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Articles tagged Genetics: 10

AChemS Day 1: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted 08/15/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
By Nicole Garneau, PhD If you are a fan of Shakespeare you will have recognized this quote from Macbeth. If you are a fan of Bradbury you will have recognized this from his 1962 novel of the same name. Either way, the theme is clear--a storm brings conflicting natures. In the case of Bradbu…
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How Would You Define Edible?

Posted 02/16/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
On the bristling cold morning of January 23rd, exactly one month prior to the opening reception for BMoCA's 2012 spring exhibition, I parked my truck in front of the studio and home of Viviane Le Courtois. About a week or so earlier I had received an email from the Museum highlighting the new …
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- Health Sciences
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- Taste
- Genetics
University of Colorado Scientists Have a Taste for DNA

Posted 02/08/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Our Genetics of Taste laboratory is first and foremost a community lab with the goal of making real scientific research accessible to the public, something we take pride in here at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Although we only study one small part of taste- the ability to taste s…
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Yo Pearls of Wisdom for Erin at CSU

Posted 11/13/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Erin writes: Your talk inspired me to venture out and find even more opportunities to pursue within my anticipated major. Currently I am looking into earning my PhD in Genetic Research. I also realize that life doesn't always go as planned so my back up is to work for a b…
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Newly Discovered Taste Map in the Brain

Posted 10/07/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami: these are the five basic tastes our visitors learn about as part of the museum's Genetics of Taste research project. It is the finely tuned array of these taste qualities which allows us to savor tasty meals or to take a sip of spoiled milk an…
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- Health Sciences
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- Taste
- Genetics
How to Make Scientists Not Boring

Posted 08/08/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
I've had a collision of thoughts (mine and others) over the weekend and into this Monday morning, all dealing with scientists and communication. I love when that happens; all fronts meet in the middle and you realize that crazy idea percolating in your head is at the edge of others minds as we…
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Uniquely Blue, Uniquely You

Posted 02/08/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Welcome to a world where very small changes in a persons' DNA can have a huge impact on how they perceive taste. This blog aims to explore this and other findings from the live research study, Genetics of Taste: A Flavor for Health, happening right now in the permanent exhibit Expedition He…
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- Health Sciences
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- Genetics
The Salty Story of a Sweet Theory Gone Sour

Posted 02/08/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
In our Genetics of Taste lab, we study Tas2r38 (allows us to taste certain bitter substances), only ONE of the MANY genes that allow us to perceive taste, but just because here at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science we only study bitter doesn't mean we don't love each of the other taste…
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- Health Sciences
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- Genetics
Science Bites: For When You're Craving a Snack

Posted 02/08/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
A picture's worth a 1000 words... enter Science Bites. A great way to keep up to date on pop-sci culture, research studies at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and Denver's hometown science curators.
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Genes and Cuisines that Reign Supreme

Posted 02/08/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Join Dr. Nicole Garneau of the Genetics of Taste research team at the lunchtime lecture: Genes and Cuisines that Reign Supreme. The lecture will be held next Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, in the Ricketson Auditorium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Dr. Garneau will be joined by two v…
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- Health Sciences
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- Genetics