by Iliyah | Jun 28, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Chang-Won Lee – Global Health is for the Birds: Studying Avian Diseases to Protect Human Health Every year, outbreaks of diseases that affect livestock cause massive economic losses, and occasionally these diseases also threaten human health. The dynamics...
by Iliyah | Jun 28, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Mark Hoddle – Biological Control: Protecting Agriculture and Wilderness Areas from Invasive Insect Pests Invasive organisms become pests, in part, because they escape control of their natural enemies that regulate population growth in areas where the invader is...
by Iliyah | Jun 21, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Guihua Bai – Genotyping our Daily Bread: Genetic Markers in Modern Wheat Breeding Wheat is a staple crop, and is of utmost importance for global food supply. Dr Guihua Bai and his group at USDA-ARS conduct wheat genomics research to analyse wheat DNA markers,...
by Iliyah | Jun 14, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Education & Training, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Thomas Fleischner and colleagues – Why Field Studies Matter for Teaching Biology Professor Thomas Fleischner and his colleagues at the Natural History Institute at Prescott College, and across the United States, are working to highlight the importance...
by Iliyah | Jun 13, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Life Sciences & Biology, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Jim Kasting – Pinning Down the Habitable Zones of Different Stars One of life’s greatest mysteries is whether or not we are alone in the Universe. One way to find planets that could support life is by working out whether they lie in the ‘habitable...
by Iliyah | Jun 7, 2017 | Life Sciences & Biology, Medical & Health Sciences
Dr Gábor Csányi – Macropinocytosis: The Macrophage Drinking Problem Behind Atherosclerosis Dr Gábor Csányi and his team at the Vascular Biology Center of Augusta University explore the molecular mechanisms involved in an alternative pathway of macrophage LDL...
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