HHMI Bulletin August 2010


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	A Lasting Imprint Hanna Holborn Gray thinks deeply about learning, scholarship, and the role of the university in sustaining the cultural and intellectual vitality of our nation and an increasingly global society.






	LAWRENCE S.B. GOLDSTEIN: Stem Cells 101 Do what it takes to communicate the facts.

	JOAQUÍN M. ESPINOSA: Web of Influence Sometimes taking a step back can move science forward.

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	The Garden That Science Built It’s July, high noon, and the sun is at its peak. More		Rock Face In the dark of night, Joaquín Maximiliano Espinosa was hugging two fellow Argentine rock climbers on a narrow ledge high above Yosemite Valley. More		High-Stepping Horses It’s early spring, and horse trailers from 27 states fill the sprawling parking lot at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas. More






	When Passion and Skill Converge A supportive mentor and a Gilliam fellow find a new drug target against a virus that strikes hardest in poor, rural regions. More		Death Be Not Programmed The ordered chain of events that is cell necrosis can be blocked to curtail the effects of some crippling diseases. More		When Lean Isn’t Good Enough Even someone slim may be hiding signs of type 2 diabetes. More




	Making Research Personal A West Virginia program pulls students into science by teaching them about the health problems in their own community. More		National Awards to Foster Science Education HHMI announces $79 million of new grants to help universities strengthen undergraduate and precollege science education nationwide. More

	Change in Leadership of HHMI Trustees Kurt Schmoke succeeds Hanna Gray as Chairman. More		Bishai Named Director of K-RITH Prominent tuberculosis researcher will become the first permanent director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH). More

	Driving Thirst Scientists identify a gene that sends flies to the water bowl. More		Mustard’s Mini-Me A way to switch plants’ reproductive programs could help farmers. More		Double-Checking Doublesex Fruit fly cells don’t all know what sex they are. More

	Fly Walker Researchers hope to learn how a fruit fly thinks by accompanying it on a stroll More

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