Biosciences Division

News

• New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus

  Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

• Audio Spot: New medicine therapeutics company is spinout from ORNL

  A Company, NellOne Therapeutics, has been formed through Battelle Ventures to research the potential for a new therapy that could help heart patients, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Cymbeline Culiat.

Research Highlights for 2002

December 2002

• Gene regulatory networks in hair and skin biology
• A Prediction Pipeline for Protein Structures
• Top-ranked Performance in CASP5

November 2002

• Water Treatment for Trace-Level Mercury

October 2002

• Point Mutations in Picalm
• Developing Improved Biocatalysts

September 2002

• GTL: Bacterial Cell Growth
• Neutron Structural Biology
• Sarin Simulant Detection

August 2002

• Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Infections

July 2002

• Mammalian Genetics and Genomics Program
• Stabilization of Contaminated Oil
• Ozone Detection via Gas Chromatography

June 2002

• R&D 100 Award
• ORNL Team Wins International STC Award
• Effective Aqueous Solubility of TCE
• Cyanide Detection in Water by Photosynthetic Tissue-Based Biosensors
• Modeling Human Craniofacial Birth Defects with ORNL Mouse Mutation

May 2002

• 24th Symposium on Biotechnology
• Chemical/Biological Defense
• Thermophilic Host Microogranism
• U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command
• Structural Biology
• Macromolecular Crystals

April 2002

• Biocatalysts for Sulfur Removal
• Stabilization of Contaminated Oil
• Hydrogenase-Base Catalysts for Hydortreatment of Feedstocks
• Fluorometric Tissue-Based Biosensors
• HFCS GI-CLEC™ Process
• Thermostabiity of Modified Commodity Enzymes
• Benzene Solubility

March 2002

• Mammalian Genetics Highlights
• Toxicological Research
• HFCS GI-CLEC™ Process
• Fluorometric Tissue-Based Biosensors
• Actinium-225

February 2002

• Hairy Ears
• High Production Volume Chemical Program
• Risk Assessment Information System (RAIS)
• Risk-Based Systems Analysis of Foodborne Pathogens on the Farm
• Food Safety
• Microcantilever Sensors
• Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs) Adopted
• Human Genome Project Information Web Site Named to MD net guide's Hall of Fame
  

January 2002

• Mammalian Genetics and Genomics Program
• Ying Xu Honored by Appointments
• UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology Student Receives Awards
• Life Sciences Staff Member Appointed Chair of Working Group
• ISI® Honors Two Office of Science Web Sites: Microbial Cell Project and Genomes to Life
• Southeast Region – Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards for 2001
• 2001 Loevinger–Berman Award Presented to Keith F. Eckerman

Previous Years

• Research Highlights of 2001
• Research Highlights of 2000
• Research Highlights of 1999
• Research Highlights of 1998
• Research Highlights of 1997
• Research Highlights of 1996