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NAU-TGen study results show COVID-19 virus triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections

Posted by Heather Tate on January 19, 2021

Jason Ladner working in labThe results of a study led by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest the immune systems of people infected with COVID-19 may rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease.

COVID-19 isn’t humanity’s first encounter with a coronavirus, so named because of the corona, or crown-like, protein spikes… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Biological Sciences, TGen, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

NAU ecologist receives grant to study improvements in pollinator habitat, biodiversity in Arizona utility’s rights-of-way

Posted by Heather Tate on January 6, 2021

Clare Aslan working in pollinator field researchBees, butterflies and other insects are important plant pollinators in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings. However, pollinator populations have been decreasing in recent decades. Researchers say one factor contributing to the decline is the degradation and loss of their habitat. Northern Arizona University ecologist and conservation biologist Clare Aslan… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences

NAU biologist collaborates on computational modeling tools to help predict efficacy of cancer drugs

Posted by Heather Tate on January 4, 2021

Test tubes in containerOne of the most promising areas of human cancer research is the study of signal transduction, or cell signaling. Communication between and within cells in the body is accomplished through signal transduction, as stimuli generated in one part of an organism travels through the circulatory system and initiates a response in specific target cells. As cells… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, TGen

NAU planetary scientist named key partner on NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission

Posted by Heather Tate on December 2, 2020

Christopher Edwards sitting in his officeAfter a year of preliminary design and several reviews, NASA recently confirmed its Lunar Trailblazer mission will proceed to the final design and build phase. Selected in June 2019 with planned flight system delivery in October 2022, the Lunar Trailblazer mission targets one of the most surprising discoveries of the decade: the presence of water on the Moon.

The mission is a collaboration led by Bethany Ehlmann,… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

NAU chemical physicist to collaborate with Lowell scientist on NASA-funded study of Saturn’s moon Titan

Posted by Heather Tate on November 19, 2020

Gerrick Lindberg writing on a whiteboardScientists say Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only body in our solar system besides Earth with liquid on its surface. However, chemical elements behave very differently there in the extremely cold and dense atmosphere, with a temperature of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. For example, water, or H2O, forms Titan’s bedrock while methane acts… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

NAU disease ecologist awarded $3 million DTRA grant to lead international effort to combat pervasive livestock pathogen

Posted by Heather Tate on November 10, 2020

Sheep in a pasture in the country of Georgia Northern Arizona University researcher Jeff Foster is leading an international effort to study and track the spread of one of the most important infectious diseases in humans and livestock worldwide. Brucellosis infects an estimated 500,000 people and millions of animals each year – cattle, pigs, sheep, goats – resulting in long-term illness and significant economic loss, though very little is known about… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

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