{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"112336","title":"ASU student featured in Harper\u0027s Bazaar Ukraine","body":"Alina Voronina, an undergraduate student and research aide at Arizona State University\u0027s Biodesign Institute Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society, was recently featured in Harper\u2019s Bazaar Ukraine.As part of Carlo Maley\u2019s lab, Voronina is helping develop new approaches that could transform\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-26T10:48:48-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/26\/2026-10:48am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Alina Voronina, an undergraduate student and research aide at Arizona State University\u0026#039;s Biodesign Institute Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society, was recently featured in Harper\u2019s Bazaar Ukraine. As part of Carlo Maley\u2019s lab, Voronina is helping develop new approaches that could transform how cancer is understood and treated. 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At the core of our being, we are all chimeric entities \u2014 biological composites composed not just of our own cells, but also cells that are not \u0022us\u0022 in the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-06-29T10:41:00-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/29\/2023-10:41am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Chimerism \u2014 the presence of genetically distinct cells within a single individual \u2014 is not restricted to humans or even mammals but can be found in various forms across the tree of life. 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The incoming researchers, all outstanding scientists in their respective fields, will further extend the already broad reach of the institute\u2019s portfolio, which encompasses human health,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-09-21T08:34:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/21\/2022-8:34am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University welcomes five new faculty members, beginning this fall. 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In political affairs today, however, that claim is becoming more difficult to assert.New research shows that common ground is shrinking in politics, and people on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum are more entrenched in their\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-12-07T11:53:00-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/07\/2021-11:53am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona State University computer scientists Stephanie Forrest and Joshua Daymude teamed with a political scientist to analyze the emergence of political polarization and explore ways to diminish its destabilizing impacts on democracy.","teaser":"Opposites may attract when it comes to personal relationships. 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Its appeal comes from its accessibility and alleged health benefits, which range from introducing probiotics to killing deleterious bacteria in the human body.\u0026nbsp;But as is the case for many things in science, there is\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-09-04T14:04:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/04\/2019-2:04pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In today\u2019s health conscious community, kombucha is all the rage. Its appeal comes from its accessibility and alleged health benefits, which range from introducing probiotics to killing deleterious bacteria in the human body. But the microscopic microbes inhabiting this fermented concoction could also offer insight into how microbial communities interact, more specifically on how symbiotic relationships form within complex microbial models.","teaser":"In today\u2019s health conscious community,\u0026nbsp;kombucha\u0026nbsp;is all the rage.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/editorial_aktipis_kombucha_aug2019-01.jpg?itok=javctndg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190904-kombucha-culture-microbial-communities-fermented-drink-can-teach-us-about-cooperation","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabrielle Hirneise","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-433-4272","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/editorial_aktipis_kombucha_aug2019-01.jpg?itok=javctndg","image_alt":"Kombucha ","image_caption":"The microscopic microbes inhabiting this fermented concoction could offer insight into how microbial communities interact, more specifically on how symbiotic relationships form within complex microbial models. 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About 10 years ago, a group of researchers, including Stephanie Forrest, director of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-05-16T10:58:00-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/16\/2019-10:58am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"About 10 years ago, a group of researchers, including Stephanie Forrest, director of the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society, looked to biological processes like evolution for ideas about ways to automate debugging. The result was a totally new approach for locating and repairing bugs in software.","teaser":"Maintaining software is costly, and for developers like Facebook and Microsoft, repairing software bugs can be very expensive. 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To better understand how we might apply principles of immunology to developing safeguards against cyberattacks, researchers are looking to ways in which the immune system of humans and other mammals naturally combats\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-01-09T14:51:00-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/09\/2019-2:51pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"\u0026quot;Dialogues in Complexity, Protecting Against Bad Actors: From Election Security to Immunology\u201d will be held Jan. 16 from 3-5:30 p.m. and will feature researchers prominent in the fields of cybersecurity and immunology making connections between the disparate fields.","teaser":"Most of us think of cybersecurity and biology as distinct areas of study.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/final_final_flyer_for_dialogues_in_complexity_002_date_fixed-resized.jpg?itok=-aXcy16X","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190109-protecting-us-elections-against-attack-what-does-biology-have-do-it","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabrielle Hirneise","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-433-4272","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/final_final_flyer_for_dialogues_in_complexity_002_date_fixed-resized.jpg?itok=-aXcy16X","image_alt":"Dialogues in Complexity, Protecting Against Bad Actors event flyer","image_caption":"\u0026quot;Dialogues in Complexity, Protecting Against Bad Actors: From Election Security to Immunology\u201d will be held Jan. 16 from 3-5:30 p.m. and will feature researchers prominent in the fields of cybersecurity and immunology.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society|School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|School of Life Sciences|Ira A. 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He decided that his skills in evolution and computational biology would be well-suited for the job.\u201cI went to PubMed and looked for all papers that had\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-11-01T14:03:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/01\/2018-2:03pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Carlo Maley\u0026#039;s curiosity about the evolution of disease has been awarded \u2014 again. 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Pregnant women and their developing offspring are particularly at risk for the adverse health effects such chemicals sometimes cause, but the scientific evidence necessary to make informed\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222017-02-14T13:50:00-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/14\/2017-1:50pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a series of innovative, multi-institutional studies, Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University\u2019s Biodesign Institute, has tracked the effects of a wide range of chemicals on human health and the environment. 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