During brain development, neurons connect with each other using branched projections called dendrites. As a dendrite extends away from its neuron’s cell body to connect with dendrites from…
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RECONSTRUCTION OF GENETICALLY IDENTIFIED NEURONS IMAGED BY SERIAL-SECTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY [SANES AND LICHTMAN LABS]
Neurons connect with each other to form complex circuits that underlie mental activities. Mapping these connections to obtain a so-called wiring diagram is an essential step in learning…
THREE DECADES OF NANOPORE SEQUENCING [DANIEL BRANTON]
This historical perspective describes research on nano-scale pores initiated by Prof. David Deamer (UC Santa Cruz) and myself. Many researchers were stimulated by the early papers from Deamer’s…
GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVES: SCIENCE CLUB LATIN AMERICA
Despite the worldwide proliferation of STEM careers, Latin Americans remain underrepresented in the global scientific community. “I think the common denominator for each of us,” suggests Mohammed…
NEUROBIOLOGY IN THE FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCES AT HARVARD: A PERSONAL VIEW
During my years as an undergraduate, graduate student, and junior faculty member at Harvard, from 1953-1964, neurobiology was not recognized as a separate discipline. Indeed, the term neurobiology…
HCBI DIRECTOR WINS HARVARD HERO AWARD
Douglas Richardson, the Director of Imaging for the Harvard Center for Biological Imaging (HCBI), has made a big impact on MCB despite being relatively new to both Harvard…
TURNING UP THE HEAT ON PROTEIN FOLDING BY TURNING DOWN HEAT SHOCK FACTOR [DENIC LAB]
(l to r) David Pincus, Eric Solís, Vlad Denic No matter where you fall on the spectrum of libertarianism this election year, you can hopefully appreciate that the…
CRISPR CELL LINEAGES [SCHIER LAB]
The cells in a multicellular organism develop via a lineage that starts with the fertilized egg. Lineage trees describe the divisions and specializations of cells over time, as…
ANNUAL BOSTON BACTERIAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT MIT JUNE 14-15
Registration is open for the 2016 Boston Bacterial Meeting! For over 20 years, the annual Boston Bacterial Meeting (BBM) has brought together microbiologists from both academic and industrial…
