Plants sampled from Cima and Mid Hills regions after recent monsoon activity with many of the roads still unusable….
Abbott Bioelectricity Lab Medicinal Plant Collection Trip 028 September 24-25, 2022 – Mohave Desert
A desert tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius) wanders through the camp
Abbott Bioelectricity Lab Medicinal Plant Collection Trip 028 September 24-25, 2022 – Mohave Desert…
A Thistledown Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa) spotted in Mid Hills
Abbott Bioelectricity Lab Medicinal Plant Collection Trip 028 September 24-25, 2022…
9/7/2022 – Congratulations to Katie Redford for a successful PhD thesis defense!
Katie gave an excellent thesis talk and passed her PhD thesis defense exam, in which she discussed her work in the Abbott Bioelectricity Lab researching the molecular mechanisms of KCNQ potassium channel modulation by plant metabolites and its role in botanical folk medicines….
Association between Alzheimer’s disease and disrupted vitamin B1 transport
A collaborative project between the Abbott, Alachkar and Said labs, published in Neurobiology of Disease, reveals expression and activity of vitamin B1 (thiamin) transporters are decreased in Alzheimer’s disease, at least partially due to exposure to inflammatory cytokines. Reciprocally, thiamin influences expression of genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The results suggest a possible role for…