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Crippling Life Support for SARS-CoV-2 Through Synthetic Lethality

September 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Cell Biology, COVID-19, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Proteomics, Research, SARS-CoV-2, Systems Biology, VIROLOGY

Significance of paperThis paper authored by a group of scientists from the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research at Seattle Children’s

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New Research Reveals Regulatory Features Of The Maize Genome During Early Reproductive Development

July 7, 2020 sarah Jonas CORN, Danforth Center, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Genomics, Maize, Plant Science, Systems Biology

A team of researchers led by Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has mapped out the non-coding, ‘functional’ genome in maize during an early developmental window critical to formation of pollen-bearing tassels and grain-bearing ears.

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DOE Office of Science honors two early career Lab scientists

June 23, 2020 sarah Jonas DOE Office of Science, Early Career Research Program, Systems Biology

Two scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are recipients of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Early Career Research Program award. Federica Coppari and Erin Nuccio are among 76 scientists nationwide selected for the recognition. Under the program, typical awards for DOE national laboratory staff are $500,000 per year for five years.

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Researchers reveal new understandings of synthetic gene circuits

April 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology

Recent discoveries by two research teams in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University are advancing the field of synthetic biology. Results from a research collaboration between the lab groups of Assistant Professor Xiaojun Tian and Associate Professor have revealed novel ways that engineered gene circuits interact with biological host cells.

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While Promoting Diseases Like Cancer, These Enzymes Also Cannibalize Each Other

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments atheroscleroisis, autodigestion, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Metastasis, Cancer, Cannibalization, Cathepsin, cathepsin K, cathepsin L, cathepsin S, cathepsins, Distracting, Protease, Protease Inhibitor, Protease Inhibitor Drugs, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia Research, Sickle Cell Disease, Systems Biology

In diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell anemia, cathepsins promote their propagation. Drug trials to inhibit these enzymes have failed due to baffling side effects. Now a new study examines cathepsins in systems to remove some of the bafflement.

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Six Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments AAAS Fellows, bioactinide, BIOCHEMISTRY, Bioengineering, Biosciences, chelation therapy, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemical sciences, Cosmology, Cyanobacteria, Dark Energy Survey, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, earth and planetary sciences, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Nuclear Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Plutonium, Radionuclides, Seismology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Systems Biology, UC Berkeley

Six scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).