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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 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 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 Apr 27 2023

Comparing Genes of 240 Mammal Species—and One Famous Dog—Offers New Insights in Biology, Evolutionary History

This statue of Balto by Frederick George Richard Roth was unveiled on December 17, 1925 in New York's Central Park. Credit: Sookietex Ever since scientists first read the complete genetic codes...

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 Dec 17 2009

Researchers Trace the Evolutionary Path to a Color Shift in African Fruit Flies

In a tour-de-force of evolutionary sleuthing, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Sean B. Carroll and colleagues have traced a yellow-to-black color change in African fruit flies to five...

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...

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 6 2007

Structural Biology Reveals How T Cells Recognize Transplanted Tissue

Before T cells are sent into battle, these sentinels of the immune system must complete a rigorous educational process. There are basically two things a T cell must demonstrate before it makes the...

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 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 Oct 12 2011

HHMI Debuts “The Making of the Fittest” Short Films

ANAHEIM, CA—In a red carpet event for 600 biology teachers, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) will unveil three short science films that use vivid storytelling to teach the vital concepts of...

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 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 Nov 5 2009

Scientists Launch Effort to Sequence the DNA of 10,000 Vertebrates

Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: a genetic menagerie made of the DNA of more than 10,000 vertebrate species...

NEWS Sep 18 2002

Biology for Engineers, Engineering for Biologists

Mary Lidstrom may be a biologist by training, but she is a systems engineer by inclination. It was a lesson she learned about herself more than 20 years ago while trying to bring a more quantitative...

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 Sep 18 2002

A Research Biologist on a Teaching Tightrope

Research groups are the backbone of any scientist's lab. A senior faculty member heads a team comprising postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, research associates and occasionally, undergraduates...

NEWS Aug 31 2001

Football and Microbiology—A Winning Team

Microbiology classes kick off this time of year on college campuses all over the country. So does college football. Oregon State University senior Calvin Carlyle will be there—in the microbiology lab...

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Short Films Make Evolutionary Biology Memorable

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

High School Biology: Learning by Doing

Technique Offers New View of Dynamic Biological Landscape

Comparing Genes of 240 Mammal Species—and One Famous Dog—Offers New Insights in Biology, Evolutionary History

Biology to Go

Researchers Trace the Evolutionary Path to a Color Shift in African Fruit Flies

Probing Biology’s Dark Matter

Molecular Biologists Prune Branches from the Animal Family Tree

Structural Biology Reveals How T Cells Recognize Transplanted Tissue

Biology by the Numbers at Purdue

A Sweet View of Biology in Action

HHMI Debuts “The Making of the Fittest” Short Films

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

Gene Mutation Upsets Mammalian Biological Clock

Watching a Biological Jigsaw Puzzle Come Together

A Signal Approach to Biology and Life

Molecular Biology on Wheels

Molecular Biology Times Two

Making Biology About the Numbers

Scientists Launch Effort to Sequence the DNA of 10,000 Vertebrates

Biology for Engineers, Engineering for Biologists

Genetically Engineered Ants Showcase Smell’s Role in Social Behavior

A Research Biologist on a Teaching Tightrope

Football and Microbiology—A Winning Team

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Short Films Make Evolutionary Biology Memorable

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

High School Biology: Learning by Doing

Technique Offers New View of Dynamic Biological Landscape

Comparing Genes of 240 Mammal Species—and One Famous Dog—Offers New Insights in Biology, Evolutionary History

Biology to Go

Researchers Trace the Evolutionary Path to a Color Shift in African Fruit Flies

Probing Biology’s Dark Matter

Molecular Biologists Prune Branches from the Animal Family Tree

Structural Biology Reveals How T Cells Recognize Transplanted Tissue

Biology by the Numbers at Purdue

A Sweet View of Biology in Action

HHMI Debuts “The Making of the Fittest” Short Films

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

Gene Mutation Upsets Mammalian Biological Clock

Watching a Biological Jigsaw Puzzle Come Together

A Signal Approach to Biology and Life

Molecular Biology on Wheels

Molecular Biology Times Two

Making Biology About the Numbers

Scientists Launch Effort to Sequence the DNA of 10,000 Vertebrates

Biology for Engineers, Engineering for Biologists

Genetically Engineered Ants Showcase Smell’s Role in Social Behavior

A Research Biologist on a Teaching Tightrope

Football and Microbiology—A Winning Team

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