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 2000

General

• Staff Members Achieve Rank of Diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology
• Staff Member Appointed to Editorial Board
• Staff Member Elected to Board of Directors of the Health Physics Society
• Staff Member Appointed Associate Editor
• Thomas Thundat Receives Discover Magazine Award
• Staff Member Appointed to Editorial Board
• Dr. Tuan Vo-Dinh Elected Fellow of SPIE

November-December 2000

• Computational Biology Section Team Ranks 6th in CASP4 Competition
• Army Commendations Earned by TARA Scientists
• Life Sciences Division involved in proposal process for UT Centers of Excellence
• Life Sciences Division Staff Members Honored by Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

July 2000

• Genome Integrated Supercomputing Toolkit - GIST
• ORNL Successfully Passes External Review of New Animal Facility
• NASA Visit to ORNL
• Radiation Survey of Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
• "Lasers in Art Conservation" Workshop

April 2000

• Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium Receives Major Grant from National Institutes of Health
• Life Sciences Division Staff Hosts Annual Meeting of ICRP Task Group
• Researchers Develop In Situ Remediation Approach
• ORNL Team Builds and Analyzes Human Chromosomes 5, 16, and 19

March 2000

• New High Resolution Electrospray Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer
• 3D-ORAM Dosimeter
• Microcantilever Biosensors

February 2000

• Demonstration of the Benefits of Cryogenic Helium for Macromolecular Data Collection
• ORNL Technology Detects Explosives With Mini-Explosions
• Life Sciences Division Group Collaborates on the World's First Industrial Demonstration of a High Temperature Superconducting Power Cable
• Micromechanical pH Sensors
• Rapid and Accurate Phenotype Screening at the Molecular Level will Play a Crucial Role in Mammalian Functional Genomic Research

January 2000

• Genes and Justice – Life Sciences Division Staff Member Serves as Guest Editor for Legal Journal
• Genome Channel Recognized by Science

  Previous Years

• Research Highlights of 1999
• Research Highlights of 1998
• Research Highlights of 1997
• Research Highlights of 1996