Authors (left to right) Eugenie Shieh, Adam Castoreno, Larissa Jarzylo and Axel Nohturfft The ingredients of a human cell include about 100,000 different proteins, 500 kinds of fat,…
Authors Chad Cowan, Doug Melton and Kevin Eggan Most cells in our tissues have a limited ability to become other cell types in the body and therefore are…
High school teachers Ethan Blanchette and Erica Cole “I come here to recharge my batteries.” “I really value the connections I’m making with my peers and the local…
Jack Strominger Eighty years ago, Jack Strominger, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, began his "tortuous journey to immunoland." En route, he discovered how penicillin kills bacteria and how the…
Co-authors Joo-Seop Park and Andy McMahon(three authors not pictured) Water and salt balance in our bodies and removal of toxic wastes is carried out by a high powered…
Authors Toshihiko Hosoya, Stephen A. Baccus and Markus MeisterOur eyes report the visual world to the brain, but not very faithfully. Instead, the retina creates a cartoonist's sketch of…
Jim Wang "It’s my ambition that someday the word ‘topoisomerase’ will be in the dictionary," says Professor Jim Wang, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, who is…
Real-time movie of E. coli cells swimming in 10 micron wide, 1.5 micron high, poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannels with soft, agar floors. The majority of cells are swimming on the…
Figure 1: E. coli cell just prior to cell division with classic terminus-in / origin-out configuration. Origin (blue) and terminus (red) loci were visualized by FISH, and the…
"It’s really a great honor to have been elected," says Richard Losick. "It came as quite a surprise. I’m enormously flattered and I look forward to participating in…
