Quality Guided Synchrotron Radiation X-Rray Tomographic Microscopy Of Large Lung Samples

submitted by: habi

My talk in the Session "Session A19 - Imaging the distal lung: Advances in Technique and Application" at the "ATS 2009 • San Diego, the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society"

James Galagan, Broad Instute at the DOE JGI 2009 User Meeting

submitted by: JGI

James Galagan from the Broad Institute spoke about the "Genomics and Systems Biology of TB" on March 26, 2009 during the 4th Annual User Meeting.

La hipoxia y Las Alturas: Leyendo Entre Los Genes

submitted by: clownfish

Este video describe la hipoxia y el proceso de adaptación a las alturas.

Hypoxia and adaptation to altitude: Reading Between the Genes

submitted by: MarkShriver

Short video with interviews discussing the process of adapting to the low oxygen content found at high altitude.

Obama Inauguration: A Positive Change in Federal Stem Cell Research Policies

submitted by: CIRMTV
On March 9, 2009, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to lift a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research that had been in place since August, 2001. In this video, Susan Fisher, director of the UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Center, and Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, discuss how the federal ban affected stem cell researchers and how President Obama's stem cell research policies will bring new opportunities in this...

Jerome Zack Talks About Creating iPS Cells

submitted by: CIRMTV
In 2006 scientists learned how to create a pluripotent stem cell out of a human skin cell. These cells, called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have many of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells including the ability to create mature cell types. Dr. Jerome Zack has a CIRM grant to create iPS cells that could be used in human therapies. Zack is Associate Director, UCLA AIDS Institute, professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, and a scientist with the...