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04/15/08

Life Science:  Webby Awards cite 'Planet Bob' as ‘Official Honoree’

ASU's viral video on taxonomy and biodiversity has been given an "Official Honoree" distinction from the "Oscars of the Internet."

04/14/08

Life Science:  Researchers view microorganisms from space

An ASU lab is using satellite imagery to view micro phytoplankton, supporting research to understand the organism and its ecology.

04/07/08

Life Science:  Clays hold promise in fight against infections

ASU scientists are reporting that minerals from clay could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials to fight deadly MRSA infections.

03/27/08

Life Science:  Streams play critical role in preserving coastal zones

ASU ecologist Nancy Grimm is participating in a study that shows small streams and rivers play a critical role in buffering excess nitrogen runoff into the world's oceans.

03/24/08

Life Science:  Honeybee researcher to unravel properties governing lifespan with support from Norway

Gro Amdam, associate professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, has been awarded two grants totaling the U.S. equivalent of about $1.4 million from the Norwegian Research Council to investigate biochemical factors and social life history properties that can influence aging and longevity in honeybees. Amdam also is with the Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway.

03/04/08

Life Science:  Ocean maps show human impacts on global scale

Postdoctoral fellow Caterina D’Agrosa is challenging historic views of marine systems and humans’ impact through fishing, introduction of invasive species and pollution.

02/28/08

Engineering | Life Science | Research | Sustainability / Environment:  Species explorers ask: What’s on your planet?

ASU’s new International Institute for Species Exploration is bringing new attention to the field of cybertaxonomy.

02/22/08

Students | Bioscience / Biotech | Life Science:  Doctoral Student receives Watkins and NIH Fellowships

Ariel Jones, a doctoral student in School of Life Sciences was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from National Institutes of Health (NIAID) to study the “Role of coronavirus membrane protein carboxy tail in virus.”

02/20/08

Life Science:  Professor helps decode rare bacteria’s genetics

A team of researchers are using genome sequencing to unlock the genectic secrets of bacterium that produce a rare form of chlorophyll.

01/31/08

Engineering | Life Science:  Team adds ‘cyber tools’ to plant biology effort

An ASU team is helping develop the “cyberinfrastructure” for the iPlant Collaborative, a project aimed at answering the most challenging questions in plant biology.

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