http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles Fri, 12 May 2006 15:28:43 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/22 With all the different projects Professor Chi-Ren Shyu has on his proverbial plate, it's hard to imagine he has any time to sleep. Yet with easy finesse and exuberance, Shyu describes just a few of his ongoing "joyful and rewarding" research initiatives, ranging from biomedical and geospatial informatics to computer imaging of medical images. Not surprisingly, Shyu has gained a well-earned reputation for his collaborative work. Although diverse, what these research interests share is the effort to create large-scale, fast, and multidimensional databases. Fri, 12 May 2006 15:28:43 GMT http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/22 (LuAnne Roth) http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/98 Imagine waking to a bright, sunny day, but seeing only a dark abyss. Some people go their whole lives without witnessing that vivid red ball from their youth or the facial features of a loved one. Kristina Narfström, a veterinary ophthalmologist at the University of Missouri, is doing research that would reveal light at the end of the tunnel. Narfström began her veterinary medicine career in her native Sweden, where she taught for more than 20 years. She seeks solutions to retinal diseases in the photoreceptor (visual) cells that cause blindness. Her test subjects involve cats and dogs, which suffer from many of the same optical ailments as humans. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/98 (Sean Powers)