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PAm funds "genius" to solve CCD |
Project Apis m research consultant Chris Heintz, right, discusses research project with Michelle Flenniken and Joseph DeRisi.
Project Apis m research consultant Chris Heintz, right, discusses research project with Michelle Flenniken and Joseph DeRisi. Project Apis m research consultant Chris Heintz, right, discusses research project with Michelle Flenniken and Joseph DeRisi. Project Apis m research consultant Chris Heintz, right, discusses research project with Michelle Flenniken and Joseph DeRisi. Project Apis m research consultant Chris Heintz, right, discusses research project with Michelle Flenniken and Joseph DeRisi. PAm, now just less than two years old, is funding itstenth research project, and this will be a landmark study on honey bees. PAm is funding Dr. Joseph DeRisi, a MacArthur Fellow (the "genius"award) and preeminent molecular biologist at UCSF's Mission BayCampus. He has been involved in discoveries including the humanSARS virus, causal factors for malaria, a mysterious virus killing parrotsworldwide, and in bees - Nosema ceranaeidentification . The DeRisi Lab willsystematically track bee colonies from a large beekeeping operation throughoutthe year to obtain baseline information on pathogens in bees. Thus, whencolonies begin to collapse, failing hives can be compared against normal hivesto determine the causative agent(s). DeRisi will also fully sequence the Nosemaapis and the N. ceranae genomes, allowing us to discover theirvulnerabilities and eventual treatments.
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