December 1998 Tennessee Mouse Consortium for Functional Genomics Memorandum of Cooperation Signed November 1998 Major Cryopreservation Effort for Mutant Mouse Stocks Genome Annotation Consortium Maps BAC Ends to Contigs of Human Genomic DNA Annotated in the Genome Channel Licensing Agreement with Graviton, Inc., for Research in Micromachined Sensors October 1998 Senior Staff Member Presents Invited Talk to CIRMS DOE Certifies M-100 Radwaste Boxes Made from Recycled Metal NCRP Publishes Report on Radionuclide Exposure to the Embryo/Fetus Center for Life Cycle Analysis Opens at ORNL ORNL Nuclear Medicine Programs Highlighted in DOE International Collaboration Effort September 1998 ORNL Nuclear Medicine Staff Organize and Participate in International Symposia Assessment Technology Staff Receives Contract to Evaluate Ink for the U.S. Postal Service Assessment Reports for National Program of Acute Exposure Guidance Levels Life Sciences Division Part of Initiative for Superconducting Transformer August 1998 Antibody-Based Nanosensor for Single-Cell Measurement ORNL/UT Collaborating Scientist Recipient of an Erskine Fellowship July 1998 Major publication completed in collaboration with U.S. Army Invited review article featured on cover of Chemical Research in Toxicology Dosimetry Research staff publish NCRP document on model uncertainties DOE/ORNL Workshop on Facility Disposition Principles Micromechanical infrared imager honored by Discover Magazine A new mutation that causes severe epilepsy in mice June 1998 Patent Disclosure Filed for Neural Activity Measurement Technique Genotyping of Short Insertion-Deletion Polymorphisms ORNL Protein Fold Prediction Program Succeeds in CASP3 Contest A novel gene in the mouse p region, expressed exclusively in the central nervous system, maps to a human chromosomal region associated with mental retardation May 1998 The Role of the Gene, fitness 1 (fit1), in iron metabolism and anemia Biosensing for Physiological Parameters Novel Analytical Techniques Based on an Enhanced Electron Attachment Process A Novel Energy-Efficient Plasma Chemical Process for the Destruction of Volatile Toxic Compounds Efficient Algorithms for Protein Threading and Folding Radon Mitigation Effort Completed on Guam National Center for Computational Modeling February 1998 Surface-Enhanced Raman Gene Probe for HIV Detection Tumor Blood Vessels Targeted with Radioisotopes in Cancer Therapy Cloning And Characterization of an Enzyme Integral To Photosynthetic Assimilation of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry for Dynamic Mutation Analysis with Clinic Samples January 1998 Vascular-targeted alpha particle emitter destroys tumor colonies in lung A Mouse Model for the Human Angelman Syndrome Enhanced electron attachment to highly-excited molecules using a plasma mixing scheme Nuclear Medicine Group received DOE Laboratory Technology Research (LTR) funding for restenosis studies Previous Years Research Highlights of 1997 Research Highlights of 1996
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