The MathWorks Sponsors iGEM Competition for Synthetic Biology at MIT : MATLAB and SimBiology Help Accelerate Design of Synthetic Biological Systems
The MathWorks today announced its lead sponsorship of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2008 student competition, held annually by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This year the competition brought together 84 undergraduate teams representing more than 1,000 students from 21 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. to design and assemble synthetic biological systems using advanced genetic components and technologies.
Celsias.com Antarctic Adventurer Braves the Cold for Global Warming Awareness
Celsias.com (http://www.celsias.com/) promotes awareness of climate change and the environment by featuring Antarctic adventurer Patricia Ballou's tales of survival and research. Ballou's latest post reports on a night spent on the ice and an interview with climate change researcher Dr. Stephen F. Pekar.
BioInformatics LLC Publishes Study of Preferred Cell Biology Brands: Findings Discussed in Webinars
BioInformatics, LLC, a leading market research and consulting firm to the life science industry, today released its latest research report: "Brand Positioning: Cell Biology Kits & Reagents." The report is the first in a series of six focused on brand positioning in various life science product categories.
Biology Essays
Biology essay is designed to effectively discuss elements and points in the said subject. These researches are common especially since a substantial amount of information may be found in scholarly articles about the subject itself. It is, for most people, a means of communicating constructs and concepts in life science in a way that effectively explains the subject while enjoining people to read and learn from them. Writing a successful paper on the subject has common goals that the writer must not lose sight of. Writing a paper is not simply a requirement, rather it also has a number of aims to make sure that the writer has indeed learned something about the matter. More specifically, writing a research paper about the various topics on th...
eScience Labs Announces Release of Introduction to Biology Home Science Kit
Provider of quality at-home science experimentation tools offers online learners and homeschooled students the opportunity to explore biology with hands-on lab kits.
Mold Biology And Mold Related Heath Issues
BASIC MOLD BIOLOGY:
Basic Fungal Biology For Homeowners And Mold Inspectors
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms, which means unlike bacteria they all have true cells with at least one nucleus in the cell and that nucleus is inside a nuclear membrane. The other cell organelles also are in membranes. Fungi are not photosynthetic like plants; thus, they cannot make their own food using sunlight and carbon dioxide like plants.
Nanopoint's Live Cell Biology Science Kit to be Purchasable at National Science Teacher Association Conference
Nanopoint Inc., an award-winning developer of cellTRAY® Fluidics and Imaging System products, has announced it will be selling its special educational cellTRAY® kits that make science personal for middle and high school students in its booth at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 56th National Conference in Boston, March 27-30, 2008.
Understanding the Biology of Fear
The emotion known as fear, evolutionary biology claims, is an integral part of a person's survival instinct. Observing animals can easily confirm this statement. Terror at the prospect of being killed and eaten is the driving force behind the gazelle's rapid dash across the African savanna. Terror of being pushed out of her fertile hunting grounds pushes the lioness to bite and tear into the flesh of the aforementioned gazelle. Fear is just as omnipresent among humans as it is among animals, and in the past, it was just as crucial to survival. Interestingly enough, recent research is starting to show that there is a lot more science to the sensation of fear than most people would believe.
Biology of Depression
Depression is a severe and crippling emotional disorder that afflicts some 10-15% of the population worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. While there are many varieties of the disorder, the principal characteristics of the illness remain the same: a reduced level of self-esteem; lack of energy or interest in daily activities; reduced social functioning and damage to personal relationships; changes in appetite and weight; and gloomy and often suicidal thoughts and actions.
The Communication of Your Biology & Beliefs
Not only do we communicate with ourselves, but our cells communicate with each other and the environment in order to respond to situations, which ultimately create our belief systems.Dr Bruce Lipton has done extensive work on how our beliefs and perceptions affect us at the cellular level.
European Molecular Biology Organization Announces an Option for Author-paid Open Access Articles in the EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) are pleased to announce that from January 2007 The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will accept open access articles, subject to payment of a publication fee.
Current Advances in the Field of Synthetic Biology to be Addressed at Synthetic Biology: Transforming Life Science Research & Discovery Conference
Beachhead Consulting and Informa Learning have created the Synthetic Biology Conference and Exhibition. This forum is designed for researchers and executives working in synthetic and systems biology technology and product development to discuss how their research can be applied to life sciences. Sessions will cover current advances in the field of synthetic biology and how these can be applied to benefit pharmaceutical and biotechnical manufacturers at many different levels.
What is Molecular Biology?
Molecular biology is the science of study of biology at the molecular level. William Astbury in Nature described molecular biology as:
Quantum Biology and Its Uses for Aromatherapy
Bel'Air has brought in cutting edge medical technology from Europe and America, in the form of "Quantum Xrriod C.I System", to allow distributors to understand their health conditions using the most advanced medical therapeutic method.
