Science Letter back issues from June 2009:
BioPartnering China 1.0 in Conjunction with BioEco 2009 Conference 25-28 June.(Conference news)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BioPartnering China 1.0 (BPC) produced by Technology Vision Group LLC (TVG), in conjunction with the International Conference for Bioeconomy (BioEco) will provide international and Chinese life science delegates a 4 day, 2 event, 1 location opportunity to meet the critical players in the ...
A Schmahl Science Workshop Recognized as Laureate by Computerworld Honors Program.
Jun 02, 2009 ... A Schmahl Science Workshop (SSW) announced it was selected as a Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program. It was recognized for its BioMobileLab, a state-of-the-art mobile science lab that brings biology, biochemistry and biotechnology equipment and experiments to underserved ...
2009 LifeScience Alley[R] Conference & Expo to Highlight Innovative New Technologies.(Conference news)
Jun 02, 2009 ... As part of the 8th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo on December 9, 2009, the New Technology Showcase will highlight leading life science technologies with the potential to greatly impact the life sciences and health care delivery. Boston Scientific Corporation is sponsoring the ...
Five Top U.S. Female Scientists Earn 2009 L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science for Groundbreaking Research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Today, Dr. Laurent Attal, President and CEO, L'Oreal USA, honored the 2009 recipients of the esteemed L'Oreal USA Fellowships For Women in Science at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. These women were recognized for conducting innovative, groundbreaking research ...
GBC Applauds Release of Bioscience Report.
Jun 02, 2009 ... The Greater Baltimore Committee, the region's most prominent business organization, today applauded Governor Martin O'Malley's release of the Life Sciences Advisory Board report in Atlanta, Georgia (see also Greater Baltimore Committee). Greater Baltimore Committee President ...
Reprints Desk Medical Reprint Service Now Available to Life Science Professionals on the Force.com AppExchange.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Reprints Desk, Inc., the content workflow company, announced the availability of Reprints NRx for the Force.com AppExchange from salesforce.com. Built using the Force.com platform, Reprints NRx for the AppExchange is a procurement service that enables buyers in healthcare marketing and ...
New biology study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Maastricht.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Current Biology, "The ability to recognize sounds allows humans and animals to efficiently detect behaviorally relevant events, even in the absence of visual information. Sound recognition in the human brain has been assumed to proceed ...
New biology findings from T. Sutani and co-authors described.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Current Biology, "Sister chromatid cohesion, which is mediated by the cohesin complex, is vital for faithful segregation of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis (reviewed in [1]). Cohesion is established during S phase, and this process ...
Research conducted at C.D. Dahl and co-authors has provided new information about biology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Current Biology, "Primates developed the ability to recognize and Individuate their conspecifics by the face. Despite numerous electrophysiological studies in monkeys [1-3], little is known about the face-processing strategies that ...
New findings from J.Y. Xiao and co-researchers in the area of cell biology described.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, "The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) is a critical regulator of cell cycle, and it is easily degraded by proteasome through ubiquitin-dependent and -independent pathway. The mechanism of the ...
Reports by D.R. Wysong and co-researchers describe recent advances in cell biology.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... "The spindle assembly checkpoint functions during mitosis to ensure that chromosomes are properly aligned in mitotic cells prior to the onset of anaphase, thereby ensuring an equal segregation of genetic material to each daughter cell. Defects in the function of this checkpoint lead to ...
Reports on cell biology findings from P.G. Kaminker and co-researchers provide new insights.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Telomeres are specialized heterochromatin at the ends of linear chromosomes. Telomeres are crucial for maintaining genome stability and play important roles in cellular senescence and tumor biology." "Six core proteins-TRF1, ...
Research from Albany Medical College, Medical College in cell biology provides new insights.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Discovery of pyknons, the most frequent, variable-length DNA sequence motifs in the human genomes, suggests extensive sequence-based connectivity between non-coding and protein-coding components of human genomes. Here we report ...
Study data from Y. Liu and colleagues update understanding of cell biology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Calcium modulating cyclophilin ligand (CAML) is a ubiquitously expressed cytoplasmic protein that is implicated in the EGFR and LCK signaling pathways and required for early embryonic and thymocyte development. To further define the ...
Researchers at University of Ryukyus target microbiology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "A bacterial strain, designated MS4(T), was isolated from soil in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The bacterium grew with 3-methyl sulfolane as sole sulfur source," researchers in Nishihara, Japan report (see also Microbiology). "Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene ...
Research on molecular and cellular biology published by scientists at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "The cytoplasmic domains of UNC5 are responsible for its netrin-mediated signaling events in axonal migrations, blood vessel patterning, and apoptosis, although the molecular mechanisms governing these processes are unknown. To provide a foundation for the elucidation of the UNC5-mediated ...
Reports summarize natural products research from University of Queensland.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "An Australian marine-derived isolate of Aspergillus versicolor (MST-MF495) yielded the known fungal metabolites sterigmatocystin, violaccol I, violaceol II, diorcinol, (-)-cyclopenol, and viridicatol, along with a new alkaloid, cottoquinazoline A (1), and two new cyclopentapeptides, ...
Reports outline plant cell research study findings from Washington State University.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Plant Cell, "Potato (Solanum tuberosum) multicystatin (PMC) is a crystalline Cys protease inhibitor present in the subphellogen layer of potato tubers. It consists of eight tandem domains of similar size and sequence." "Our ...
Research from Okayama University yields new data on plant physiology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to a study from Okayama, Japan, "Phytosulfokine (PSK) is a sulfated peptide hormone required for the proliferation and differentiation of plant cells. Here, we characterize the physiological roles of PSK in transdifferentiation of isolated mesophyll cells of zinnia (Zinnia ...
New research and development data have been reported by scientists at Leiden University.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Surprisingly, there is still no comparative information as to which universities are among the world's major providers of science-based information and services to the business sector in general, and research-active industry in particular. This paper presents the first results of ...
Findings from M. Desmurget et al in science reported.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Parietal and premotor cortex regions are serious contenders for bringing motor intentions and motor responses into awareness. We used electrical stimulation in seven patients undergoing awake brain surgery," researchers in Bron, France report (see also Science). "Stimulating ...
New research on science from J.M. Schaefer and co-authors summarized.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Understanding the timings of interhemispheric climate changes during the Holocene, along with their causes, remains a major problem of climate science. Here, we present a high-resolution Be-10 chronology of glacier fluctuations in New Zealand's Southern Alps over the past 7000 years, ...
New science findings from California Institute of Technology published.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Access to genuine multipartite entanglement of quantum states enables advances in quantum information science and also contributes to the understanding of strongly correlated quantum systems." "We report the detection and ...
New science findings from University of California described.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Science, "Different global patterns of brain activity are associated with distinct arousal and behavioral states of an animal, but how the brain rapidly switches between different states remains unclear." "We here report that ...
Research from J.J Stewart et al has provided new information about life sciences.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Researchers detail in 'Application of the PM6 method to modeling proteins,' new data in life sciences. "The applicability of the newly developed PM6 method for modeling proteins is investigated. In order to allow the geometries of such large systems to be optimized rapidly, three ...
Researchers from University of Tartu publish new studies and findings in the area of life sciences.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Metacontrast masking of target-area internal contours and target overall surface brightness: the case of mutually coherent and incoherent visual objects.' According to a study from Tallinn, Estonia, "Metacontrast masking is by no ...
Researchers from University of Zabol, Chemistry Department publish new studies and findings in the area of life sciences.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Scientists discuss in 'Theoretical investigation of tautomerism in N-hydroxy amidines' new findings in life sciences. According to a study from Iran, "A DFT study with QST3 approach method is used to calculate kinetic, thermodynamic, spectral and structural data of tautomers and transition ...
Study data from Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pathology update understanding of life sciences.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Researchers detail in 'Silencing of host cell CYBB gene expression by the nuclear effector AnkA of the intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum,' new data in life sciences. According to a study from the United States, "Coevolution of intracellular bacterial pathogens and their host ...
Study data from R.J. Little and co-authors update knowledge of life sciences.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Scientists discuss in 'Modeling of peroxide activation in artemisinin derivatives by serial docking' new findings in life sciences. "Serial docking of artemisinin derivatives. A serial docking study was undertaken with the purpose to improve the understanding of the mechanism of production ...
Research results from Kuopio University update understanding of pathology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... A new study, 'Staging/typing of Lewy body related alpha-synuclein pathology: a study of the BrainNet Europe Consortium,' is now available. According to recent research from Kuopio, Finland, "When 22 members of the BrainNet Europe (BNE) consortium assessed 31 cases with alpha-synuclein ...
Games for Health Conference Announces First Cognitive Health Track Powered by SharpBrains.
Jun 02, 2009 ... The Games for Health Project, organizers of the 5th Annual Games for Health Conference, announced its first Cognitive Health Track powered by SharpBrains, a leading market research company focused on the brain fitness and the cognitive health market (see also Games for Health Project). ...
Sepulveda Sworn in as VA Assistant Secretary for Human Resources.
Jun 02, 2009 ... John U. Sepulveda, a former executive with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, took the oath of office yesterday as the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (see also U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). "I am grateful to ...
Author Solutions Now the World Leader of the Most Popular Segment in Book Publishing.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, is now the world leader in the most popular segment of book publishing. For the first time ever, the number of new U.S. on-demand titles brought to market in 2008 (284,370) exceeded new U.S. traditionally-published titles ...
Economic Downturn Escalates the Incidence of Alcohol Use and Charges for DUI Across the Nation.
Jun 02, 2009 ... DUI Defenders, a nationwide network of DUI defense lawyers based out of Calabasas, California, announces a significant escalation in alcohol use and consequent charges for DUI due to the recent and ongoing downturn in the economy. According to Mintel International, a Chicago-based market ...
'God's Miracles in Lives of Regular People': the True Life Story of One Woman's Testament to the Power of Prayer in Daily Life.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Author Angelic Tarasio is proud to announce the release of her new highly motivational and awe inspiring book, "God's Miracles in Lives of Regular People" (published by iUniverse) during one of the most uncertain economic times in recent history (see also iUniverse). Written as ...
'The Dreamer': Family Saga by Paddy Halpin Published by iUniverse.
Jun 02, 2009 ... A richly satisfying tale for those whose instincts are sure and who would identify at once with the hopes and fears and dreams of all the good friends herein as they trudge along the bumpy road to happiness. It is straightforwardly Christian in orientation (see also iUniverse). ...
A Voice for Theism: 'An Essay Toward the Other'.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "From the One, three; from the three, One." This opening sentence from "An Essay Toward the Other" (published by iUniverse) sums up the overall nature of this book. The One is God; the three are the eternal verities: the Good, the True and the Beautiful (see also iUniverse). A ...
2009 Top 100 U.S. Zip Codes: Total Population-New England Region.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4f6b16/2009_top_100_u_s) has announced the addition of the "2009 Top 100 U.S. Zip Codes: Total Population-New England Region" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The 2009 Top 100 U.S. Zip ...
2009 U.S. Camera & Photographic Supplies Stores Industry Report.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/14edb8/2009_u_s_camera) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Camera & Photographic Supplies Stores Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S. Camera & Photographic ...
2009 U.S. Child Day Care Services Industry Report.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/700c2c/2009_u_s_child_da) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Child Day Care Services Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Child Day Care Services Industry ...
2009 U.S. Cutlery & Handtool Manufacturing Industry Report.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f61cfe/2009_u_s_cutlery) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Cutlery & Handtool Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S. Cutlery & Handtool ...
2009 U.S. Other Ordnance & Artillery Manufacturing Industry Report Now Available.
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f3ccc7/2009_u_s_other_or) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Other Ordnance & Artillery Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Other Ordnance & ...
2009 U.S. Social Advocacy Organizations Industry Report.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dda28b/2009_u_s_social_a) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Social Advocacy Organizations Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Social Advocacy Organizations ...
The 2009 U.S Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing Industry Report Contains Timely and Accurate Industry Statistics, Forecasts and Demographics.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c360f0/2009_u_s_railroad) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Railroad Rolling Stock ...
Findings from A. Renvoise and co-researchers advance knowledge in actinomycosis.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to a study from Marseille, France, "Gram-positive, non-spore-forming rods (strain 4401292 T) were isolated from a human blood sample. Based on cellular morphology and the results of biochemical tests, this strain was tentatively identified as belonging to an undescribed species ...
Data on analyst research described by researchers at National University.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Singapore, Singapore, "In this article, we show that the optical texture of a layer of liquid crystal 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) supported on a thiol-sensitive layer can be applied to detect 1-octanethiol and other vaporous thiols with high ...
New analyst research findings from Osaka University published.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... "In this study, we are reporting for the first time an efficient, accurate and inexpensive rapid detection system which employs the integration of isothermal amplification and subsequent analysis of unpurified amplicons by an electrochemical system. In our experiments, loop-mediated ...
New analyst research study findings have been reported by Y.C. Lin and colleagues.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "The change of the chemical states of inorganic oxoanion salts by low-energy single atomic projectiles (0.5 kV Ar+), high-energy cluster ion beams (10 kV C-60(+)), and mixed 0.2 kV Ar+ and 10 kV C-60(+) are presented. Although the ...
New data from C.N. Xiao et al illuminate research in analyst research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "NMR-based metabonomics has been widely employed to understand the stressor-induced perturbations to mammalian metabolism. However, inter-sample chemical shift variations for metabolites remain an outstanding problem for effective data mining," scientists writing in the journal Analyst ...
Reports outline analyst research study results from University of Pittsburgh.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "We developed a photonic crystal sensing method for diol containing species such as carbohydrates based on a poly( vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel containing an embedded crystalline colloidal array (CCA)," scientists in the United States report (see also Analyst Research). "The ...
Research conducted at University of Zurich has updated our knowledge about analyst research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Type A trichothecenes (primarily T-2 and HT-2 toxins) are common fungal metabolites found in a wide range of grains and other field crops grown in temperate climatic zones. By acting as potent inhibitors of protein synthesis, T-2 and HT- 2 exert adverse effects particularly against ...
Research on analyst research reported by scientists at University of Turku.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from Turku, Finland, "A variety of particles have been adopted as solid support in bioaffinity assays, and the ability to modify the particle properties makes them a versatile tool in assay development. In separation-free fluorescence resonance energy transfer ...
Scientists at University of Strathclyde publish new data on analyst research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "A UVB specific dosimeter is described comprising: a redox dye (2,6-dichloroindophenol, DCIP), a semiconductor ( tin(IV) oxide, SnO2) and a sacrificial electron donor ( glycerol) dispersed in a polymer ( hydroxy ethyl cellulose, HEC) film. The dosimeter is blue in the absence of UVB light ...
Studies from Dalian University of Technology provide new data on analyst research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "A cost-effective LED/photodiode(PD)-based time-domain luminescent lifetime measuring device with rugged electronics and simplified algorithms was assembled and successfully used to characterize oxygen sensing films, by continuously monitoring phosphorescence lifetime changes of ...
Studies from University College have provided new information about analyst research.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "The established stability of carbon-paste electrodes (CPEs) in brain extracellular fluid was exploited to develop a voltammetric technique to monitor the dopamine metabolite, homovanillic acid (HVA), at 10 s intervals," investigators in Dublin, Ireland report (see also Analyst Research). ...
Data from University of Notre Dame provide new insights into anthropology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Despite a long history of field research in the Neolithic of the Near East, archaeologists have a remarkably poor understanding of the degree of variation in mortuary practices within and between major Neolithic settlements. Such an ...
Scientists at Arizona State University publish research in anthropology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Numerous articles examine the relationship between men's hunting skill and other important biological and social traits. We analyzed more than 14,000 hunter days during 27 years of monitoring the Ache of Paraguay by using resampling methods to demonstrate that large sample sizes are ...
Research from Southwest Missouri State University provide new insights into antiquity.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal American Antiquity, "In this article, we use pronghorn dental age data to document pronghorn hunting strategies at Hogup Cave, Utah, and explore their relationship with a widespread late Holocene trend in increasing large-game ...
Research from T.S. Wu and co-researchers yields new findings on gastroenterology.(Clinical report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Malfunctioning or dislodged gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) often require urgent replacement and reinsertion in the Emergency Department (ED). Few data exist regarding the best technique for bedside catheter replacement and verification, and individual operator preferences vary," researchers ...
Research from University of Massachusetts provide new insights into antiquity.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "The archaeological study of Native Americans during colonial periods in North America has centered largely oil assessing the nature of cultural change and continuity v through material culture. Although a valuable approach, it has beet) hindered by focusing too much oil the dichotomies of ...
Studies from Ohio State University yield new information about antiquity.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Georgia, hunter-gatherer groups substantially altered the landscape for more than three millennia (ca. 4,200-1,000 B.P) leaving behind a distinct material record in the form of shell rings, middens, and burial mounds. During this time, these groups ...
Researchers from Tel-Aviv University report on findings in biochemistry.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Many cells use calcium signaling to carry information from the extracellular side of the plasma membrane to targets in their interior. Since virtually all cells employ a network of biochemical reactions for Ca2+ signaling, much effort has been devoted to understand the functional role of ...
Studies from A.I. Vela and co-researchers update current data on biochemistry.
Jun 02, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, "Biochemical and molecular genetic studies were performed on an unknown Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organism isolated from clinical samples from pigs. On the ...
Data on biology reported by researchers at University of Sherbrooke.(Report)
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Improving our knowledge of the links between ecology and evolution is especially critical in the actual context of global rapid environmental changes. A critical step in that direction is to quantify how variation in ecological factors linked to habitat modifications might shape observed ...
Investigators at University of Oxford publish new data on biology.
Jun 02, 2009 ... "Land plants evolved from aquatic algae more than 450 million years ago. Algal sisters of land plants grow through the activity of apical initial cells that cleave either in one plane to generate filaments or in two planes to generate mats," scientists writing in the journal Current ...