The Day the Mesozoic Died

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Winter 2013

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Douglas Melton

Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine of the Pancreas

Ruslan Medzhitov

Mechanisms of Host Defense

Rice Professors Receive Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation
May 01, 2013
Two bioengineering professors at Rice University have been named recipients of the 2013 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation. More

HHMI Scientists Elected to National Academy of Sciences
April 30, 2013
Seven Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, two HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigators, one senior fellow at HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research Campus, three HHMI professors, and two members of the HHMI Scientific Review Board (SRB) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. More

Scientists Make Insulin-Producing Cells Self-Replicate
April 25, 2013
Scientists have discovered a hormone that causes the body’s insulin-producing factories, beta cells, to churn out more of themselves. More

Finding a New Way to Manage Infections
April 25, 2013
Sometimes learning to live with an invader can be just as important as waging an immunological war. More

Sean Eddy to Deliver Public Talk at Janelia
April 23, 2013
Eddy will speak about "The Language of DNA" on May 22 in an event open to the public. More

HHMI Announces $65 Million in Grants for Research Universities
April 16, 2013
New grants to focus on improving persistence of students studying STEM disciplines and reinvigorating introductory science courses. More

Seeing the Brain’s Circuits with a New Clarity
April 10, 2013
A new technique transforms biological tissue into an optically transparent sample that retains its original structure and molecular information. More