HHMI Bulletin August 2008: Chronicle

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	Let the Experiments Begin

	Getting Their Feet Wet

	Asai Named as Undergraduate Science Education Program Director

	HHMI Appoints Carlson as Senior Scientific Officer

	In Memoriam: Jeremy R. Knowles

	A Mutation's Multiple Effects

	Jumping After Mobile DNA

	Mysterious Protein Protects Against Sepsis

	Next-Generation Sequencing

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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 Jeremy Knowles, an accomplished scientist and an HHMI Trustee, died April 3, 2008. He was 72 years old. More					Getting Their Feet Wet A weekend program offers mid-Atlantic high school students a chance to experience the Chesapeake Bay hands-on. 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 DNA 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


Next-Generation Sequencing New sequencing technologies speed up large sequencing projects—for scientists prepared for a flood of data. More

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