Research Highlights for 1998
December 1998
November 1998
- Major Cryopreservation Effort for Mutant Mouse Stocks
- Genome Annotation Consortium Maps BAC Ends to Contigs of Human Genomic DNA Annotated in the Genome Channel
- Licensing Agreement with Graviton, Inc., for Research in Micromachined Sensors
October 1998
- Senior Staff Member Presents Invited Talk to CIRMS
- DOE Certifies M-100 Radwaste Boxes Made from Recycled Metal
- NCRP Publishes Report on Radionuclide Exposure to the Embryo/Fetus
- Center for Life Cycle Analysis Opens at ORNL
- ORNL Nuclear Medicine Programs Highlighted in DOE International Collaboration Effort
September 1998
- ORNL Nuclear Medicine Staff Organize and Participate in International Symposia
- Assessment Technology Staff Receives Contract to Evaluate Ink for the U.S. Postal Service
- Assessment Reports for National Program of Acute Exposure Guidance Levels
- Life Sciences Division Part of Initiative for Superconducting Transformer
August 1998
- Antibody-Based Nanosensor for Single-Cell Measurement
- ORNL/UT Collaborating Scientist Recipient of an Erskine Fellowship
July 1998
- Major publication completed in collaboration with U.S. Army
- Invited review article featured on cover of Chemical Research in Toxicology
- Dosimetry Research staff publish NCRP document on model uncertainties
- DOE/ORNL Workshop on Facility Disposition Principles
- Micromechanical infrared imager honored by Discover Magazine
- A new mutation that causes severe epilepsy in mice
June 1998
- Patent Disclosure Filed for Neural Activity Measurement Technique
- Genotyping of Short Insertion-Deletion Polymorphisms
- ORNL Protein Fold Prediction Program Succeeds in CASP3 Contest
- A novel gene in the mouse p region, expressed exclusively in the central nervous system, maps to a human chromosomal region associated with mental retardation
May 1998
- The Role of the Gene, fitness 1 (fit1), in iron metabolism and anemia
- Biosensing for Physiological Parameters
- Novel Analytical Techniques Based on an Enhanced Electron Attachment Process
- A Novel Energy-Efficient Plasma Chemical Process for the Destruction of Volatile Toxic Compounds
- Efficient Algorithms for Protein Threading and Folding
- Radon Mitigation Effort Completed on Guam
- National Center for Computational Modeling
February 1998
- Surface-Enhanced Raman Gene Probe for HIV Detection
- Tumor Blood Vessels Targeted with Radioisotopes in Cancer Therapy
- Cloning And Characterization of an Enzyme Integral To Photosynthetic Assimilation of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
- Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry for Dynamic Mutation Analysis with Clinic Samples
January 1998
- Vascular-targeted alpha particle emitter destroys tumor colonies in lung
- A Mouse Model for the Human Angelman Syndrome
- Enhanced electron attachment to highly-excited molecules using a plasma mixing scheme
- Nuclear Medicine Group received DOE Laboratory Technology Research (LTR) funding for restenosis studies
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