Sentences with phrase «on biology problems»
He began working on biology problems over 15 years ago, while at Bell Labs.
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«For example, if you've got a biology test coming up and you're having problems explaining evolution in simple terms, open up the biology book and start re-reading the section on evolution.
It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.
«The forms of a living being are not but rather come to be,» says Ludwig von Bertalanffy (BW 120), and his «organismic» biology and later general system - theory for overcoming the opposition between mechanism and vitalism has given central insights of Whitehead a new formulation on the basis of science, 8 Something similar holds for all the directions of research which Jean Piaget has brought to the [264] concept of genetic structuralism.9 The genetic epistemology founded by Piaget has proved through empirical research on the problem of knowledge the fruitfulness both of genetic analysis and of Whitehead's principle of process.
Problem is, in 1987 the Trojans had several players questioned about cheating on a biology exam, two who pleaded guilty to credit - card fraud and another charged with public intoxication.
In an accompanying editorial, Theodore Slotkin, a professor of pharmacology and cancer biology at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, writes that it's undeniable that smoking while pregnant contributes to later behavior problems in children, based on the new study and past research.
Ban chose to work on one of the most difficult problems in structural biology: imaging the active site of the ribosome, a site within the large subunit of the ribosome where the bonding of individual amino acids into a protein chain is catalyzed.
As some biology textbooks and studies continue to sidestep the details of the amoeba and other microbes in favor of focusing on larger organisms, Spiegel sees a tragic irony: Amoebas and their ilk can best position budding researchers to explore the costs of sex, its evolution and alternatives to problems it may or may not solve.
«So if you came from engineering to this problem and we're working at these interfaces of biology, medicine, and so forth, it's best to stay on the engineering side... rather than to... start way below and go all the way up on biology or medicine.»
Now, a new generation of researchers is attacking the problem, and a small but growing group is taking its cue from evolutionary biology, which relies on genetic clues to decipher relationships between organisms.
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.
«We were able to show clever lemurs — some of our earliest primate relatives — increasing their social centrality as the result of their problem - solving,» said Daniel Rubenstein, Princeton's Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the lead author on the April 5 paper in the journal Current Biology.
• In News Focus, Robert Service writes about a relatively new scientific discipline (or, if you prefer, a new science career path): lone investigators, like Stanford University's Atul Butte, who do «dry lab» biology working on big - data problems with publically available data.
When it comes to major environmental problems such as global warming, he believes that our ability to cope depends on a broad - based educational push for earth sciences, of the kind we already have for biology and public health.
Crick, after all, solved with James Watson the fundamental hardware problem in biology — how the DNA molecule works to store biological information — and then went on to make fundamental contributions to the software question, how that information gets coded and transmitted from generation to generation.
I realize that your «Working Group On Review Of Bioengineering And Technology And Instrumentation Development Research», defined «bioengineering and technology» as encompassing areas such as biotechnology, functional genomics, informatics, chemistry and physics, nevertheless they did not discuss the problems experienced by physicists engaged in basic research on the frontier of physics and biology from the present system of study sectionOn Review Of Bioengineering And Technology And Instrumentation Development Research», defined «bioengineering and technology» as encompassing areas such as biotechnology, functional genomics, informatics, chemistry and physics, nevertheless they did not discuss the problems experienced by physicists engaged in basic research on the frontier of physics and biology from the present system of study sectionon the frontier of physics and biology from the present system of study sections.
«We chose to attack the problem using machine learning implemented on a D - Wave quantum annealer, in order to test our ability to translate complicated real - life biology problems to the setting of quantum machine learning, and to look for any advantages this approach might offer over more conventional, yet state - of - the - art classical machine learning techniques,» Lidar added.
«What we've really done is developed the technological and scientific underpinnings so that we can bring stem - cell biology to bear on this problem.»
The multidisciplinary approach — combining bioinformatics and music informatics — provides a completely new perspective on a complex problem in biology.
Eberl and Kevin Christie, lead author on the paper and a post-doctoral researcher in biology, say they were motivated by the prospect of finding a model that may hasten the day when medical researchers can fully understand the factors involved in noise - induced hearing loss and how to alleviate the problem.
I had never done a biology course in my life, but I started to work on this class of problems.
OISB, says Figeys (pictured right), is a melting pot, attracting people from biology, chemistry, and computer science, all working on some of the biggest problems in biology.
It is a game that promises to be of increasing importance to geneticists, says computer scientist Saurabh Sinha at the University of Illinois in Urbana - Champaign, who works on computational approaches to problems in molecular biology.
The aim of the Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Research training program is to train young scientists to design and conduct research on significant problems in cancer by combining information and approaches from different scientific disciplines, including basic cellular and molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical trials and studies, and behavioral - social sciences.
The ASPB Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research was approved by the Society's executive committee in 2005 to honor Dr. Bogorad's many contributions to plant biology, including his influential efforts to bring the techniques of molecular biology to bear on problems in plant biology; his groundbreaking research on chloroplast genetics, biogenesis, structure, and function; and his inspired teaching and mentoring.
Recognizing the reality that genomics analysis is a big data / HPC (High Performance Computing) problem in a field where life scientists are focused on the biology and not computer science, Intel has been reshaping genomics software tools and cluster configurations for life sciences in the many - core era with Intel Scalable System Framework (includes many - core processors, new 3D memory, high - performance networking fabric, and Lustre storage).
The mission of QBI, located on the UCSF Mission Bay health sciences campus, is to drive forward the application of computation, mathematics, and statistics toward a deeper understanding of complex problems in biology, with the ultimate goal of developing new treatments for disease.
In my own lab here at Indiana University School of Medicine, I am bringing some of those chemical biology techniques to bear on problems in eye disease and we continue to work on tumors of the eye, but we also developed a major focus on neovascular eye diseases, including wet, age - related macular degeneration (AMD).
The ultimate goal of the Center is to promote interdisciplinary approaches that can break new ground on problems of central importance in both fundamental biology and applications in human health, agriculture, and the environment.
This vision was first elucidated by Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman, who proposed in 1959 that «The problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developed — a development which I think can not be avoided.»
Specifically, his research focuses on three principal areas: advanced collaboration and visualization environments, high - performance computer architectures (including Grids) and computational problems in the life sciences, most recently the computational problems arising in systems biology.
Our research training will yield new scientific insights on fundamental properties of protein structure and dynamics: one of the most challenging problems in structural biology; and technological advancements in diverse fields from pharmacology to nanotechnology.
3:20 — Why as a doctor, he doesn't want to see his patients all the time 4:30 — The frustration that doctors face 5:20 — Why stress can be good and why we need it 5:45 — The physiological effects of too much stress 6:30 — How stress impacts fertility and memory 6:55 — The continued effects of stress on the body 7:50 — How to become more resilient to stress and how stress is like a light switch 8:28 — How to turn stress on and off 9:02 — Tips to Practically reduce stress (Book: The Relaxation Revolution) 9:45 — What is the relaxation response 10:20 — How to activate your relaxation response to deal with stress 12:45 — What happens when your body doesn't recognize stress 16:15 — What causes chronic pain 17:10 — Pain is all in the brain 17:45 — The biology of pain vs. the mental side of pain 20:00 — The core four for reducing stress and pain: Movement, Eating Right, Mindset, Avoiding Problems 24:00 — Understanding the mindset of doctors 28:00 — The frustration of the current medical system 32:00 — The shocking statistic on how a small percentage of the population is using 95 % of healthcare resources 35:00 — The seven questions you should know the answers to before you see your doctor 38:00 — Health advice Kevin wishes he had gotten earlier in life 41:15 — Kevin's recommended books and resources (and see below)
Michele Naber, who teaches regular and AP biology at Mission Viejo High School, in Mission Viejo, California, assigns MIT's practice problems to her students as in - class assignments and on tests.
We looked enviously at some of our peer disciplines such as biology which we imagined having clear problems for students to work on (they didn't, but that is another blog post).
Jacqueline came to D.C. as a Teach for America (TFA) corps member and taught biology at Dunbar Senior High School where she began her family engagement work, implementing a problem - based module for students and their families on bioethics.
Dr. Ainsworth's research focuses on understanding equine pulmonary biology and immunology with specific interest in neonatal septicemia, equine neurodevelopmental problems resulting from environmental chemical exposure, and the genetic basis of equine recurrent laryngeal hemiplegia.
Humans are innately drawn to processed food because it is calorically dense, but are we really going to throw up our hands and blame all our health problems on biology?
Adult Nurse Practitioner — Duties & Responsibilities Provide exceptional patient care and medical team support across multiple medical specialties Currently completing clinical and academic work toward a master of science in nursing Utilize strong background in biology, chemistry and mathematics Maintain working knowledge of current medical technology, procedures, and standards of care Proven ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure situations Direct therapeutic, educational, and recreational activities for eight developmentally disabled adults Responsible for patient health, safety, and attainment of therapy goals Train and supervise medical lab personnel ensuring efficient and professional operations Offer guidance and support to junior lab technicians and medical technologists Perform a wide variety of daily testing utilizing machines such as AXSYM — Hitachi RA 1000 CX 7 Responsible for preventative maintenance on machines by running calibrations and controls Successfully complete monthly state proficiency tests for therapeutic drug, blood, and urine chemistries Prioritize stat specimens for immediate reporting Maintain direct contact with clients to resolve problems regarding appropriate tests and specimens Oversee confidential patient information, customer service, phones, and other administrative functions as needed Perform all duties in a positive, professional, and courteous manner
Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race.