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November 23, 2009

Life Science

03/30/09

Engineering | Life Science | Research:  Engineers seek out bio-inspired solutions

ASU and assistant professor Stephen Pratt hosted engineers, computer scientists, biologists and social scientists at a recent workshop that focused on developing bio-inspired solutions to engineering problems.

03/30/09

Life Science | Research:  Scientists discover new target for anti-cancer drug screening

ASU scientists, with collaborators from the University of Padova in Italy, have discovered that a suite of proteins thought to be a minor player in the regulation of cellular processes – is not minor at all.

03/18/09

Bioscience / Biotech | Life Science | Earth / Space | Social Science:  Webcast to beam Origins Symposium to wide audience

Live captioned webcasting is one of the options that students and the public can use to watch and hear the world’s leading science intellectuals and authors discuss forefront questions of origins at ASU’s Origins Symposium April 3 and April 6.

03/12/09

Life Science | Research:  Science women honor ASU discoverer of ‘skinny’ gene

Geneticist Winifred Doane, ASU Professor Emerita, was one of eight Fellows honored for “commitment to the achievement of equity for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics” by the Association for Women in Science.

02/20/09

Life Science:  PhotoGraphy workshop visualizes urban ecology as art

ASU graduate students are bringing top researchers of deserts from around the world to ASU and presenting science in a way that’s unexpected – as art.

02/19/09

Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Life Science | Engineering | Sustainability and environment:  Forum shows off ASU technologies

More than 50 venture capitalists, angel investors and industry executives came to campus to see what gems of technologies are ready to come out of ASU's laboratories.

02/13/09

Life Science | Research:  Invasive species: part of the price of doing business

ASU professor Charles Perrings says trade in exotic goods comes with significant local economic costs – in the rush to market, products also bring hitchhikers: invasive species.

02/12/09

Science | Life Science | Research:  Researchers investigate bird's 'carotenoid circle of life'

Researchers are finding that carotenoids – the compounds responsible for amping up red, orange and yellow colors of birds – also may play a role in a bird’s ability to reproduce, making it a cornerstone in birds’ vitality.

02/09/09

Science | Life Science | Research:  Stroke drug might improve learning, memory

A drug used to improve blood flow to the brain could improve learning and memory and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study with two ASU researchers.

02/05/09

Science | Life Science | Research:  ASU to study power of affectionate physical contact

A pair of ASU faculty members are diving into research about the health benefits of affectionate human touch.