Pictured are MCF-7 human breast cancer cells, stably transformed with SNAIL (right) or an empty vector control (left). Cells expressing SNAIL show an increased mesenchymal phenotype and malignant characteristics. The control cells display a cobblestone morphology, whereas cells overexpressing SNAIL are more elongated. Credit: MgGrail, et al., FASEB 2014.

Study shows how breast cancer cells break free to spread in the body

Atlanta, GA

A new study has identified how one important gene helps cancer cells break free from the primary tumor.

Top row, left to right: Melissa Kemp, Krish Roy, Susan Thomas. Bottom row, left to right: Manu Platt, M.G. Finn, Ravi Bellamkonda.

The Buzz on Bioscience

Atlanta, GA

The biosciences are big at Georgia Tech. Researchers discuss what’s happening and how they see the future.

A microneedle used to inject glaucoma medications into the eye is shown next to a conventional hypodermic needle. (Photo credit: Gary Meek).

Tiny needles offer potential new treatment for two major eye diseases

Atlanta, GA

Needles almost too small to be seen with the unaided eye could be the basis for new treatment options for glaucoma and corneal neovascularization.

J. Carson Meredith, professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Meredith will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Pollen-Based Assays of Intestinal Mucus Water Content and Rheology.” Credit: Jenna Leigh Studios.

Georgia Institute of Technology receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Atlanta, GA

J. Carson Meredith, professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Pollen-Based Assays of Intestinal Mucus Water Content and Rheology.”

Minoru Shinohara, an associate professor in the School of Applied Physiology and one of the study's researchers, watches a student during a resistance exercise.

Lift weights, improve your memory

Atlanta, GA

Study shows that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance long-term memory for previous events by about 10 percent in healthy young adults

IPaT to Host 2014 People & Technology Forum Nov 11-12

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech's Institute for People & Technology hosts its annual People & Technology Forum on Nov 11-12 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.

Researchers Yongzhi Qiu (left) and Wilbur Lam discuss their research on platelets. Lam is assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Qiu is a research associate in the Emory School of Medicine. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Platelets modulate clotting behavior by “feeling” their surroundings

Atlanta, GA

Blood platelets can "feel" the physical environment around them, researchers have learned.

A display of the diversity in male cichlid fish. Researchers have sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five species, which offers insight into how diversity evolves. Credit: Ryan Bloomquist.

Sequencing of five African fishes reveals diverse molecular mechanisms underlying evolution

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five species of African cichlid fishes and uncovered a variety of features that enabled the fishes to thrive in new habitats and ecological niches within the Great Lakes of East Africa.

The growth of the budding yeast colonies in the four patches at the bottom of the Petri dish indicates that DNA has been repaired by using transcript RNA from within the cells. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Study shows cellular RNA can template DNA repair in yeast

Atlanta, GA

Scientists have shown that RNA from within cells of a common yeast can serve as a template for repairing DNA.

Georgia Tech is home to nearly 12,000 trees. 

With a few steps, cities can drastically reduce heat-related deaths

Atlanta, GA

The four-year study completed by Georgia Tech is the first major national assessment of the health of those who live in major cities, the impact of rising temperatures and what city leaders can do to alleviate the crisis.