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		HHMI Bulletin, Fall 2012 (1.6 MB)

	FEATURES

		The Indispensables (990 KB)
		Avant Garde Scientist (515 KB)
		The Fat You Can’t See (550 KB)
		The View from Here (2 MB)

	LETTER FROM BOB TJIAN

		Stabilizing Forces (216 KB)

	CENTRIFUGE

		Good Stewards (177 KB)
		Undercover Triathlete (139 KB)
		Stepping into Sustainability (184 KB)

	UP FRONT

		Push and Pull (310 KB)
		Cancer’s Dead End (142 KB)

	PERSPECTIVES & OPINIONS

		Dianne Newman: Connecting Cultures (277 KB)
		Q&A — What Part of Your Job Would People Find the Most Surprising? (97 KB)

	CHRONICLE: SCIENCE EDUCATION

		Teaching Genomics, Plainly (281 KB)
		2012 Holiday Lectures on Science—Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future (62 KB)

	CHRONICLE: INSTITUTE NEWS

		HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges (70 KB)
		Fifty International Students Get Support from HHMI (66 KB)
		Medical Fellows Get a Chance to Try Research (63 KB)

	CHRONICLE: LAB BOOK

		The Yin and Yang of Plant Defense (185 KB)
		Like a Chinese Finger Trap (107 KB)
		Wiring the Brain (136 KB)

	CHRONICLE: ASK A SCIENTIST

		We all have foods we like and dislike, but from an evolutionary standpoint it seems like we shouldn’t turn up our noses at anything that helps us survive, and we shouldn’t have different tastes from other people living in the same environment. Why do we develop distastes for certain foods? (96 KB)

	CHRONICLE: NOTA BENE

		News of recent awards and other notable achievements (202 KB)


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