Sentences with phrase «on microbial interactions»

Turnbaugh's team focused on microbial interactions with the cardiac drug digoxin.

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«It opens a door on a type of plant - microbial interaction that we're going to find all over the plant world,» he says.

«In contrast to a traditional soil decomposition model, our model can elucidate mechanisms that depend on social dynamics that emerge on the microbial community level, but are driven by individual interactions among microbes competing for food and space at the smallest scale.»

Understanding more about the interactions between the microbial communities — also called «microbiomes» — in the biocrusts and their adaptations to their harsh environments could provide important clues to help shed light on the roles of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle.

«This article provides a new perspective on how to do that, considering microbial ecological interactions with the host, other microbes, and the environment.»

This is also the goal of many other current research projects of the Department of Computational Systems Biology, which focuses on research on pathogens, microbial communities and molecular interactions between species adopting a system - oriented approach.

Meyer's research focuses on the role of microbial interactions in the health and stability of coral reefs and is performed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Marine Station.

The selected proposals include research on genetic switches to study microbial ecosystems, tools for deciphering multi-kingdom communication molecules, and a novel approach to map interactions between bacteria species.

He is now a researcher at Florida International University where he will continue to pursue his studies of the interactions between soft - sediment metazoan and microbial assemblages and the impact this has on biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem function.

The Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology is part of this Department, and its research focuses on microbial genetics, host - pathogen interaction, recombinant vaccines and vaccine immunology.

To understand weathering, water quality, and soil formation on Earth and Mars, look no further than associate professor of geoscience Elisabeth «Libby» Hausrath, who investigates chemical interactions between water and rocks as well as the plant and microbial influences on those reactions.

Effects of soil depth and plant - soil interaction on microbial community in temperate grasslands of northern China.

My research concerns microbiology and microbial ecology, primarily focusing on investigating antibiotic resistance and interactions in bacterial communities through metagenomics and bioinformatics.

On January 14, 2016, Katherine Pollard, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, visited the Google campus, where she discussed how her research uses big data and high - performance computing to decode complex interactions between human and microbial cells.

The Microbial Pathogenesis team, under the leadership of Professor Gordon Dougan, is focusing on the genetic analysis of the interactions between bacteria and their hosts to shed light on how humans and other animals respond to infection.

One mission of the Microbial Observatory Experiments on the International Space Station is to examine the traits and diversity of fungal isolates, to gain a better understanding of how fungi may adapt to microgravity environments and how this may affect interactions with humans in closed habitats.

The Laboratory of Microbial Immunity is part of this Department, and its research focuses on host - pathogen interaction, recombinant vaccines and vaccine immunology.

«It's not just the food that could be influencing your brain, but an interaction between the food and microbial changes,» explained lead study author Kathy Magnusson in an article on the Oregon State University website.

Tang and Riley recommend more research be conducted on these microbial and mineral interactions.

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