(PRWEB) December 13, 2014 The Global Synthetic Biology Market (2013-2018), analyses and studies the major market drivers, threats, opportunities, and challenges. The global synthetic biology market is dominated by three major players, namely, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (U.S.), DuPont (U.S.), and Royal DSM N.V. (Netherlands). These players jointly accounted for approximately ~65% of the total synthetic biology market. Full Copy for This Report @ http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/synthetic-biology-market-889.html Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (U.S.) accounted for the largest share of the synthetic biology market. The company offers a wide product portfolio which includes GeneArt CRISPR products, Gateway Cloning Technology, and GeneArt Seamless Cloning and Assembly products, and synthetic biology services such as GeneArt Plasmid, Protein Expression, and Pathway Engineering and Vector Construction. The company has its manufacturing operations in 150 countries, across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and aims to expand its customer base by expanding its research, development, training, manufacturing, and commercial capabilities in the high-growth markets of the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, it emphasizes on sales and marketing activities in order to grow its business. It markets and sells its products and services through a direct sales force, third-party distributors, customer service professionals, and electronic commerce. As of 2013, the company … Continue reading →

December 12, 2014 Associate Professor of Biology Steve Freedberg began using computer simulation modeling to teach population evolution several semesters ago. His students have developed computer programs that provide a sophisticated research tool for understanding biological systems. Many of the students in Associate Professor of Biology Steve Freedbergs bioinformatics course arent computer science majors. Many have little experience writing code. Yet all of them have developed computer programs that provide a sophisticated research tool for understanding biological systems. As part of the course, many of the students use simulations to describe genetic processes, but others have used them to study population biology and evolution as well. Freedberg began using computer simulation modeling to teach population evolution several semesters ago. The programs work by running a series of loops representing population situations. As students continue to build off the coding done in previous semesters, their programs have begun to reach surprising levels of sophistication and usefulness. The students are impressively autonomous on these programs, says Freedberg. While he guides their research questions and helps them interpret their results, the students have to be creative in their writing of programs. Elaine Rood 15, for example, worked with Freedberg through the colleges Collaborative … Continue reading →

At age 6, Deepak Chopra experienced what he calls "an existential crisis." His grandfather died, and Chopra became frightened when he overheard his uncle remark, "Yesterday he was playing with his grandchildren, and today he is a fistful of ashes." His grandmother tried to comfort him by saying, "Grandfather is with God in heaven." But for Chopra, that day triggered enduring questions about death, heaven and the meaning of life. Now 67, Chopra is a prolific writer, spiritual guide and a renowned physician who decades ago championed integrative medicine, a melding of mainstream, Western medicine with alternative treatments. Chopra suggests a new melding, this time of science and faith, in his latest book, "The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times." He also discusses those ideas in a new public television show, "The Future of God." He advocates daily meditation 20 minutes when you get up and 20 minutes in the afternoon. Chopra recently teamed up with Oprah Winfrey to offer online meditations (try one at lat.ms/1vBcESc). What is the link between belief and biology? There is a big link between what you hold to be true and what happens in your biology. [Your belief] changes … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise MADISON, Wis. As a fundamental unit of life, the cell is central to all of biology. Better understanding how complex cells evolved and work promises new revelations in areas as diverse as cancer research and developing new crop plants. But deep thinking on how the eukaryotic cell came to be is astonishingly scant. Now, however, a bold new idea of how the eukaryotic cell and, by extension, all complex life came to be is giving scientists an opportunity to re-examine some of biologys key dogma. All complex life including plants, animals and fungi is made up of eukaryotic cells, cells with a nucleus and other complex internal machinery used to perform the functions an organism needs to stay alive and healthy. Humans, for example, are composed of 220 different kinds of eukaryotic cells which, working in groups, control everything from thinking and locomotion to reproduction and immune defense. Thus, the origin of the eukaryotic cell is considered one of the most critical evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth. Had it not occurred sometime between 1.6 and 2 billion years ago, our planet would be a far different place, populated … Continue reading →

13.12.2014 - (idw) Johannes Gutenberg-Universitt Mainz Communication in the brain: research collaboration uncovers a novel mechanism of altered information processing between neurons / Responsible is a distinct class of glial cells / Major relevance for learning and processing of sensory input / Publication in the prestigious journal PLoS Biology Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have discovered a new signal pathway in the brain that plays an important role in learning and the processing of sensory input. It was already known that distinct glial cells receive information from neurons. However, it was unknown that these same glial cells also transmit information to neurons. The glia release a specific protein fragment that influences neuronal cross-talk, most likely by binding to the synaptic contacts that neurons use for communication. Disruption of this information flow from the glia results in changes in the neural network, for example during learning processes. The team composed of Dr. Dominik Sakry, Dr. Angela Neitz, Professor Jacqueline Trotter, and Professor Thomas Mittmann unravelled the underlying mechanism, from the molecular and cellular level to the network and finally the resulting behavioral consequences. Their findings constitute major progress in understanding complex pathways of signal transmission in the … Continue reading →