• The mission of the Department of Biological Sciences is to foster an atmosphere that enables our students, faculty and staff to excel in the classroom, at the lab bench and in the field. (fordham.edu)
  • We offer B.A., B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biological Sciences. (fordham.edu)
  • Through these experiences, our students will gain a conceptual and experiential understanding of the biological sciences spanning from molecules to ecosystems. (sjsu.edu)
  • The SJSU Department of Biological Sciences is the host to the SJSU MARC U*STAR Program. (sjsu.edu)
  • Watch Tamara discuss her placement at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust to get a feel for life in the School of Biological Sciences. (reading.ac.uk)
  • Through our biological sciences courses at the University of Reading, you'll embark on the fascinating study of the science behind life itself, and humanity's interactions with the natural world. (reading.ac.uk)
  • Our biological sciences courses do not have a common first year, so you will be able to study your chosen subject right from the start. (reading.ac.uk)
  • As the home of the School of Biological Sciences, our new £60m Health and Life Sciences building offers state-of-the-art research and teaching laboratories, seminar rooms, and plenty of study and social space, including a café. (reading.ac.uk)
  • Biological and Biomedical Engineering (BBME) is an interfaculty graduate program administered jointly by the Departments of Bioengineering (Faculty of Engineering) and Biomedical Engineering (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) at McGill. (mcgill.ca)
  • The Biological and Biomedical Engineering (BBME) Master's program focuses on the interdisciplinary application of methods, paradigms, technologies, and devices from engineering and the natural sciences to problems in biology, medicine, and the life sciences. (mcgill.ca)
  • in Biological and Biomedical Engineering Non-Thesis program focuses on the life sciences, the physical sciences, and engineering, industrial practices and processes, and data science related to areas such as biological products, biomedical devices, and medical imaging. (mcgill.ca)
  • By studying biochemistry alongside options in other biological sciences specialisms, you will be able to apply your knowledge across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and become a valuable and powerful asset in scientific environments and in many other walks of life. (le.ac.uk)
  • This course is identical to the first three years of the MBiolSci in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) . (le.ac.uk)
  • In addition, students become qualified to pursue graduate studies in any of several areas of study within the Biological Sciences and the health professions. (wiu.edu)
  • Students planning to major in the Biological Sciences should have three years of Mathematics and one year each of Biology, Physics, and Chemistry in high school. (wiu.edu)
  • Biological physics was identified as an important area in a report by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (PDF, 2.55MB) . (iop.org)
  • Below are the most recent news items related to the Department of Biological Sciences. (calstatela.edu)
  • Tyler Powell is a 2nd-year Biological Sciences M.S. student in Dr. Edith Porter's innate immunology lab. (calstatela.edu)
  • Alumni and faculty members from the Department of Biological Sciences have founded a number of successful non-profits. (sfu.ca)
  • The use of bees as guided biological weapons was described in Byzantine written sources, such as Tactica of Emperor Leo VI the Wise in the chapter On Naval Warfare. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sometimes known as "germ warfare," biological weapons involve the use of toxins or infectious agents that are biological in origin. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In effect, biological warfare is using non-human life to disrupt - or end - human life. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • If so, this early use of biological warfare caused the eventual deaths of around 25 million Europeans. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • During World War II, many of the parties involved looked into biological warfare with great interest. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The following quote comes from a paper on the history of biological warfare. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Biological warfare (BW) is the use of microbiological agents for hostile purposes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Such use is contrary to international law and has rarely taken place during formal warfare in modern history, despite the extensive preparations and stockpiling of biological agents carried out during the 20th century by most major powers (including development of strains resistant to multiple drugs). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Biological-warfare agents are thought by some to be an ideal weapon for terrorists. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It can be difficult to distinguish use of a biological-warfare (BW) agent from a natural outbreak of disease. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Management of outbreaks due to biological warfare does not differ from that of natural outbreaks except that clinicians must be alert for unusual antibiotic resistance patterns. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Title : Civil defense against biological warfare Personal Author(s) : Flinn, Robert H.;Kiefer, Norvin C. (cdc.gov)
  • Reference via Wikipedia ] Biological Informatics 2020 is a comprehensive listing of biological informatics resources currently available on the Internet. (llrx.com)
  • Biological stations (also known as biological field stations) are research station specializing in biology and ecology. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biological Services is a Biohazard Containment Level 2 departmental facility and resource designed to help researchers take advantage of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology and cell biology approaches in order to realize their research goals. (ualberta.ca)
  • As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combines biology, computer science, information engineering, mathematics and statistics to analyze and interpret the biological data. (llrx.com)
  • Biological Science covers major aspects of biology and molecular science across a wide range of organisms from bacteria and fungi to humans and plants. (le.ac.uk)
  • This process helps explain how our biological clocks keep such amazingly good time," said Justin Blau, an associate professor of biology at NYU and one of the study's authors. (nyu.edu)
  • The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering has classrooms and teaching labs in our buildings E. B. Doran and Ag Metals located at the corner of South Stadium Rd. and Tower Dr. (#6 on this LSU campus map ). (lsu.edu)
  • The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is seeking graduate students to pursue the Master of Science degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering or the Ph.D. degree in Biological Engineering or Engineering Science with research in biological and agricultural engineering. (lsu.edu)
  • Duties and responsibilities of a research assistant will include conducting research under the direction of a departmental faculty member while working towards an advanced degree in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department and may include assisting with teaching labs and grading papers. (lsu.edu)
  • Applicant should have a B.S. degree from an ABET accredited program in biological engineering, agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomechanics engineering, aquacultural engineering or related engineering discipline. (lsu.edu)
  • The Calder Center allows students, faculty and visiting scientists to study relatively undisturbed biological communities in close proximity to New York City. (fordham.edu)
  • The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) will assist employees on the necessary steps to prevent or reduce the severity of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). (mbl.edu)
  • There are numerous other instances of the use of plant toxins, venoms, and other poisonous substances to create biological weapons in antiquity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biological physics spans the molecular to whole ecosystems. (iop.org)
  • Biological Services staff can also be asked to prepare biological samples or to undertake research projects. (ualberta.ca)
  • The department has research laboratories in Larkin Hall at the Rose Hill campus and at the Louis Calder Center - Biological Field Station in Armonk, NY. (fordham.edu)
  • National laboratories, including those operated by CDC, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), and the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), are responsible for specialized characterization of organisms, bioforensics, select agent activity, and handling highly infectious biological agents. (cdc.gov)
  • Sites not subject to the NIH Guidelines may choose to establish an IBC or use a committee with a similar name (e.g., site biosafety committee, institutional safety committee) to oversee research with recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids and/or biological agents. (csun.edu)
  • As an institution of research and higher education, CSUN is committed to maintaining a safe working environment in both research and teaching facilities where biological materials are used. (csun.edu)
  • The Huyck Preserve is one of the oldest biological field stations in the United States and has supported research since the 1930s when Dr. Eugene Odum, regarded as the father of ecosystem ecology, made important discoveries at the Preserve. (idealist.org)
  • Blau added that the findings may offer new pathways for exploring treatments to sleep disorders because the research highlights the parts of our biological clock that "may be particularly responsive to treatment or changes at different times of the day. (nyu.edu)
  • In exploring this mechanism, the researchers examined the biological, or circadian, clocks of Drosophila fruit flies, which are commonly used for research in this area. (nyu.edu)
  • Prof. Tae-Woo Lee, research professor Wentao Xu, and Dr. Sung-Yong Min with the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering at POSTECH have succeeded in fabricating an organic nanofiber (ONF) electronic device that emulates not only the important working principles and energy consumption of biological synapses but also the morphology. (eurekalert.org)
  • What should a conscientious pro-life person do if his research center agreed to use biological material obtained as a result of the intentional abortion of babies in their embryonic or fetal stages of life? (ewtn.com)
  • No. 35 points out a somewhat different situation - the precise one of concern to us - with its set of moral issues, stating: "A different situation is created when researchers use 'biological material' of illicit origin which has been produced apart from their research center or which has been obtained commercially. (ewtn.com)
  • But, through an NSF Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research project, that's where David Queller and Joan Strassmann of Rice University and colleagues from the Baylor College of Medicine are looking, with good and complex reasons. (nsf.gov)
  • UCL Biological Services contributes to the advancement of biomedical research through the supply of high quality research animals and services, meeting the research needs of UCL's biomedical research community. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Visualization and understanding of cellular structures and their composition is of great importance in biological research, and also for applications of bio-based materials. (lu.se)
  • In your first year, you will focus on understanding of the fundamental biological processes that occur in cells, including DNA and protein synthesis, as well as the metabolic reactions that sustain cells and organisms. (le.ac.uk)
  • Biological pollutants are or were living organisms. (cpsc.gov)
  • Because living organisms can be unpredictable and incredibly resilient, biological weapons are difficult to control, potentially devastating on a global scale, and prohibited globally under numerous treaties. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • There are special rules regarding work with biological substances, genetically modified organisms (GMO), and genetically modified microorganisms (GMM). (lu.se)
  • Conduct standardized biological, microbiological or biochemical tests and laboratory analyses to evaluate the quantity or quality of physical or chemical substances in food or other products. (onetonline.org)
  • The committee may also take on additional tasks, such as review of all work with biological agents. (csun.edu)
  • The earliest documented incident of the intention to use biological weapons is possibly recorded in Hittite texts of 1500-1200 BC, in which victims of tularemia were driven into enemy lands, causing an epidemic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biological weapons. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • It was the Japanese who made the most use of biological weapons during World War II, as among other terrifyingly indiscriminate attacks, the Japanese Army Air Force dropped ceramic bombs full of fleas carrying the bubonic plague on Ningbo, China. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Biological weapons can be difficult to control or predict in a battlefield situation, since there is a substantial risk that troops on both sides will be affected. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. (llrx.com)
  • Provided that interest in the field continues, the next decade should see either biological pacemakers become a clinical reality or the improvement of electronic pacemakers to a point where the biological approach is no longer a viable alternative. (nih.gov)
  • As a special interest, member-driven group, we are interested in the study of systems that are either biological in origin or serve as informative models. (iop.org)
  • NYU biologists have uncovered new ways our biological clock's neurons use electrical activity to help keep behavioral rhythms in order. (nyu.edu)
  • For a quarter century, Carolina Biological Supply has been committed to bringing biotechnology into the classroom. (carolina.com)
  • In a previous study , Blau and his colleagues found that rhythms in expression of a potassium channel (Ir) helps link the biological clock to the activity of pacemaker neurons. (nyu.edu)
  • Whether the end result will be a clinically applicable biological pacemaker is still uncertain. (nih.gov)
  • Infectious substances can include patient specimens, biological cultures, medical or clinical wastes and/or biological products such as vaccines. (csun.edu)
  • The collection, featuring over 3,500 natural history specimens, provides a fantastic resource for biological scientists and the wider community. (reading.ac.uk)
  • Topics explored range from the detailed structures of complex biological molecules to the growth and development of multicellular animals and plants. (reading.ac.uk)
  • Organic is a labeling term that means the food or other agricultural product has been produced through approved methods that integrate cultural, biological, and mechanical practices. (usda.gov)
  • Researchers in this field unravel the molecular and physiological mechanisms of life, develop increasingly advanced technologies to transform healthcare, and reverse-engineer naturally occurring biological processes. (mcgill.ca)
  • May Researchers Use Biological Material Unjustly Obtained? (ewtn.com)
  • According to this passage, the use of such "biological material" would be ethically permissible provided there is a clear separation between those who produce, freeze, and cause the death of embryos and researchers involved in scientific experimentation. (ewtn.com)
  • Many stations in the Americas are coordinated (but not owned, controlled or funded by) the Organization of Biological Field Stations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Terrorism Agents used to determine the biological included for final prioritization agents for public health preparedness because of the inability to predict the As part of a Congressional initia- activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Identifying these priority nature of these agents and thus iden- tive begun in 1999 to upgrade national agents will help facilitate coordinated tify specific preparedness activities for public health capabilities for response planning efforts among federal agen- public health and medical response to to acts of biological terrorism, the cies, state and local emergency them. (cdc.gov)
  • Health Organization Biological Weap- and 2) review lists of previously iden- ons list (8-12). (cdc.gov)
  • As the foundation of that commitment, the University and its policies comply with all federal and state regulations & guidelines governing the use of biological materials. (csun.edu)
  • At the University of Leicester, we offer seven Biological Science subjects and four Medical Bioscience subjects, all as BSc (three years) and most as MBiolSci (four years), plus a Foundation Year option, giving you an impressive range of different courses to choose from. (le.ac.uk)
  • Medical Science allows you to select specialist modules that focus more closely on the application of biological principles to medicine. (le.ac.uk)
  • Important working principles of a biological synapse have been emulated, such as paired-pulse facilitation (PPF), short-term plasticity (STP), long-term plasticity (LTP), spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP), and spike-rate dependent plasticity (SRDP). (eurekalert.org)
  • It is possible to switch between a Biological Science course and a Medical Bioscience course during the first half of your first year, but after that the two fields diverge. (le.ac.uk)
  • This site is maintained by Biological Science . (fullerton.edu)
  • Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/biological%20half-life. (merriam-webster.com)
  • Sentinel laboratories play a key role in the early detection of biological agents. (cdc.gov)
  • MMWR Morb Mor- biological agents towards which the various agents to civilian populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Interim guidelines for investigation of several biological agents as potential nostic needs. (cdc.gov)
  • This is a prime example of biological warfare's potential scope, unpredictability, and terrifying simplicity. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • These surveys show that 30% to 50% of all structures have damp conditions which may encourage the growth and buildup of biological pollutants. (cpsc.gov)
  • The field of biological pacing is entering its second decade of active investigation. (nih.gov)
  • To establish and maintain an effective Biological Safety Program in order to protect employees, students and the community from potential health hazards. (csun.edu)
  • Most information about sources and health effects of biological pollutants is based on studies of large office buildings and two surveys of homes in northern U.S. and Canada. (cpsc.gov)
  • However, the effects on our health depend upon the type and amount of biological pollution and the individual person. (cpsc.gov)
  • Are you concerned about the effects on your health that may be related to biological pollutants in your home? (cpsc.gov)