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Five women of exception: discover the 2011
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SCIENCE FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Vision of small interfering RNA and microRNA
research to solve problems in modern medicine
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Working in Africa for Africa…
18/11/2010 by Rahajeng Tunjungputri Same Author (1)
During my training as a medical student with overnight shifts in the wards of a
government hospital, new patients admitted with severe leptospirosis or dengue
fever means that there may be another long night without sleep. Infectious diseases
wards are often overcrowded and a new patient can be admitted only when a
patient is discharged.
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09/11/2010 by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (50)
Professor Ahmed Zewail, President of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Jury, today
announced the five Laureates of the 2011 programme. Each year, five outstanding women scientists –
one per continent – are honoured for the contributions of their research, the strength of their commitments
and their impact on society. With the Marie Curie Nobel Centenary being celebrated in 2011, this year the
For Women in Science Programme has a particularly strong resonance, placing women and chemistry at
the heart of science today...
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08/11/2010 by Svitlana Yablonska Same Author (3)
In 2006, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of small interfering
RNAs (siRNAs) that share many properties with microRNAs (miRNAs) that function to “silence” the
activity of their target genes. This process is called RNA interference (RNAi). The discovery of siRNAs
and miRNAs has changed scientists’ views about cellular gene regulation, how diseases develop and
even how the process of evolution operates...
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16/09/2010 by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (50)
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What are the arabinogalactan-protein?
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What is cloned plant?
Prof. ole-MoiYoi, a member of the For Women in Science Awards Jury in Life Sciences
since 2004, is renowned as one of Africa’s top molecular biologists. In the early stage
of his career, he was appointed to teaching and research positions at Harvard Medical
School, but he chose to return to Kenya in 1981. Africa is certainly the better for his
decision, as we’ll discover in this interview given by Prof. ole-MoiYoi to AGORA...
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10/09/2010 by Christian Pellevoisin Same Author (1)
This summer, I read an article in Nature(*) about the discovery of
ancient macrofossils in Gabon, West Africa. This could be yet another
discovery to be added to the very long list of archeological sites, if
only the dating of the sediments didn't give those fossils the age of 2.1
billion years old...
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30/07/2010 by Agora Manager Same Author (23)
Do you know Hubble ? Hubble is the space telescope that has been put into orbit
around Earth in 1990. It has been a combined creation of the European Space
Agency and the NASA. It is situated 569 km above the surface of Earth Why ?
Simply because it works better this way. Hubble enables us to have a better
knowledge of the universe. It is more efficient than ground telescopes. In fact,
Earth’s atmosphere is distorting the view of telescopes on the ground. This
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29/07/2010 by Marietta Solange Soupi Nkeutcha Same Author (2)
The arabinogalactan-protein is a protein that belongs to the family of glycoproteins
which means proteins that carry molecules of glucose. In this case it is a molecule of
Arabinose and Galactose. This group of protein exists in all plants cells surfaces
and steps in their growth, development, differenciation, death of cells, and especially
in somatic embryogenesis. Many labs are dropping this subject because it is too
complicated but I would like to understand the way this molecules acts. Another
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28/07/2010 by Marietta Solange Soupi Nkeutcha Same Author (2)
The cloned plant is the identical reproduction of a plant. For certain plants the best
adapted method of cloning is somatic embryogenesis, which is the development of
embryos from parts harvested from the plant. Somatic embryogenesis represents a
great advantage : thanks to this method of cloning we obtain a huge number of
plants in a short time. The selector needs samples for crossing the plant : as the
plant is allogamic … it is necessary to get many different plants. The richer the
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Biotechnology in Turkey: a view from a woman
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What is a proteome?
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28/07/2010 by Ahu Altinkut Uncuoglu Same Author (3)
The Role of Women in the Alliance of Civilizations: “The full social and
economic advancement of the world depends crucially on human
development as a first priority. There is no sustainable human
development without the joint participation of women and men in all
creative activities, including Science and Technology”.
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27/07/2010 by Margoth Mitchela Moreno Vigo Same Author (1)
Quantitative proteomics is a field of science, which can be defined as the study of
global changes in the expression level of proteins and has witnessed an enormous
development in the last years. The genes and protein are changing because of the
environmental or physiological conditions. The research consists in extracting two or
more protein from altered tissues, as cells or body fluids, in order to determine the
presence of proteins suffering an alteration in their expression levels. For example, I
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