Sentences with phrase «molecular modeling program»

Not exact matches

«It requires student initiative to connect with the right role model / adviser,» says Todd Evans, a professor of developmental and molecular biology and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Director of the Graduate Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York.

Desktop programs capable of presenting interactive models of molecules and microbiological entities are becoming relatively common (Molecular graphics).

But until now, a biologist still needed strong programming skills to do detailed cell models at the molecular level, and even more than that, patience.

«We are at a point in our research where we have validated the efficacy of this combination treatment approach in preclinical animal models, and we now need to define its safety through toxicology and pharmacology studies,» says Fisher, Thelma Newmeyer Corman Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and co-leader of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey, chairman of VCU School of Medicine's Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and director of the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine.

This program, McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards, focuses on «how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism.»

Of the two available models, a dual - degree program is probably the best approach for students interested in basic science, because the choices available for research training are likely to be wider and include more opportunities for basic science and bench research into molecular mechanisms, compared to graduate programs or postdoctoral fellowships linked to post-MD clinical training; the latter is more likely to be focused more on clinic - based studies.

Researchers carry out innovative basic and applied research programs in coral reef biology, ecology, and geology; fish biology, ecology, and conservation; shark and billfish ecology; fisheries science; deep - sea organismal biology and ecology; invertebrate and vertebrate genomics, genetics, molecular ecology, and evolution; microbiology; biodiversity; observation and modeling of large - scale ocean circulation, coastal dynamics, and ocean atmosphere coupling; benthic habitat mapping; biodiversity; histology; and calcification.

Prof. Vijay Pande and his group have pioneered several areas of simulation methodology (including large - scale distributed computing via the Folding@home program, Molecular Dynamics on GPUs, and Markov State Model approaches) as well as applications of these tools to the study of protein folding.

LA JOLLA, CA — A multi-institutional team headed by Ursula Bellugi, professor and director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has been awarded a $ 5.5 million Program Project Grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to link social behavior to its underlying neurobiological and molecular genetic basis using Williams syndrome as a model.

He presented results from both SMA mouse models and patients that demonstrated SMN depletion results in muscle - intrinsic defects such as reduced satellite cell number, a delay in the myogenic program, reduced myoblast fusion, and molecular homeostasis disruption.

In addition to her expertise in tumor biology and a broad network of connections with leading scientists and clinicians in cancer research and clinical oncology, Dr. Almog has extensive hands - on experience with a variety of techniques ranging from the molecular level (DNA, RNA and proteins) to tissue, organ and mouse models in cancer biology, as well as extensive experience in project management and program coordination.

Departments of Chemical and Petroluem Engineering and of Bioengineering; Molecular Therapeutics / Drug Discovery Program; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA)

A workshop on molecular modeling code development and synchronization, simulation algorithms and force field implementation, and integration between programs.

Using the fruit fly Drosophila, a standard lab model for studying animal biology, the researchers discovered a cascade of molecular signals that program gene activity to drive the fly from one stage of maturation to the next, like a baby turning into an adult.

Heather Schofield, an M.D. / Ph.D. candidate in the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, collected the image from a mouse model while conducting pancreatic cancer research.