A team of researchers led by Dr. Charles Brenner have recently discovered that the enzymes Isn 1 and Sdt1 are responsible for the regulation of key steps in NAD+ biosynthesis in yeast cells. Brenner served as a professor of genetics and biochemistry at Dartmouth Medical School from 2007 to 2009 and currently heads the Biochemistry department at University of Iowa Medical School. Continue reading
Cell biologist and Dartmouth professor of Biology 12, Elizabeth Smith, and her graduate research assistant, Christen DiPetrillo, recently published a paper on a particular protein complex’s role in motility in the green unicellular algae Chlamydomonas reihardtii. Continue reading
As the power of modern computers grows alongside our understanding of the brain, the development of brain-computer interface technology is quickly becoming a hotbed for research. The brain-computer interface essentially creates a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device. Continue reading
Dr. Glen Greenough, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, gave a talk last week on the effects of sleep deprivation. The address served as a response to a mandate for DHMC faculty and residents to be educated about fatigue in the workplace in light of the new sleep recommendations issued by the Institute of Medicine. Continue reading
In a recent review for Cancer Biology and Therapy, professors Meir Preis and Murray Korc of the departments of medicine and pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center analyzed current knowledge in the field to present evidence surrounding the key roles played by specific protein kinases in pancreatic cancer development. Their review, shedding light on the potential of kinase pathways as targets for intervention, may lead to novel methods in pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment. Continue reading