Rotifers as experimental tools for investigating aging

Rotifers as experimental tools for investigating aging

Comparative biogerontology has much to contribute to the study of aging. A broad range of aging rates has evolved to meet environmental challenges, and understanding these adaptations can produce valuable insights into aging. The supra Phylum Lophotrochozoa is particularly understudied and has several groups that have intriguing patterns of aging. Members of the lophotrochozoan phylum Rotifera ...

Novel Diabetic Mouse Models as Tools for Investigating Diabetic Retinopathy

OBJECTIVE Mouse models possessing green fluorescent protein (GFP) and/or human aldose reductase (hAR) in vascular tissues have been established and crossed with naturally diabetic Akita mice to produce new diabetic mouse models. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Colonies of transgenic C57BL mice expressing GFP (SMAA-GFP), hAR (SMAA-hAR) or both (SMAA-GFP-hAR) in vascular tissues expressing smooth m...

Investigating Climate Change and Reproduction: Experimental Tools from Evolutionary Biology

It is now generally acknowledged that climate change has wide-ranging biological consequences, potentially leading to impacts on biodiversity. Environmental factors can have diverse and often strong effects on reproduction, with obvious ramifications for population fitness. Nevertheless, reproductive traits are often neglected in conservation considerations. Focusing on animals, recent progress...

Experimental Tools for SPA

Provided SUSY is realized in Nature, future colliders like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and a future ee linear collider (LC) will provide a wealth of data on SUSY phenomena. One important task will be to extract the Lagrangian parameters at the electroweak scale from the numerous measured observables and to extrapolate them to a high scale to check whether unification takes place or to learn...

Emerging Tools for Experimental