Science news from the Bond LSC
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. >>
MU scientists convert pigs' connective tissue cells into stem cells
Researchers have developed the ability to take regular cells from a pig's connective tissues, and transform them into stem cells. The new study appeared in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). >>
Computers aid in cracking deception in plants
MU computer scientist Dmitry Korkin receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award to apply his computational research to the study of molecular mimicry in soybean cyst nematode, collaborating with another Bond LSC scientist, Melissa Mitchum. >>
Too much of a good thing: Understanding plants' overactive immune system
MU researchers have identified important suppressors that negatively regulate the responses of the immune system in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. Understanding the immune system of plants would allow breeders to create better yielding crop plants. >>
A new home for pathogens and the scientists who struggle to defeat them
MU's strength in comparative medicine made it a prime venue for the new Biocontainment Laboratory, where deadly pathogens are safely contained and studied. The new center is directed by Bond Center investigator and Veterinary Pathobiology chair George Stewart. >>
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