Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
Biology is complicated these days. Actually it always was. We just didn’t realise it. More
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
Biology is complicated these days. Actually it always was. We just didn’t realise it. More
Adrian Bird – epigenetics and Rett Syndrome
Rett Syndrome is a distressing disorder of young girls. They seem to grow fine at first, but around the age of 2 or 3 normal development ends. More
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression
The machinery of life is incredibly complex, says Julian Blow, deputy director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at Dundee University. More
Malaria parasite (Secondary 1-2)
Dr Lisa Ranford-Cartwright is a bit like a racehorse breeder. They mate fast horses, hoping to get more fast horses. She mates deadly parasites, hoping to get more of them. It sounds a strange thing to do. But if scientists could learn what makes some parasites deadlier than others they could save many lives. Malaria is caused by a [...]
Toxoplasma – the perfect parasite
24-Nov-2011 There are three people in Markus Meissner’s office in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology at Glasgow University. So chances are one of us has Toxoplasma gondii living in our body, he says. At first this sounds like bad news. Toxoplasma is a single-celled parasite that breeds inside cats but doesn’t stay there. “The parasite has a complicated [...]
Extreme biology and Thellungiella
The secret to success in combining a research career in science with family life is simple, says Anna Amtmann – and surprisingly old-fashioned. “Marry the right man,” she laughs.
Doing biology with maths
For someone who claims to have been “spectacularly bad at maths at school”, Dan Haydon seems to have made a strange career choice. “I develop and apply mathematical models to populations,” he says. More
Hypoxia and HIF activation
“My mum likes to hear about my work,” says Sonia Rocha, a lecturer at the University of Dundee and a researcher there in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression. “She isn’t a scientist – none of my family are. But they are interested in what I do.
Great crested newt translocation
Great crested newts are not popular with some builders. Why not? Well, this little amphibian is struggling to survive as a species in Britain and is protected by law. So if a builder buys a piece of land, then finds great crested newts on it, he can’t just fill in their ponds and build houses. He has to make sure [...]
Parasite sex
Plasmodium has much more sex than anybody knew, says Dr Lisa Ranford-Cartwright. “They do it all the time. “Not all of it is meaningful sex, though. They mate with themselves a lot.”
Biology
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
Biology is complicated these days. Actually it always was. We just didn’t realise it. More
Physics & Astronomy
Fermilab experiment weighs in on neutrino mystery
Source (verbatim) Eurekalert Contact: Kurt Riesselmann kurtr@fnal.gov 630-840-3351 DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory IMAGE: The building blocks of matter include three types of neutrinos, known as electron neutrino, muon neutrino and tau neutrino. For more than a decade, physicists have seen evidence that these… Click here for more information. Scientists of the MINOS experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National [...]
Maths
Doing biology with maths
For someone who claims to have been “spectacularly bad at maths at school”, Dan Haydon seems to have made a strange career choice. “I develop and apply mathematical models to populations,” he says. More
Other News
Extreme biology and Thellungiella
The secret to success in combining a research career in science with family life is simple, says Anna Amtmann – and surprisingly old-fashioned. “Marry the right man,” she laughs.
Frog feet could solve a sticky problem
Source (verbatim): Eurekalert Contact: Daisy Brickhill brickhil@exchange.lancs.ac.uk 07-896-317-921 Society for Experimental Biology IMAGE: White’s tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) show extraordinary abilities to cling to surfaces. They achieve this through specialized toe pads that can self-clean. Click here for more information. Tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could have practical applications for the medical industry. “Tree frog feet may [...]
10 hottest fields in science
Here’s the list The genome Aliens and extrasolar planets Composition of the cosmos Quantum computing Graphene the wonder material Embryonic stem cells and regenerative medicine Plastic brain Climate change Plants to feed the world Disaster management For a paragraph on each, see the article Science’s 10 hottest fields by Clive Cookson at FT.com Related Real Science stories Rehabilitation engineering at [...]
Paraplegic man stands and moves legs voluntarily
Source (verbatim): Eurekalert and UCLA Contact: Deborah Williams-Hedges debwms@caltech.edu 626-395-3227 California Institute of Technology Related Real Science stories and resources: Brain waves and neurorehabilitation PASADENA, Calif.—A team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the University of Louisville have used a stimulating electrode array to assist a paralyzed man to [...]
Editing scrambled genes in stem cells may lead to stem cell-gene therapy
Contact: Gina Kirchweger Kirchweger@salk.edu Related Real Science stories and resources: Adrian Bird – epigenetics and Rett Syndrome Myotonic dystrophy LA JOLLA, CA—In principle, genetic engineering is simple, but in practice, replacing a faulty gene with a healthy copy is anything but. Using mutated versions of the lamin A gene as an example to demonstrate the versatility of their virus-based approach, [...]
