Biosciences Division

News

• New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus

  Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

• Audio Spot: New medicine therapeutics company is spinout from ORNL

  A Company, NellOne Therapeutics, has been formed through Battelle Ventures to research the potential for a new therapy that could help heart patients, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Cymbeline Culiat.

Research Highlights for 1999

November 1999

• Health Risk Assessment for Flame Retardants
• Discovery of a Mutagenically Unique Chemical
• Initiatives of the Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium
• An Operating MicroCT Scanner for Mice

October 1999

• New Environmental and Life Sciences Laboratory Groundbreaking
• Vascular Targeting of alpha-emitters for Solid Tumor Therapy

September 1999

• ORNL Life Sciences Division Hosts Scientific Advisory Committee
• ORNL Becomes Adjunct Member of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
• First Major RFA for Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium

August 1999

• Human Imaging Studies Initiated with ORNL Agent for the Evaluation of the Muscarinic Acetylcholinergic Receptor Complex

July 1999

• Environmental Technology Staff Complete Laboratory Tests of a New Configuration of Palladized Iron
• Life Sciences Division Researchers Use Laser to put Sparkle Back in Old Photos
• Center for Structural Molecular Biology On-Site Review

June 1999

• Triannual Review of ORNL’s Animal Care and Use Program
• 1997-98 Life Sciences Division Progress Report

May 1999

• Research on In Vivo Studies of Fullerene-Based Materials Using Endohedral Metallofullerene Radiotracers Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Highly Selective Microcantilever Sensor for Cesium Ion Detection
• JIBS and UT Host Successful Colloguium

March 1999

• ATS Staff Member Appointed to DOE Review Board
• ATS Staff Member Appointed to ICRP Committee
• ORNL Nominated as Subcontractor of the Month by Portsmouth

February 1999

• Photometrics Group Testing Batteries for Mt. Everest Expedition

January 1999

• Gene Cloned by Life Sciences Division Scientists
• Appalachian Branch of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Winter Meeting Hosted by ORNL
• Completion of Radiological Survey for Air Force Center of Environmental Excellence

 Previous Years

• Research Highlights of 1998
• Research Highlights of 1997
• Research Highlights of 1996