Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category

Brainwaves reflect ability to beat built-in bias

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

New study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, by postdoctoral researcher James Cavanagh helps explains the a distinctly human mechanism of cognition. Read more…

Psychiatrists waste 1 million hours getting patients admitted

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Child psychiatry fellow and lead author, Dr. Amy Funkenstein, collected the data over a three-month period and the results were published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Read more…

Invasive crabs help Cape Cod marshes

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

New paper in Ecology, by Mark Bertness chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology shows the invasive green grab is helping to restore the marsh by driving away the predators. Read more…

Misregulated genes may play a role in both rare and general forms of autism

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Finding of a new study by Dr. Eric Morrow, professor of biology, psychiatry and human behavior suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate in general autism research. Read more…

Dr. Andres Matoso receives prestigious pathology research award

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Dr. Matoso, a Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellow received the Stowell-Orbison Award from USCAP, which is given in recognition of outstanding pathology research by pathologists-in-training. Read abstract…

Brown researchers build robotic bat wing

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Professors Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz have uncovered flight secrets of real bats. Read more…

Three Brown scientists win NSF CAREER awards

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Eric Darling, Erika Edwards and Eunsuk Kim receive five-year grants which start this month. Read more…

Study in mice yields Angelman advance

Friday, February 15th, 2013

A new study by John Marshall, professor of medical science, lays out a neurological signaling breakdown in Angelman syndrome. Read more…

Brown approves a School of Public Health

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Terrie “Fox” Wetle, associate dean of medicine for public health, will serve as the school’s inaugural dean. Read more…

Fruit Fly Mutations Help Researcher Explain Human Diseases

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

A new study by Brown and Indiana University researchers finds a gene mutation in fruit flies which may help explain how human diseases change over time. Read more…