Sentences with phrase «studies in the lab of»

Tufts University neuroscientist Jamie Maguire, based in Boston, got interested in neurosteroids during her postgraduate studies in the lab of Istvan Mody at UCLA.

She pursued her interest through a collaborative graduate training program between her university and Harvard Medical School, where she arrived in 2005 to begin PhD studies in the lab of molecular biologist Jae Jung.

He studies in the lab of Steven C. Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science at SEAS.

Not exact matches

One of the three experiments in the study had 30 university students refraining from eating and drinking between 11 p.m. and the time they arrived to the study lab the next day, which was either 8:30 a.m. or 9:15 a.m. Half of the participants were served breakfast before the experiment, the others went straight to the Iowa Gambling Task.

The study found that results from Theranos differed from those of Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, the other two labs in the study.

A study released in November of 12 participants who spent two weeks in a Boston sleep - research lab discovered that using light - emitting e-reader devices can have negative effects on sleep quality.

«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

In one of the studies, Locke performed an analysis of 10 years» worth of lab and field studies on the effects of goal - setting.

Numerous studies conducted both in the lab and in natural settings have shown that having a sense of voice can deepen positive feelings, even when it has no direct impact on a decision.

First, to determine if this effect was in fact true, the researchers conducted a series of lab experiments in which they asked study subjects to talk about products both face to face and through text messaging.

Not long ago, researchers at the University of Manitoba's Human - Computer Interaction Lab conducted a study in which participants were asked to do 80 minutes of painfully dull drudge work under the supervision of a human, or that of a computer named Nao.

In one lab study, a group of participants received emails from friends, family and co-workers describing a time they witnessed the individual performing at his or her best, while another group did not.

The first one — called the CPW Lab app — was developed after he had begun a collaboration with Facebook in early 2013, as part of his academic studies.

He also led major initiatives including the development of a number of centres with key community leaders, including The Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business, The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies, The Energy ande Environment initiative, and The Creative Destruction Lab — Rockies.

«For now, the focus of this technology innovation centre will be on Visa Checkout and mVisa, but for certain, India will soon have teams that will jointly work with our two research labs in US and Singapore in studying the many aspects of blockchain disrupting technologies»

In fact, this pair represents only a tiny fraction of the digital ecosystem that has built up around the exploiting of information Facebook users share online, as described in detail by Austria's Cracked Labs Institute for Critical Digital Culture, in a June 2017 studIn fact, this pair represents only a tiny fraction of the digital ecosystem that has built up around the exploiting of information Facebook users share online, as described in detail by Austria's Cracked Labs Institute for Critical Digital Culture, in a June 2017 studin detail by Austria's Cracked Labs Institute for Critical Digital Culture, in a June 2017 studin a June 2017 study.

The repeatable tests of aspects of evolution happen in biology labs around the world, like Lenski's lab and his long term e.coli study, http://myxo.css.msu.edu/ecoli/index.html.

Dispassionate readers, who have studied the Galileo caricature of a war between science and religion will know that, apart from that sorry, somewhat isolated affair, the Catholic Church and the science lab have long been conjoined twins in the advancement of knowledge.

In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab released a report that sheds light on just how widespread food insecurity and homelessness are for college students in AmericIn the first comprehensive study of its kind, Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab released a report that sheds light on just how widespread food insecurity and homelessness are for college students in Americin America.

It is concise, descriptive and predictive, has 200 years of observable scientific studies to back it and can be demonstrated in the lab and field.

In lab studies, most of these sweet potato glycosides have been shown to have antibacterial and antifungal properties.

In a lab study, an extract of the leaves stopped the growth and progression of prostate cancer cells by up to 75 % in micIn a lab study, an extract of the leaves stopped the growth and progression of prostate cancer cells by up to 75 % in micin mice.

In 2010, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center published a study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research showing that sulforaphane had the ability to kill breast cancer stem cells in mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cellIn 2010, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center published a study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research showing that sulforaphane had the ability to kill breast cancer stem cells in mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cellin the journal Clinical Cancer Research showing that sulforaphane had the ability to kill breast cancer stem cells in mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cellin mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cellin lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cells.

Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago who oversees a research group there called the Crime Lab, has for the past few years been studying, along with some colleagues, a counseling program called Becoming A Man, or BAM, which operates inside 49 Chicago schools, mostly high schools in low - income neighborhoods.

At GSSI, we study athletes of all ages and skill levels in our own physiology, performance, biochemistry and exercise sensory labs to make sure the Gatorade is formulated for optimal hydration and performance.

In one study of infant reaction to mothers, fathers, and strangers, an infant girl was brought into a lab and set in a plastic seat that was curtained off from distractionIn one study of infant reaction to mothers, fathers, and strangers, an infant girl was brought into a lab and set in a plastic seat that was curtained off from distractionin a plastic seat that was curtained off from distractions.

In studies of lab rats, those fed eggplant showed a decrease in cholesterol and improved blood pressurIn studies of lab rats, those fed eggplant showed a decrease in cholesterol and improved blood pressurin cholesterol and improved blood pressure.

Together with her team of postdoctoral and PhD students Helen has been conducting studies of parent - infant sleep in the lab, the community and in local hospitals for the past 20 years.

(Middlemiss told me that she once took cortisol measurements of babies while they were at home, and that their cortisol levels were lower than the babies tested in the sleep lab, but she didn't include this information in her study.)

In this 2012 study, University of North Texas educational psychologist Wendy Middlemiss and her colleagues tracked the behavior and cortisol levels of 25 infants, ages 4 to 10 months, as they went through a five - day sleep training program à la crying - it - out in a sleep lab in New ZealanIn this 2012 study, University of North Texas educational psychologist Wendy Middlemiss and her colleagues tracked the behavior and cortisol levels of 25 infants, ages 4 to 10 months, as they went through a five - day sleep training program à la crying - it - out in a sleep lab in New Zealanin a sleep lab in New Zealanin New Zealand.

His lab has looked at how the nature of stress in parent - child relationships influences child and family function as well asand has the used longitudinal studies to look at the association between parenting styles and children's emotions and behaviors that may contribute to early mental health issues in children.

Dr. Brian Wansink, a professor of consumer behavior at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, has published a new study in the journal Food Quality and Preference entitled «Ingredient - Based Food Fears and Avoidance: Antecedents and Antidotes.»

Individuals interested in the Teen Lab Reporter track MUST have already completed one season of work - study in another track.

Edwardson is a key player in influencing future strategy for research in the lab, as well as a valuable academic mind as Shedd continues to analyze previous studies conducted with partners at the University of Chicago, The University of Illinois and Argonne National Laboratories.

Pairing state - of - the - art technology like DNA sequencers and robotic fluid handlers in the lab with Shedd's world - class animal expertise, the lab enables Aquarium researchers to study the countless invisible organisms that co-exist with the 32,000 animals in Shedd's care.

In numerous lab studies, subjects who were awakened from the first stage of sleep often denied that they were asleep at all (Dement and Vaughan 1999).

A study has been done recently which shows that the addition of the synthetic forms of AHA and DHA (so not natural as in breastmilk but made in a lab) when used as supplements do not improve infants» development!

Certain factors do make bed sharing more or less safe, says James Kemp, MD, coauthor of the Pediatrics study and director of the Sleep Lab at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, in St. Louis.

Another study published in 1999 by Anderson Laboratories found that lab mice exposed to various brands of disposable diapers experienced asthma - like symptoms, as well as eye, nose and throat irritation.

A lot of the most interesting work in this field has come out of the lab of Amanda Woodward, a psychologist at the University of Chicago who came to the subject after studying language development in graduate school.

«So my lab is currently looking at those other species of borrelia to see if they're found in this area and how common they are and, similar to this study, to see if ticks are co-infected with those at unexpected rates.»

To study how the fruit fly neurons responded to external temperature, Yadlapalli worked with Chang Jiang, a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of Pramod Reddy and Edgar Meyhofer of the U-M Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Rather than pack up and go home, he went for the last option available — a master's degree in cancer research — and picked a cancer lab that also studied viruses, at the University's Institute of Hematology.

The project is generally backed by a lab with a strong reputation and a solid publication track record in their field of study.

Onstott keeps a sealed workspace in his lab at high temperature and free of oxygen — just like home for the bacteria he studies.

For a number of years, this lab in a cavern has hosted the UK's search for dark matter, along with super-sensitive radio - isotope testing equipment for environmental and climate studies, for example.

This study built on previous research from the Sundrud lab, which showed that when TH17 cells entered the intestine in human tissue samples, they increased the expression of a gene called MDR1.

She has spent decades studying the crystalline structures of biological materials such as seashell minerals at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. Growing frustration with government shutdowns, a huge disruption to national labs like Brookhaven, partly spurred her candidacy.

At Brown, Turner is working in the lab of Professor Stephen Gatesy, where she is studying a continuum of postures and locomotion in ancient creatures.

Her interest was piqued: Upon graduating in 1999 she joined the lab of Ding Xue at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to study how cell death is regulated in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.