• Molecular Membrane Biology (Hartmut Michel, since 1987) Structural Biology (Werner Kühlbrandt, since 1997) Biophysical Chemistry (Ernst Bamberg, since 1993, em. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Department of Biophysical Chemistry, directed by Ernst Bamberg, studies the function of these proteins in native or reconstituted membranes by electrophysiological and spectroscopic methods. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Bachelor's degree programme in Molecular Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary course of study in which students will receive a broad education in the natural sciences and will learn the fundamentals of subjects ranging from biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics to molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, and process technology. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • In the third semester, students will select one of the following specialisations: bioinformatics, biophysical chemistry, or substance research. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • The first four semesters will be devoted to a broad-based fundamental education in the natural sciences, covering the areas of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and bioinformatics, as well as computer methodology and process technology. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • In the fifth semester, students will have the opportunity to select a specialisation from one of the three core areas of substance research, bioinformatics, or biophysical chemistry. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • The discoveries led to knowledge of the organic chemistry of dyes, tissue staining, and improved microscopy. (medscape.com)
  • Deepened knowledge on the biophysical chemistry of proteins with emphasis on properties rather than methods. (lu.se)
  • PB, Here is another gem: "Although approaches based on empirical knowledge and rational design using computer programs have been relatively successful in designing metalloproteins, it is still difficult to design certain metalloproteins, especially functional ones, owing to the large number of potential interactions within the active site of a metalloenzyme. (uncommondescent.com)
  • First, we developed a suite of land use suitability models by using Bayesian networks to integrate stakeholder knowledge with empirical biophysical and socio-economic data for each of the four primary land uses. (confex.com)
  • The mapping approach proposed will integrate biophysical, social and economic assessment techniques. (cyi.ac.cy)
  • Within the generic scoping report of the Regional Assessments of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Americas Assessment considers these effects, as well as future threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services and their benefits for a good quality of life in the Americas and its subregions (North America, Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and South America), taking into account their differences and the multiple types of social and economic inequality and distinctive biophysical conditions. (ipbes.net)
  • The purpose of the Assessment is to make policy-relevant knowledge accessible and useful, using a multidisciplinary and multi-knowledge systems approach, and improving the science-policy interface aiming to improve governance towards sustainable uses of biodiversity and ecosystem services and functions. (ipbes.net)
  • We present a biophysical characterization of the oligomerization and aggregation processes by Interferon alpha-2a (IFNα-2a), a protein drug with antiviral and immunomodulatory properties. (lu.se)
  • An investigation into the potential toxicological effects of fracking sand dust (FSD), collected from unconventional gas drilling sites, has been undertaken, along with characterization of their chemical and biophysical properties. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this Subgroup is to create a forum to discuss biophysical properties and function of biomolecules in cells and cell-like conditions, and to develop experimental and computational approaches to study these phenomena. (biophysics.org)
  • The Subgroup invites participants from all scientific disciplines with an interest in broadening our understanding of biophysical processes in cells, using approaches ranging from biophysical studies of biomolecules in vitro and in silico to experiments performed in living cells and beyond. (biophysics.org)
  • Scaling approaches to understand the drivers of these emergent characteristics have been attempted, but the blueprint of interacting biophysical processes in landscapes is inherently messy and often still unknown. (wur.nl)
  • Moreover, the unit focuses on conceptual and quantitative understanding of surface and groundwater hydrological processes and explores the practices, approaches and tools, with regards to an integrated surface and groundwater management in agricultural environments. (iamb.it)
  • Consortium approaches to research that have close links to policy and development processes are required and should pay great attention to the factors and processes that influence research uptake in order to narrow the gulf between popular conventional wisdom, public policy and scientific knowledge. (cifor.org)
  • Pathway approaches typically focus on biophysical, techno-economic, and/or socio-behavioural trajectories and involve various dynamics, goals, and actors across different scales. (europa.eu)
  • 4. Implement appropriate approaches for the derivation of products from remotely sensed data, such as DEMs and biophysical quantities. (aber.ac.uk)
  • In this paper, we give examples of biophysical interactions that occur across various temporal and spatial scales and discuss how connectivity can be useful for bridging disciplines and scales to increase our understanding. (wur.nl)
  • Specifically, we are interested in post-translational modifications, changes to a protein after it's produced, which add an incredible level of diversity to the underlying proteins within a cell and can control a diverse array of processes, including protein stability, interactions, and activity. (upenn.edu)
  • Next, we need to consider how our operations interact with planetary processes, and then quantify these interactions. (metabolic.nl)
  • In 2014, therefore, it is somewhat embarrassing to practice in the cardiac sciences without acknowledging the electromagnetic, neuro-cardiac , biophysical, and energetic interactions of the human heart with the surrounding environment. (heartmath.org)
  • Building on WRI and FAO's Road to Restoration , a guide that helps people make tough choices and set realistic goals for restoring landscapes, Mapping Together takes this process one step further. (wri.org)
  • Wu 2013 ), and affect and are affected by socioecological processes occurring across landscapes (Johnson et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • the unit focusses on the ecological processes at the foundation of agroecosystem functioning to promote agroecological transition to sustainable food systems in the context of the current climate changes and global challenges. (iamb.it)
  • Traditional calendars document seasonal cycles and the communities' relationships to their biophysical environment and are often used by communities, particularly subsistence farmers, to synchronize their livelihood activities with the timing of ecological processes. (ametsoc.org)
  • Because the timing of these ecological processes is not always consistent from year to year, the use of traditional seasonal calendars can help communities to cope with climate variability, particularly when biophysical phenomena become less predictable in relation to the Gregorian calendar, as has been observed in relation to climate change. (ametsoc.org)
  • 2017 ). However, much less is known about the spatial patterns and processes of social science phenomena as they influence ecological processes (Robinson et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • 2010 ). The few applications of such tools and techniques to explore social science connections to ecological processes at the landscape level include assessing where human-perceived and physically measured ecological values overlap in socioecological hotspots (Alessa et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • This screening method may prove useful in expediting time-to-knowledge compared to electron microscopy. (cdc.gov)
  • Although biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids are the workhorses of the cell, our knowledge about how they behave in cells is limited. (biophysics.org)
  • Understanding the sequence determinants of the energy landscape is therefore fundamental to the biological process that proteins carry out as well as protein folding itself. (berkeley.edu)
  • An international collaboration between the UCL School of Pharmacy, the Lund Protein Production Platform (LP3) and ESS, through its DEMAX platform, have performed biophysical and structural studies of three non-structural proteins from the novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. (lu.se)
  • Permafrost is warming, hydrological processes are changing and biological and social systems are also evolving in response to these changing conditions. (usgs.gov)
  • Hydrological processes may be well understood at a plot level, or for a single particular land use/landcover type at a catchment scale but become more uncertain at larger spatial scales or at smaller scales where the same processes operate across multiple land uses and management regimes. (cifor.org)
  • Two strategies are currently used to reduce aggregation: (1) finding a suitable formulation, which is labor-intensive and requires large protein quantities, or (2) engineering the protein, which requires extensive knowledge about the protein aggregation pathway. (lu.se)
  • The pathway concepts range from sets of quantitative and qualitative scenarios (or narratives) of potential futures to solution oriented decision-making processes targeting desirable societal goals. (europa.eu)
  • Here, a new comprehensive analysis was conducted to look holistically at the reasons why crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections and to investigate which biophysical processes and knowledge gaps are key factors affecting this uncertainty and should be given the highest priorities for improvement. (upm.es)
  • This project addresses knowledge gaps regarding estimation of carbon flux dynamics at landscape scale at northern latitudes. (lu.se)
  • Metalloprotein design is not just an intellectual exercise that duplicates biochemical and biophysical studies of native metalloproteins. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Whereas biochemical and biophysical studies mostly reveal individual features that result in a loss of function, design requires the incorporation of all the structural features needed to attain a function. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Interpolation assumptions often applied toward ecological studies did not work well for social processes studied in this analysis. (researchsquare.com)
  • Interestingly, thanks to the knowledge gained from the biophysical studies of cap-related processes, even relatively large modifications such as fluorescent tags can be attached to the cap structure without significant effects on the biological properties of the mRNA, if properly designed cap analogs are used. (bvsalud.org)
  • Biophysical measurements of nanosubstances, such as studies of toxicity or forms of aggregation. (lu.se)
  • Professor Sparr receives the prize for her biophysical studies of protein-lipid systems and properties of skin. (lu.se)
  • Natural resource patterns and processes occur across multiple scales, cross administrative boundaries and ecological gradients (Turner et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • This theme focus on how multi-scalar analysis can be applied to understand and analyze how environmental degradation and natural resource use at local scales is connected to and influenced by broader political economy conditions and global environmental change processes. (lu.se)
  • Large-scale protein conformational motions on nanosecond-microsecond time scales are important for many biological processes, but remain largely unexplored because of methodological limitations. (lu.se)
  • In order to develop integrated land use policies that foster conservation outcomes, scientists and practitioners must understand the specific biophysical, economic, and social drivers causing land use change across diverse land uses and ownerships. (confex.com)
  • Our hope is that through our work, we will not only provide insight into the processes underlying disease, but also provide new therapeutic strategies which can be used in a clinical setting to ultimately improve patient outcomes. (upenn.edu)
  • Results demonstrated the importance of understanding spatial dimensions at which social processes operate and, therefore, may influence ecological outcomes of the roadside forest within the context of state-level natural resources management and policy. (researchsquare.com)
  • 2018 ). Therefore, understanding the spatial dimensions at which social processes operate directly addresses the "what" and "where" aspects of social factors affecting ecological outcomes of natural resource issues (Bennett et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • Geography is defined as the study of spatial phenomena and the interaction between society and nature consequently describing and explaining the spatial patterns and processes. (ukessays.com)
  • 2019 ). Vast knowledge exists about spatial factors influencing ecological phenomena, such as landscape connectivity (An et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • Social factors affect landscape processes such as forest vegetation management (Wyatt et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • We focus on spatial and dynamic vegetation variables for upscaling from flux towers to landscape level, and hypothesize that better knowledge of these variables will enable more accurate upscaling. (lu.se)
  • In almost every discipline represented, we show how the biocomplexity of the Arctic system has highlighted and challenged a paucity of integrated scientific knowledge, the lack of sustained observational and experimental time series, and the technical and logistic constraints of researching the Arctic environment. (usgs.gov)
  • It highlights some of the key constraints to the utilisation of existing knowledge. (cifor.org)
  • A geographic specialization occurred, driven by biophysical constraints and market opportunities, with expansion of cocoa in Sulawesi, coffee in Lampung, and natural rubber in eastern Sumatra. (cifor.org)
  • Our laboratory uses a combination of biophysical, structural and computational techniques to understand these features. (berkeley.edu)
  • While the structural protein remains fully hydrated, measures residual dipolar database is approaching completeness (with respect to new couplings from a protein dissolved in an aligned medium.6 This folds), our knowledge of protein dynamics is still highly method can give information about the angular amplitude of fragmented. (lu.se)
  • Here we consider the example of monolayer growth in-vitro to illustrate how in a multi-step process starting from an single-cell based off-lattice-model that subsumes the information on the sub-cellular scale by characteristic cell-biophysical and cell-kinetic properties a cellular automaton may be constructed whose rules have been chosen based on the findings in the off-lattice model. (mpg.de)
  • mRNA molecules of any sequence can be synthesized using the same set of reagents in a cell-free system via a process called in vitro transcription (IVT), which is very convenient for therapeutic applications. (bvsalud.org)
  • Land, cities and regions with their interdepencies of natural and societal processes play a particular role. (tu-dresden.de)
  • The multi-dimensions nature of sustainability challenges will be thoroughly analysed, preparing students to reflect on processes for sustainability transitions in agri-food systems. (iamb.it)
  • Integrated knowledge is vital especially in view of future challenges posed by climate change, population growth, and soil threats. (wur.nl)
  • However, this approach is insufficient, considering that crop growth and yield are affected by the interactive impacts of multiple climate change factors and multiple interrelated biophysical processes. (upm.es)
  • Although the structure and content of seasonal calendars vary across the Pacific Ocean region, for many indigenous communities, knowledge of seasonal calendars can increase their capacity to cope with climate variability and change. (ametsoc.org)
  • The overall objective of BEGIN is to demonstrate at target sites how cities can improve climate resilience with Blue-Green Infrastructure involving stakeholders in a value-based decision- making process to overcome its current implementation barriers. (oppla.eu)
  • Large uncertainties in the knowledge of these patterns make regional and national estimates of carbon balances and climate impact highly uncertain [13, 14]. (lu.se)
  • Our model combines available knowledge on the mauve stinger with inputs of ocean currents and temperature from the CMEMS hydrodynamic model. (ugent.be)
  • This process combines agricultural expansion at the expense of natural forests and specialization of the land cover at the expense of biodiversity and wildlife habitats. (cifor.org)
  • The exchange between basic research and technological innovation as well as the targeted transfer of knowledge and insights into society are the focus of the transfer activities. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • Equipped with insights from design processes, it may be possible to design new metalloproteins with improved properties such as higher stability and greater efficiency, or to impart them with functions not found in nature, for use in an even wider range of biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications. (uncommondescent.com)
  • This is such an example: "Equipped with insights from design processes, it may be possible to design new metalloproteins with improved properties such as higher stability and greater efficiency, or to impart them with functions not found in nature. (uncommondescent.com)
  • We still, however, don't have enough biophysical knowledge to translate this sequence information into functional insights. (berkeley.edu)
  • Now, we have distilled these insights into an eight-step process for any actor to understand their impacts and set science-based targets - a vital step if we are to live within the means of our one planet. (metabolic.nl)
  • Protein metal-binding sites are responsible for catalysing important biological processes, such as photosynthesis, respiration, water oxidation, molecular oxygen reduction and nitrogen fixation. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Such non-native states on the energy landscape are thought to play a determining function in many cellular processes such as translocation, protein synthesis, degradation, signaling and allostery. (berkeley.edu)
  • We have taken a proteomic and biophysical approach to understand how a protein fine-tunes its landscape to control this feature. (berkeley.edu)
  • You will explore biophysical, social, political and economic factors from local to global level, and develop the skills you need to participate creatively in the process of improving environmental performance in your own context. (ucas.com)
  • Monitoring must track social, economic and biophysical variables that are useful and cost effective for management. (cifor.org)
  • The data show that scientific adaptive management relies excessively on the use of linear systems models, discounts nonscientific forms of knowledge, and pays inadequate attention to policy processes that promote the development of shared understandings among diverse stakeholders. (researchgate.net)
  • It helps them to track progress on their biophysical restoration goals using Collect Earth, an open-source data collection tool that pairs freely available, very high-resolution satellite imagery with local knowledge of the landscape. (wri.org)
  • You will be required to write technical essays and reports at a high level, carry out calculations using logarithms and the exponential function, analyse numerical data, and understand and apply scientific principles in relation to chemical reactions, biological processes and energy conversion. (ucas.com)
  • 3. Independently use appropriate software for the processing of optical, lidar and radar remotely sensed data. (aber.ac.uk)
  • The module is intended to provide students with a background in advanced processing and analysis of a range of remote sensing data for a range of applications. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Processing and analysis of laser scanning data. (aber.ac.uk)
  • This is a discipline which is reliant on the manipulation of digital numeric data requiring the application of mathematical knowledge. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Strategies relating to remote sensing data sources and acquisition strategies, data integration and processing with effective interpretation. (aber.ac.uk)
  • Knowledge of and experience with remote sensing software and data. (aber.ac.uk)
  • This method does not require any knowledge of the underlying data structure, nor does it require any arbitrarily chosen level of significance. (cropscience.org.au)
  • Knowledge about spatial patterns of human dimensions data within landscape ecology is nascent despite its importance in natural resources management decision-making. (researchsquare.com)
  • Flux towers provide essential data for process understanding [15]. (lu.se)
  • Surprisingly, not only did we find that spindle-generating TRN circuits engage in attentional processing, but we also discover that this engagement involves alpha oscillations, a waking rhythm with computational properties similar to spindles. (frontiersin.org)
  • To be effective, new adaptive management efforts will need to incorporate knowledge from multiple sources, make use of multiple systems models, and support new forms of cooperation among stakeholders. (researchgate.net)
  • As stakeholders with different responsibilities form partnerships and work together to overcome conflict or disparity, the capacity for knowledge generation is increased (Berkes, 2009). (researchgate.net)
  • First, integrating stakeholders throughout different phases of the modeling process provided not only a flexible framework, but also led to high credibility with non-scientific audiences. (confex.com)
  • Stakeholders valued the project as much for the process facilitation, as for the planning tools themselves. (confex.com)
  • biophysical examples include predicting forest composition across regions (Ohmann and Gregory 2002 ), interpreting changes in seasonal rain patterns (Camera et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • More frequent C. gattii measurements and longitudinal statistics can help distinguish between competing processes. (cdc.gov)
  • To identify key biophysical factors modulating environmental concentrations, we evaluated monthly concentrations of C. gatti in air, soil, and trees over a 3-year period. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of ESMERALDA is to share experience through an active process of dialogue and knowledge co-creation that will enable participants to achieve the Action 5 aims. (cyi.ac.cy)
  • Our goal with this study was to determine the relative strength of associations between biophysical conditions and monthly C. gattii dynamics from the air, trees, and soil on Vancouver Island, Canada. (cdc.gov)
  • Conservation strategies are undermined by limited scientific knowledge, especially of mechanisms that link ecological and social processes. (clarku.edu)
  • The region is also bioculturally diverse, with traditional knowledge of indigenous people and local communities promoting, among other things, the diversification and conservation of many varieties of cultivated plants and domestic animals that are the staple foods of many other regions of the world. (ipbes.net)
  • The URBES project was funded as part of the EU's 7th Framework Programme for Research by BiodivERsA, which is a network of 21 research-funding agencies across 15 European countries promoting pan-European research that generates new knowledge for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity. (networknature.eu)
  • However, growers differ in their knowledge of both the pollination services provided by insects as well as impacts of pesticide exposure on such services. (clarku.edu)
  • However, how the different model description may be linked, and, how a description on a coarser level may be constructed based on the knowledge of the finer, microscopic level, is still largely unknown. (mpg.de)
  • While sensory representations in the brain depend on context, it remains unclear how such modulations are implemented at the biophysical level, and how processing layers further in the hierarchy can extract useful features for each possible contextual state. (biorxiv.org)
  • Inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge on biophysical cause-effect interrelations of human-environmental systems as well as their integratability in management and governance on the local and regional level are in the centre. (tu-dresden.de)
  • Summarize the knowledge level in classical as well as modern literature in the area. (lu.se)
  • However, detailed knowledge about carbon balance mechanisms in this region is still incomplete. (lu.se)
  • Here, we provide an alternative explanation for this correlation: common thalamic circuits regulate sensory processing across sleep and attention, and their disruption may lead to correlated dysfunction. (frontiersin.org)
  • Using multi-electrode recordings in mice, we find that rate and rhythmicity of thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) neurons are predictive of their functional organization in sleep and suggestive of their participation in sensory processing across states. (frontiersin.org)
  • As such, we propose that common thalamic circuit principles regulate sensory processing in a state-invariant manner and that in certain disorders, targeting these circuits may be a more viable therapeutic strategy than considering individual states in isolation. (frontiersin.org)
  • These findings support a model in which common thalamic circuits regulate sensory processing across sleep and attention, and suggest that targeting these circuits or their computational principles may be an effective therapeutic strategy in neurodevelopmental disorders. (frontiersin.org)
  • The heart is a sensory organ, and it acts as a sophisticated information encoding and processing center that enables it to learn, remember and make independent functional decisions. (heartmath.org)
  • With consideration to age, employee utilizes the approved process to resolve biophysical, psychological, educational and environmental needs of patient and significant other when administering care. (collegerecruiter.com)
  • Widens your knowledge of the environment and develops your skills in making informed decisions about environmental issues. (ucas.com)
  • The knowledge acquired in the course is meant to provide one of the theoretical building blocks that students can draw on for their thesis work, and later apply in future work, for instance teaching, research, journalism, environmental and development work. (lu.se)
  • New extreme and seasonal surface climatic conditions are being experienced, a range of biophysical states and processes influenced by the threshold and phase change of freezing point are being altered, hydrological and biogeochemical cycles are shifting, and more regularly human sub-systems are being affected. (usgs.gov)
  • A limitation of studying seasonal C. gattii changes is that it is difficult to disentangle which biophysical conditions (temperature, sunlight, moisture, momentum) most strongly influence C. gattii concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides opportunities for creating shared understandings. (researchgate.net)
  • In both course instruction and research, students will obtain knowledge of the latest developments in biomedical research, including findings from genome and proteome research, gene technology, bioinformatics, substance development, diagnostics, and biomedicine. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • IWMI recognizes the scope for a more proactive role in knowledge application to increase impact-particularly by interacting closely with other research institutes, policymakers, donors, partners and user communities. (unspider.org)
  • The research objective is to achieve an improved understanding of processes regulating ecosystem scale carbon exchange. (lu.se)
  • The debate aimed at creating interest for the research plants among the high school students, and the Master Students practiced presentation techniques and to debate science - an important knowledge for working life. (lu.se)
  • Knowledge of Electronic Health Record (EHR) computerized practice management and other record keeping systems. (collegerecruiter.com)
  • 1 Discuss the biophysical and psychosocial processes pertinent to the case. (onlinenursinganswers.com)
  • By answering these questions, we know what substances and processes need to be determined and tested, and for which ones we need to discuss regulations. (lu.se)
  • since 2016) Theoretical Biophysics (Gerhard Hummer, since 2013) Molecular Sociology (Martin Beck, since 2019) Molecular Neurogenetics (Peter Mombaerts, from 2006 until 2010) A prerequisite for the understanding of the fundamental processes of life is the knowledge of the structure of the participating macromolecules. (wikipedia.org)
  • We replicated a stakeholder engagement and modeling process in two large watersheds covering a total of 1.9 million hectares in Maine. (confex.com)
  • Social processes within the exurban landscape were spatially heterogeneous and multi-scalar for the same variables in different locations, exemplifying the complexity of social processes within exurban land use. (researchsquare.com)
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, infection control and patient safety measures. (collegerecruiter.com)
  • 2005). The core of AM is social learning theory, which encompasses the process of knowledge acquisition and the creation of shared understanding (McLain & Lee, 1996) . (researchgate.net)
  • The Project "Demonstrating and promoting natural values, to support the decision-making process in Romania" (N4D) was developed based on folowing activities: A1. (networknature.eu)
  • Wind may be a key process that transferred C. gattii from soil into air and onto trees. (cdc.gov)