HHMI Bulletin November 2008: Chronicle



	Hook 'Em with Science

	New Leadership at HHMI

	Roger Tsien Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry


	HHMI Funds Renovations at Two Research Facilities

	Alison F. Richard Elected as HHMI Trustee

	HHMI Donates $1 Million for Flood Relief

	Extreme Makeover: Pancreas Edition

	Turning Growth On and Off, One Cell at a Time

	Guiding Motor Neurons

	The Long and Short of It

	Full Tilt Transport


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		Learning science need not be the painful experience that many kids expect. More


New Leadership at HHMI Robert Tjian, an HHMI investigator for 21 years and a distinguished biochemist on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, will succeed Thomas R. Cech as the Institute's president. More Roger Tsien Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, on October 8, that the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to HHMI investigator Roger Y. Tsien, Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Martin Chalfie of Columbia University. More					HHMI Funds Renovations at Two Research Facilities While cutting-edge scientific equipment can become outdated in mere months, the buildings that house laboratories last much longer. More Alison F. Richard Elected as HHMI Trustee Professor Alison F. Richard, vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge... More HHMI Donates $1 Million for Flood Relief Floodwaters swept across the Midwest this summer, leaving Iowa drenched. More


Extreme Makeover: Pancreas Edition Researchers create insulin-producing cells from adult pancreatic cells. More Turning Growth On and Off, One Cell at a Time Oscillating calcium concentrations in the nuclei of liver cells translate insulin's signals into operating instructions. More					Guiding Motor Neurons Researchers are untangling how a protein helps point motor neurons toward their correct destinations. More The Long and Short of It A developmental clock ticks faster in some vertebrates than others, producing a longer spine. More


Full Tilt Transport Electron tomography's three-dimensional images give surprising insights into cell trafficking. More

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