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Reed College biology professor wins prestigious $986,000 National Science Foundation grant

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:05:56 -0700
The National Science Foundation awarded its prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program grant of $986,000 to Sarah Schaack, a Reed College biology professor who specializes in the genetics of mutation.
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The science of a sexless future

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:30:00 -0700
Mumbai, May 27 -- In 2004, researchers experimenting with mice in Japan managed to fuse two ovarian eggs and trigger the growth of an embryo, which was then implanted in the uterus of an adult female mouse.The embryo eventually grew into a healthy female mouse, named Kaguya, the first animal to be born of two mothers.At just over a year old, a still-healthy Kaguya mated with a male and gave ...
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913 | Overland Park teen is in pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:19:07 -0700
Suruchi Ramanujan is only 13. Still wearing braces.
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Essay Competition By The Journal Development

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:06:41 -0700
Attention young and early-career science writers with a recent background in developmental biology, this is an essay competition tailor-made for you. Run by the prestigious journal, Development , and its sister community website, the Node , the essay competition has as theme: developments in development. More information from Development s online editor, Eva Amsen follows. [More]
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Latest science from area of network biology

Mon, 07 May 2012 07:57:10 -0700
This week experts from around the world will meet to discuss how network models can be applied to the study and targeting of complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders.
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Bloggings on Immigration Law

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:44:50 -0700
The Department of Homeland Security has included additional degrees to the list of Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes.
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Researchers develop new genetic method to pinpoint individuals' geographic origin

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:38:42 -0700
( University of California - Los Angeles ) In a new study, published online this week in Nature Genetics, a research team including researchers at UCLA Engineering, UCLA's Department of Ecology and Evolution and Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative approach for the modeling of genetic variation in two- or three-dimensional space called spatial ancestry analysis (SPA). With SPA ...
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We can learn a lot from other species

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:17:31 -0700
( Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics ) Researchers at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is useful. The study, published today in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, shows how bioinformatics makes it possible to test the fundamental ...
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Fibrocell Science, Inc. and Top University Investigators Form Scientific Initiative to Assist in Securing Grant ...

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700
Fibrocell Science, Inc. announced today the formation of the Clinical Investigations for Dermal Mesenchymally-Obtained Derivatives Initiative in collaboration with researchers from a number of different universities across the U.S.
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Simons Foundation Chooses U.C. Berkeley for Computing Center

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:09:57 -0700
The Simons Foundation plans to announce on Tuesday that the University of California, Berkeley, will be the home of a new center that combines computing theory with fields like biology or economics.
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