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NEWS Dec 15 2008

A Sweet View of Biology in Action

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have used some clever chemistry to visualize cells' ever-changing “sugar fingerprints.” By chemically modifying glycans—sugar molecules that stipple cells...

NEWS Aug 10 2017

Genetically Engineered Ants Showcase Smell’s Role in Social Behavior

Without a sense of smell, female ants wander off on their own, mooch crickets caught by others, and refuse to mate. These mutant insects are adrift in society, living lives seemingly separate from...

NEWS Jun 18 2001

Biology to Go

Lupe Quinones looks more than a little skeptical as she gingerly pokes at the owl pellet in front of her. Lupe's reluctance to touch the regurgitated lump of undigestable food doesn't bother Mobile...

NEWS Jun 2 2016

New Technique Helps Researchers Determine Developmental Origins of Cells

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have pioneered the use of genome editing to trace lineage in living systems. The researchers introduced unique patterns of mutations into the cells...

NEWS Oct 30 2003

Understanding the Developmental Code of the Spinal Cord

Researchers have discovered some of the basic control signals that govern the organization of the spinal cord in the developing embryo—findings that quite likely will apply to the brain as well....

NEWS Jul 9 2007

Probing Biology’s Dark Matter

A typical human mouth teems with as many as 700 different species of microbes. A handful of these have been specifically implicated in promoting gum disease, dental cavities, and bad breath, but for...

BULLETIN ARTICLE Feb 1 2012

Short Films Make Evolutionary Biology Memorable

A coldwater fish, a tiny mouse, and a mutant gene are the unlikely stars of three short films produced by HHMI. The movies premiered at a red carpet event attended by 600 teachers at the National...

NEWS Dec 2 2004

Preparing Biology Undergrads to be Problem Solvers

If today's undergraduates are going to become researchers who solve the important biomedical problems of tomorrow, interdisciplinary thinking must be cultivated at the undergraduate level, says...

NEWS Jun 24 1999

Molecular Biologists Prune Branches from the Animal Family Tree

Earthworms are kin to lobsters and flatworms are cousins of roundworms. These kinds of relationships have been drawn over the years by zoologists who painstakingly constructed evolutionary trees...

NEWS Apr 7 2010

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today announced that Sean Carroll, an award-winning scientist, author, and educator, will become the Institute’s vice president for science education....

NEWS Oct 1 2003

High School Biology: Learning by Doing

Sarah Horning is slapping pictures up on the white board at the front of her Stone Bridge High School biology classroom in Loudoun County, Virginia: lightning, lichen, a zebra, a car, fire, fungus,...

NEWS May 20 2010

Biology by the Numbers at Purdue

College students who study biology are awash in a sea of complex data. But when it comes to the tools required to analyze and interpret that data, most undergraduates don't equip themselves...

NEWS Sep 28 2017

New Role for Fragile X Protein Could Offer Clues for Treatment

The protein behind fragile X syndrome acts as a genetic conductor, orchestrating a symphony of genes that help shape DNA’s 3-D structure. Fragile X mental retardation protein, or FMRP, oversees a...

NEWS Sep 4 2017

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

With a new technique to craft a spectrum of glowing dyes, chemists are no longer chasing rainbows. Swapping out specific chemical building blocks in fluorescent molecules called rhodamines can...

NEWS Apr 21 2000

Gene Mutation Upsets Mammalian Biological Clock

Researchers have pinpointed the cause of a genetic mutation that switches a hamster's biological clock to a 20-hour day from the normal 24-hour day. In the April 21, 2000, issue of the journal...

NEWS Nov 4 2005

Technique Offers New View of Dynamic Biological Landscape

A new technique for analyzing the network of genetic interactions promises to change how researchers study the dynamic biological landscape of the cell. The technology, which is called epistatic mini...

NEWS Feb 25 2007

Watching a Biological Jigsaw Puzzle Come Together

Scientists have recorded the action involved in assembling telomerase, an enzyme used by cells to protect their genes during the potentially dangerous process of DNA replication. Using a...

NEWS May 1 1996

A Signal Approach to Biology and Life

At first, it sounds catastrophic. Some cells receive mysterious signals and begin dividing rapidly. They form one tumor, and then another. But these are not cells of the breast, or colon, or even of...

NEWS Jul 1 2000

Molecular Biology on Wheels

Like many Americans, 39-year-old Bill Welch used to think that schools are not doing their job. Teachers complain too much, he said, and they're always asking for more money, even though the school...

NEWS May 3 2002

Molecular Biology Times Two

Rebecca and Susan Kahane are identical twins with nearly identical interests: Field hockey, helping children, karate, molecular biology. Molecular biology may sound like an extraordinary pursuit for...

NEWS May 20 2010

Making Biology About the Numbers

Over the past four years, advanced math students at the University of Arizona have been wrestling with biology in their calculus and statistics courses: calculating drug accumulation rates and...

NEWS Jan 6 2010

Giving Cells a Fresh Start

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers and their colleagues have identified an enzyme that can effectively wipe a cell’s developmental slate clean, essentially giving a fresh start. The...

NEWS May 20 2005

Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path

Embryonic stem cells with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain. At one time, scientists believed the differences among cell types arose from various sets of...

NEWS Apr 17 2006

Simple Developmental Changes Gave Bats Flight

A change in a single gene may be in large part responsible for the evolution of flight in bats, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers. The findings not only help...

NEWS Oct 9 2003

Tinkering With the Clockwork of Developing Neurons

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have developed a method for manipulating the molecular “ticks” of the regulatory clock that governs the development of neurons in fruit flies....

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Probing Biology’s Dark Matter

Short Films Make Evolutionary Biology Memorable

Preparing Biology Undergrads to be Problem Solvers

Molecular Biologists Prune Branches from the Animal Family Tree

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

High School Biology: Learning by Doing

Biology by the Numbers at Purdue

New Role for Fragile X Protein Could Offer Clues for Treatment

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

Gene Mutation Upsets Mammalian Biological Clock

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Watching a Biological Jigsaw Puzzle Come Together

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Simple Developmental Changes Gave Bats Flight

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Understanding the Developmental Code of the Spinal Cord

Probing Biology’s Dark Matter

Short Films Make Evolutionary Biology Memorable

Preparing Biology Undergrads to be Problem Solvers

Molecular Biologists Prune Branches from the Animal Family Tree

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

High School Biology: Learning by Doing

Biology by the Numbers at Purdue

New Role for Fragile X Protein Could Offer Clues for Treatment

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

Gene Mutation Upsets Mammalian Biological Clock

Technique Offers New View of Dynamic Biological Landscape

Watching a Biological Jigsaw Puzzle Come Together

A Signal Approach to Biology and Life

Molecular Biology on Wheels

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Making Biology About the Numbers

Giving Cells a Fresh Start

Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path

Simple Developmental Changes Gave Bats Flight

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