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Released: 9-Aug-2017 12:45 PM EDT
Updated Computer Code Improves Prediction of Energetic Particle Motion in Plasma Experiments
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A computer code used by physicists around the world to analyze and predict tokamak experiments can now approximate the behavior of highly energetic atomic nuclei, or ions, in fusion plasmas more accurately than ever.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Defining Standards for Genomes From Uncultivated Microorganisms
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In Nature Biotechnology, an international team led by DOE Joint Genome Institute researchers has developed standards for the minimum metadata to be supplied with single amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) submitted to public databases.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 12:05 PM EDT
College Grad's Return Flight From Thailand Lands Her in the Hospital
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Julie Park graduated this year from Rowan University, but she almost didn’t make it to graduation. Last January, she sprained her ankle. A week later, she flew from her South Jersey home to Thailand for vacation. Although her ankle hurt during the trip, she didn’t think it merited going to a hospital while out of the country. What she didn’t realize at the time was that such indecision could have cost her life.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Reversing a Genetic Mutation to Restore Your Smile
University of Utah Health

Rena D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., Professor of Dentistry at the University of Utah Health received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build on her past research to characterize the genetics that prevent tooth formation and develop therapies to reverse this process.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Moffitt Cancer Center & Cvergenx Partner to Personalize Radiation Therapy
Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt’s Radiation Oncology Department will utilize Cvergenx’s Genomic-Adjusted Radiation Dose (GARD) model.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Professor to Discuss Future of Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Artificial intelligence, robotics, automation and machine learning are already disrupting the workplace. Will they disrupt the college experience next? That’s the question Dr. Keng Siau is asking colleagues this week at the Twenty-Third Americas Conference on Information Systems in Boston.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Mili Takes the Helm at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics Dean Fatma Mili officially began her tenure Aug. 1.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
2017 Massry Prize Honors Microbiome Research Pioneers
UC San Diego Health

Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Norman Pace, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, will share this year’s Massry Prize, splitting the $200,000 honorarium. These researchers lead a field that works to produce a detailed understanding of microbiomes andand methods for manipulating them for the benefit of human and environmental health.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Tune in to S&T’s Tech Talk on Free First Responder Training
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

On August 14 at 2 p.m., we’ll be hosting a Tech Talk about the EDGE system and how communities can access it—free of charge—to augment and reinforce live training for officers, agents, firefighters or emergency medical technicians.

   
Released: 9-Aug-2017 11:00 AM EDT
Researchers ‘Count Cars’ – Literally – to Find a Better Way to Control Heavy Traffic
Florida Atlantic University

There’s “Counting Crows,” counting sheep, counting blessings and now researchers at FAU have their own version of “counting cars” – literally – in an attempt to improve traffic flow on our nation’s overcrowded roads. And with more than 263 million registered passenger vehicles in the U.S. and more than 14 million registered vehicles in Florida alone, this is no small feat.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Black Men Have Lowest Survival Rates Among Patients with Anal Cancer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

As published in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found significant racial and gender-based disparities in outcomes among patients with locoregional anal cancer.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards ThyCa Research Grant to Glenn J. Hanna, M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Center for Head and Neck Oncology
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant, funded by the Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. (ThyCa), to Glenn J. Hanna, MD. Dr. Hanna is a Staff Physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)’s Center for Head & Neck Oncology, as well as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Jason E. Coleman, PhD, University of Florida
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant to Jason E. Coleman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Coleman’s project, “Effects of Early Hypo- and Hyperthyroidism on Long-Term Cortical Circuit Plasticity,” will study the effects of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism during pregnancy and the long-term consequences on brain function and behavior in offspring.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards ThyCa Research Grant to Vicki Emma Smith, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant, funded by the Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. (ThyCa), to Vicki Emma Smith, PhD, Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Smith’s project, “A New Molecular Switch in Thyroid Cancer,” undertakes to improve our understanding of thyroid tumors and to consider PBF phosphorylation as a potential new drug target for the treatment of thyroid cancer.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Lawrence A. Shirley, MD, MS, FACS, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant to Lawrence A. Shirley, MD, MS, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Shirley’s project is entitled “Impact of BRAF-Mutated Papillary Thyroid Cancers on Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Genotype and Phenotype.”

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Marco Medici, MD, PhD, MSc, Erasmus Medical Center
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant to Marco Medici, MD, PhD, MSc, a clinical fellow in endocrinology at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In his project, “Personalized Management of Thyroid Disease,” Dr. Medici will create a prediction model to estimate an individual patient’s TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) setpoint, which should ultimately lead to personalized care for both hyper- and hypothyroid-diseased patients.

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards Bite Me Cancer Research Grant to Brian P. Danysh, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant, funded by Bite Me Cancer, to Brian P. Danysh, PhD, Instructor in Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Danysh’s project is entitled “Novel Alternative Pathways and Mutational Hotspots in Papillary Thyroid Cancer With Acquired Resistance to BRAF Inhibitors.”

Released: 9-Aug-2017 10:00 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association Awards ThyCa Research Grant to Jens Lohr, MD, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
American Thyroid Association

The American Thyroid Association has awarded a 2017 Research Grant, funded by the Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. (ThyCa), to Jens Lohr, MD, PhD, who is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Medical Oncology Department at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. Dr. Lohr’s project, entitled “Characterization of treatment response in thyroid cancer by cfDNA,” will explore whether “liquid biopsy” from a vial of blood can be an effective tool to gain insight into the tumor biology of thyroid cancer and, ultimately, will translate these findings into new targeted therapies.



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