Biochemistry and Biophysics

August 23 2007
2007 Golden Cup Competition Reflects Perk-Up of Rwandan Coffee Industry 
BUTARE, RWANDA – About 140 of Rwanda's highest quality specialty coffees were entered for the first-ever Rwandan Golden Cup coffee competition. The competition will take place Aug. 28-31 at a cupping laboratory about 10 miles from Butare, Rwanda..

May 17, 2007
Biotechnology Conference to Focus on ‘Genetic Solutions for Today’s World’ 
March 12, 2007
Gene-Age Training, Tools Offered to Valley Science Teachers 
WESLACO – Lower Rio Grande Valley science teachers will soon be able to use expensive scientific equipment at a nominal fee to teach biotechnology to their students, according to scientists at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco.

August 18, 2006
Vega’s Research Focuses on Preventing Foodborne Illnesses 
COLLEGE STATION – Fruits and vegetables can play a vital role in maintaining health. Unfortunately they can also play a part in some uncomfortable illnesses, said a recent doctoral graduate from Texas A&M University.

May 19, 2006
Sixth Annual Biotechnology Conference Set for June 13 
DALLAS - The sixth annual Biotechnology Educator's Conference will feature Dr. Paul Pepe and his keynote address, "The Past, Present and Future of Disaster Medicine."

April 25, 2006
National Institutes of Health Funds $13.7 Million for Texas Tuberculosis Study 
COLLEGE STATION - The National Institute of Health has granted $13.7 million for a five-year tuberculosis research project, headed by Dr. Jim Sacchettini and a team of scientists with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

March 29, 2006
BioEconomics Offer Promise for Rural Development 
AMARILLO – Enormous advances and opportunities are occurring in agricultural and industrial biotechnology, offering a chance to revitalize rural economies in Texas, a West Texas A&M University official said.

March 09, 2006
Researcher: Fewer Restrictions Will Lead To New Advancements in Transgenic Crops 
COLLEGE STATION – Less regulation will allow public entities, including universities, to pursue more transgenic crop research, which will help reduce the number of diseases found in plants, a researcher said Wednesday.

March 03, 2006
Researchers to Discuss 'Next Generation' of Crop Biotechnology 
COLLEGE STATION – Researchers from around the nation will convene here next week to speculate on how the next generation of biotechnology may help improve crops for food, feed and clothing.

March 01, 2006
Rice Researchers Focus on Water Conservation 
BEAUMONT – With predictions of severe water shortages in Texas over the next 50 years, legislators, farmers, government agencies and consumers are working overtime to find solutions.

December 02, 2005
Gould Named Director of Weslaco Center 
WESLACO – Dr. Michael Gould has been appointed the new director of the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco.

August 04, 2005
Researchers Find Ways to Turn Manure into Power 
AMARILLO – Record oil prices and incentives to find alternative fuel sources are lighting a fire under research to turn biomass materials such as manure into energy.

June 30, 2005
Biotechnology Educators Conference Set for Aug. 2 
DALLAS - The fifth annual Biotechnology Educators Conference will be Aug. 2 at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center here.

April 26, 2005
Rio Grande Valley High School, Junior College Teachers Invited to Biotech Training 
WESLACO - Using advanced laboratory techniques, Dr. Javier Gonzales-Ramos has moved genetic material from milk and spinach to citrus. His goal is to provide oranges and grapefruit with resistance to citrus canker, a devastating and emerging bacterial disease that causes damage to citrus trees worldwide.

April 21, 2005
Citrus Impact on Childhood Cancer Noted in Professional Journals 
COLLEGE STATION - Limonoids, a compound found exclusively in citrus, have been shown to target and, in some cases, kill neuroblastoma. Neuroblastomas are malignant tumors composed of embryonic nerve cells, and occur mainly in infants and young children

February 04, 2005
Spencer Receives 2005 Young Investigator Award 
COLLEGE STATION –Thomas E. Spencer, Texas A&M University assistant professor of animal science, has been named recipient of the Young Investigator Award in life and social sciences. The award is given by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

January 07, 2005
Protein Transformation Gives New Twist To Medical Research 
COLLEGE STATION -- It was a transforming moment. Researchers could barely believe their eyes.

November 30, 2004
Citrus Shows Promise For Certain Childhood Cancer 
COLLEGE STATION - Orange juice and cancer don't mix. In fact, the popular citrus drink could become a cocktail to prevent or stop the deadly disease in humans.

February 11, 2004
Copper May Play Role In ‘starving’ Cancer To Standstill 
COLLEGE STATION -- Starving a cancerous tumor of its blood supply might stop its growth while other treatments aim to kill it.

November 19, 2003
Diversity: What People, Grain Sorghum Have In Common 
COLLEGE STATION – Diverse. To society, the word means racial, ethnic and cultural differences. To scientists interested in biological diversity, the meaning is no different.

September 22, 2003
Violin Duel A Draw For Antique Stradivarius, New Instrument 
COLLEGE STATION – It was more a beauty contest than a boxing match. And even better, by night's end both contestants won.

August 25, 2003
Audience Pick: Older Violin, Sweeter Music? 
COLLEGE STATION - Call it a reality concert.

August 13, 2003
USDA Grant To Help Train College Lab Students 
WESLACO – Twenty-six undergraduate biology students at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg will soon have the unique opportunity of learning how to work in high-tech scientific laboratories.

July 30, 2003
Protein: Getting To The Meat Of This Essential Element 
COLLEGE STATION – Mention protein and, chances are, thoughts go to meat or a mother lecturing her children about the importance of getting enough of it to grow strong and healthy.

July 31, 2002
Randy Clouse Receives Salyer Fellowship In Cotton Research 
COLLEGE STATION – Randy Clouse, a Texas A&M University graduate student, has been selected as the recipient of the C. Everett Salyer Fellowship in cotton research.

July 16, 2002
Texas Scientists Reach Out And Touch Molecules 
COLLEGE STATION - A molecule - the smallest bit of any living substance - is no longer out of reach. Using haptic technology, researchers with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station are literally getting in touch with the atomic particles in hopes of finding new cures for diseases.

May 03, 2002
Unique Sculptures: Scientist Taps Art To Teach Molecular Beauty 
COLLEGE STATION – Intricate oak, mesquite, pine carvings. Not what one would expect to find in a biochemistry lab.

April 16, 2002
Reason Termites Can Digest Wood Found, May Lead To Prevention 
COLLEGE STATION – The reason tiny termites can take down a building has been found and that information, which upends a half-century-old belief, might lead to ways to stop their destruction.

October 03, 2001
Research Targets Deadly Copper Disease In Infants 
COLLEGE STATION – Cells in the placenta, brain and intestine are linked to Menke's disease in babies, researchers at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station discovered.

June 21, 2001
Virus Found To Carry Antibiotic Against E. Coli  
COLLEGE STATION -- Part of a small virus that attacks only bacteria acts like an antibiotic to destroy E. coli, researchers with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station have found.

May 08, 2001
Rice DNA Finds Breeding Traits to Hasten Better Varieties 
COLLEGE STATION -- It's not cloning, and it's not genetic modification. But new research by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station uses biotechnology to diagnose desired traits in rice so that plant breeders can be sure new varieties have those components at the DNA level.

March 29, 2001
Biotech Gets Personal to Win Support of Texans 
COLLEGE STATION – Grass that needs less frequent mowings, produce that lasts longer on the shelf, drugs that cure human disease. When it comes to science in Texas, consumers are all for it – especially when they sense a direct benefit.

Scientific Discovery in Plants May Advance Human Medicine 
- March 01, 2001 -

Texas A&M Regents Designate Plant Genomics Institute
- January 26 2001 -

Top Cancer Researchers to Teach Healthy Foods Class
- November 20 2000 -

Persistent Tuberculosis Demystified; Study Points to New Drug
- August 16 2000 -

Biotech Research, Drought Needs Spelled Out
- April 18 2000 -

Take a Dose of This: Enzyme Studies Views Neurological Disease
- February 15 2000 -

Tiny Molecules Big Topic for Regions' Biochemists
- November 10 1999 -

Texas Must Play 'Catch Up' to Become Biotech Industry Leader
- October 01 1999 -

Media Advisory: Summit Targets Biotech for New Texas Industry
- September 20 1999 -

Summit Targets Biotech for New Industry in Texas
- September 06 1999 -

Texas Agricultural Biotech is Theme of Upcoming Summit
- July 28 1999 -

Agriculture Research Will Hasten 'Bio-Based' U.S. Economy
- January 14 1999 -

Plant Genome Grant May be 'Looking Glass' for Improvements
- October 19 1998 -

Texas Researchers Team Up to Solve Grain, Turf Problems
- February 25, 1998 -

Macromolecular Symposium Set for Saturday
- November 20, 1997 -

Texas Cotton Researchers Team Up for Answer
- December 19, 1996 -

Satellite Program to Highlight Biotechnology Issues
- September 9, 1996 -

Aggies Strive to Eliminate Malnutrition in Mexican Children
- May 20, 1996 -

Study of Rattle Snake Venom May Lead to Anti-Cancer Drug
- April 4, 1996 -

Researchers Make Progress Toward Edible Vaccine
- May 1995 -