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HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Jennifer Michalowski |
Mimicking a Fruit Fly's Natural Environment Yields Genetics Discovery The tiniest hairs on fruit fly larvae have complex genetic controls that David Stern almost missed -- until he took the fruit flies out of their cozy incubators.   |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Amy Maxmen |
Driving the Immune System to Attack Cancer A researcher's longtime efforts to drive T cells to attack tumors hits pay dirt. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Jeanne Erdmann |
Weeklong Program Turns High School Students Toward Careers In Medicine High school students participating in the weeklong Maps in Medicine Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Over the next few days they will use the Internet, pore over x-rays and CT scans, and learn how doctors diagnose illnesses by facing a problem one well-researched step at a time. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
2010 HHMI Holiday Lectures Announced Learn how viruses are thriving -- and how scientists are working to fight them -- at HHMI's 2010 Holiday Lectures on Science. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Moore Named HHMI's First Chief Operating Officer Moore, 44, is the first person to hold the position and assumed her new responsibilities in September. She will lead collaborative strategic efforts for HHMI and oversee operational functions of the organization. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Going Green: New Program Provides Vital Support for Plant Scientists HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced in September a new research program that will provide critical support to some of the nation's most innovative plant scientists. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
DIADEM Contest Moves Neuromapping in the Right Direction In September, DIADEM -- short for Digital Reconstruction of Axonal and Dendritic Morphology -- came to a close, with a tournament-style conclusion between five final teams taking place at HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Scientists Track Down Genetic Mutations In Record Time Scanning the human genome for a single disease-causing mutation is like taking a copy of War and Peace in a foreign language and searching for one misspelled word |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Maternal and Paternal Genes Don't Always Have The Same Effect On Offspring The genes you inherited from your mom and those passed along from your dad don't have equal footing when it comes to how they influence your biology. |
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