Items Tagged ‘zebrafish’
February 22, 2019
Students swap backpacks for lab coats at upcoming ‘Celebration of Research’
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Rochester, Minnesota, area high school students will meet Mayo Clinic researchers and tour their laboratories at the upcoming 18th biennial Celebration of Research. The daylong conference on Tuesday, Feb. 26, enables students in grades 10–12 to learn about biomedical science and research careers. “We are excited to welcome students from our Minnesota communities, so they […]
Tags: Jim Maher, research, research education, zebrafish
November 15, 2018
Meet Lisa Schimmenti: Searching for drug therapies to treat hearing loss
This article originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog on Oct. 4, 2018 Article by Sharon Rosen Lisa Schimmenti, M.D. has always been fascinated with Helen Keller and all she accomplished, in spite of being blind and deaf from a very young age. As the newly appointed chair of Mayo Clinic’s Department of […]
Tags: basic science, Center for Individualized Medicine, genetics, Lisa Schimmenti, zebrafish
June 13, 2018
Following grant renewal, CCaTS abuzz with activity
In October 2017, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed Mayo Clinic’s Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences—an award totaling $48.8 million over five years. This renewal allows Mayo Clinic to continue pursuing its long-term goals in clinical and translational science, while also setting new short term objectives. […]
Tags: Adil Bharucha, Amanda Leightner, Andrew Badley, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, clinical trials, David Warner, education, Stephen Ekker, Sundeep Khosla, zebrafish
April 11, 2017
Mayo Clinic researchers use zebrafish to identify potential treatment for pediatric cancer
Using a novel zebrafish model, Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a molecule called GAB2 that is highly represented in the malignant cells of many patients with neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops from immature neural cells found in several areas of the body. The researchers believe that overexpression of GAB2 signals the activation of […]
Tags: brain cancer, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Shizhen (Jane) Zhu, zebrafish