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News from 2014

RESCUING SENSORY INTEGRATION IN MOUSE MODELS OF AUTISM [HENSCH LAB]

Many people with autism display atypical sensory processing, and in independent studies, abnormalities in a deep brain structure known as the insula. A new study from researchers at…

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POSTDOC PROFILE: DAVID GIRE [MURTHY LAB]

David Gire paved his path-to-the-postdoc with collaboration and interdisciplinary inspiration. At Silver Creek High School in San Jose, CA, Gire’s AP Biology/Biotech teacher, Mark Okuda (soon to become…

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SPATIAL PATTERNING OF MEIOTIC CROSSOVERS: A CENTURY-OLD MYSTERY [KLECKNER LAB]

(l to r) Shunxin Wang, Nancy Kleckner, Liangran Zhang, and Shen Yin Gamete formation for sexual reproduction involves the specialized cellular program of meiosis.  As part of this…

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LARVAL ZEBRAFISH ON SPEED [ENGERT LAB]

When we decide to go down the corridor and get a coffee we have several options.  We can make our way at a slow leisurely pace (lento), walk…

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GENETICS SOCIETY OF AMERICA HONORED ANDREA PAULI [SCHIER LAB]

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) has selected Andrea Pauli, PhD, a postdoc in Alex Schier’s lab, for the Chi-Bin Chien Award, which is given to an outstanding…

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PROBING THE ORIGINS OF SYMBIOSIS [MURRAY LAB]

Andrew Murray (l) and Erik Hom We investigated the origins of symbiosis by ecologically engineering brewers yeast and a single cell alga to proliferate by cooperating with each…

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MCB Welcomes Alex Schier as Chair!

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