The John Edsall Lecture Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University Sponsored by Merck Research Laboratories Richard Flavell, FRSYale UniversityProfessor and Chairman of Immunology; Professor of Molecular,…
Jack Strominger A paper from the Strominger lab sheds interesting new light on the regulation of maturation of dendritic cells. (Santambrogio, L., et al., “Involvement of caspase cleaved…
Kevin EgganFederal funding restrictions? Public controversy? These challenges might deter some young scientists from stem cell research, but not Kevin Eggan, who this year begins a new job…
Authors (left to right) Eugenie Shieh, Adam Castoreno, Larissa Jarzylo and Axel Nohturfft The ingredients of a human cell include about 100,000 different proteins, 500 kinds of fat,…
Authors Chad Cowan, Doug Melton and Kevin Eggan Most cells in our tissues have a limited ability to become other cell types in the body and therefore are…
High school teachers Ethan Blanchette and Erica Cole “I come here to recharge my batteries.” “I really value the connections I’m making with my peers and the local…
Jack Strominger Eighty years ago, Jack Strominger, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, began his "tortuous journey to immunoland." En route, he discovered how penicillin kills bacteria and how the…
Co-authors Joo-Seop Park and Andy McMahon(three authors not pictured) Water and salt balance in our bodies and removal of toxic wastes is carried out by a high powered…
Authors Toshihiko Hosoya, Stephen A. Baccus and Markus MeisterOur eyes report the visual world to the brain, but not very faithfully. Instead, the retina creates a cartoonist's sketch of…
Jim Wang "It’s my ambition that someday the word ‘topoisomerase’ will be in the dictionary," says Professor Jim Wang, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, who is…
