Sentences with phrase «using fly model»

«Potential targeted therapy for lung cancer identified using fly model.»

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A market guru that inspired one of the stock screening models we use at Validea, Joseph Piotroski was a trailblazer in the realm of quantitative investing, although he flew largely under the investing world radar.

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.

Fashion conscious Real Madrid star Sami Khedira has used his time off wisely by winning some major boyfriend points after he flew out to support model girlfriend Lena Gercke at Berlin Fashion Week.

-- Fly a kite — Make mud pies — Create clay models — Make ice pops using fresh fruit juice — Roll down a hill — Have a scooting race — Embrace the loom bands — Draw on pavements in chalk — Go rock pooling

While many humans enjoy a daily caffeine fix, scientists have found that caffeine repels Drosophila melanogaster — a species of fruit fly often used as a model for studying human conditions and genetics.

Using this biologically accurate model of how dynein moves the microtubules within the axoneme, Ingber and Reilly created a short film called «The Beginning,» which draws parallels between sperm swimming toward an egg and spaceships flying toward a planet in space, giving an artistic bent to a scientific topic.

«Our study validates using fruit flies as a model to discover new genes that may also control aggression in humans.»

But as the first compact robot that can both climb and fly, it has practical uses too, such as gathering aerial footage for 3D modelling systems.

Google generates the 3D models that populate Google Earth by using a fleet of camera - equipped planes that fly over cities snapping photos.

Drosophila melanogaster, a dipteran (two - winged) insect, is the species of fruit fly that is commonly used in genetic experiments; it is among the most important model organisms.

So far Reed has established a proof of concept in Drosophila fruit flies, a commonly used model species in laboratories across the world.

The study, conducted using fruit fly populations bred to model natural variations in human sleep patterns, provides new clues to how genes for sleep duration are linked to a wide variety of biological processes.

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a heavily studied model organism often used to examine genetic changes during evolution.

For this study, the team of researchers used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster — a particular useful model for biomedical research.

«Using the fruit fly as a model [for a human disease] is extremely exciting,» he adds.

Using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model, the team led by Prof. Dr. Christoph Schuster and Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading investigates how the brain learns.

Different model organisms like the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are used for their research, aimed at decoding the principles of stem cell control with the aim to also apply them to higher forms of life and eventually humans.

During panel discussions Sept. 18 at 6, 7 and 8 a.m. PDT (9, 10 and 11 a.m. EDT), scientists and researchers will discuss the various science and research studies, including RapidScat, 3 - D printing in Zero - G, technology to measure bone density, and model organism research using rodents, fruit flies and plants.

Using the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly as a model organism, the team led by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Lohmann at Heidelberg University's Centre for Organismal Studies was able to show how a special developmental gene from the Hox family influences germline stem cells.

The new study is based on five years of data collected by Koop, Clayton and colleagues documenting fly damage to finch reproduction, and on mathematical modeling or simulation using that and other data.

The researchers finally used the data together with previously known color vision of the bird predator, and the fruit fly prey, to model how visible the wing coloration is in natural environments.

By using fruit fly as a model system, Minna Poukkula working at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, has found out how actin - rich protrusions contribute to cell migration in animal tissues.

NASA will host a prelaunch panel discussion at 8 a.m. PDT Sept. 18, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, featuring scientists and researchers who will discuss various science and research studies, including the four Ames - supported payloads to study model organism research using yeast, rodents, fruit flies and plants.

Using genetic models in a variety of organisms — yeast, nematodes, fruit flies, zebrafish — PLab aims to identify candidate treatment compounds for each disease, which can then be refined and taken to the clinic with partner companies.

In 2004 Guilherme Neves and Andrew Chess, now at the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, tracked the roles played by other genes on chromosome 21 — in this case using a fruit fly as the model.

Fiumera works in vivo with fruit flies while Mahler works in vitro using a 3 - D cell - culture model of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to understand how ingesting nanoparticles influences glucose processing and the gut microbiome.

Having a model of this in the fly, one of the main systems used in genetic research will be a boost to the field.

To determine whether the premutation carriers» mRNA wreaks havoc on neurons, Warren's team turned to the fruit fly retina, which many researchers use to model degenerating nerves.

The research group, led by Erika Matunis, Ph.D., a professor of cell biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been using the fruit fly as a model living system in which to study stem cells in their natural state.

«This experiment will help reveal the short - and long - term effects of space travel on the cardiovascular system, using fruit flies as a model.

«The fruit fly is a well - known model organism used to understand human biology as it, like all other living organisms, has to fend off various viral infections.

(Drosophila, or fruit flies, are a frequently used model for understanding human disease, and oskar is critical for normal development of fruit fly embryos.)

Using yeast and fruit fly models, they discovered that only two of these DPRs were toxic, namely the glycine - arginine and proline - arginine DPRs.

«The key breakthrough came from using a fruit fly model of human ALS and FTD that allowed us to screen these 400 candidates for ones that block brain cell death in a living organism,» says Lloyd.

Pol III was inhibited using a variety of genetic techniques across several different model organisms, from flies and worms to yeast.

Automatic analysis and 3D - modelling of Hi - C data using TADbit reveals structural features of the fly chromatin colors.

«Our findings both validate and prompt further use of this first - in - kind fly model of kidney cyst formation in order to pinpoint the molecular and cellular mechanisms at work,» says Gamberi.

Erica adds, «Using these flies as models we can start to understand the mechanics of this behaviour.

«It validates the approach of using even very distant model systems, such as the fly, to study human biology.

She uses a new ultra-fast microscopy technique to record the activity in the whole fly brain and works closely with theoretical neuroscientists to analyze the data and model network activity.

Using fruit flies as their favored experimental model, the Jans pulled back the curtain on a graceful symphony of steps guided by a succession of genes that influences the onset and course of neural development and wiring.

We address these questions by combining genetics with live imaging, quantitative image analysis and biophysical approaches using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism.

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is widely used as a model organism for biological and biomedical research and so such puppetry should allow the species to be studied more easily than ever before.

The lifespan of different fly lines was tested at 25 °C, with 10 flies per vial, and analysed using Cox hazard models as previously reported [15] with the coxme package in R [50].

Using the wing development of the fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model, Professor Milán studies the signalling pathways and genetic circuits required for tissue development, and new pathways involved in regeneration and cancer.

By using experimental evolution — or natural selection — to grow the world's fattest fruit flies, life sciences professor Allen Gibbs and Ph.D. student Christopher Hardy pioneered a new model for investigating obesity - related heart dysfunction.

Today, scientists can study HD using «model» mice, flies, sheep, and other animals.

Instead of focusing on marine animals, they use animal models such as freshwater zebrafish, salamanders, fruit flies and nematode worms that share many of their genes with humans.

Examples include: in vitro tests such as cell lines, computer simulation and modelling, video material, or the use of invertebrates such as fruit flies or worms