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Modern-Day Virus Hunters
Back to the Future
Johnny Appleseeds of Science
A Better Crystal Ball
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Letter from Thomas Cech
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Cech Letter
Johnny Appleseed's life of restless cultivation—one that combined idealism with a certain business practicality—provides an apt metaphor for the way we at the HHMI think about our grant-making activities.

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The Secret Life
of Plants

By tracking the evolution of volatile compounds, researchers hope to understand the past—and map out the future.. Moresmall arrow
The Right Frame
Sometimes you have to tear down an old idea to find a new solution. Moresmall arrow
Stopping a Force
of Nature

Keeping a chromosomal enzyme from its appointed rounds may prevent cancer cells' immortality. Moresmall arrow
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Giving Chemistry a Second Chance
Structural biologist Cynthia Wolberger has spent much of the last decade trying to understand the behavior of Sir2 enzymes.

Lessons in Reality
Raising consciousness in the classroom could have a global impact.

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Scientific
Publishing 101

Undergraduates occasionally manage to publish their research in professional journals, but now they have a set of outlets all their own. Moresmall arrow

All in the
(Science) Family

HHMI is investing $86.4 million to bring individualized mentoring and early research experience to undergraduate science education programs across the country. Moresmall arrow


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Electrifying Cells
HHMI investigator Milan Mrksich and his colleague Joel H. Collier have devised an ingenious approach to making cells that are themselves "electric" in that they produce a readily detectable electrochemical output of their own. Moresmall arrow

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