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High-priced mice A&M lab genetically alters mice for cloning research Jessica Orwig The Battalion Located on the far west corner of campus, a 34,000 square foot facility sits amongst the squawking birds and fenced horses of the University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. However, in this facility, the Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine (TIGM) handles a notably smaller animal — the mouse. A research institute of Texas A&M’s AgriLife Research, TIGM genetically engineers a special kind of mouse — known as a “knockout mouse” — that has identical genes isolated by TIGM. These genes come from a particular genetic strain, known as Black 6, which is the most common generational line for medical and scientific research. With more than 10,000 unique, inactive genes waiting to be used, TIGM has the world’s largest library of Black 6 genes, which are preserved at a chilling -346 degrees Fahr-
enheit in freezers containing liquid nitrogen. Due in part to their unique genetic makeup, the mice within the facility’s walls are not cheap — costing as much as $5,000 apiece. While college students may not have the budget for such a pet, scientists at Texas A&M and around the world use these genetically engineered mammals for their research. “It may not sound flattering, but mice and humans are almost genetically similar,” said Benjamin Morpurgo, TIGM’s director of business and operations. “Ninety-eight percent of the genes found in mice are also found in humans.” This similarity has made mice a favorite testing model for predicting the potential effects that drugs and other medical treatments may have on humans. Moreover, Black 6 mice have been used in additional research such as understanding alcoholism and learning behavioral disabilities in humans. Depending on the type of research, scientists may not require mice with any genetically sim-
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A TIGM scientist retrieves frozen embryonic stem cells, the first generation of mice that could eventually lead to clones. ilar significance. However, for scientists who need to understand how one particular gene reacts to certain drugs, these Black 6 mice are ideal candidates. Binu Tharakan, assistant professor for the Department of Surgery in the A&M Health Science Center, uses knockout mice from TIGM to study the blood-brain barrier in mammals. Without these mice, Tharakan says he would not have a model for his study. See Mice on page 3
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of the Residence Hall Association, hopes opening the Legett Hall basement to students will help alleviate this problem. For much of its 100-year history, residents in K.K. Legett Hall lived on four floors. Since 2001 the building’s basement has been used for office facilities, first by the Department of Residence Life and subsequently by the Women’s Studies Department. Now, with diminished availability of living spaces oncampus and additional rooms sitting just a floor away, many Legett residents are clamoring to reclaim the basement for student housing. “We will house residents in the basement as there are approximately 25 rooms,” Legett See Legett Hall on page 4
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A&M professor innovates with lasers Justin Mathers The Battalion After anthrax-covered mail arrived at the offices of two senators and several major news outlets in 2001, a Texas A&M physics professor decided he needed to act. Marlan Scully, holder of the Burgess Distinguished Professor of Physics chair, is amicably known as the “quantum cowboy” by his closest colleagues because the worldrenowned researcher spent much of his childhood on ranches. Scully’s combined team of A&M and Princeton physicists created a laser device to detect levels of harmful chemicals such as anthrax and air pollutants. His creation is being touted as groundbreaking by national security agencies and environmental activists alike. Scully is regarded as a pioneer in See Lasers on page 2
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Finding answers The Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine evaluates mouse behaviors in order to discover which genes may be involved in disorders such as autism and ADHD.
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“Jacob was the guy that kept everyone laughing. He always had a joke and was first in line to make you smile when you were having a bad day.” — Matt Weaver, Jacob’s friend
Dedicated to helping others Amber Jaura The Battalion A smile and helping hand go a long way, and those who knew Jacob Brent Hughes can tell you how far. Friends and family are forever impacted by his dedication to helping others and his natural ability to make people smile. Jacob Brent Hughes, senior wildlife ecology and conservation major, died Sept. 18 at age 22 in a car accident in College Station. Jacob was born on Dec. 21, 1988 to parents Lance and Bridget Hughes. “He was always wise beyond his years,” Bridget said. “He always made good grades, was even named academic All-American in high school. He gave 100 percent to everything he did. He had a great work ethic.” Senior animal science major Robin McNeely said she met Jacob in her organic chemistry class and, even while balancing school and work, he was always willing to lend a helping hand. “He was dedicated to his friends and his schoolwork. He worked nights at the [Dixie] Chicken when I met him, and yet was always in class early goofing off with everyone before class started,” McNeely said. “Once the professor walked in, it was business until class was over. His
Silver Taps ◗ 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in Academic Plaza ◗ Campus lights will be darkened at 10:15 p.m. ◗ At 10:30 p.m. an honor guard from the Ross Volunteer Company marches across campus from the Quadrangle to Academic Plaza, where they fire three rifle volleys to honor the memory of the passed students. Buglers from the Aggie Band then play a special arrangement of “Taps,” known as “Silver Taps.” Students are asked to approach, attend and depart the ceremony in silence.
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the field of lasers after creating the first quantum theory of lasers in 1967 with Willis E. Lamb Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in physics. Scully’s team’s device usess a lightscattering technique in which photons bounce back after exiting the material with another laser pulse. The molecules are then probed, thereby creating a unique “signature� specific to that material. In the case of anthrax, because the signature proved to be very weak, Scully and his team developed a new way to measure the scattering of photons that occurs when a molecule is hit with light. First, two lasers are aimed at the object, causing a molecular vibration. A third laser pulse is sent in on a timedelay, allowing molecules that are still vibrating to become the target that amplifies the signature. Scully likens the laser beam to music: the steady rhythm of the beam disrupts molecules by creating a molecular “melody� specific to that material. And the entire process takes less than a second. Scully said he is excited about the possibilities his new machine can offer the world. “When we first started the project our Princeton members actually didn’t think what we were doing was possible,� Scully said. “But the people at Texas A&M didn’t doubt for a moment that we could pull it off. I’m very proud of our physicists here and we’re all very happy with the potential this has.� While the federal government funded most of the project and will get the first crack at applying Scully’s laser, environmental activists are also energized at the prospect of being able to rapidly detect different kinds of pollutants. Environmentalists believe the device will allow them to hold companies responsible who violate Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON — It’s easier to sign up as a candidate for president than it is to apply for a job at McDonald’s. All it takes to get on the list is a one-page “Statement of Candidacyâ€? ďŹ led with the Federal Election Commission, asking far fewer questions than a McDonald’s job application. This year’s crop of self-declared candidates includes a healthy swath of Americans disaffected with government and the country’s two-party political system, plus an assortment of oddballs. COURTESY PHOTO
Professor Marlan Scully is the holder of the Burgess Distinguished Professor of Physics Chair. regulations. Joseph Newton, Dean of the College of Science, said he is especially proud of Scully and his team at the Texas A&M Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering. “Scully is one of the top scientists at A&M and the world,� Newton said. “He is a great example of our scientists doing pragmatic and groundbreaking work that can be applied to the real world. I and the rest of the department are very proud that our students get to interact with a great scientist like Dr. Scully.� Mikhail Lukin, who earned his doctorate at Texas A&M in 1998, is now full professor of physics at Harvard University and was one of the students who benefitted from Scully’s tutelage. “Marlan is one of the brightest people I know,� Lukin said. “It was a privilege and an honor to get to study under him and every student I’ve met who he has taught feels the same way.�
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texas State’s donkey hunting angers burro-lovers PRESIDIO, Texas — Unofficially, the state of Texas celebrates donkeys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the American West. Officially? The policy on wild burros out here is shoot to kill. Texas park rangers are trying to wipe out hundreds of free-roaming donkeys in Big Bend State Park, killing nearly 130 to date with .308-caliber bolt-action rifles on this side of the Rio Grande. But in the process, the shootings are stirring a whole new kind of cross-border controversy, pitting state officials against burro-lovers who believe the animal holds a special place in history and deserves protection. The state’s stance: wild donkeys wandering over from Mexico simply don’t belong. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department considers
an estimated 300 burros in Big Bend to be destructive intruders, hogging forage and lapping up precious water in the droughtstarved mountains — thereby threatening the survival of hundreds of native species. Outraged locals, however, claim there’s only one animal the state really cares about — bighorn sheep. “They say we’re doing this just so four rich white guys can hunt bighorn sheep out here,” said David Riskind, director of natural resources for the parks agency. “That’s just not true.” Once extinct in Texas for decades, bighorns made a heralded homecoming to Big Bend last year when a herd of nearly four dozen was relocated to the 316,000-acre range. Associated Press
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“The blood brain barrier protects the brain from various inflammatory molecules and certain bacterial infections,” Tharakan said. “However, this barrier also prevents certain helpful drugs from reaching the brain. In order to understand and possibly treat conditions such as traumatic brain injury and stroke, we need to be able to pass drugs through the blood brain barrier. And these mice are allowing us to see exactly how the brain reacts to certain drugs.” One order, containing a single inactivated gene, includes four mice and costs $17,500 — before shipping costs that may range from $350 to $3,000 depending on the part of the globe to which the mice are destined. “Our costs are mainly due to the labor and quality control that goes into producing these mice,” Morpurgo said. Simply put, these mice are far from simple to produce. TIGM starts with frozen embryonic stem (ES) cells — cells taken from the early stage of a mouse embryo — containing the inactivated gene of interest. The ES cells then take six to eight weeks to thaw and expand. A highlyskilled microinjectionist then injects these cells into a protective cavity formed during embryogenesis, called a blastocyst, which is surgically placed in a recipient female mouse’s uterus. Twenty-one days later, the mouse gives birth. But this litter will not have the mice the scientists desire. The mice from this litter, known as chimeras, contain a mixture of DNA from the mother and the ES cells. These mice then mate with chimeras and this second generation has potential for a mouse that contains the gene of interest from the original ES cells. Of the mice that are born from this second litter, a maximum of 33 percent may have the same gene as the ES cells, and these are the knockout mice. More often than not, the litter yields no knockout mice, which then requires further mating and more time. “It’s hard to guarantee success,” Morpurgo said. “The fastest we have ever been able to
produce a heterozygous mouse was in seven months. It really depends on the gene and some luck with the biology of the mice we choose to mate.” Since TIGM’s move to College Station in August of last year, 15 unique knockout mice cycles have been completed. Two of these mice were made for professor of nutrition and food science, Robert Chapkin. “I use these mice to address on-going experiments in the colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease areas,” Chapkin said. Conveniently, once a heterozygous male mouse is produced, his sperm can be used to produce additional heterozygous mice of the same gene, thus eliminating the tedious multistep process. But with 10,000 unique genes inactivated, TIGM still has a way to go before they have sperm for every possible gene. In addition to selling mice, TIGM also markets the sperm and ES cells, which are considerably cheaper. Three clones of one inactivated gene will cost around $3,000 and $80 to ship. For scientists only interested in analyzing cellular activity, ordering ES cells are the way to go, Morpurgo said. But the researchers who need these knockout mice and don’t have the time or technology to produce them must pay the higher costs. To-date, TIGM has sold mice and cells to more than 900 academic and commercial entities in 25 countries. TIGM’s recent move to College Station allows the facility to better integrate with Texas A&M, Morpurgo said. Morpurgo is continuously exploring new ways to incorporate TIGM into the University’s different research facilities. “We are positioning TIGM as a one-stopshop for all transgenic core service needs for A&M System faculty. We do whatever we can to be good partners,” Morpurgo said. “And since our start here in College Station, we’ve been moving forward and doing well.” Although no students work with TIGM, Morpurgo hopes to offer student research opportunities through the Department of Animal Science as soon as next semester.
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FOR RENT $395 prelease. 1/1, 2/1, 2/2, Free Wi-Fi/water/sewer on Northgate, on shuttle. Short-term leases ok. Call Maroon & White Management 979-422-5660. 1bd/1ba Spacious floorplan w/cathedral ceilings. Brand new luxury apartment condos. Fullsize stainless steel appliances, balconies, W/D, designer ammenitites, granite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only 36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen. www.broadstoneranchatwolfpen.com 979-776-6079. 2bd/2ba unique floorplans w/balcony views of Kyle Field. Brand new luxury apartment condos. Fullsize stainless steel appliances, W/D, designer ammenities granite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only 36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen. www.broadstoneranchatwolfpen.com 979-776-6079. 3/2 plus game room totally updated, fenced, pets ok, close to campus. $1050/mo. 979-776-8984. 3/2 Houses, Townhouses &Apartments, 1250sqft. Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, walk-in pantry &closets, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, on bus route, now pre-leasing, excellent specials. 979-694-0320, www.luxormanagement.com 4/2 close to campus, and on shuttle, fenced, pets ok, F/P, W/D. $1050/mo. 979-776-8984. 4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Townhouses, Duplexes &Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, on bus route, now pre-leasing, excellent specials. 694-0320. www.luxormanagement.com 4bd/2ba 2-living, +study. Available now, 1112 Berkley. Close to campus. Completely remolded! Short-term lease available. No pets. $1100/mo. 979-731-8257. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 4bd/2ba house. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, granite countertops, W/D, fenced yards. 979-776-6079. www.aggielandleasing.com
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FOR SALE 2002 Clayton mobilehome, 3bd/2bth, setup Oak Creek Mobilehome Park. Fenced yard, storage building, covered porch, minutes from campus. Shown by appointment. Asking $24500. 979-324-9663.
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“His passion was duck hunting. He would plan and work all year for a short duck hunting season; he practiced his duck calls all the time,” Bridget said. Much of Jacob’s passions were instilled from spending time with his family. “He loved his family. His grandparents played a very large part in his life and were always there for him. His Meme and his Big Momma were very special to him they sparked his love of cooking. His sister Holly is 10 years younger — they loved each other,” Bridget said. “He loved life, he loved his family, he loved his
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