Harmony Lab & Safety Supplies Announces 2021 Scholarship Winner
Share Article GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (PRWEB) May 22, 2021 Harmony is pleased to announce the 1st winner of our College Scholarship. Shayla Eslampour will receive $1000 towards their education at UC Berkeley, where they major in Molecular Cell Biology. Shayla’s research into sustainable product design and packaging directly impacts the business of Harmony. Shayla is an inspiration to small companies looking to minimize waste utilizing green chemistry technology in their social responsibility program.
Each year, one college student will be granted a $1,000 scholarship from Harmony Lab & Safety Supplies. The contest is open to all students currently enrolled in higher education, with an emphasis on undergraduate students in California.
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IMAGE: Dr. Katharina Fitzian, Prof. Dr. Daniel Kümmel, Dr. Andrea Oeckinghaus and Anne Brückner (from left) in their laboratories. The collage in the middle illustrates the structure of the TSC1 membrane. view more
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) affects between one and two of every 10,000 new-born babies. This genetic disease leads to the formation of benign tumours which can massively impair the proper functioning of vital organs such as the kidneys, the liver and the brain. The disease affects different patients to varying degrees and is triggered by mutations in one of two genes, the TSC1 or TSC2 gene. An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by biochemists Prof. Daniel Kümmel and Dr. Andrea Oeckinghaus from the University of Münster (Germany) examined the tumour suppressor protein TSC1 and, for the first time, gained insights into its hitherto unclear functions. The team identified a new mechanism, in a cent
Study could help understand how Tuberous Sclerosis Complex arises
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) affects between one and two of every 10,000 new-born babies. This genetic disease leads to the formation of benign tumors which can massively impair the proper functioning of vital organs such as the kidneys, the liver and the brain. The disease affects different patients to varying degrees and is triggered by mutations in one of two genes, the TSC1 or TSC2 gene.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by biochemists Prof. Daniel Kümmel and Dr. Andrea Oeckinghaus from the University of Münster (Germany) examined the tumor suppressor protein TSC1 and, for the first time, gained insights into its hitherto unclear functions. The team identified a new mechanism, in a central cellular process, which regulates cell growth. The results can also help in understanding how Tuberous Sclerosis Complex arises. The results of the study have now been published in the journal
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A research group led by Professor Xiang David LI from the Research Division for Chemistry and the Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, has developed a novel chemical tool for elucidating protein interaction networks in cells. This tool not only facilitates the identification of a protein’s interacting partners in the complex cellular context, but also simultaneously allows the ‘visualisation’ of these protein-protein interactions. The findings were recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Molecular Cell.
In the human body, proteins interact with each other to cooperatively regulate essentially every biological process ranging from gene expression and signal transduction, to immune response. As a result, dysregulated protein interactions often lead to human diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. In modern biology, it is important to comprehensively understand protein interaction networks, which has implications in disease dia