Sentences with phrase «map the function of»

«Future studies will not only seek to further map the function of AIM2 in infectious diseases, but also to track its role in other disorders, including cancer,» Man said.

Macey and his colleagues are continuing to map the functions of this area, and make connections between changes and the risks of a wide range of diseases.

View the original article here: New DNA encyclopedia attempts to map function of entire human genome

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Again, it's possible that Google is withholding maps in an effort to differentiate its Android phones from iPhone, but it's equally likely that Apple may not allow such an app because it competes with a core function of its device.

Google of course pioneered 360 photos years ago with Street View, the ground - eye - view function of its Maps app that has since become indispensable for people trying to find their way around.

The video shows off the device's camera, search and map functions, as well as a language translator, meaning, yes, we may finally have a real - life Babel fish of sorts.

There's obviously no Google Street View or Flyover, the 3D function of Apple's much - maligned Maps effort, which is too bad because even Flyover can give you a sense of where you're actually going if you're not familiar with the city.

Search engines functioned using a keyword - based mapping system; they would identify certain keywords and keyword phrases in your query, then generate a list of the places on the web where those terms were used most frequently and most prominently.

Another view of the financial partners» contributions, shown as an overlay of the various functions carried out in the enterprise, is diagrammed on Financial Partners Contributions Map.

I believe Capek would agree with me that mapping time spatially has its useful functions, but that this is an abstract rendering of time from which becoming can not be derived.

The very function of the phase of presentational immediacy is to provide a representation or mapping of the datum, which is dimly discerned at the level of causal efficacy.

This is primarily the function of the study of geography — not mainly as a learning of place names, populations, and products and a drawing and reading of maps and charts, but as a responsible consideration of the earth as mankind's home.

This produces a «map» and the exact numerical value of the pressure in each area of the foot in function at the time.

Following an interactive demonstration of watershed function, students take to the trails and use a contour map to study how the shape of the land directs water flow.

These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental agencies and the general public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.

In this special section of Science, expert contributors retrace the long and tortuous path leading to the mapping and identification of the BRCA1 gene; discuss the ways in which BRCA mutation status has been integrated into the clinical management of patients in high - risk families; and highlight the role of the BRCA proteins in preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activity.

Among these are evaluation of cardiac function in real time, mapping of water diffusion and temperature in tissue, mapping of organ blood pool and perfusion, functional imaging of the central nervous system, depiction of blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics, and movie imaging of the mobile fetus in utero.

In an era of increasing excitement about mapping the brain's «connectome,» this finding fits with our growing understanding of complex brain functions as residing not in discrete brain regions, but in densely connected networks of neurons spread throughout different parts of the brain.

To map the minute landscape of molecules, at scales as tiny as just tenths of a nanometer, and help decipher their functions, structural biologists have long relied on two tools: nuclear magnetic resonance, or NMR, spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

Neurosurgeon Mitchel Berger at U.C. San Francisco conducts hands - on «brain mapping» of language functions in advance of surgery to remove tumors.

«It is difficult to pin down the source of a disease when the mutation maps to a region of the genome with no known function,» Pugh said.

This is particularly interesting for users who want to map out an excitation as a function of temperature or magnetic field — frequent applications at FLEXX.

By mapping gene activity in all the cells of a liver lobule, Dr. Shalev Itzkovitz of Weizmann's Molecular Cell Biology Department and his research team have revealed that these layers each perform different functions.

About 5 years ago, neuroscientist Tony Zador was struck by a novel idea for how to build a synapse - by - synapse map of brain connections — a goal dear to neuroscientists who want to understand how the brain's intricate wiring underlies its functions.

The massive complexity of the problems it is tackling, from mapping the functioning brain to making petabytes of data meaningful and accessible to training a new generation of neuroscientists who are equipped to work across disciplines to make sense of it all, do not lend themselves to easily assembled and discretely defined teams and tasks — at least, not quickly.

So when the US National Genome Project started three years ago, a group of influential molecular biologists led by James Watson decided that the sensible approach would be to concentrate first on mapping the genes and finding out their functions.

To find and clone a human gene of unknown function, researchers begin with a genetic map.

Using an advanced sequencing technique to map and analyze DNA damage, the scientists demonstrated the functions in bacterial cells of two important excision repair proteins: Mfd and UvrD.

The density of healthy lung tissue will change more between the two images than the density of diseased lung, allowing researchers to create a three - dimensional «map» of the patient's lung function

Particularly interesting was the discovery that the thickness of the gray matter in the brain's temporal and prefrontal regions — the structures that are critical for language and for higher - order cognitive functions like self - control and problem - solving — were the most promising candidate traits for genetic mapping, based on both their strong genetic basis and association with the disease.

The Cravatt laboratory is now using the same approach to study the functions of other proteins in their lipid interaction maps.

The three stages of CD8 + T cell development are well known, but the current study identifies a detailed map of the regulatory circuitry, such as interactions between enhancers and promoters — genetic regulatory regions that function together in driving genes to transcribe proteins to carry out biological processes.

The group is applying advanced image analysis techniques to 4D CT scans already performed as a standard step in targeting lung cancer radiotherapy, to map areas of lung function without additional testing.

To develop new bioelectronic therapies, scientists must first map the neural circuits and determine patterns of neural firing that correspond to healthy organ function.

The maps provide vital data for the exploration of different theories about the function of N6 - methyladenosine in these poorly understood viruses.

A random variable is a mathematical function that maps outcomes of random experiments to numbers.

For a cell to perform biological functions and respond to the environment, proteins must interact with one another in immensely complex networks, which when diagrammed can resemble a subway map out of a nightmare.

Duffy, meanwhile, is spearheading the Smithsonian's Marine Global Earth Observatory program, which he says is a «major opportunity to map out the links between diversity and functioning of marine ecosystems on a global scale».

John Tanner, a professor in the MU Department of Biochemistry, says mapping this enzyme will give researchers a better understanding of its function, which could help drug manufacturers create more effective drugs.

Recruiting luminescent nanoparticles to image brain function, scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are on pace to develop the next generation of functional materials that could enable the mapping of the complex neural connections in the brain.

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), working closely with researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have mapped out the structure of an important protein involved in cellular function and nervous system development.

Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene to function like the film of an incredibly sensitive camera system in visually mapping tiny electric fields.

«First map of autism - risk genes by function.»

They are the first to map groups of autism - risk genes by function, and to identify where and when these genes normally play major roles in early brain development.

Using a protein interaction database, the researchers created a map of the E-cadherin interactome that contains information on the function of each protein and its interactions with other proteins within the network.

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A partial list would include the Patterson function, isomorphous replacement, and anomalous scattering, which enabled the determination of organic structures; direct (i.e., purely computational) methods of phase determination, which enabled small - molecule crystallography to be almost totally automated; synchrotron radiation and area detectors, which together made it possible to collect data on macromolecular structures in hours instead of months; and automatic interpretation of electron density maps.

Interestingly, this anti-apoptotic function of ADAR1 is regulated through its phosphorylation by MAP kinases.

Working with Neil Burgess, he has used computational models of the cognitive map to generate theoretical predictions of hippocampal function.

So technical innovations for brain mapping will contribute both to understanding the normal function of the healthy brain and also disease states.