HHMI Bulletin May 2009: Chronicle

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	Tapping into Cool Science

	SEA's Second Wave

	Gilliam Fellows Program Expands

	Research Institute Launched in South Africa

	Rose Elected to HHMI Board of Trustees

	Platelets as Defenders

	Spiraling Back in Time

	Tag-Team Proteins

	Flight of the Dragonfly

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		HHMI grantees have developed terrific education tools. Now they're available at one website. More


SEA's Second Wave Twelve more schools join HHMI's Science Education Alliance. More Gilliam Fellows Program Expands Steven Tuyishime sought out science as a refuge during his difficult transition from Africa to America. More					Research Institute Launched in South Africa HHMI partners with leaders and scientists in South Africa to fight the dual epidemics of TB and HIV. More Rose Elected to HHMI Board of Trustees Clayton S. Rose, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and 20-year veteran of J.P. Morgan & Co., has been elected a Trustee of HHMI. More


Platelets as Defenders Aspirin may thwart the defensive role of these blood cells against malaria. More Spiraling Back in Time Aging a gene that distinguishes left from right during development. More					Tag-Team Proteins A complex of proteins protects muscles from collapsing during contraction. More


Flight of the Dragonfly Fabricating a playground for this precision hunter may provide the access scientists need to understand its neural circuitry. More

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