HHMI Bulletin November 2011


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	Intellectual Ferment Mixing biochemists, engineers, physicists, and mathematicians with biologists generates a productive intellectual environment.






	CAROLYN BERTOZZI: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity—now they’re becoming the norm.

	IRVING EPSTEIN: Better Living Through Chemistry (Class) About half of students who enter college with a science major in mind end up majoring in something else, observes Irving Epstein. The roadblock is often freshman chemistry class.

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	Game Changer Once a professional tennis player, Alana Van Dervort now trains her discipline and focus on science. More		Stirring Debate Joe Thornton brings his view of science as a potent social and political force into the classroom. More		The Peripatetic Postdoc Microbiologist Morgan Beeby gets some of his best thinking done on foot. More






	Creating Internal Maps Combining complementary skills, a team of neuroscientists studies how flies navigate their surroundings. More		Helping Preemies Treating myelin injuries and tracking brain cell development, David Rowitch tries to rescue the littlest patients. More		A New Take on Retinoblastoma Basic research findings upend old thoughts on this childhood tumor. More





	Room to Grow—and Learn Given dedicated space for both lecture and lab, students can experience the full arc of scientific research. More		A New PACE for Laboratory Evolution Researchers have found a way to accelerate evolution of molecules by harnessing viruses. More

	Experiment Seeks to Create Interdisciplinary Curricula Four universities will collaborate to make easily-implemented interdisciplinary science courses. More		HHMI Offers International Student Research Fellowships New fellowship supports 48 international graduate students. More		Getting Back to the Bench Janelia Farm offers researchers the time and resources to focus on science. More

	Unlocking the Interferon Puzzle Scientists show that interferon signaling depends on bond strength. More		When Membranes Merge Scientists are uncovering details of synaptic signaling between neurons. More		Bacterial–Viral Warfare Seahorse-shaped complex helps bacteria defend against pathogens. More

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