Sentences with phrase «small animal research»

We also plan to create a small animal research corridor within our former Small Animal Hospital, where our faculty and students can focus on learning to combat cancer in animals, among other diseases.

After college she worked as a veterinary technician, small animal research biologist and high school biology teacher.

During this time he achieved Professor of Medicine and Nutrition, held the Acree Endowed Chair of Small Animal Research, and served as interim department head for approximately 2 years.

He received the Ralston Purina Small Animal Research Award in 1989 for his work with taurine and was a finalist in the Animal Planet Cat Hero of the Year Award in 2007.

At the University of California, Davis, Doctor Mueller was also awarded the Outstanding Small Animal Research Study and Presentation for «Use of Alive Cor Heart Monitor for Rate and Rhythm Evaluation in Cats».

Joe Bartges, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVN, professor of medicine and nutrition, the Acree Endowed Chair of Small Animal Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee.

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Between high costs, high energy use, and even the possibility of environmental destruction — seawater treatment plants can accidentally take in and kill small marine animals — continued research is needed to make the technology safer and more efficient.

Recombinant DNA research has been done primarily on bacteria, one - celled organisms smaller than animal or plant cells and simpler in structure, yet capable of very complex chemical activity.

From a small wooden desk in a row home a few miles north of the U.S. Capitol, Justin Goodman is waging war against animal research as director of laboratory investigations at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

A small body of research that includes animal and cell - culture studies, however, shows that some of them can bind to hormone receptors.

Research begun at Princeton University found that the numerous small sea animals that migrate from the surface to deeper water every day consume vast amounts of what little oxygen is available in the ocean's aptly named «oxygen minimum zone» daily.

And animal advocates who want to influence business could consider investing in the small biotechs and large pharmaceutical companies that are working to develop alternatives to animals in research.

The small numbers and large sizes of brain cells in sea slugs make the animals ideal for brain research.

Small - animal imaging has become an important research tool for preclinical studies of infectious diseases, according to senior author Thomas M. Bocan, Ph.D., of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USresearch tool for preclinical studies of infectious diseases, according to senior author Thomas M. Bocan, Ph.D., of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USResearch Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).

Laura Nelson, assistant professor in the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (SCS) and principal investigator in the project, has been awarded a 2 - year grant to fund research on the causes of Gastric dilatation - volvulus (GDV) in dogs.

According to research (pdf) by Robert Kok, a Canadian involved in the project, bugs reproduce rapidly, so small farms could produce a steady stream of food for humans or other animals.

A small number of federal researchers deemed essential by their agencies would still report to work, such as those involved in caring for patients at NIH's clinical research center, sustaining animal colonies in research laboratories, or handling weather data seen vital to public safety.

The study was performed in Kilpisjärvi in northwest Finland, where the research team tested the importance of grazing animals, warming and nutrient availability by combining small greenhouses that increased the summer temperature by 1 - 2 degrees Celsius, small fences that excluded reindeer, voles and lemmings, as well as by use of fertilization.

«Dolphins evolved from relatively small - brained animals like cows and hippos into this large - brained, highly specialized aquatic organism,» says Caro - Beth Stewart, an evolutionary biologist at the State University of New York, Albany, who was not involved in the research.

So intrepid researchers from the International Center for Medical Research of Franceville in Gabon set out to trap small animals that might harbor the disease from forest regions that had recently been devastated, starting in 2001.

When they examined the canal structures of more than 200 mammal species, the research team found that fast, agile movers — like gibbons and leaping tarsiers — have exceptionally large canals for their size, while slow, deliberate animals like sloths have small ones.

The research involved walking a thoroughbred between three dimensional radiographs, an imaging technique developed by Professor Stephen Gatesy and colleagues at Brown University and used previously to view bone interaction in small animals such as fish and birds.

Marshall, a noted expert on animal domestication, considers the research exciting because it shows that settled hunter - gatherers rather than farmers were the first people to transform environmental relations with small mammals.

A small molecule in cells that was previously believed to have no impact on animal behaviour could in fact be responsible for controlling precise movements, according to new University of Sussex research.

The remaining animals, weighing up to 220 kilograms each, will be carried across rugged terrain, loaded onto small boats and transported round the coast, says Howard Snell, who heads the tortoise protection programme run by the Charles Darwin Research Station.

A 2010 graduate of the doctoral program in archaeological anthropology at Washington University, he began research for this study as part of a dissertation examining fluctuations in populations of mice and other small animals living around Maasai cattle herding settlements in Kenya.

Scientists have generally expected animals to get smaller as the planet warms, as research on the interactions in food webs has focused mainly on the effects of temperature.

The research also details that aerodynamic structures in avian precursors were not limited to very small animals, and appear well adapted for the aerodynamic demands of larger animals, such as Changyuraptor.

As a result of non-target species possibly being included in past research studies, it has been thought that snow leopards — who lack an abundance of natural prey — consume great numbers of small mammals such as marmots, hares and pika, as well as wild ungulates, which are larger hooved animals such as ibex.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Small Animal Imaging Research Facility Department of Imaging Physics 1515 Holcombe Boulevard — Unit 56 Houston, Texas 77030 - 400

The Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF) is a core MD Anderson research resource.

The French Foundation for rare diseases (Fondation des maladies rares), in partnership with TEFOR infrastructure, launches its first call for research projects «Small animal models and rare diseases».

He has also been involved in vaccine research using small and large animal models, e.g. pigs.

The CBI houses multiple whole - body MRI research scanners operating at 1.5, 3 and 7T field strength, including a human 3T - MR - PET scanner, as well as small - bore systems for specimen and animal studies at 7T.

Imaging of human subjects and small animals provides unique information on tissue structure and function, and is being applied in a variety of different applications in neuroscience, cancer research and studies of metabolism.

A developing, new shared resource for small - animal imaging is accelerating research on more effective ways to diagnose, treat cancer

The Animal Models Core off ers BSL - 2, BSL - 3 and select agent facilities for basic and translational research for small animal stAnimal Models Core off ers BSL - 2, BSL - 3 and select agent facilities for basic and translational research for small animal stanimal studies.

The Center for Predictive Medicine recognizes the challenges of translational research such as in designing and implementing high - throughput screens and assessing small molecules and potential vaccines for their efficacy in small animal models of disease.

One of their more important avenues of research has been redesigning and enhancing state - of - the - art habitat connectivity maps that can be paired with satellite imagery to display the potential corridors used by animal populations to move between both large and small areas.

The main research activity (located in central Paris and vicinity at Orsay) regroups to date 16 technology platforms and services offering state ‐ of ‐ the - art expertise and equipment from small molecule chemistry to omcs, super-resolution microscopy, sophisticated radiation sources and various animal models, including xenografts directly derived from patients, in order to promote the best environment and support for research activities.

A common species of zooplankton — the smallest animals in the freshwater food web — can evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road salt in as little as two and a half months, according to new research published online today in the journal Environmental Pollution.

This was going first to a reorientation of the Crystal Clear program opening the fundamental research on new scintillators to the construction of medical imaging prototypes such as the ClearPET small animal PET scanner with a LuAP / LSO phoswich and the ClearPEM dedicated positron emission tomography for functional breast imaging.

Earlier research of the flavonoids» positive effects, especially anthocyanidins, are restricted to very small studies in older individuals or animal models, but have revealed that cognitive function is improved with greater intake of foods with these compounds.

Based on the mixed results of these animal studies and a lack of research in pregnant women at this time, it may be best to limit flax to occasional small doses during pregnancy.

The science is clear that high quality saturated and mono unsaturated fats are better for you than poly unsaturated and trans fats, and it also seems clear that eating small amounts of these high - quality fats may be beneficial... But there is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that basing one's diet on these fats is beneficial in the long run, and there is several decades» worth of research to suggest that eating too much fat and animal products is linked to cardiovascular disease.

~ Hunter - gatherer Use of Small Animal Food Resources: Coprolite Evidence (research paper — full text).

The Wangari Maathai Institute holds faculty - students meeting to receive student's progress and deliberate on the way forward to ensure quality students research work and timely graduation of the same at the Clinical Studies Small Animal Seminar Room, Upper Kabete Campus on Friday 22, 2016

Whether you are a manufacturer, distributor or retailer of pet products, a veterinarian or animal health company, small or large, locally or internationally based, the scientific research on the health benefits of pets can help your business thrive.

While research on animal - assisted interaction and therapy is not always consistent and is often done with small groups of participants, there is some evidence that interaction with a companion animal even for a short time might have a range of benefits

After undergraduate study, she went on to work as a veterinary technician in a multi-doctor small animal practice, and then moved to Boston where she held veterinary nursing and research positions.