That internal nagging feeling that drives you to seek sleep at night and wake in the morning to eat, work, and play, is, it turns out, genetic, and it's not just in people.
Shihoko Kojima poses, without a mask, outside Steger Hall s front entrance.
Shihoko Kojima. Photo by Steven Mackay.
That internal nagging feeling that drives you to seek sleep at night and wake in the morning to eat, work, and play, is, it turns out, genetic, and it’s not just in people. Nearly every living organism – from animals to plants as well as several microorganisms and fungi – has an internal body clock, or a circadian rhythm.
Yet, scientists have been perplexed out how these genes operate. Now, Virginia Tech scientists have taken a step closer to an answer thanks to the DNA of a mouse, a petri dish, and much patience. In a new study published in the journal Genes & Development, Shihoko Kojima, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, and a researcher with the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and her team has identified a novel gene,
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BLACKSBURG â Some time this past winter when nearly all the high schoolers temporarily went remote, chemistry and ecology teacher Amber Pogue encountered a technical glitch.
Pogue said the Google Meet application during one class distorted her voice, making it sound as if she was some character in a crime show demanding a ransom. It amused her students, she said.
âMy remote students couldnât keep it together,â Pogue said, laughing as she recalled the story.
Those kinds of hurdles have not been uncommon throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but many teachers such as Pogue have found different ways to adapt to the unusual challenges presented by the health crisis.