Science Market Update

Boulder Biofrontiers Scientist Joins $8.3M Research Study of Malnutrition and the Gut

Posted by Jaimee Saliba on Fri, May 18, 2012


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We're finding out that there's a lot more to malnutrition among infants and children than just not getting enough to eat, or enough high-quality food. Individuals may develop malnutrition as a result of what is or isn't growing in their gut, where food gets processed. It's a fascinating insight with significant implications for treating a deadly world problem. In addition to getting sufficient good food, malnutrition could be addressed with novel dietary and microbial therapeutics, effectively optimizing a person's ability to draw nutrients and calories from the food and drink they take in, as well as making sure the immune system is being supported rather than compromised in the process.

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Tags: CA, Bioscience research, Midwest, Washington University, WashU, University of Colorado, microbiome, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Northwest, Biofrontiers Institute, Southwest, UCDMC, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Funding, Genomics, CO, St Louis, Sacramento, Boulder, UCO, UC Davis

UC Berkeley Biophysicist Wins $100K Vilcek Biomedical Science Award for Research

Posted by Jaimee Saliba on Thu, Feb 23, 2012

biomedical science awardDr. Carlos Bustamante came to the United States from Peru on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1975.  He studied and received his degree at the University of California Berkeley, where he worked with his mentor, Ignacio Tinoco, in Biophysics.  He returned to UC Berkeley as a professor of Molecular and Cell Biology in 1998 and has continued his groundbreaking work on single-molecule manipulation studies as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator leading a vibrant lab group with branches in the QB3 Institute, Berkeley Lab (LBNL), and the Physics Department at UC Berkeley. Now Dr. Bustamante is being honored with the 2012 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, which is awarded each year to an outstanding foreign-born scientist working in the US.  The honor is accompanied by $100,000 and a unique trophy (see right, courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation).

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Tags: Bioscience research, University of California Berkeley, cell biology, Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Southwest, California, National Lab

UCSD Bioscience Research Creates Flashy Synchronized Bacterial Sensors

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Dec 22, 2011

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Tags: University of California San Diego, Bioscience research, cell biology, Lab-on-a-chip Technology, Southwest, California

Boulder Biosciences Get Boost from New Colorado Biofrontiers Institute

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Oct 27, 2011

boulder biosciencesLast Spring, we wrote a popular blog (New CU-Boulder Biotech Building to Anchor Local Bioscience Industry) on the Colorado Institute in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB), its future home in the new Jenny Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, and the potential impact on the local economy.  While the Caruthers biotech building has pushed back its opening date from November 2011 to early in 2012, the CIMB is going strong and has in fact reorganized to become the new Biofrontiers Institute.

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Tags: Bioscience research, University of Colorado, Biofrontiers Institute, Southwest, 2011 Research Funding, BioResearch Product Faire Event, CO, CU-Boulder, Boulder, UCO, 2012 2013

Bioscience Research at Google Science Fair: Winners Are Young Women

Posted by BCI Staff on Fri, Jul 29, 2011

bioscience researchThe old days of doors being closed to women in the sciences seem to be at an end, at least if Google has any say in the matter.  With the finale of their 1st annual Science Fair competition on July 11, Google announced the three winners (out of 10,000 young scientists from around the world), and they were all young American women engaged in bioscience research.  The contest allowed projects in any science field, and gender was not a selection category for the winners, though age was. 

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Tags: Bioscience research, women in science, Happy scientist

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