Food web from the Ancestral Puebloans (Image 3)
A Square Tower House at Mesa Verde National Park. Researchers created a food web from the Ancestral Puebloan southwestern United States that shows the complexity and interconnectedness of humans, other animals, and crops, and the environment. [Image 3 of 4 related images. See (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 12, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
Food web from the Ancestral Puebloans (Image 4)
A coyote preying on an entire clutch of baby rabbits in Boulder County, Colorado. Researchers created a food web from the Ancestral Puebloan southwestern U.S. that shows the complexity and interconnectedness of humans, other animals, and crops, and the environment. [Image 4 of 4 related images. ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 12, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
SupraSensor could be super tool for precision agriculture -- Science Nation
Preserving the environment and developing agricultural products that do not harm unintended targets are top priorities for many scientists and farmers, as well as environmentalists. It's a new era of crop management known as precision agriculture. It maximizes productivity while minimizing energy ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 23, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
Ocean acidification spreading rapidly in Arctic Ocean (Image 5)
Over the last decade, the Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (CHINARE) and U.S. collaborators have studied environmental and climate changes in the western Arctic Ocean and have witnessed rapid expansion of the "acidified" water in the upper water column. In this image, the science team ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 21, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
NETting the web in systemic autoimmunity
Immunology Interest Group Seminar Series
Mariana Kaplan, M.D. is Senior Investigator and Chief of the Systemic Autoimmunity Branch at NIAMS/NIH. Prior to her appointment, she was Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Kaplan obtained her medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and did her Internal Medicine Residency at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City. Dr. Kaplan did her Rheumatology Fellowship and postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan, where she was a member of the faculty for 15 years, and an acti...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Repetitive DNA sequences in health and disease: gift wrappings for precision medicine
NIH Director ’ s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Dr. Ramos is recognized as a leading expert in the study of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions and genomic medicine. His research program integrates diverse approaches, ranging from molecular genetics to population-based public health studies in efforts to understand the genetic and genomic basis of human disease and to advance the goals of precision medicine. Ongoing basic science studies in his laboratory focus on repetitive genetic elements in the mammalian genome and their role in genome plasticity and disease, while his clinical work focuses on the charact...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 8, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2017 PRIDE - Making Our Stories Count
A panel conversation on Federal LGBT workplace data collection, framed as understanding our workforce and made accessible to those from an Administration perspective, as well as Research. This discussion will create a better understanding of the NIH workforce, as we “ continue towards our goal of fostering an environment where diverse talent is leveraged to advance health discovery. ”For more information go tohttps://www.edi.nih.gov/people/sep/lgbti/aboutAir date: 6/28/2017 2:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Brave new world: recent evolution of an insect-transmitted pathogen
NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
In their natural settings microbes seldom encounter conditions that are propitious for unrestricted growth. Rather, they must survive in environments where most of the time they are faced with limiting amounts of essential nutrients, stressful stimuli and the presence of other living organisms. Since the early 1980s, Dr. Kolter ’ s laboratroy has investigated many of these survival strategies using approaches from genetics, biochemistry and ecology.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/wals/2016-2017Air date: 5/17/2017 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Access Sensor Technologies, a small business, has created low-cost environmental sensors.
Access Sensor Technologies is developing low-cost environmental and pollution sensing and sampling technologies, potentially giving more people the ability to test water, air and food. The NSF-funded tool, called a Chemometer, measures the concentration of chemicals in a water sample, testing for ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - May 4, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (Day 2)
Obesity is a major contributor to serious health conditions in children and adults. The prevalence of obesity in the United States and globally has grown rapidly in the last three decades; thus, there is a pressing need to help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Obesity is commonly defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30. In 2014, more than one-third (37.7%) of U.S. adults (Flegal, 2016 ) and 17% of U.S. children and young adults under the age of 20 (Ogden, 2016 ) met this definition, accounting for about 55% of the total U.S. population. There are also persistent disparities among ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (Day 1)
Obesity is a major contributor to serious health conditions in children and adults. The prevalence of obesity in the United States and globally has grown rapidly in the last three decades; thus, there is a pressing need to help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Obesity is commonly defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30. In 2014, more than one-third (37.7%) of U.S. adults (Flegal, 2016 ) and 17% of U.S. children and young adults under the age of 20 (Ogden, 2016 ) met this definition, accounting for about 55% of the total U.S. population. There are also persistent disparities among ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
CAVE2 Virtual Environment (Image 11)
The CAVE2™ system is a next-generation, large-scale, virtual environment--a room in which images are seamlessly displayed so as to immerse an observer in a cyber world of 3-D data. Here, individuals standing in the CAVE2 system interactively fly around a 3-D representation of ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - April 21, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
Strategies for Neuroprotection and Myelin Repair
NIH Neuroscience Series Seminar
Our ability to move, think, perceive, is dependent on a timely transmission of information among specialized cells called neurons. This information is sent via a series of electrical impulses that travel along specialized structures called " axons " , whose ability to conduct signal is dependent on the presence of " myelin " . Myelin is a fatty substance composed of lipids and proteins that is an integral component of a cell called " oligodendrocyte " . Oligodendrocytes are the myelin-forming cells of the CNS and are essential for brain function. Oligodendrocytes originate from neural stem c...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 31, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Hands-on learning research benefits economy, environment (Image 6)
Students from Mott Hall IV in BedfordStuyvesant, Brooklyn, dissect oysters as part of The River Project. The River Project is a marine science education and research facility located on the Manhattan shoreline of the Hudson River. As a key partner in the National Science Foundation-supported ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
Hands-on learning research benefits economy, environment (Image 5)
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video
