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Enjoy the June 2009 issue of IU Home Pages online. Read about the Sisters of the Flying Fountain Pen and see what IUPUI's Archaeology Field School uncovered in Madam Walker's backyard.
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A detailed composite image of the Sinbis virus is pictured above after members of the IU Research Technologies High Performance Applications Group used Tera Grid and IU supercomputers to take multiple images captured by a new IU transmission electron microscope and then optimize the images into one.
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IYA film: October Sky
July 29, 2009
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Swain Hall West 119, IU Bloomington
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy the IU Astronomy Department will conduct a public viewing of October Sky, the autobiographical story of NASA engineer Homer H. Hickam Jr., as played by actor Jake Gyllenhaal. A mix of drama, science and nostalgia. For more information contact astdept@indiana.edu.
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Scientist at Work: Kimberly Greer
Much like humans, dogs also vary in their longevity. Indiana University East Assistant Professor of Biology Kimberly Greer hopes to learn why some dogs live a long time and others do not. And since dogs and their human owners have many genes in common, what Greer learns in dogs may teach us new things about why some humans live until 100 while others barely make it past 50.
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K-fibers, structures long thought to play a key role in the alignment of chromosomes prior to cell division, are not required after all, say Indiana University and New York State Department of Health scientists.
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Advanced computing resources and scientific computing applications provided by Indiana University are now exploiting the potential of a powerful new electron microscope that may help scientists make breakthroughs in the study of viruses and other life science applications. Thanks to the IU Research Technologies High Performance Applications Group and IU's supercomputers, complex images created by the microscope can be turned into useful composite images that scientists can study.
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A zoologist and registered patent agent specializing in the protection and licensing of discoveries derived from faculty research has been named vice president for technology commercialization at the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation.
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Indiana University nuclear physicist Mike Snow's investigations into the weak interactions of low energy neutrons will advance using equipment funded by the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research and then put into use at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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A group of scientists working in Indiana University's School of Optometry and the Department of Biology will share more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their ongoing vision research.
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Joseph Pomerening, a cell biologist at Indiana University Bloomington, is a 2009 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, the Pew Charitable Trusts recently announced.
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The June 16, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured IU Bloomington computer scientist Beth Plale, who develops models that predict the behavior of complex phenomena -- like weather. Also featured are stories about black holes, the IU Bloomington Department of Astromony's participation in the International Year of Astronomy, the founding of public health schools on IU's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, quantum computing, and awards for IU School of Medicine and IU Bloomington scientists.
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"Proteomics analysis of regenerating amphibian limbs: changes during the onset of regeneration," International Journal of Developmental Biology, July 2009, King MW, Neff AW, Mescher AL.
"A new glucagon and GLP-1 co-agonist eliminates obesity in rodents," Nature Chemical Biology, July 2009, Day JW, Ottaway N, Patterson JT, Gelfanov V, Smiley D, Gidda J, Findeisen H, Bruemmer D, Drucker DJ, Chaudhary N, Holland J, Hembree J, Abplanalp W, Grant E, Ruehl J, Wilson H, Kirchner H, Lockie SH, Hofmann S, Woods SC, Nogueiras R, Pfluger PT, Perez-Tilve D, Dimarchi R, Tschöp MH.
"Fentanyl, but not haloperidol, entrains persisting circadian activity episodes when administered at 24- and 31-hour intervals," Behavioral Brain Research, July 2009, Gillman AG, Leffel JK Jr, Kosobud AE, Timberlake W.
"More data trumps smarter algorithms: Comparing pointwise mutual information with latent semantic analysis," Behavior Research Methods, August 2009, Recchia G, Jones MN.
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The IU Bloomington Web site has debuted a new look. In addition to favorite components of the current site -- such as the A-Z Big List, news and events sections, and both topical and audience navigation -- the new site includes more photography, video as a regular feature, and a new and improved campus photo tour.
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