Sentences with phrase «use cell and molecular biology»

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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.

«We use molecular biology and cell biology techniques available today.»

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.

Visibly fluorescent proteins (FPs) from jellyfish and corals have revolutionized many areas of molecular and cell biology, but the use of FPs in intact animals, such as mice, has been handicapped by poor penetration of excitation light.

His laboratory uses a multidisciplinary approach encompassing systems biology, molecular pharmacology, biochemistry / proteomics, cell and structural biology, and computation / bioinformatics.

His current research uses a variety of molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches to study the basic biology of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).

We dissect the ovaries and embryos of spiders, crickets and milkweed bugs, using molecular biology and microscopy tools to map the genetic mechanisms that guide the emergence of germ cells.

The Salk and TSRI scientists used a range of neuro - genetic, gene therapy, biochemical and structural biology research techniques to discover that the mutant GlyRS enzyme blocked molecular signals important for maintaining the health of motor neurons, the cells that carry messages from the brain to the muscles of the extremities.

«We make a science - based risk assessment [of a product], and if it's safe we use it and if it's unsafe, we don't,» Stefan Jansson, a professor of plant cell and molecular biology at Umeå University's Plant Science Centre in Sweden, told ScienceInsider when ENVI approved its draft last month.

The team from the Massachusetts General Hospital plans to use the microfluidic devices in synergy with some more sophisticated molecular biology tools and identify the control factors of cell migration speed.

«People used to think that this region of the medulla was only involved in the paralysis of skeletal muscles during REM sleep,» said lead author Yang Dan, a UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

«Nearly every animal has these small RNAs, and they use them as a guide to look for target sequences and silence them,» said Heng - Chi Lee, PhD, assistant professor of molecular genetics and cell biology at UChicago and senior author of the new study.

Using a combination of molecular biology, biochemical and novel multi-dimensional digital imaging approaches we study in real - time complex multi dimensional signal integration during the interaction of T cells with live antigen - presenting cells.

These studies use a combination of cell biology, molecular biology and electrophysiology in cultured sensory - motor neurons from the marine invertebrate Aplysia californica, and cultured neurons from mouse hippocampus, and involve investigation of the function of specific molecules in neurons.

We use physiology, histology, and molecular biology to understand development and disease on a holistic basis, all the way from the individual to the organ to the tissue and finally to the molecules within cells.

In 2012, Jennifer Doudna, PhD, a professor of molecular and cell biology and chemistry at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, transformed how researchers use CRISPR technology to edit the genome.

Exactly how the genetic risk factors contribute to the disease is not readily apparent in most cases, and requires cellular and molecular biology investigations that use cultured cells and mouse models.

Using techniques of molecular and cell biology, transgenic models and clinical studies we will try to answer the following questions:

Richard Scheller has used a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology to identify several key synaptic vesicle and plasma membrane proteins involved in fusion of the neurotransmitter - containing vesicles with the membrane of the presynaptic terminal.

In basic research, xenopus is used for studies in development biology, cell biology, molecular genetic and in the area of ecotoxicology.

The relocation of the University's Howard Hughes Medical Institute from the Peck Pavilion to the IRB will, for example, support a new project in which Susan Lindquist, PhD, Albert D. Lasker professor of molecular genetics and cell biology and Howard Hughes Investigator, and researchers from the departments of chemistry and physics will use the inherent complexity and diversity found in biological systems to develop new functional materials.

Chlamydomonas is used as a model system for research on many very fundamental questions in cell and molecular biology: how do cells move?

Objective: To use innovative approaches of integrative biology to unravel how lymphocytes process an array of molecular signals arising from contact with dendritic cells, thereby better understanding the mechanisms that underlie immunity and how they are altered in disease states.

The lab investigates consequences of epigenetic alterations in neuronal cancers and neurodegenerative diseases using a combination of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology with genome wide approaches to gain mechanistic insight into how chromatin architecture is modified in disease.

By using a combination of genetics, fix and live imaging, cell biology and molecular biology techniques we are exploring the consequences of polyploidy in the brain and epithelial tissues of Drosophila.

«In addition to many aspects of cell biology that can be studied, knockout screens could also be used to unravel molecular networks that are exploited by a battery of different viruses and bacteria.»

Yihang Shen published a paper using his PhD research on the molecular biology of fetal rodent livers earlier this year in DNA and Cell Biology.

We discovered several Eph receptors and ephrins, and research in our laboratory is dedicated to the characterization of Eph receptor signal transduction mechanisms and biological functions using biochemical, mass spectrometry, molecular biology and cell biology approaches in conjunction with animal models.

We use a combination of conditional mouse models, primary cell culture (human and mouse), live microscopy, highthroughput genomics and proteomics approaches, and basic molecular biology.

We study the molecular network that controls chromatin duplication using biochemical reconstitutions and cell biology in yeast and human cells.

This course is aimed at researchers who are familiar with basic molecular and cell biology techniques and want to learn how to create an engineered mammalian cell line using the most recent and advanced CRISPR / Cas9 system.