Fralin Life Science Institute

The Biotech Times is back from hiatus in a new, more streamlined format titled "Biotech Brief." This spring's issue features research from Drs.

• Sophisticated Weapons of Bacteria
• A Pseudomonas syringae Plant Interaction
• A Bacterial Approach to Smart Weaponry
• Biotechnology Education Resources

• Pesticides and Parkinsonism
• ATP-Sensitive Potatassium (K) Channels
• Dopamine: A Chemical Communicator
• Why Insecticides?
• Prep Fellows Progam

• Feature article - Clear Support for Genetic Testing Amidst Concern for Privacy

• Feature article - Mathematical Modeling of Molecules
• Essay: What is Nanotechnology?
• Biotechnology Book Review - Prey

• Feature article - Venturing into Vasculature
• Education at the Fralin Biotech Center: Biotech Company Project
• Biotechnology Book Review - Natural Obsessions

• Feature article - The Biology of Brucellosis
• Essay - Bioinformatics and Brucella: Developing a Genomics Toolkit

• Feature article - Signaling: How cell signals are helping us dodge the dangers of diabetes
• Essay - Proteomics: A New Field

• Feature article - Collaboration: An increasingly common approach to the study of science
• Essay - The Rice Genome: Solutions from the sequencing of a cereal

• Feature article - Tree of Life: Insights from novel use of a familiar tool
• Essay - Economic Impact of Biotechnology: The cents behind the science