Sentences with phrase «organisms as model systems»

My primary area of specialization is evolutionary biology using cave organisms as model systems.

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The research team, led by Bosch, use the freshwater polyp Hydra as the model organism to elucidate the fundamental principles of nervous system structure and function.

Using the freshwater polyp Hydra as a model organism, the Kiel - based researchers and their international colleagues investigated how the simple nervous system of these animals interacts with the microbiome.

She added, «New model systems will be a magnet for people from outside the field of marine microbial ecology as they will suddenly be able to work with marine microbes in ways that they are used to working with other model organisms.»

The relationships between these two organisms, detailed in a paper published in Nature Communications, can serve as a valuable model to study the evolution and mechanisms of more complex systems.

Aodels are universal in science, both as theoretical formulations of reality and as model systems, representatives of other organisms.

Today, analyzing and editing genomes, proteomes and metabolomes has become a standard for many model systems; imaging beyond the diffraction limit of light and new technologies for studying protein structures provide insights deeper than ever before; the characterization of large populations of cells or organisms brings unprecedented statistical power; and studying nearly all organisms of an ecosystems as a whole allows generating comprehensive models.

The study is commissioned by the U.S. National Geospatial Agency to help U.S. Department of Defense agencies understand and model the interaction of complex adaptive systems such as natural ecosystems, individual organisms, and human communities, organizations and families.

Enriched by the rapid evolution of these technologies, TEFOR - TACGene has developed a solid expertise in the design, production and use of TALE - N and CRISPR / Cas9 systems, both for its own research projects in cultured cells and in collaboration, in many model organisms, including the rat, zebrafish, Drosophila, and Xenopus as part of the National Infrastructure in Biology and Health TEFOR supported by Investissement d'Avenir programme (2012 - 2019).

The researchers first discovered ascarosides as a signaling molecule in C. elegans, a nematode used as a model organism to study cell, developmental and nervous system biology, as well as human aging and diabetes.

But, rather than studying the entire nervous system of a single model organism, Professor Graybiel has studied one brain region — a portion of the basal ganglia known as the striatum — in mice, rats, cats, monkeys, and humans using a whole range of technologies from microscopy through electrophysiological recordings to genetics.

As both an «electrograph» (meaning it can undergo direct electron transfers from an electrode), and an «acetogen» (meaning it can direct nearly 90 - percent of its photosynthetic products towards acetic acid), M. thermoacetica serves as the ideal model organism for demonstrating the capabilities of this hybrid artificial photosynthesis systeAs both an «electrograph» (meaning it can undergo direct electron transfers from an electrode), and an «acetogen» (meaning it can direct nearly 90 - percent of its photosynthetic products towards acetic acid), M. thermoacetica serves as the ideal model organism for demonstrating the capabilities of this hybrid artificial photosynthesis systeas the ideal model organism for demonstrating the capabilities of this hybrid artificial photosynthesis system.