Valer Longo is one of the most rigorous researchers in the world in
the study of cell biology and gerontology.
Davidson took the fluorescent proteins originally developed by Roger Tsien, a frequent collaborator, and expanded on then to revolutionize
the study of cell biology.
Not exact matches
Lie4Him, Schweitzer, one
of the first scientists to use the tools
of modern
cell biology to
study dinosaurs, has upended the conventional wisdom by showing that some rock - hard fossils tens
of millions
of years old may have remnants
of soft tissues hidden away in their interiors.
Dennis has a PhD in genetics / developmental
biology from the University
of British Columbia and a special interest in
studying pattern formation and
cell -
cell communication during tissue development using fruit flies as a model organism.
Kauffman was trained as a physician, but gave up medical practice to
study fundamental questions in
biology: «I entered
biology because the magnificent wonder
of cell differentiation overwhelmed me» (HU94).
«We found that babies who are fed only breast milk have microbial communities that seem more ready for the introduction
of solid foods,» the
study's lead author Dr. Andrea Azcarate - Peril, assistant professor in the department
of cell biology and physiology, said in a press release.
Roman Giger, an associate professor
of cell and developmental
biology at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
studies neurodegeneration and treating spinal cord injury.
The fields within
biology are further divided based on the scale at which organisms are
studied and the methods used to
study them: biochemistry examines the fundamental chemistry
of life; molecular
biology studies the complex interactions
of systems
of biological molecules; cellular
biology examines the basic building block
of all life, the
cell; physiology examines the physical and chemical functions
of the tissues and organ systems
of an organism; and ecology examines how various organisms interrelate.
Researchers at the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB), an NSF Science and Technology Center at the University
of Pennsylvania,
study plants like this Arabidopsis thaliana to learn how molecules,
cells and tissues integrate mechanics within plant and animal
biology, with the aim
of creating new materials, biomedical therapies and agricultural technologies.
She earned her Ph.D. in molecular
biology from the University
of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she
studied the nerve
cells that compel a fruit fly to perform a dazzling mating dance.
Speeches came from a variety
of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who
studies cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the process to phase out coal - fueled power plants by 2030 in Alberta.
Now 24, he is a first - year graduate student in the department
of cellular and structural
biology at the University
of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (UTHSCSA), where he is
studying the role
of oxidative damage — the wear and tear inflicted upon the
cell by toxic molecules called free radicals — in the aging process.
«The tumor
cells are smart,» said Wei Guo, co-corresponding author on the
study and a professor
of biology in Penn's School
of Arts and Sciences.
«A potted plant may look tranquil, but there are actually a lot
of conversations going on in that pot,» said
study co-author Joff Silberg, associate professor
of biochemistry and
cell biology and
of bioengineering at Rice.
Some
of the researchers at the centre will
study the differentiation
of stem
cells into other
cell types, one group by using human embryonic stem
cell biology and another by
studying early embryo development.
According to Izpisúa Belmonte, who is also a professor at the gene expression laboratories
of the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies in San Diego, California, CMRB aims to become «a research centre
of excellence in south Europe in the line
of world - recognized institutions such as the Salk or the Whitehead institutes, where both pre - and postdoctoral researchers receive multidisciplinary training
of the highest quality» in stem
cell biology and
cell regeneration.
Dmitry Royhman, currently
studying to get his PSM in
cell and molecular
biology at IIT, says, «The reason I chose to do the PSM instead
of the traditional Master's degree was because the M.S. would have restricted me more toward research, and I was not sure that was the path for me.»
Susan Howitt, deputy head
of biology teaching and learning, Research School
of Biology, Australian National University,
studies cell transporters in addition to her administrative and teaching duties.
Studies of the lens
of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but also might illuminate the
biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which
cells commit suicide
Earlier, for his Ph.D., he used his physics training to
study biological interactions at the molecular resolution — but for his postdoc he changed approaches dramatically, turning to
cell biology and applying his skills to the development
of high - resolution functional imaging
of DNA transcription in living
cells.
«There's dogma in the literature — which is more oriented toward the
cell biology of aging — that wild animals don't actually senesce,» says Daniel Nussey, an evolutionary ecologist at the University
of Edinburgh who
studies aging in Soay sheep on a remote Scottish island.
Xian - Cheng Jiang, PhD, professor
of cell biology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has led a
study identifying a new approach for lowering «bad» lipids in blood circulation, a critical means to combat devastating cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.
Cell lines are the workhorses
of biology, routinely stocked and
studied in every laboratory to understand cellular pathways, receptors, targets, hormones, and all aspects
of normal and malignant physiology.
«
Studying human islet
cells has been a major challenge in the field
of diabetes research for decades because the pancreas essentially digests itself shortly after a person's death,» said professor
of developmental
biology Seung Kim, MD, PhD.
«This paper is a great example
of how chemistry can help make step changes in
biology,» says Matthew Dalby, a professor
of cell engineering at the University
of Glasgow and co-senior author on the
study with Ulijn.
Efforts to obtain and
study genomes and enrichment cultures
of uncultivated microbial lineages will likely further expand our knowledge about archaeal phylogenetic and metabolic diversity and their
cell biology and ecological function.
«Our work could lead not only to a better understanding
of the
biology of the optic nerve, but also to a
cell - based human model that could be used to discover drugs that stop or treat blinding conditions,» says
study leader Donald Zack, M.D., Ph.D., the Guerrieri Family Professor
of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine.
Studying the vying for nutrients in the
cell «will teach us really interesting
biology about how the
cell senses the presence
of a parasite metabolically, and how the
cell is able to metabolically respond,» Pernas says — knowledge that could lead to new therapies.
You'll also be expected to remain knowledgeable
of advances outside your immediate field
of study (i.e., reading about
cell biology if you work on transcription), which will permit you to round out your education.
«CellNet will also be a powerful tool to advance synthetic
biology — to engineer
cells for specific medical applications,» says James Collins, PhD, Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute and the William F. Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University, co-senior investigator on one
of the
studies.
In a second
study, they applied CellNet's teachings to a recurring question in stem
cell biology: Is it feasible to directly convert one specialized
cell type to another, bypassing the laborious process
of first creating an iPS
cell?
Ana Soto, professor
of cellular
biology at Tufts University School
of Medicine, and her colleagues were
studying the effects
of estrogen on a breast cancer
cell line.
Hwang said the
study would provide data about the best candidates for active surveillance, and create a repository
of imaging and
cell samples to advance knowledge into the molecular
biology of DCIS and what fuels or deters its growth.
The
study, «VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark
of pluripotency and cancer» found that novel non-coding parts
of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the
biology of stem
cells, and in the development
of cancer.
The startling feat prompted President Barack Obama to ask his newly formed bioethics commission to examine the implications
of the Venter
study and other kinds
of synthetic
biology, such as creating biological circuits by putting components together in a
cell.
A former research fellow
of the Royal Society, he was director
of studies in biochemistry and
cell biology at Clare College at Cambridge University and a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard.
«By learning more about how these
cells work, we are one step closer to understanding the disease states in which these
cells should be
studied,» said Cagla Eroglu, an assistant professor
of cell biology and neurobiology at the Duke University Medical Center, who led the research.
«Until now, no
studies have separated how resistance to these two different drug actions might work,» says Roepe, also a professor
of biochemistry and
cell and molecular
biology and co-founder
of Georgetown's Center for Infectious Disease at Georgetown University Medical Center.
«It really reinforces the idea that evolution
of the code itself was a progressive process,» said Paul Schimmel, a professor
of molecular and
cell biology at the Scripps Research Institute, who was not involved in the
study.
«In a previous
study focused on identification
of the first
cells in the nervous system to fail during aging
of this reflex we found that sensory neuron aging drives aging
of the circuit, said Lynne Fieber, associate professor
of marine
biology and ecology at the UM Rosenstiel School.
«This is one
of nature's most remarkable feats
of regeneration,» said the
study's senior investigator Kenneth Poss, professor
of cell biology and director
of the Regeneration Next initiative at Duke.
Rather than despairing that combinatorial interactions
of diets, nuclear genes, and mitochondrial genes make the underlying
biology of aging intractably complex, Rand and lead author Chen - Tseh Zhu said
studies that explicitly embrace such multifactorial interactions can lead researchers to understand the inherent biological complexity
of the aging process: Many genes, many
cells, and many environments all contribute to the aging process.
Dr. Taraska's lab
studies the structural
cell biology of exocytosis and endocytosis with advanced imaging methods including live
cell microscopy, superresolution fluorescence, and electron microscopy.
He subsequently obtained a Ph.D. at the University
of Sydney
studying cancer
cell biology, and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to undertake postdoctoral research at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
«This
study opens an entirely new area
of discovery for many aspects
of cell biology and biomedical research — how cancer
cells metastasize, for example — and provides many new therapeutic targets,» said senior author Jack Dixon, PhD, professor in the UC San Diego School
of Medicine and associate vice chancellor
of Scientific Affairs.
The
study, published in
Cell Reports on July 2, sheds light on the evolutionary
biology of these extinct giants.
His current research uses a variety
of molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches to
study the basic
biology of mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs).
Areas covered range from basic
studies into the
biology of innate and adaptive immunity (immune
cell development and differentiation, immunogenomics, systems immunology, structural immunology, antigen presentation, immunometabolism, and mucosal immunology) to immune contributions to health and disease (host defense, inflammation, cancer immunology, autoimmunity, allergy, transplantation, and immunodeficiency).
«This year's Nobel Laureates have been
studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery
of how an inner clock in most
of our
cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian
biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well - being.»
«Our results underscore the need for the field
of regenerative medicine to proceed with care,» said the
study's co-corresponding author Kevin Eggan, an HSCI Principal Faculty member and the director
of stem
cell biology for the Stanley Center.