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Consistently Identifying Proteins from Fewer Cells
Working with colleagues at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, researchers from the Biological Sciences Division helped fuse microfluidics and robotics for a new bioanalysis platform that uses far fewer cells than any other technology.
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From BSD, Three AAAS Participants
This year at AAAS there was a spicy dash of PNNL, including lectures by two biological sciences division researchers, and a session moderated by another.
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To Speed Precision Medicine, a ‘Co-Laboratory’
The Biological Sciences Division is at the heart of a new collaboration announced Feb. 14 between PNNL and Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU).
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For the Hyporheic Zone, a Novel Thermodynamic Mechanism
A new Nature Communications paper proposes a novel four-part thermodynamic mechanism they say underlies stimulated biogeochemical activity in the hyporheic zone.
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For Infectious Viruses, Alterations in Epigenetic Landscapes
A new paper published online Jan. 15 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlights the way epigenetic modifications help govern disease outcomes and shape the common avenue used by H5N1 and MERS-CoV to sidestep host immunity responses.
About The Division
Scientists within the Biological Sciences Division perform biological systems science research and develop technologies focused on how cells, cell communities, and organisms sense and respond to their environment. Our vision is to measure, predict, design, and control multi-cellular biological systems and bio-inspired solutions for energy, environment, and health.
Our investigator-initiated and multi-institutional collaborative research, unique scientific instrumentation, and national program leadership translate the latest scientific discoveries into technologies that are beneficial to the nation.
Our research has applications to energy, environment, and human health missions of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other federal agencies.