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January 16, 2009

Life Science

01/08/09

Life Science | Research:  Hydrocarbon afterglow reveals reproductive cheaters

An ASU research team has discovered a chemically-based “honest indicator” that reveals reproductive cheating in ants.

12/22/08

Science | Life Science | Engineering:  Eight faculty members elected as AAAS Fellows

Eight ASU faculty members are among the 486 newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a prestigious international scientific society.

12/16/08

Life Science:  Online tools make biodiversity more accessible to public

Researchers from ASU are developing a Web tool that promises to revolutionize the way that people access information about the living world.

12/02/08

Faculty and Staff | Life Science:  Sharoff appointed to Arizona Physiological Association committee

Carrie Sharoff, a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Metabolic Biology, was selected as a post doctoral trainee councilor to serve on the Arizona Physiological Society’s steering committee. 

12/02/08

Students | Life Science:  Student receives honor from Arizona Physiological Association

Natalie Lefort, a kinesiology doctoral student, received top honors for her oral presentation at the inaugural meeting of the Arizona Physiological Society.

11/26/08

Law | Science | Life Science | Sustainability and environment:  Feller lectures on land and water rights

Professor Joe Feller, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, participated in the 11th Annual Conference on Litigating Regulatory Takings Claims on Nov. 7, held at Stanford Law School.

11/20/08

Life Science:  Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits

In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of ASU neuroscientists has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity.

11/06/08

Life Science:  Researchers to study malaria, emergent disease

An ASU research team, headed by associate professor Ananias Escalante, will share in more than $6.3 million in awards for related studies on maleria and emergent disease.

11/04/08

Law | International engagement | Life Science:  Abbott speaks in Geneva on voluntary Free Trade standards

Law professor Kenneth Abbott recently gave a keynote speech at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in which he addressed voluntary standards for social and environmental issues in the context of new forms of international regulation and global governance.

10/27/08

Life Science:  Sick flies shed light on human immunity

ASU researchers are shedding some light on the functionality of our own immune system by infecting fruit flies with a Salmonella strain known for causing humans intestinal grief.