structure.»

Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study in Biological Psychiatry.

For example, in a recent Nature Physics paper, physicist Neill Lambert of the Advanced Science Institute in Japan called out new photosynthesis research as remarkable just for suggesting quantum effects can happen in biological systems at room temperature.

«Of course we learned quite a bit from that technique, but at the same time they were also using completely [artificial conditions],» recalls Mina Bissell, a distinguished scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.

The results of their collaboration are published on 12 January 2016 in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neurosciences and Neuroimaging.

The more complex the niche structure in a biological community the more efficient the conversion cycle.

Robert Elde, dean of the university's College of Biological Sciences, says that only three searches are under way in the biological sciences, all of them approved only because of special circumstances.

While scrutinizing Google's satellite maps looking for mountains to include in a biological study in Africa, he noticed Mozambique's Mount Mabu.

Sarah still serves in the education and public affairs office of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) where she combines her background in biological sciences with her experience and skills in science communication, career guidance, and personality profiling.

Afterward, the CDC reverted to its years - long claim that CFS was lacking in biological abnormalities and its assertion to doctors that performing any but the most standard tests was a waste of money.

Using the device of a student essay written from the perspective of the year 2073, Haldane provided a chilling vision of a future in which human lives are overwhelmed by advances in the biological sciences.

The Cambridge research also showed that there were similarities in the biological effects of soya protein containing isoflavones and the potent synthetic anti-oestrogen, tamoxifen.