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  • June 4, 2009
  • 11:11 AM
  • 962 views

Autism, Vaccines, and The Oprah Effect

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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WAKEFIELD, A., MURCH, S., ANTHONY, A., LINNELL, J., CASSON, D., MALIK, M., BERELOWITZ, M., DHILLON, A., THOMSON, M., & HARVEY, P. (1998) Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children. The Lancet, 351(9103), 637-641. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0  

  • July 23, 2009
  • 07:28 AM
  • 749 views

Science News: Week of July 19, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Our weekly compilation of science news for the week of July 19, 2009.... Read more »

Ciolino, J., Hoare, T., Iwata, N., Behlau, I., Dohlman, C., Langer, R., & Kohane, D. (2009) A Drug-Eluting Contact Lens. Investigative Ophthalmology , 50(7), 3346-3352. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2826  

Gottlieb, B., Chalifour, L., Mitmaker, B., Sheiner, N., Obrand, D., Abraham, C., Meilleur, M., Sugahara, T., Bkaily, G., & Schweitzer, M. (2009) BAK1 gene variation and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Human Mutation, 30(7), 1043-1047. DOI: 10.1002/humu.21046  

  • September 17, 2009
  • 07:06 AM
  • 712 views

Science News: Week of September 13, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Our weekly compilation of science news for the week of September 13, 2009.... Read more »

  • July 16, 2009
  • 05:52 AM
  • 688 views

Science News: Week of July 12, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Tsang, V., Yacoub, M., Sridharan, S., Burch, M., Radley-Smith, R., Khaghani, A., Savoldo, B., & Amrolia, P. (2009) Late donor cardiectomy after paediatric heterotopic cardiac transplantation. The Lancet. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61201-0  

Bonneville, S., Smits, M., Brown, A., Harrington, J., Leake, J., Brydson, R., & Benning, L. (2009) Plant-driven fungal weathering: Early stages of mineral alteration at the nanometer scale. Geology, 37(7), 615-618. DOI: 10.1130/G25699A.1  

Kritzer, J., Hamamichi, S., McCaffery, J., Santagata, S., Naumann, T., Caldwell, K., Caldwell, G., & Lindquist, S. (2009) Rapid selection of cyclic peptides that reduce α-synuclein toxicity in yeast and animal models. Nature Chemical Biology. DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.193  

  • June 9, 2009
  • 05:51 AM
  • 676 views

Profile: Dr. Menachem Moshelion

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Known for his work in plant aquaporins, Dr. Menachem Moshelion has published many papers concerning his research. He has been running a lab for the past five years at Hebrew University’s Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture located in Rehovot.... Read more »

KALDENHOFF, R., BERTL, A., OTTO, B., MOSHELION, M., & UEHLEIN, N. (2007) Characterization of Plant Aquaporins. Methods in Enzymology, 505-531. DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)28028-0  

  • August 6, 2009
  • 06:56 AM
  • 652 views

Science News: Week of August 2, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Paaijmans, K., Read, A., & Thomas, M. (2009) Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903423106  

Plantier, J., Leoz, M., Dickerson, J., De Oliveira, F., Cordonnier, F., Lemée, V., Damond, F., Robertson, D., & Simon, F. (2009) A new human immunodeficiency virus derived from gorillas. Nature Medicine. DOI: 10.1038/nm.2016  

Xu, Z., Gong, Q., Xia, B., Groves, B., Zimmermann, M., Mugler, C., Mu, D., Matsumoto, B., Seaman, M., & Ma, D. (2009) A role of histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferase components in endosomal trafficking. The Journal of Cell Biology. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200902146  

Gregory, T., Andrews, C., McGuire, J., & Witt, C. (2009) The smallest avian genomes are found in hummingbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1004  

  • May 21, 2009
  • 01:00 PM
  • 628 views

Pop or Primate?

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Referred to as “the most significant scientific discovery of recent time,” Darwinius masillae also referred to as “Ida” has created quite a media frenzy. “The Missing Link,” Ida is a 47-million-year old female adapid primate discovered in the well known Messel deposits in Germany. The discovery has resulted in a flurry of promotional activity beginning with an elaborate event at The American Museum of Natural History, as well as a History Channel documentary, ........ Read more »

  • July 9, 2009
  • 06:31 AM
  • 617 views

Science News: Week of July 5, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Bao, X., Kobayashi, M., Hatakeyama, S., Angata, K., Gullberg, D., Nakayama, J., Fukuda, M., & Fukuda, M. (2009) Tumor suppressor function of laminin-binding  -dystroglycan requires a distinct  3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904515106  

Goodson, J., Groppo, D., Halem, S., & Carpino, E. (2009) Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?. Journal of Dental Research, 88(6), 519-523. DOI: 10.1177/0022034509338353  

  • August 25, 2009
  • 06:46 AM
  • 615 views

How Do You Manage Your Research Data?

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

In a survey commissioned by BioData, 94 researchers from 74 institutions worldwide were asked a series of questions regarding their management of research data. The survey’s purpose was to learn about and prove the need for knowledge management systems in academic research. 80% of the researchers surveyed believe their labs are not run efficiently.... Read more »

  • July 3, 2009
  • 03:15 PM
  • 601 views

Science News: Week of June 28, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Purcell, S., Wray, N., Stone, J., Visscher, P., O'Donovan, M., Sullivan, P., Sklar, P., Purcell (Leader), S., Stone, J., Sullivan, P.... (2009) Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature08185  

Kragl, M., Knapp, D., Nacu, E., Khattak, S., Maden, M., Epperlein, H., & Tanaka, E. (2009) Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration. Nature, 460(7251), 60-65. DOI: 10.1038/nature08152  

  • July 30, 2009
  • 08:02 AM
  • 596 views

Science News: Week of July 26, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Orso, G., Pendin, D., Liu, S., Tosetto, J., Moss, T., Faust, J., Micaroni, M., Egorova, A., Martinuzzi, A., McNew, J.... (2009) Homotypic fusion of ER membranes requires the dynamin-like GTPase Atlastin. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature08280  

Page, R., Ambady, S., Holmes, W., Vilner, L., Kole, D., Kashpur, O., Huntress, V., Vojtic, I., Whitton, H., & Dominko, T. (2009) Induction of Stem Cell Gene Expression in Adult Human Fibroblasts without Transgenes. Cloning and Stem Cells, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/clo.2009.0015  

Gentleman, E., Swain, R., Evans, N., Boonrungsiman, S., Jell, G., Ball, M., Shean, T., Oyen, M., Porter, A., & Stevens, M. (2009) Comparative materials differences revealed in engineered bone as a function of cell-specific differentiation. Nature Materials. DOI: 10.1038/nmat2505  

  • June 25, 2009
  • 06:35 AM
  • 595 views

Science News: Week of June 21, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

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Rabl, R., Soubannier, V., Scholz, R., Vogel, F., Mendl, N., Vasiljev-Neumeyer, A., Korner, C., Jagasia, R., Keil, T., Baumeister, W.... (2009) Formation of cristae and crista junctions in mitochondria depends on antagonism between Fcj1 and Su e/g. The Journal of Cell Biology, 185(6), 1047-1063. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200811099  

Iwahashi, C., Tassone, F., Hagerman, R., Yasui, D., Parrott, G., Nguyen, D., Mayeur, G., & Hagerman, P. (2009) A Quantitative ELISA Assay for the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 Protein. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 11(4), 281-289. DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.080118  

McAloose, D., & Newton, A. (2009) Wildlife cancer: a conservation perspective. Nature Reviews Cancer, 9(7), 517-526. DOI: 10.1038/nrc2665  

  • July 21, 2009
  • 09:16 AM
  • 581 views

Profile: Hana Kucera

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Hana Kucera has always had an interest in science. Kucera credits her scientific fascination to her parents who first introduced her to the observation, exploration and study of living things in their natural habitats. She graduated from British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University in 2004 with a B.Sc. in Biology. As a Master’s student at the University of New Brunswick in the fall of 2004, Kucera began her research in Dr. Gary Saunders’ lab studying the diversity of marine intertidal seawee........ Read more »

  • September 11, 2009
  • 06:00 AM
  • 581 views

Science News: Week of September 6, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Our weekly compilation of science news for the week of September 6, 2009.... Read more »

Schnuelle P, Gottmann U, Hoeger S, Boesebeck D, Lauchart W, Weiss C, Fischereder M, Jauch KW, Heemann U, Zeier M.... (2009) Effects of donor pretreatment with dopamine on graft function after kidney transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 302(10), 1067-75. PMID: 19738091  

Münch, T., da Silveira, R., Siegert, S., Viney, T., Awatramani, G., & Roska, B. (2009) Approach sensitivity in the retina processed by a multifunctional neural circuit. Nature Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1038/nn.2389  

Childs, R., Palma, A., Wharton, S., Matrosovich, T., Liu, Y., Chai, W., Campanero-Rhodes, M., Zhang, Y., Eickmann, M., Kiso, M.... (2009) Receptor-binding specificity of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus determined by carbohydrate microarray. Nature Biotechnology, 27(9), 797-799. DOI: 10.1038/nbt0909-797  

  • June 30, 2009
  • 07:24 AM
  • 572 views

Carbon Dioxide Affects Fish Ear Structure

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Scientists at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography led by biological oceanographer David Checkley, have recently discovered that the high levels of carbon dioxide in the oceans are causing mutations in fish, specifically affecting the bones in a fish’s ear.... Read more »

Checkley, D., Dickson, A., Takahashi, M., Radich, J., Eisenkolb, N., & Asch, R. (2009) Elevated CO2 Enhances Otolith Growth in Young Fish. Science, 324(5935), 1683-1683. DOI: 10.1126/science.1169806  

  • August 30, 2009
  • 04:35 AM
  • 571 views

Profile: Christie Wilcox

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Christie Wilcox is now passionate toward conservation biology, although she didn’t originally start off that way. While she always had an affinity to nature and animals, she didn’t realize that she wanted to be a biologist until she “stumbled” upon it in college. “When I’m at the beach and everyone is running away from jellyfish, I get excited and run up closer to check it out!”... Read more »

  • October 15, 2009
  • 07:01 AM
  • 535 views

Profile: Tora Smulders-Srinivasan

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

All she needed to know to fall in love with molecular biology, Dr. Tora Smulders-Srinivasan learned at 15 years old, in her tenth grade biology class. While she had been aware of basic hereditary concepts, Tora hadn’t been exposed to DNA, genetics, RNA, translation, or transcription until then. In that classroom, Tora says, she fell in love. “I loved the whole idea of DNA. The fact that there is a molecule that transfers between generations – and that is what sets up the whole organism. I........ Read more »

  • September 24, 2009
  • 07:43 AM
  • 532 views

Science News: Week of September 20, 2009

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Our weekly compilation of science news for the week of September 20, 2009.... Read more »

  • January 11, 2010
  • 01:07 PM
  • 532 views

Laboratory Notebooks: A thing of the past?

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

Laboratory notebooks are essential for reproducing experiments. For years we have been raised in our labs knowing that every action must be written down in our lab notebook.... Read more »

  • February 7, 2010
  • 06:00 AM
  • 527 views

Revisiting 'Autism, Vaccines, and The Oprah Effect'

by Susan Steinhardt in BioData Blogs

In June I commented on the autism - vaccine controversy and the role that Oprah had in promoting it. Seven moths later, I am revisiting this issue. 12 years ago, Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues first published his findings in The Lancet providing ‘evidence’ suggesting they had tracked down a shocking cause of autism – that being the MMR Vaccine. Last week The Lancet published a retraction of Wakefield’s paper stating that “it has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper........ Read more »

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