Longtime Director of Itasca Retires
CBS Professor and Director of Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories Dave Biesboer to retire at the end of 2017.
Dave Biesboer at Itasca in the field with a group of students at Nature of Life.
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Here you will find a collection of press releases regarding College of Biological researchers and discoveries.
UMN Researchers Provide Molecular Portraits of a New Cancer Drug Target
Unprecedented images of cancer genome-mutating enzymes acting on DNA provide vital clues into how the enzymes work to promote tumor evolution and drive poor disease outcomes. These images, revealed by University of Minnesota researchers, provide the first ever high-resolution pictures of molecular complexes formed between DNA and the human APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B enzymes.
The research is published today online in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Gordon Named 2016 Pew Scholar
University of Minnesota researcher chosen for the highly selective Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences.
Researchers Pinpoint Mechanism Allowing Cells With Faulty DNA to Replicate
Discovery by the Bielinsky lab opens doors to new strategies for combating cancer.
Secondary Tropical Forests Absorb More Carbon Than Expected
Jennifer Powers and colleagues find that regenerated tropical forests exhibit a high level of resilience and sequester carbon at a higher rate than old-growth tropical forests.
Study: Secondary tropical forests absorb carbon at higher rate than old-growth forests
Enzyme Linked to Therapy's Effectiveness
Harris lab finds resistance to tamoxifen breast cancer therapy may be driven by APOBEC3B.
Responses to tamoxifen were significantly prolonged by reducing levels of the enzyme APOBEC3B in preclinical models of estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer and significantly shortened by increasing levels of APOBEC3B, suggesting that APOBEC3B drives resistance to tamoxifen, according to data presented at the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec.
Insight from a sightless fish
New genetic analysis of the tiny fish could aid research on retinal disease, metabolic disturbance and sleep disorders.
Chimps are naturally aggressive
Study proves that humans are not responsible for lethal aggression in our primate cousins.
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In the latest Planet of the Apes movie, human aggression spurs chimpanzees into battle. | |
A closer look at cilia
Richard Linck uncovers structure, protein elements critical to human function and disease.
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