HHMI Bulletin August 2011: Chronicle

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	Going Viral

	2011 Holiday Lectures on Science

	Rosenfeld to Lead HHMI Documentary Initiative

	HHMI Teams Up for Open Access Journal

	Plant Science Gets a Boost

	The Buzz on Bee Viruses

	Memory Cells at the Ready

	Leading a Double Life

	A Faster Knockout

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		Going Viral SEA’s hands-on lab approach takes on life of its own. More


2011 Holiday Lectures on Science This year’s lecture series—Bones, Stones, and Genes: The Origin of Modern Humans—will take place October 6–7 at HHMI headquarters. More					A Faster Knockout With a virus, a needle, and an ultrasound machine, researchers have drastically cut the time it takes to disable a gene in mice. More


Rosenfeld to Lead HHMI Documentary Initiative The former president of National Geographic Television joined the Institute in July as head of television and film. More HHMI Teams Up for Open Access Journal HHMI partners with Welcome Trust and Max Planck Institute to launch top-tier science journal. More					Plant Science Gets a Boost HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation join forces to fund plant scientists. More


The Buzz on Bee Viruses Technology designed for human viruses is helping solve a bee riddle. More Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory. More					Leading a Double Life Proteins that guide embryo development also repair organs. More

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