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“Differentiation and integration are fundamental to the dynamic maturation of the human organism.” (Social Relations)
Low’s research focuses on temperature compensation of the three-protein post-translational oscillator in the cyanobacterial biological clock. The oscillator controls global gene expression and regulates cyclical changes in the organism's physiology, biochemistry, and metabolism.
The HMS researchers said that scientists hope to use cyanobacteria as a model organism to create genetically-modified designer bacteria capable of producing biofuels. Greater carbon fixation efficiency in cyanobacteria would increase the efficiency of biofuel production in these bacteria, according to the research team.
“The bigger vision is one of sustainability,” said Pamela A. Silver, co-author of the study and professor of systems biology at HMS. “Ideally you could have an organism that you could program to make anything you wanted using only sunlight?...
The fact that DDT is still in house dust is a surprise to most people, since the pesticide was banned in the U.S. in 1972. But a house is a little like a living organism: once it absorbs a contaminant, it may never purge it completely. "Dust in our homes...