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April 9, 2012
Slow snails, fast genes: Predatory snails refine venoms through continuous gene duplication
When tropical marine cone snails sink their harpoon-like teeth into their prey, they inject paralyzing venoms made from a potent mix of more than 100 different neurotoxins. Biologists have known for more than a decade that the genes that provide the recipes for cone snail toxins are among the fastest-evolving genes in the animal kingdom.… -
April 9, 2012
U-M Library launches data curation fellowship program
The U-M Library, in partnership with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and its Digital Library Federation (DLF) program, will help launch a new data curation fellowship program for recent doctoral scholars in the natural and social sciences. The aim of the CLIR/DLF Data Curation Fellowship Program is to create a cadre of… -
April 2, 2012
Health and Retirement Study adds genetic data to NIH database
The U-M Health and Retirement Study, a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans conducted by the Institute for Social Research, has added genetic information from 12,500 consenting participants to the online genetics database of the National Institutes of Health.
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April 2, 2012
Many young people would rather surf the web than drive a car
More young adults today would rather hit the information highway than the open highway, U-M researchers say. In a new study in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute found that having a higher proportion of Internet users was associated with lower licensure rates among young… -
April 2, 2012
U-M named Bike Friendly University by national organization
U-M has been named a Bike Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists in recognition of the university’s programs and commitment to bicycling on campus.
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April 2, 2012
Photo: UMS screens 'She Stoops to Conquer' at the Michigan Theater.
The University Musical Society, in collaboration with the Michigan Theater, presents a high-definition screening of the National Theatre, London production of Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” at 7 p.m. April 11 at the Michigan Theater. For tickets, call 734-764-2538 or go to www.ums.org. Photo by Johan Persson. -
April 2, 2012
U-M again tops in research spending at public universities
For the second straight year, U-M ranks first in research and development spending among the nation’s public universities and colleges, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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April 2, 2012
Don’t miss: J.Cole hip-hop benefit show caps SpringFest festivities
Grammy-nominated Best New Artist 2012 J. Cole will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday at Hill Auditorium in a concert to benefit C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital. The concert is the capstone event for SpringFest 2012, presented from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday on the Diag. Organized by Michigan Undergrads Serving In the Community (MUSIC)… -
April 2, 2012
Building new IT projects to best serve faculty, staff and students
What will the future bring as NextGen Michigan makes lasting changes in how U-M invests in information technology? Laura Patterson, associate vice president and chief information officer, says an ongoing strategic process to build the university’s IT structure while reducing duplicative systems will drive down costs of current offerings and lay the groundwork to help faculty, staff and students.
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April 2, 2012
Scholarship & Creative Work
Decline in smoking saves nearly 800,000 lives over 25 years Rafael Meza, assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, is a co-author on a collaborative study that found tobacco control policies in the United States prevented 795,000 lung cancer deaths from 1975 to 2000. The paper came out of the Lung Cancer…
