Stacey appointed chair of U.S. Dept. of Energy's Biology and Environmental Committee

Gary Stacey was appointed chair of the DOE's Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC). >>

Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they could not make it eat

Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that de-activating the basolateral amygdala, a brain region involved in regulating emotion, specifically blocked consumption of a fatty diet. >>

MU researchers awarded $16.3 million from stimulus funds

Bond LSC investigator Stefan Sarafianos is the one of the MU recipients of the peer-reviewed stimulus fund grants. Sarafianos, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, will use the funds to study multi-drug resistant HIV. >>

Making headway against HIV

A University of Missouri researcher is among a team of scientists that has recently developed a compound they believe will prevent the sprcad of HIV. >>