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	FULL TEXT

		HHMI Bulletin, November 2008 (14.4 MB)

	FEATURES

		The Meiosis Dance (2.6 MB)
		Lab Lessons (1.8 MB)
		Carving Out Her Niche (2.2 MB)
		Science 2.0: You Say You Want a Revolution? (1.1 MB)

	LETTER FROM TOM CECH

		Behind the Name (108 KB)

	CENTRIFUGE

		Black Dogs (300 KB)
		A Wiki Whiz Kid (184 KB)
		Under the Mango Tree (164 KB)

	UP FRONT

		A Pattern Emerges (636 KB)
		Back on Track: Saving Lives (420 KB)
		Restoring Astrocytes' Protective Nature (356 KB)

	PERSPECTIVES & OPINIONS

		Nancy Andrews (472 KB)
		Elizabeth Nabel (380 KB)
		Q&A — A small group of scientists are beginning to post their lab notebooks and draft research papers on open-access websites for comment and discussion. Would you greet this so-called science 2.0 with open arms or major skepticism? (104 KB)

	CHRONICLE: SCIENCE EDUCATION

		Hook 'Em With Science (552 KB)

	CHRONICLE: BREAKING INSTITUTE NEWS

		New Leadership at HHMI (432 KB)
		Roger Tsien Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry (100 KB)

	CHRONICLE: INSTITUTE NEWS

		HHMI Funds Renovations at Two Research Facilities (316 KB)
		Alison F. Richard Elected as HHMI Trustee (84 KB)
		HHMI Donates $1 Million for Flood Relief (84 KB)

	CHRONICLE: LAB BOOK

		Extreme Makeover: Pancreas Edition (144 KB)
		Turning Growth On and Off, One Cell at a Time (88 KB)
		Guiding Motor Neurons (108 KB)

	CHRONICLE: UP CLOSE

		Full Tilt Transport (488 KB)

	CHRONICLE: ASK A SCIENTIST

		Where do new genes come from? (64 KB)

	CHRONICLE: NOTA BENE

		Lefkowitz Awarded National Medal of Science (132 KB)

	OBSERVATIONS

		Turn-of-the-Century Science (796 KB)

	©2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute