Media Relations
Friday,
May 7,
2004
Biocomplexity Institute
Scientists at Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute have developed a computational model for the intricate cellular dance that occurs during the earliest stages of animal development when embryonic segments called somites form. Somites eventually give rise to the internal scaffolding of life: For common earthworms that scaffolding is 100 or so body segments; in humans it's a segmented mass of cell layers in the early embryo that leads to the formation of muscles, vertebrae, limbs, ribs and the tailbone.
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An annual workshop of Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute, this year titled Biocomplexity XI: "The Evolution of Cooperation: Paradoxes of Collectivity & Individuality," will include a guest public lecture by Richard Michod, a University of Arizona professor who is head of UA's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department.
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Researchers from around the world searching for the most accurate ways to capture how cells behave -- from adhesion and clustering to growth, division and death -- are at Indiana University Bloomington this summer to perfect their use of two of the most widely accepted tools for simulating cellular interactions.
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If "surgical manipulation of body parts . . . resurrection of life . . . the ethical consequences of engaging powers we've yet to morally know how to use" reads like a lead-in for a Halloween movie marathon then the public can expect much more next week when biologist David Stocum presents on the seasonally-timed topic of "The Legacy of Frankenstein: Regenerative Biology and Medicine."
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A new company, SpheroSense Technologies Inc., founded by scientists at IU Bloomington, aims to become the leader in continuous-monitoring devices for research, medical and safety applications based on a new type of miniature optical device. Unlike most existing technologies, this biosensor can detect small molecules, drugs, proteins, viruses, DNA and RNA, and it can be manufactured inexpensively enough to be disposable after delivering results in minutes. The combination of flexibility, compact size, high-speed detection and low price will make the new biosensor ideal for clinical, laboratory and industrial applications, including in a physician's office.
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A space on Indiana University Bloomington's campus once occupied by nothing but students rushing to class soon will be home to 750 scientists and support staff busily mixing reagents, inoculating cell cultures, and typing up replies to fly mutant requests.
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