Nao Uchida (l) and Neir Eshel Say you’re at a supermarket, staring at two cartons of ice cream: chocolate and caramel. Before making your choice, you try to…
News from 2015
HOOKING UP TO DETECT LOCAL MOTION [SANES LAB]
The retina is not only a light sensor but also a sophisticated image processor. Photoreceptors (rods and cones) generate electrical signals when illuminated, much like pixels in a…
MCB WELCOMES SEAN EDDY AND ELENA RIVAS
Sean Eddy and Elena Rivas are computational biologists at the top of their field. Hailing from the HHMI funded Janelia Research Campus just outside of Washington D.C., the…
JOSH SANES FEATURED IN SCIENCE MAGAZINE
Joshua Sanes contributes optimism (and a great deal of research) to an August 7 Science magazine article on the longstanding controversy of neuronal classification. While skeptics suspect we…
VENKI MURTHY ORGANIZES OLFACTORY SUMMIT IN SANTA BARBARA
Venki Murthy returned this week from his summer "vacation" in balmy Santa Barbara, CA, where he coordinated an eight-week program on the ins and outs of olfaction. Hosted…
BESTE MUTLU WINS AAUW’S INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
Beste Mutlu (l) and Susan Mango Beste Mutlu, a third year graduate student in Susan Mango's lab, has earned a one-year research fellowship from the American Association of University…
