HHMI Bulletin
[ Vol. 27 No. 1 ]
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The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine discovered how packages of molecules are ferried around and between cells.

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In This Issue

Straight Shooter
 
with videos
Defenses Up
 
with videos
Technical Wizardry
 
with slideshows
Motion Circuits
 
with videos
Notes in the Margins
 
with video
Fungal Squatters
 
Champions in Education

When the Eugene school district was hit by the recession, a group of University of Oregon faculty offered to help.

Horses and Prairie

A short, wooly, gray horse got Michael Welsh hooked on a style of Western riding called reining.

An Ambitious Mission

With the revamped AP Biology curriculum in place, some teachers and students are struggling to adapt.

The History of the World in an App
The popular EarthViewer app breathes life into all 4.5 billion years of the place we call home.

Articles

Fly Brain Filters

A cluster of neurons help flies make sense of a visual scene.

Halting Heart Damage

Small targeted RNA turns off mutant genes that impair heart muscles.

Regenerate or Mate

In zebrafish, spiky structures hinder fin regrowth.

Briefs

A Cream for Parkinson’s
Stopping Systemic Sclerosis
When Cancer Spreads to the Bone
Creating False Memories
A Calcium Super Sensor
Carefully Concocted TALEs
Accurately Hitting Gene Targets

Perspectives & Opinions

If you could revive one extinct species, what would you choose and why?
It’s BRAIN Time

President's Message

Alliance for Change
by Robert Tjian, PhD