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				<title>Rittmann bestowed with top civil engineering society, ASU faculty achievement awards</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/rittmann-bestowed-with-top-civil-engineering-society-asu-faculty-achievement-awards</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Bruce Rittmann, PhD, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, as well as director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute, is to receive the Simon W. Freese Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Additionally, Rittmann has been selected as this year’s recipient of the ASU Faculty Achievement Award in Defining Edge Research, Natural Sciences/Math. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:52:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Lindsay receives Regents' Professor honor</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ ASU has announced four new ASU Regents&rsquo; Professors for 2008. This year&rsquo;s honorees include Biodesign&rsquo;s own Stuart Lindsay, PhD, who has been at ASU for 29 years.   Lindsay, a professor in physics and chemistry and the Edward and Nadine Carson Presidential Chair in Physics, specializes in biophysics at the molecular level and scanning probe microscopy.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:40:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>'Boosting' research to develop world's fastest nanomotor</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ In a “major step” toward a practical energy source for powering tomorrow’s nanomachines, researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute report the development of a new generation of tiny nanomotors that are up to 10 times more powerful than existing motors. 

Just like weekend hot-rodders who tinker with their car engines in the ultimate quest for speed, a research team led by Joseph Wang, who directs the institute’s Center for Biosensors and Bioelectronics, set out to improve on the design of current nanomotors.   ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:53:51 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Fulton Dean and Biodesign researcher Meldrum uses remote sensing to plumb the ocean floor</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/deep-sea-exploration-from-the-desert</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ A key partner in a multi-institutional, deep sea exploration effort is the Center for Ecogenomics, which is based in ASU’s Biodesign Institute and directed by Deirdre Meldrum, dean of the university’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.

Meldrum’s center is developing sensors and other sophisticated devices to make  an underwater observation system designed to provide real-time data and measurements to researchers on land. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:45:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Cardineau chosen as Centennial Professor</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/cardineau-chosen-as-centennial-professor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Guy Cardineau, a Faculty Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law,
    Science, &amp; Technology at the Sandra Day O&rsquo;Connor College of Law, is one of
    two ASU faculty members to be named a 2008-2009 Centennial Professor by
    Associated Students of ASU. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:22:15 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Biodesign's Nickerson Speaks on Capitol Hill</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/biodesigns-nickerson-speaks-on-capitol-hill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson recently served as a key witness in a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, regarding NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Program. Nickerson was part of a prestigious panel that provided testimony expounding on the significance of NASA's ISS Program and its tremendous potential to benefit mankind. 
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				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:51:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mayo Clinic, Biodesign Institute collaboration examines link between gut bacteria and obesity</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/mayo-clinic-biodesign-institute-collaboration-examines-link-between-gut-bacteria-and-obesity</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Obesity is more than a cosmetic concern, because it increases a person’s risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes, and many other serious health problems. In the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers from Mayo Clinic Arizona and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University examine the role that bacteria found in the human gastrointestinal tract play in regulating weight and the development of obesity. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Chemical cousin of DNA new nanotechnology building block </title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/chemical-cousin-of-dna-new-nanotechnology-building-block</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ While scientists are fully exploring the promise of DNA nanotechnology, Biodesign Institute scientist John Chaput is working to give researchers brand new materials to aid their designs.  Chaput and his research team have made the first self-assembled nanostructures composed entirely of glycerol nucleic acid (GNA)—a synthetic analog of DNA. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:27:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Biodesign Institute appoints Mike McLeod to Director of Facility Services</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/biodesign-institute-appoints-mike-mcleod-to-director-of-facility-services</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The Biodesign Institute has appointed Michael McLeod as director of facility services. In this role, he will oversee facility improvements, maintenance, space management, security, and shipping and receiving. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:53:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>“Healing clays” hold promise in fight against MRSA superbug infections and disease </title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/healing-clays-hold-promise-in-fight-against-mrsa-superbug-infections-and-disease</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists from Arizona State University report that minerals from clay promise could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials to fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections that are moving out of health care settings and into the community. These “superbugs” are increasingly resistant to multiple antibiotics and cause thousands of deaths each year.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:07:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Biodesign Institute names human resources director </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has named Melvin L. Holcom, PhD, SPHR, as director of human resources. He brings more than 15 years of corporate and consulting experience to this role. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:18:48 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Arizona high school bioscience summit to strengthen statewide programs</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/arizona-high-school-bioscience-summit-to-strengthen-statewide-programs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ More than 100 bioscience educators will discuss ways to expand statewide biotechnology curriculum and programs at the state’s first bioscience education summit on April 18.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:00:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Solving an avian scourge could also provide benefits to human health</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/solving_an_avian_scourge_could_also_provide_benefits_to_human_health</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The old adage &lsquo;a bird in hand is worth two in the bush&rsquo; may
very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of
Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious
Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Microscopic ‘astronauts’ go back in orbit


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				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/1501</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ When space shuttle Endeavor blasted off at 2:28 a.m. EST on March 11 to make a blazing torch against the backdrop of night, some tiny ‘astronauts’ piggybacked onboard an experimental payload from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute. 
The new experiment, called “Microbial Drug Resistance Virulence,” will continue the research studies of Cheryl Nickerson, PhD, project leader and scientist in the institute’s Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:22:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A spoonful of sugar: Scientists discover regulatory details for metabolic gene network</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/a-spoonful-of-sugar-scientists-discover-regulatory-details-for-metabolic-gene-network</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ A scientific team from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stony Brook University and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has found a vital missing link for the regulation of genes essential for cell metabolism.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:09:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Hao Yan honored with prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/hao-yan-honored-with-prestigious-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-fellowship</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hao Yan, a Biodesign Institute researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:32:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nature&amp;rsquo;s helpers: Using microorganisms to remove toxins from water</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/natures-helpers-using-microorganisms-to-remove-toxins-from-water</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ In 2002, Bruce Rittmann, PhD, director of the Biodesign Institute&rsquo;s Center for
    Environmental Biotechnology, received a patent for an innovative way to use
    nature to lend society a hand. He invented a treatment system, called the
    membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR), which uses naturally occurring microorganisms
    to remove contaminants from water. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:17:58 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Innovative microbial fuel cell model featured in Nature Microbiology Reviews</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/innovative-microbial-fuel-cell-model-featured-in-nature-microbiology-reviews</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Microbial fuel cells hold promise as a new source of electricity by their unique ability to generate an electric current from waste products.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:57:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>ASU researchers play role at world’s largest general scientific forum</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/1494</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Arizona State University researchers converged at the world’s largest interdisciplinary science forum, the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS). ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:39:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Fantastic foursome rows the Atlantic for charity</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/Fantastic-foursome-rows-the-Atlantic-for-charity</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ For the past two months, an ASU duo braved the waves of the Atlantic Ocean to complete a spirited adventure of human endurance. Emily Kohl, ASU Head Women’s Rowing Coach and Sarah Kessens, Biodesign Institute PhD graduate student, were part of a record-setting female foursome who rowed across the Atlantic to support meningitis research.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:24:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Biodesign scientists to tackle West Nile virus by developing tobacco plant-based therapeutics</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/biodesign-scientists-to-tackle-west-nile-virus-by-developing-tobacco-plant-based</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Scientists from ASU&rsquo;s Biodesign Institute and Polytechnic Campus
have embarked on an ambitious, four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National
Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Disease to tackle West Nile virus.
<BR> ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Dr. Andrew Fire, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, visits Biodesign </title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/1480</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Andrew Z. Fire, professor of pathology and genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine and 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, visited Biodesign on Friday, January 25.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:37:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>$22M investment funds fresh ASU initiatives</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/22M-investment-funds-fresh-ASU-initiatives</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Arizona State University has received two gifts totaling $22 million to make seed investments in research areas that push the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines. Among them is a $2.5 million investment, spanning five years, that will drive research in developing alternative fuel that uses sunlight and advanced bacteria to create bio-hydrogen. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:19:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nanotechnology innovation may revolutionize gene detection in a single cell</title>
				<link>http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/nanotechnology-innovation-may-revolutionize-gene-detection-in-a-single-cell</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Scientists at Arizona State University&rsquo;s Biodesign Institute have
developed the world&rsquo;s first gene detection platform made up entirely from
self-assembled DNA nanostructures. The results, appearing in the January 11 issue
of the journal <em>Science</em>, could have broad implications for gene chip
technology and may also revolutionize the way in which gene expression is analyzed
in a single cell. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:59:09 -0700</pubDate>
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