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March 04, 2009

Bioscience / Biotech

03/02/09

Science | Students | Bioscience / Biotech:  DNA sequencing stimulates student researcher

Charlene Bashore, once a self-proclaimed “science nerd,” is now working with DNA in hopes of discovering new ways to manufacture medicine and more.

02/13/09

Law | Nursing | Science | Humanities | Community | Bioscience / Biotech | Social Science:  Law school hosts brain addiction conference

Legal and ethical perspectives on important scientific developments in the field of substance addiction will be explored during a free conference hosted by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

02/12/09

Bioscience / Biotech:  DNA 'nanotubes' spark interest

ASU researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu are able to imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small, using the double-helical DNA molecule.

02/11/09

Bioscience / Biotech:  Biological Physicist interviews Timothy Newman

A recent issue of the Biological Physicist published by the American Physical Society presents a special visit to the Center for Biological Physics at ASU and an interview with center director Timothy Newman.

01/21/09

Bioscience / Biotech:  Microbes in gut may hold key to obesity cause

A new study, featuring researchers from ASU, is suggesting that the composition of microbes within the gut may hold the key to a cause of obesity.

01/13/09

Bioscience / Biotech:  Researchers seek to create 'fountain of youth'

ASU's Biodesign Institute has partnered with the Methuselah Foundation in a research quest to vanquish age-related disease by making old cells feel younger.

01/12/09

Bioscience / Biotech:  Salmonella bacteria overcome harsh environments to cause illness

ASU researcher Yixin Shi has taken a keen interest in the regulatory mechanisms that allow Salmonella bacteria to overcome their surroundings and continuously modify both their own and their host’s responses in order to stay alive.

12/24/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Research points to land as origin for Earth's microbes

Biodesign postdoc Fabia Battistuzzi's new research argues that nearly two-thirds of all bacteria species share a common ancestor that was adapted to life on land.

12/15/08

Administration | Bioscience / Biotech:  Biodesign appoints Tao to lead Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors

ASU's Biodesign Institute has appointmented Nongjian (N.J.) Tao as director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors.

11/25/08

Engineering | Alumni | Bioscience / Biotech | Research | Engineering | Grants / Awards:  Alumni, researchers help bioengineer better heart health

Foundations led by two ASU alumni have made a joint contribution to an ASU research project seeking to improve devices used to treat and cure cardiovascular diseases.