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ALEX SCHIER’S ZEBRAFISH OFFER VIEW INTO DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR

Alex Schier They’re the first fish kids kill. But they’re a godsend to a developmental geneticist like Alex Schier, a new Professor in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and…

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ERIN O’SHEA INVESTIGATES HOW CELLS RESPOND TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS

Erin O'Shea Shortly after finishing her freshman year at Smith College, Erin O’Shea made a fateful decision: Instead of spending the summer at home in upstate New York,…

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KEVIN EGGAN: STEPS TOWARDS STEMMING DISEASE

Kevin EgganFederal funding restrictions? Public controversy? These challenges might deter some young scientists from stem cell research, but not Kevin Eggan, who this year begins a new job…

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JACK STROMINGER’S SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY

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…

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JIM WANG: TOPOISOMERASE TO THE FINISH

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…

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NANCY KLECKNER: A LIFE IN SCIENCE

Nancy Kleckner Last fall, members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) elected MCB Professor Nancy E. Kleckner as one of three new associate members for 2004. This…

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ANDY MCMAHON: BODY-BUILDING, AN EMBRYONIC PERSPECTIVE

Andy McMahon More often than not, those who achieve success in their professional endeavors are motivated by an interest sparked early in life. MCB Professor Andy McMahon, with…

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LICHTMAN AT WORK: EYES WIDE OPEN

Jeff Lichtman Double-wide color monitors glow in the darkened room like fish tanks at the New England Aquarium. Each paired screen is attached to a highly automated, computer-controlled…

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SETTING UP THE FRANCIS LAB

Nicole Francis The metamorphosis from postdoc to principal investigator is one of the most exhilarating transitions in the life of a scientist.  Nicole Francis, who was recently appointed…

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TOM MANIATIS: GENE EXPRESSION, CLONING AND BEYOND

Tom Maniatis at Caltech, c. 1980 It was July 1976 and Tom Maniatis—long-haired and Birkenstocked—stood on the balcony of the Cambridge City Hall watching protesters who were calling…

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