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Fruit fly research may lead to better understanding of human heart disease
Published December 2, 2008, 10:59 am, PhysOrg
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. The study, led by Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., was published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
Researcher identifies genetic patterning in fruit fly development
Published December 2, 2008, 10:58 am, PhysOrg
No matter the species, from flies to humans, we all start the same: a single-cell fertilized egg that embarks on an incredible journey. The specifics of this journey are being uncovered at Rutgers University -Camden, where a biologist is researching how from one cell a jumble of many are able to organize and communicate, allowing life to spring forth.
Rutgers scholar identifies genetic patterning in fruit fly development
Published December 2, 2008, 6:27 am, EurekAlert!
Research at Rutgers University -- Camden explores how from one cell a jumble of many are able to organize and communicate, allowing life to spring forth.
Scientists unveil genes vital to vital to adult heart function
Published December 2, 2008, 6:00 am, New Kerala
Washington, Dec 2 : In a study on fruit fly Drosophila, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that genes involved in embryonic heart development are vital to adult heart function in both fruit flies and humans.
Keeping Chromosomes From Cuddling Up
Published December 1, 2008, 3:11 am, Medical News Today
If chromosomes snuggle up too closely at the wrong times, the results can be genetic disaster. Now researchers have found the molecular machines in fruit flies that yank chromosomes, the DNA-carrying structures, apart when necessary. The machines, proteins called condensin II, separate chromosomes by twisting them into supercoils that kink up and therefore can no longer touch.
Condensin II proteins found to keep chromosomes apart when necessary
Published November 30, 2008, 5:50 pm, News-Medical-Net
If chromosomes snuggle up too closely at the wrong times, the results can be genetic disaster.
Keeping chromosomes from cuddling up
Published November 27, 2008, 11:44 am, PhysOrg
If chromosomes snuggle up too closely at the wrong times, the results can be genetic disaster. Now researchers have found the molecular machines in fruit flies that yank chromosomes, the DNA-carrying structures, apart when necessary.
Research-Based Undergraduate Course Expands Beyond WUSTL
Published November 26, 2008, 4:12 am, Medical News Today
Washington University in St. Louis is in the spotlight for its pivotal role in the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaborative effort to provide research experience in genomics to undergraduate classrooms across the country. Genomics, the study of an organism's entire genome (collection of DNA), is an exciting area for students to get a taste of research.
Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step To Live Birth
Published November 26, 2008, 4:11 am, Medical News Today
A species of fruit fly from the Seychelles Islands often lays larvae instead of eggs, UC San Diego biologists have discovered. Clues to how animals switch from laying eggs to live birth may be found in the well-studied species' ecology and genes.
Research-based undergraduate course expands beyond Washington University
Published November 25, 2008, 2:20 pm, EurekAlert!
( Washington University in St. Louis ) Washington University in St. Louis is in the spotlight for its pivotal role in the Genomics Education Partnership, a collaborative effort to provide research experience in genomics to undergraduate classrooms across the country. The GEP currently consists of over 40 faculty members from a variety of schools, including a number of historically black and ...
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