24 Sept 2012

CCMB 25th Foundation Day Celebrations



To revel the 25th Foundation Day we are establishing some events throughout November 2012

NIPGR RA/SRF Vacancies’


Position for Research Associate (RA), Senior Research Fellow (SRF)

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for filling up the purely temporary positions of one Research Associate and one Senior Research Fellow in DST project entitled "Role of Homeobox Genes in Abiotic Stress Responses in Rice" under the guidance of Dr. Mukesh Jain,Scientist,NIPGR.

Biochemistry SRF Walk In



NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION
(Indian Council of Medical Research)
TARNAKA, JAMAI-OSMANIA, HYDERABAD-500 007

NIN/PERS/SCH/2012-13/

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW

SRF/JRF Vacancy on siRNA library based whole genome approach

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY
NEW DELHI-110067

NISER Project Opening



NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,
BHUBANESWAR

Institute of Physics Campus, P.O. - Sainik School, Bhubaneswar-751005
(Research &. Development Section)

Notice No.: NISER/DST IBL101S/21/2D12

22 Sept 2012

ICFRE JRF/ Project Asst



JRF/ Project Asst
Eligibility: MSc(Botany / Agricultural Botany)
Place: Shimla
Job Category: Govt Sector, Research
Last Date: 1 October 12

Job Type: Full Time
Appointment Procedure: Face to Face Interview.

ANGRAU Research Associate


Eligibility: M Phil / Phd
MSc (Bio-technology, Chemistry / Applied Chemistry, Food Science / Technology)
Place: Hyderabad
Job Category: Govt Sector, Research, Walkin
Last Date: 29 September 12

Job Category: Full Time
Hiring Process: Written-test.

IIPR Indian Institute of Pulses Research



T-3 (Farm & Field Technician)

Eligibility: BSc (Botany / Agricultural Botany)
MSc (Botany / Agricultural Botany)
Place: Kanpur
Job Type: Govt Sector, Others
Last Day: 10 October 12

Project Assistants



Applications are invited from eligible candidates willing to join as a Project Assistant at National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana.

Important Qualification:

Technical Assistant opening for BSc



TEMPORARY POSITION AVAILABLE

Adv. # 15/ 2012

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for one position of Technical Assistant in the BRNS funded research project entitled "Association between stemness and TCTEX1 expression in testicular germ cells from adult mouse testis" at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram.

IMPORTANT QUALIFICATIONS

21 Sept 2012

Research Assistant



PROJECT ASSISTANT VACANCY AT PCBS.

Pondicherry Centre for Biological Sciences (PCBS) is an Indian private R & D organization founded with an aim to promote research in the field of molecular infection and immunology. We are fore-runners to establish such research oriented centers in Pondicherry.

Zoology/Biochemistry JRF/SRF Walk Ins



NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
MEGHANINAGAR, AHMEDABAD – 380016

Walk-In Interview for the post of JRF and SRF

Microbiology/Plant Breeding SRF Walk Ins



INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH
KALYANPUR, KANPUR – 208024

Fax: 091-512-2572582, 2572809 Tel. No. 2570264, 2570146

WALK –IN-INTERVIEW

CCMP Open Day Entry Free



CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY,
HYDERABAD

Plant Pathology SRF Walk Ins



DIVISION OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
IARI, NEW DELHI
Topic: Recruitment of Senior Research fellow in ICAR outreach project.

Biochemistry JRF Walk In


 MACS-AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PUNE - 411004
E-mail:arilib@pn2.vsnl.net.in.

Advt./Rec/19/2012

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR TEMPORARY RESEARCH STUDENT

Parasitology/Fishery Sciences JRF Vacancy




RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY
ITANAGAR-791 112 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Applications invited for one post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

20 Sept 2012

Scientist Openings



RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
(INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH)
AGAMKUAN, PATNA – 800 007.

Walk-In-Interview

Date of Interview 25/09/2012

Human Cytogenetic/Reproductive Biology Scientist Jobs



ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 608.

Advt.No.-3/2012/WII

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW

19 Sept 2012

GNDU Project Fellow Openings in DST, UPE, UGC Project


Applications are invited for the vacant posts of research fellow under DST-PURSE, UPE, CPEPA, University fellow, UGC Project (one each) with following qualification.

JRF Walk In


DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETIC ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF BASIC SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES
G.B. PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
PANTNAGAR -263145, UTTARAKHAND

No. CBSH/MBGE/1145 07/09/2012

JRF Vacancy


Dept. of Plant Pathology
Assam Agricultural University
Jorhat-785013

ADVERTISEMENT NO./DBT-AAU Centre/Biopesticide/2

IISER Mohali RA Vacancy


Applications are invited from Indian Nationals to work as a postdoctoral Research Associate (RA) in a research project funded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

The First mammalian 'cell phone'

Researchers from ETH Zurich designed a “cell phone” made of biological components. A “therapeutical call” halts the pathological formation of new blood vessels. Credit: Andrea Lingk / ETH Zurich

BDU Project Opening


Molecular characterization of constitutive and consensus miRNA expression profiles

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
(DST-FIST Sponsored)
SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024.

Genetic Markers Project Fellow Walk In



BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024
DEPARTMENT OF BIO-MEDICAL SCIENCE

Walk-in- interview for the selection of “Project Fellow” on contractual basis under the on-going project “Screening for Genetic Markers that may Predispose Older Men and Postmenopausal Women To Develop Primary Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) in Indian Population” is scheduled to be held on 26.09.2012 (Wednesday) at 10.30 AM.

Indo-US Symposium on Disorders of the Developing Brain


October 27-28, 2012

Manipal University, Manipal, India

Topics

ICRISAT Applied Genomics Scientist Opening


Scientist-Applied Genomics (AG) & Genotype Service Laboratory (GSL)

ICRISAT seeks applications from Indian nationals for the post of “Scientist-Applied Genomics (AG) & Genotype Service Laboratory (GSL)” to be based at Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India. This is a nationally recruited position.

Research Fellow Vacancy at JNU Recruits



RESEARCH FELLOW POSITION

17 Sept 2012

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


53rd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

Plant Biotech Project Fellow BDU Vacancy


DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 024.

Biochemistry/Biotech Project Fellow Opening


YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
VEMANAPURAM, KADAPA - 516 003

Project Fellow (PF)

Signaling Pathways/Lung Cancer JRF Opening


THAPAR UNIVERSITY, PATIALA
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Biofilms Manipal University JRF Vacancy


Manipal University

IGKV Raipur RA/SRF/TA Walk Ins in Plant Breeding/Biotech


College of Agriculture (IGKV Raipur), Raipur

BHARATHIDASAN Animal Biotech Project Fellow Vacancy


BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024, TAMILNADU, INDIA.

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW

Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research Recruits RA/Scientific officer/Group Leader (13 Posts) | IOC Recruits


17 Sep 2012

DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research

14 Sept 2012

Plant Molecular Biology JRF Opening


IPU Delhi Plant Molecular Biology JRF Opening

Zoology/Wildlife Biology Project Opening At Mizoram University


EMPLOYMENT NOTICE

JNU JRF Opening at Sleep Research Laboratory


SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI-110 067

Date: August 30, 2012

JNU Openings for SRF/JRF


School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110 067

Biochemistry/Microbiology SRF/JRF



FOOD QUALITY TESTING LABORATORY
N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NAVSARI-396 450 (GUJARAT)

JNU JRF Vacancy


Biochemical Engineering/Fermentation Tech JNU JRF Vacancy

SASTRA Faculty Openings 2012 in Life Sciences


CDRI Lucknow Admissions to PhD 2013


CDRI, Lucknow

ADVERTISEMENT No. 5 / 2012

ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMMES FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2013

12 Sept 2012

IISc International Conference on Bio molecular Forms & Functions ICBFF 2013 | 8-11 January 2013


International Conference on Bio molecular Forms & Functions

DY Patil Pune Opening for JRF


Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Institute, Pune
Tathawade, Pune 411033.

Indo-Australia S&T Visiting Fellowship Program – 2012


Indo-Australia S&T Visiting Fellowship Program – 2012

(Supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India)

NBAIM Recruits RA/SRF 17 Posts


NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS
(Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
Kusmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh- 275101

GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY Biotech Faculty Jobs 2012


GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY
Greater Noida
GAUTAM BUDH NAGAR- (U.P.)

Adv. No: 3/September/2012

Science Academies Refresher Course on Traditional and Modern Approaches in Plant Taxonomy


Science Academies Refresher Course on

‘Traditional and Modern Approaches in Plant Taxonomy’

Sponsored by

    Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
    Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
    The National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad

In collaboration with

KRISHNA UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology JRF Vacancy


Department of Biotechnology
KRISHNA UNIVERSITY
Machilipatnam - 521 001

Phone No: 08672-225963
Fax No: 08672-225960
Mobile No: +918897019580

Application are invited from eligible candidates to work as a Junior Research Fellow in a Major Research Project entitled "Molecular cloning of genes involved in Tributyltin resistance and degradation from bacterial isolates of shipping harbor sediments" sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Avian single chain monoclonal antibodies technique for analysis of food and environmental samples | CFTRI JRF Vacancy


ADVERTISEMENT NO. REC 6/2012(JRF)

No.FT/15(877)/2012/E-1

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for 1 [One] position of Junior Research Fellow on a temporary contractual basis in the research project entitled "Avian single chain monoclonal antibodies technique for analysis of food and environmental samples" (GAP-0409) funded by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, tenable at Department of Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, Karnataka.

Cancer Research opportunity for Physicians: Silchar, Assam


Cancer Research opportunity for Physicians: Silchar, Assam, India

We have an immediate opening for a JRF position leading to PhD in a DBT (Gov. of India) funded project on nasopharyngeal cancer.

11 Sept 2012

Immunological Challenges for Stem Cells


Stem cells transmit a vast potential for treating disease but they also come with hurdles that must be overcome to ensure their success and viability for treating disease. One challenging area is that involving a patient's immune system. The challenges are also unusual because they mostly pertain to embryonic stem cells whereas adult stem cells can actually alleviate immunological challenges that tend to accompany embryonic stem cells. It's important to understand what exactly happens during immune rejection before looking at the different immunological consequences from use of embryonic stem cells.

Just how Alcohol Affects Stem Cells


Alcohol is known to cause several health difficulties but new research shows it can affect stem cells too. In particular, a recent study suggests alcohol damages stem cells in the developing brains of teenagers.

University of Madras Workshop on Nanobiotechnology and Molecular Biology


Workshop on Nanobiotechnology and Molecular Biology

MKU UGC–NRCBS Winter School on Bioresources Management


Madurai Kamaraj University
Palkalai Nagar, Madurai 625 021

UGC–NRCBS Winter School on Bioresources Management

8 October–22 October 2012

Research Associate Walk In @ BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY


BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
53-University Road, Lucknow - 226 007

Research Scholars (BSRSs) Recruitment @ Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow


BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI)
53, UNIVERSITY ROAD, LUCKNOW 226 007

FAX: 0522-2740098/2740485

Palaeobotany Scientist Jobs @ BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEO BOTANY


BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEO BOTANY
(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION UNDER THE DEP ARTMENT OF SCIENCE
&TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI)
53, UNIVERSITY ROAD, LUCKNOW 226007, UP
FAX: 0522-274009812740485

Biochemistry Karnatak University, Dharwad SRF/JRF Openings


Karnatak University, Dharwad
Department of Biochemistry

Applications are invited for the position of Senior Research Fellow (SRF)/Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work in the DST sponsored Major Collaborative Research Project between Dept of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad and Advanced Center for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai (DST sanction letter no. SR/SO/BB-0085/2010/A).

Environmental Microbiology BHU JRF Vacancy


Banaras Hindu University
(Established by Parliament by Notification No. 225 of 1916)
Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development
Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India

DBT TATA Innovation Fellowship: 2012–13


Government of India
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science and Technology

TATA Innovation Fellowship: 2012–13

Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology RA Openings on Marine Biology/Ecology


Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
Post Box No. 83, Mundra Road
Bhuj 370 001, Kachchh-Gujarat

Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj-Kachchh invites applications for the following posts.

10 Sept 2012

Cell Physiology BHU JRF Vacancy


Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology
Banaras Hindu University

Applications are invited for following posts under a Department of Biotechnology CDBT), Govt. of India sponsored research project entitled "Studies on cellular and molecular changes during postovulatory aging of rat eggs" with Dr. S. K. Chaube, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology as Principal Investigator (DBT Project code P-07-533).

Biodegradable Polymers ANNA UNIVERSITY JRF Vacancy


ANNA UNIVERSITY
CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHENNAI- 600 025

Advertisement for Junior Research Fellow Position

Tissue Culture BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY Project Vacancy


DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 024.

Walk-in-interview for the selection of “Project Fellow” on contractual basis under the on-going project “Isolation, characterization and enhancing the production of Psoralen from Psoralea corylifolia L. through in vitro culture.” Is scheduled to be held on 17.09.2012 at 11.00 am. The post is purely temporary in nature and co-terminus with the project. Eligible candidates may attend the Walk-in-interview at the above address.

Gauhati University DBT Workshop on Research Methodology and Biostatistics: Application in Biomedical Science/Biological Science


4th – 6th October, 2012
DBT Sponsored National Workshop on Research Methodology and Biostatistics: Application in Biomedical Science/Biological Science

4th – 6th October, 2012

Bioquest 2012 | International Conference on Biotechnology for Innovative Applications


International Conference on Biotechnology for Innovative Applications

August 12 – 15, 2013

HAU Hisar Plant Breeding JRF Walk In

Cataloguing the Microbial Diversity of Sundarbans | University of Calcutta RA Vacancy


Walk-in Interview

Bharathiar University Bioinformatics Project Fellow Vacancy


Bharathiar University: Coimbatore 641 046
Department of Bioinformatics

Recruitment of one Project Fellow under UGC- Major Research project at the Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University.

Screening for Genetic Markers | BDU Project Walk In


BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024
DEPARTMENT OF BIO-MEDICAL SCIENCE

Anxieties about Stem Cells

Stem cells

Despite the enormous therapeutic potential for stem cells to treat a vast array of serious diseases there are still concerns about potentially dangerous results. Scientists are excited about the possibilities of saving lives and reducing morbidity from disease but at the same time, there are fears regarding unexpected results and effects from stem cell usage. With recent technologies having triggered a major increase in stem cell treatments, the concept of stem cell therapies is no longer such a foreign one.

9 Sept 2012

Study shows clathrin protein moonlights, playing key role in cell division


A protein called "clathrin," which is found in every human cell and plays a critical role in transporting materials within them, also plays a key role in cell division, according to new research at the University of California, San Francisco.

The Organized cell



(Phys.org)—An interdisciplinary effort at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) addressed the question of how mRNA content, which is translated into proteins, is regulated in the cell. Supported by the Swiss initiative for systems biology (SystemsX.ch), experimental biologists and computer scientists teamed up to contrast epigenomic data of histone modifications with post-transcriptional read-outs. Their study, published as a featured article in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, gives answer to a quantitative question in gene regulation.

8 Sept 2012

Phytochemical Profiling, bioactivity Analysis and insilico Screening of some medicinally important Pteridophytes of Southern Assam | AU Project Opening


Advertisement for the post of Project Fellow (1 posts)

Interview will be conducted for One Project Fellow positions under University Grants Commission(UGC) funded major Research Project titled “Phytochemical Profiling, bioactivity Analysis and insilico Screening of some medicinally important Pteridophytes of Southern Assam” in the Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar.

Enhancing the production of anticancer alkaloids | AMU Project Vacancy


Advertisement for the post of Project Fellow

Applications are invited on plain paper for the post of Project Fellow in the following UGC-sponsored research project.

Avinashilingam Institute BREAST CANCER Project Opening


Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women
Coimbatore- 641 043

Applications are invited along with complete bio- data and attested copies of certificates and testimonials of qualifications and experience for the following temporary position in University Grants Commission sponsored, research project entitled "A STUDY ON THE REGULATION OF PARP GENE EXPRESSION USING Prosopis cilleraria TO TREAT BREAST CANCER" in the Department of Biochemistry. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.

Nano biotech Anna University Project Vacancy


CENTRE FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI-600 025

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the post of "Project Fellow"

under a research project sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DSTFast Track), New Delhi, to be executed at the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University.

Zoology BAMU Project Vacancy


DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY
AURANGABAD - 431 004 (M.S.)

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW

Applications are invited for the post of Project Fellow under the UGC Major Research Project entitled "Nucleolus of the developing oocyte of freshwater pelecypod molluses as biomarker to screen replication and transcription inhibitors" sanctioned by UOC, New Delhi to Dr. S.P. Zambare, Professor & Head, Department of Zoology of this University.

PERD Emerging Trends in Statistics for Research


Emerging Trends in Statistics for Research
20th October 2012

Organized by:
BV. Patel Education Trust & B. V. Patel PERD Centre,
Thaltej, S. G. Highway,
Ahmedabad 380054

University Lucknow Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Drug Designing


Workshop on Recent trends in structural bioinformatics and drug designing
October 12-13, 2012

M N Virani Science College Rajkot Opening for JRF in UGC Project


SHREE MANIBHAI VIRANI & SMT. NAVALBEN VIRANI SCIENCE COLLEGE
[Accredited at the ‘A’ Level by NAAC & STAR College by DBTA College with Potential for Excellence by UGC“Yogidham Gurukul”, Kalawad Road, Rajkot -360005 Gujarat

7 Sept 2012

Spread makes likely near-instantaneous DNA analysis



Picture this: You've brought your sick child to the doctor's office. After checking her pulse and blood pressure, he takes a nasal or throat swab and inserts it into a mysterious black box. Before the doctor finishes his examination, the black box beeps, indicating that the pathogen that's making your child sick has been identified.

Sound far-fetched? Actually, this scenario is closer to becoming a reality. Thanks to work by Reginald Beer and his team of scientists and engineers at DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, sub-three-minute amplification of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is now possible.

With three school-age children of his own, Beer knows all too well the frustration of waiting 24 to 48 hours for lab results to learn whether his sick youngster can be treated with antibiotics. "I was sitting in the pediatrician's office with my daughter several years ago, and it struck me that if we could make PCR fast and easy enough for use in doctors' offices, it would have a huge impact."

PCR is an indispensible technique in medical and biological research laboratories around the world. It allows researchers and clinicians to produce millions of copies from a single piece of DNA or RNA for use in genome sequencing, gene analysis, inheritable disease diagnosis, paternity testing, forensic identification, and the detection of infectious diseases.

Fresh technique helps researchers decode genomes



Although scientists sequenced the entire human genome more than 10 years ago, much work remains to understand what proteins all those genes code for.

Now, a study published online Aug. 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new approach that allows researchers to decode the genome by understanding where genes begin to encode for polypeptides, long chains of amino acids that make up proteins.

 "The key to decoding the genome knows exactly where the genes start to encode polypeptides," said Shu-Bing Qian, the paper's senior author and an assistant professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell. "If we know where they start, then we can predict what proteins they produce based on the gene's sequence.

5 Sept 2012

CSIR UGC NET Result June | CSIR NET result | CSIR UGC NET APPLY ONLINE | JRF result



Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) & University (& Institution of higher education) Grants Commission (UGC) will declare NET Results June soon. This page will immediately inform your once your UGC NET Results 2012 - 2013 announced officially by CSIR. Examination was conducted on Mid June for more than lack candidates.

4 Sept 2012

Nanoparticles supplementary to platelets dual core injury existence rate


September 3, 2012 by Kevin Mayhood (Phys.org)—Nanoparticles tailored to interact with platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows.

"We knew an injection of these nanoparticles stopped bleeding faster, but now we know the bleeding is stopped in time to increase survival following trauma," said Erin Lavik, a professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and leader of the effort.

Anchoring Proteins Effect Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Proclamation



(Sep. 4, 2012) — Scientists from the United States and Sweden have discovered a new control point that could be important as a drug target for the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic diseases. A-kinase anchoring proteins or AKAPs are known to influence the spatial distribution of kinases within the cell, crucial enzymes that control important molecular events related to the regulation of glucose levels in the blood.

In a new study published in The EMBO Journal, the team of researchers led by Simon Hinke and John Scott reveal for the first time that AKAPs influence the levels of glucose in the body by coordinating the spatial positioning of phosphatases, naturally occurring enzymes that counteract the effects of kinase enzymes.

New DNA-method


Tracks fish and whales in seawater

Sept. 4, 2012 — Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen are using a new method for monitoring marine biodiversity and resources by using DNA traces in seawater to keep track of fish and whales. A half liter of seawater can contain evidence of local fish and whale faunas and eliminate the need for marine conservationists to employ traditional fishing methods in their work. The results of the new study have been published in PLOS ONE.

"The new DNA-method means that we can keep better track of life beneath the surface of the oceans around the world, and better monitor and protect ocean biodiversity and resources," says Ph.D. student Philip Francis Thomsen from the Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.

1 Sept 2012

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Moving toward regeneration

Sept. 1, 2012—the skin, the blood, and the lining of the gut—adult stem cells replenish them daily. But stem cells really show off their healing powers in planarians, humble flatworms fabled for their ability to rebuild any missing body part. Just how adult stem cells build the right tissues at the right times and places has remained largely unanswered.


Now, in a study published in an upcoming issue of Development, researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research describe a novel system that allowed them to track stem cells in the flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea. The team found that the worms' stem cells, known as neoblasts, march out, multiply, and start rebuilding tissues lost to amputation.