Furthermore, "cross-functional" scientists are becoming an increasingly valuable commodity.
Using the differing light-absorption properties of organelles the cell's functional structures the scientists can automatically identify and color-code this inner machinery, like in the T cell shown above (the nucleus is bright blue, mitochondria are pink, and lysosomes are yellow).
Functional MRI allows scientists to generate detailed maps of brain areas that underlie human mental activities in health and disease.
Based on the functional matrix concept, scientists developed the hypothesis that soft tissue acting on certain bone pieces determines the process of facial growth.
Oonagh Loughran, scientific development manager at the Institute of Nanotechnology, says that a broad-based approach to science and "the ability to communicate on a functional basis with scientists from all disciplines" will stand you in good stead.
In oncological settings, TR is usually implemented by creating a "functional" bridge between scientists working in the field of basic research and researchers involved in the early phases (phase I-II) of clinical research through ad hoc collaborative efforts.
Using microarrays techniques, researchers can measure the expression levels for tens of thousands of genes in a single experiment to provide scientists functional relationship information between the cellular and physiological processes of biological organisms and genes at a genome-wide level.
In one experiment, the scientists used functional M.R.I.'s to peer into the brains of volunteers like Ruth Arnold.
Using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), scientists can infer all kinds of information by looking at brain activity while subjects perform designated tasks.
When the U.S. government announced plans to build it several years ago, arguing that the Plum Island center was too old to stay functional, many environmentalists and scientists questioned whether the country really needed an NBAF.
Deep sequencing studies will identify novel or rare functional variants, thereby allowing scientists to find all potential disease-causing variants and genes.
