U-Idaho, University of Maryland Study Finds Vaginal Microbes Vary Over Time Among Healthy Women
Posted: Wednesday, May 2 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can change drastically over short periods of time in some women, while remaining the same in others, according to a new joint study by the University of Idaho and the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Sciences. The scientists believe these microbes affect a woman’s susceptibility to infection and other ...
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Science | Biological Sciences | Larry Forney | Microbiology | Biology | Biology | Research | News Release | Scott Wood | ibest | ibest | Biology

NSF Awards $700,000 for Cross-Institutional, Interdisciplinary Math/Biology Education
Posted: Thursday, November 4 2010
Written by Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho and PULLMAN, Wash. – The National Science Foundation has awarded a $700,000 grant to 10 faculty researchers and educators at the University of Idaho and Washington State University. The funding will support interdisciplinary undergraduate training in mathematics and biology at both institutions. As health and life sciences become increasingly quantitative,...
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Science | Mathematics | Paul Joyce | Barrie Robison | Mathematics | Biology | Mathematics | Biology | News Release | Undergraduate | Mathematics | ibest

Idaho Researchers Aim to Unlock Plasmid Transfer Secrets
Posted: Wednesday, June 23 2010
Written by Amanda Cairo MOSCOW, Idaho – In an effort to take the resistance out of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, University of Idaho researchers are getting down to the genetic level to figure out how multi-drug resistance plasmids increase their resistance. Thanks to a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Eva Top, professor of biology, and Zaid Abdo, assistant...
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Science | Biological Sciences | Mathematics | Zaid Abdo | Eva Top | Biology | Mathematics | Research | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | ibest

Study Provides New Insights About Women's Reproductive Health
Posted: Thursday, June 3 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – It's an uncomfortable topic, and not considered polite dinner conversation, but Larry Forney's research on the human vagina and the ecology of the vaginal microbial ecosystem has big implications for women. Forney, professor of biological sciences and director of the Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST) at the University of Idaho, is focusing his research...
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Your Body is a (Bacterial) Wonderland
Posted: Monday, July 6 2009
Scientists soon will be investigating one of the most unexplored – yet most common – ecosystems on the planet; the human body. The research project was awarded $10.5 million is one of several investigating the ecosystems of bacteria and other microorganisms that are vital to human health.
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Zaid Abdo | Larry Forney | Mathematics | Research | News Release | ibest