HHMI Bulletin August 2008


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Thinking Like An Engineer






	Scientists are accomplished neologists: makers of new words, inventors of new usages for old words, creators of specialized vocabularies.






	The conflict lies in perception.

	A reluctant department chair finds great value in a diversity of opinions.

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	Keeping Time On a quiet back street in Cambridge, England, the Elm Tree pub is filling with students and local residents on a Monday evening in March. More		Fish Out Of Water You're a 21-year-old college student with four days to kill in France. More		The Puzzle Champ Thomas Snyder wears a collared shirt, khakis, and sneakers, looking like any other postdoc on the Stanford University campus. More






	Group Dynamic An interdisciplinary team challenge may be the best way to prepare graduate students for today's world of collaborative science. More		Sunny Side Up Stepping out from a neighbor's shadow is not always a good thing. More		A Devil of a Problem Scientific sleuths are on the case of a rare kind of cancer that is decimating the population of Tasmanian devils. More





	Let the Experiments Begin HHMI grants offer schools the chance to try new things. More		Getting Their Feet Wet A weekend program offers mid-Atlantic high school students a chance to experience the Chesapeake Bay hands-on. More		Next-Generation Sequencing New sequencing technologies speed up large sequencing projects—for scientists prepared for a flood of data. More

	Asai Named as HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program Director When David Asai delivered his first lecture to a sea of sophomores taking an introductory biology class, his sole training as a public speaker consisted of a high school debate class. More		HHMI Appoints Carlson as Senior Scientific Officer Marian B. Carlson, a geneticist and microbiologist, has been appointed as senior scientific officer of HHMI. More		In Memoriam: Jeremy R. Knowles, 1935-2008 Jeremy Knowles, an accomplished scientist and an HHMI Trustee, died April 3, 2008. He was 72 years old. More

	A Mutation's Multiple Effects The mutation that causes a motor neuron degenerative disease also produces defects in basic cellular machinery. More		Jumping After Mobile RNA Scientists reveal the structure of RNA that can leap around the genome. More		Mysterious Protein Protects Against Sepsis Researchers find a link between a liver receptor and blood clotting. More

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