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Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)) Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens of VIB, a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, connected to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 20, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Rice University) Biochemists at Rice University have won $1.5 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for structural clues that could boost the effectiveness of antiviral drugs. The influenza A category includes this year's pandemic H1N1 flu strain, some seasonal varieties of flu and the much-feared H5N1 bird flu. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 20, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Jungle yeastEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Norwich BioScience Institutes) A new species of yeast has been discovered deep in the Amazon jungle. In a paper published on-line in FEMS Yeast Research, IFR scientists and colleagues from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador describe the novel characteristics of Candida carvajalis sp. nov. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 21, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Airborne mold spores increase kids' risk for multiple allergiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers say exposure to a certain group of fungal spores--abundant in the air that we breathe every day--can make young children more susceptible to developing multiple allergies later in life. The team found that infants who were exposed to basidiospores and other airborne fungal spores--specifically penicillium/aspergillus and alternaria--early in life were more likely to develop allergies to mold, pollen, dust mites, pet dander and certain foods as they grew older. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 14, 2006 Category: Biology Source Type: news

American Society for Microbiology honors Tobias M. Hohl for work on Aspergillus fumigatusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(American Society for Microbiology) The 2009 American Society for Microbiology ICAAC Young Investigator Award will be presented to Tobias M. Hohl, Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle. Sponsored by Merck US Human Health, this award recognizes early career scientists for research excellence in microbiology and infectious diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 19, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

AIBS Names 2009 Emerging Public Policy LeadersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AIBS has selected Adam Roddy, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and Anna Maria Stewart, a graduate student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), to receive the 2009 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA). Since 2003, AIBS has recognized the achievements of biology graduate students who have demonstrated an interest in and aptitude for contributing to science and public policy. Roddy and Stewart will receive a certificate; membership in AIBS; several AIBS publications, such as Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with t...
Source: AIBS News - August 14, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

New challenges for diagnosis of bacterial STIsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This year cases of sexually transmitted infections have risen by 2 percent in the UK, in spite of a small drop in the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea, according to scientists speaking today (Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007) at the Federation of Infection Societies Conference 2007 at the University of Cardiff, UK, which runs from Nov. 28-30, 2007. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 27, 2007 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Study reveals how a common virus eludes the immune systemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Rockefeller University Press) Viruses have numerous tricks for dodging the immune system. Stagg et al. reveal a key detail in one of these stratagems, identifying a protein that enables cytomegalovirus to shut down an antiviral defense. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 31, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Mosquito mating mechanism could lead to new attack on dengue and yellow feverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cornell researchers have identified a mating mechanism that possiblycould be adapted to prevent female mosquitoes from spreading theviruses that cause dengue fever, second only to malaria as the mostvirulent mosquito-borne disease in the tropical world. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 10, 2008 Category: Biology Source Type: news

The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and controlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Science in China Press) The latest special issue of Science in China Series C: Life Sciences focuses on the recent progress in the H5N1-related research field. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 22, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Tips from the journals of the American Society for MicrobiologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(American Society for Microbiology) The following are tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: "Organic and Natural Beef Cattle Production Systems Offer No Major Difference in Antibiotic Susceptibility of E. coli"; "New Study Finds Wild Pikas Are Natural Mammalian Hosts to H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus"; and "New Study Suggests an Unidentified Source as Cause of Residual Viremia in HIV-1 Patients on HAART." (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 21, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Lay your eggs hereEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(North Carolina State University) North Carolina State University scientists have figured out one reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters worldwide, choose to lay their eggs in certain outdoor water containers while eschewing others. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 7, 2008 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Mouse model of prion disease mimics diverse symptoms of human disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Cell Press) A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the human version of "mad cow disease," Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The research, published by Cell Press in the Nov. 26 issue of the journal Neuron, provides exciting insight into the mechanism of disease and may lead to the development of new therapeutic strategies for this devastating neurodegenerative disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 26, 2008 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Pioneering research on sleeping sickness wins MERIAL Award for ParasitologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stefan Magez, a VIB researcher connected to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has won this year's MERIAL Award for Parasitology. For a number of years now, he has been studying the parasite that causes sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 26, 2007 Category: Biology Source Type: news

News tips from the Journal of Biological ChemistryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Story ideas from the April 20, 2007 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry include new insight into how sperm cells activate eggs during fertilization; a new chemical effective against anthrax; the role of a new protein in the growth of hepatitis C virus; new findings about gene repression; and a potential new drug against African sleeping sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 20, 2007 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Helicobacter pylori can multiply in autophagic vesiclesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine) Some Taiwanese clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori are found to replicate in some macrophage cell lines. After entry, H. pylori can multiply 5-10 fold by 12 h post infection. The dividing H. pylori are observed to reside in double-layered autophagosomal vesicles. Therefore, H. pylori can be considered as a kind of intracellular microorganism. In summary, autophagic vesicles are adopted for the multiplication of H. pylori, which has implications for host defense against H. pylori invasion. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 27, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news

2009 AIBS Annual Meeting on Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food SupplyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 2009 AIBS annual meeting on "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply" will be held 18–19 May at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Registration, poster submission forms, and the preliminary program are online at www.aibs.org/annual-meeting. The program chair is 2009 AIBS President May R. Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The meeting will bring together plenary speakers, panelists, and discussion groups from the basic and applied life sciences to examine the topics of food sustainability, supply, and security. The two-day program is geared towar...
Source: AIBS News - January 3, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Registration and Poster Submissions Open for 2009 AIBS Annual MeetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 2009 AIBS annual meeting, "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply," will be held 18–19 May at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The program chair is 2009 AIBS President May R. Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Registration, poster submission forms, and the preliminary program are online at www.aibs.org/annual-meeting. The meeting will bring together plenary speakers, panelists, and discussion groups from the basic and applied life sciences to examine food sustainability, supply, and security. The two-day program is geared toward the science-p...
Source: AIBS News - February 3, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

2009 AIBS Annual Meeting on Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food SupplyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 2009 AIBS annual meeting on "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply" will be held 18–19 May at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Registration, poster submission forms, and the preliminary program are online at www.aibs.org/annual-meeting. The program chair is 2009 AIBS President May R. Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The meeting will bring together plenary speakers, panelists, and discussion groups from the basic and applied life sciences to examine the topics of food sustainability, supply, and security. The two-day program is geared towar...
Source: AIBS News - March 7, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Registration and Poster Submissions Open for 2009 AIBS Annual MeetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 2009 AIBS annual meeting, "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply," will be held 18–19 May at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The program chair is 2009 AIBS President May R. Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Registration, poster submission forms, and the preliminary program are online at www.aibs.org/annual-meeting. The meeting will bring together plenary speakers, panelists, and discussion groups from the basic and applied life sciences to examine food sustainability, supply, and security. The two-day program is geared toward the science-p...
Source: AIBS News - March 7, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news