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Population Genetics
Population genetics is the branch of genetics or sub-area of biology which is concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations. It also observes genetic variation within and between populations.
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DEC 14, 2016Microbiology
Soil is rich with microbial life, and fungi within the soil provide bacteria with a matrix for movement and gene transfe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2016Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2016Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2016Cardiology
Some people inherit genes that increase their risk for heart disease. Can a traditional “healthy” lifestyle ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199 ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 16, 2016Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment earlier this month examines the impacts of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2016Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 21, 2016Videos
In this talk by Frederic Bushman, PhD, William Maul Measey Professor in Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, p res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer EllisOCT 14, 2016Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc ...OCT 14, 2016Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus ...OCT 10, 2016Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2016Immunology
While scientists know that there is some genetic connection that explains why some people develop psoriasis, little is k ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2016Immunology
Two or more cohabiting individuals are more likely to have similar immune systems compared to the rest of the human popu ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2016Cancer
A controversial study last year rocked the foundation of cancer and health research, suggesting that cancer was merely j ...SEP 26, 2016Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2016
Microbiology
Soil is rich with microbial life, and fungi within the soil provide bacteria with a matrix for movement and gene transfe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2016
Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2016
Cardiology
Some people inherit genes that increase their risk for heart disease. Can a traditional “healthy” lifestyle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 16, 2016
Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment earlier this month examines the impacts of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2016
Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 21, 2016
Videos
In this talk by Frederic Bushman, PhD, William Maul Measey Professor in Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, p res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc
...
OCT 14, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus
...
OCT 10, 2016
Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2016
Immunology
While scientists know that there is some genetic connection that explains why some people develop psoriasis, little is k
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Immunology
Two or more cohabiting individuals are more likely to have similar immune systems compared to the rest of the human popu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Cancer
A controversial study last year rocked the foundation of cancer and health research, suggesting that cancer was merely j
...
SEP 26, 2016
Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch