Sentences with phrase «into cell biology»

New insights into the cell biology of hematopoietic progenitors by studying prominin - 1 (CD133).

The audience roars with laughter as Polish tells how he initiated select new members into the cell biology lab he worked in after college with strategically placed miniature dry - ice bombs fabricated from plastic Eppendorf test tubes.

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Molecular biology, contrary to the article, does not support evolution by natural chance because evolution can not occur without inheritance, inheritance can not occur without DNA and DNA is so complex it could not have evolved by chance unless we are to assume that molecules just happened to arrange themselves into the DNA molecule at the same times as a nucleus formed to hold the DNA, at the same time as the cell membrane just happened to form around it, at the sametime as all the cell maintaining process in the cytoplasm just happened to come into existence to form a single cell and that all these aspects just happened to come together and work harmoniously.

Scientific reductionism, however, wants to reduce biology to physics and chemistry, to explain the properties of «life», by thorough specification of the particulars (atoms and molecules) that are integrated into cells and organisms.

I could go on and elaborate on a number of other disciplines or facts that creationists have to pretend into oblivion to retain their faith, including the Ice Ages, cavemen and early hominids, much of microbiology, paleontology and archeology, continental drift and plate tectonics, even large parts of medical research (medical research on monkeys and mice only works because they share a common ancestor with us and therefore our fundamental cell biology and basic body architecture is identical to theirs).

It's so natural, in fact, it's ingrained into our biology, given the conflict between our cells» ceaseless procreation and our death's universal assuredness.

Without going into a complicated biology lesson (which I probably would not be prepared to teach), let's simply think of what our digestive system does for us: it breaks food down into smaller pieces so that our body can use this nourishment to build new cells and give us energy.

By turning cell biology into an engineering discipline, CCC aims to develop new chemicals and materials for medical and consumer applications, while at the same time training a more diverse research and manufacturing workforce.

Not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to modern biology where cells are all bounded by membranes.

Three of these themes represent the key scientific steps in moving stem cells from the laboratory into the clinic — the bioengineering and biology of stem cells, and the clinical applications of that research.

Some of the researchers at the centre will study the differentiation of stem cells into other cell types, one group by using human embryonic stem cell biology and another by studying early embryo development.

Synthetic biology enables researchers to tackle a huge and diverse range of applied problems: building a cell with the smallest possible genome; synthesizing proteins with extra amino acids — more than the 20 found in nature; using bacteria to produce medicines previously too complex to synthesize; even decomposing living organisms into standard, off - the - shelf «biobricks» that can be assembled on demand.

Kilian said his team's synthetic microenvironment lies somewhere in the middle of two extremes in the field of modeling biology: the hard plastic plate, and expensive mouse avatars that are created by injecting human tumor cells into mice.

To acquire new insights into the biology and possible therapy of these tumors, Feigin et al. looked for aberrant expression of G protein — coupled receptors, cell signaling proteins that have been successfully targeted for treatment of other disorders such as depression.

In one episode, he interviews a biology professor who matches the stages of cell division to memorable theme songs; converting this into a multimedia piece, Shapiro made a minute - long movie called Pink Floyd and the dancing embryos, splicing together video segments with a musical soundtrack.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among the most important molecules in biology are proteins that wedge themselves into the fatty membranes surrounding cells.

Several years ago, the lab of UC Berkeley's Nicole King, a professor of molecular and cell biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, discovered that certain bacteria make these one - celled choanoflagellates (a.k.a. choanos) develop into multicellular colonies.

Like Medieval alchemists who searched for an elixir that could turn base metals into gold, biology's modern alchemists have learned how to use oocytes to turn normal skin cells into valuable stem cells, and even whole animals.

A longstanding mystery in biology is how the millions of molecules bumping around in a cell «find» one another and organize into functional structures.

In my early years, I spent more time in the molecular biology lab, but I gradually moved into the biomaterial engineering lab as I got fascinated by the possibilities of combining biomaterials and cell biology.

Hwang said the study would provide data about the best candidates for active surveillance, and create a repository of imaging and cell samples to advance knowledge into the molecular biology of DCIS and what fuels or deters its growth.

During my tenure at NCI, I redirected my research into expression genomics, an amalgam of cancer cell biology and comprehensive and massively parallel genetic technologies.

Benjaminson, a biology professor at the Touro College School of Health Sciences and president of Zymotech Enterprises in Bay Shore, N.Y., hopes to turn stem cells into meat.

Areas covered range from basic studies into the biology of innate and adaptive immunity (immune cell development and differentiation, immunogenomics, systems immunology, structural immunology, antigen presentation, immunometabolism, and mucosal immunology) to immune contributions to health and disease (host defense, inflammation, cancer immunology, autoimmunity, allergy, transplantation, and immunodeficiency).

Insights gained into the underlying biology of metastatic basal cell carcinoma obtained via exosome RNA sequencing

«This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well - being.»

Sharanya Prasad, who recently graduated with her Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley, knew from the start that she wanted to go into industry, but she found the number of options and career paths to choose from overwhelming.

Although that was just for fun, Odde is now collaborating with the choreographer Carl Flink to turn cell biology into serious dance.

«The worm was initially used as a model to study embryology and neurobiology, and starting in the late 1990s research expanded into stem cell biology, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration, topics that are still very actively studied today,» he says.

«Making the movements of HIV visible so that we can follow, in real time, how surface proteins on the virus behave will hopefully tell us what we need to know to prevent fusion with human cells — if you can prevent viral entry of HIV into immune cells, you have won,» says Dr. Blanchard, who is also associate director of Weill Cornell's chemical biology program.

The momentum of research, said Van Blerkom, is pushing embryology back into the realm of cell biology, because the fate of the organism is so inextricably tied to the quality of one cell above all: the egg.

He is «an unusual character» who's distinctive for «bringing epidemiological thinking and methodology into dialogue with molecular and cell biology» to answer important questions about aging, says gerontologist Thomas Kirkwood of the University of Newcastle in Newcastle - upon - Tyne, U.K.

So it could be RNA or DNA like we have in modern biology or it could be some related kind of material; and we are also thinking about some kind of cell envelope or cell membrane — not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to modern biology where cells are all bounded by membranes — so we're thinking about how to assemble these two components and get them to interact with each other.

The researchers investigated the underlying biology and found that lansoprazole kills the bacterium after the human cells convert it into a sulfur - containing metabolite.

«In modern biology mitochondria are considered to be much more than the powerhouse of the cell; they integrate multiple intracellular signals to regulate progression through the cell cycle and into apoptosis.

Whether it's stuffing DNA inside the nucleus or cramming energy - generating machinery into the rod - shape organelles called mitochondria, biology separates tasks into specialized compartments within cells to make it easier to do specific jobs without interference.

Given his training in developmental biology, Raman focused the team to seek a novel drug target on genes important to the development of model organisms — fruit flies (Drosophila) and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)-- rather than on oncogenes that transform a normal cell into a cancer cell.

Alán Aspuru - Guzik, an assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, heads a team that is researching ways to incorporate the quantum lessons of photosynthesis into organic photovoltaic solar cells.

«While genetic modification of crops can introduce new beneficial traits into existing crops, the resulting products need to be tested for long - term health effects before making assumptions about their impact on human health,» said senior investigator Frances Sladek, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience at UC Riverside.

Scientists hope to use stem cells, which can develop into nearly any type of tissue in the body, to treat a variety of diseases as well as to study basic biology (ScienceNOW, 30 November).

As for practical applications, Wingreen says that the general sensing strategy might build into the artificial cells researchers are trying to create in synthetic biology.

The current study did something similar in the spine, turning scar - forming astrocytes into progenitor cells called neuroblasts that regenerated into neurons,» said Dr. Chun - Li Zhang, assistant professor of molecular biology at UT Southwestern and senior author of both studies.

Specialization in at least three of seven possible focus areas (biochemistry and cell biology, genetics, medical biology, microbiology, ecology, plant sciences, zoology / animal sciences), with the option to develop a focus area into a primary focus.

Contact: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory [email protected]; 508-289-7139 WOODS HOLE, Mass. — A longstanding mystery in biology is how the millions of molecules bumping around in a cell «find» one another and organize into functional structures.

During the course of our work, the studies of Jim Rothman, who received a Lasker Award in 2002 for his work on the cell biology of vesicle fusion, expanded our thinking and injected great enthusiasm into the rapidly growing field of neurotransmitter release.

This basic research study provides an answer to one of the key questions within the field of biology: How is the development of blood cell types regulated after the original genetic information has been transcribed into messenger RNA?

Co-founded the Center for Biomedical Invention, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, to translate discoveries in cell and molecular biology into useful medical therapeutics.

In a new study, published in Current Biology this week, a research team from Uppsala University reports new insights into the regenerative capabilities of Stentor, a single celled model organism for regeneration biology.

I didn't groan at this idea unlike most other Star Wars fans — many of whom were outraged by the perceived reduction of the Force from a grand, almost magical power to a function of biology — because I'm a biologist who studies bioenergetics: How organisms convert various molecules (food) into chemical energy (adenosine triphosphate or ATP, a compound that enables energy transfer between cells) that can be used to power life.

The rapid progress in developing Cas9 into a set of tools for cell and molecular biology research has been remarkable, likely due to the simplicity, high efficiency and versatility of the system.