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CHANGING THE CULTURE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AT RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

Rich Losick Professors at large research universities have two important responsibilities: generating new knowledge and educating students. Sometimes these missions are seen as being in competition. Indeed, we…

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A SMALL MOLECULE TRIGGER FOR BIOFILM DISASSEMBLY

A three-way collaboration between the laboratories of Rich Losick in MCB and Roberto Kolter and Jon Clardy at Harvard Medical School has led to the discovery of a…

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RICH LOSICK RECIPIENT OF 2009 CANADA GAIRDNER AWARD

Rich Losick The Gairdner Foundation announced on March 31 that MCB's Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology Rich Losick was one of seven recipients of its 2009 Canada…

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GEOMETRIC CUE FOR PROTEIN LOCALIZATION

Kumaran S. Ramamurthi and Richard Losick Although bacteria are much more architecturally simple than eukaryotic cells, it has been evident for over a decade now that they are…

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THE FOUR PHASES OF RICHARD LOSICK’S MICROBIAL CAREER

Richard Losick A lot has changed since microbiologist Richard Losick came to Harvard University as a Junior Fellow in 1968. He is now a renowned Harvard College Professor,…

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RICHARD LOSICK “FEEDS” STUDIES IN SCIENCE

Professor Richard Losick (front row, center), Professor Catherine Dulac (far right), Dr. Michelle McMurray ’91 (second row, next to Professor Dulac) and the HHMI research students at the…

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AN UNUSUALLY SIMPLE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM

Authors Errett Hobbs (left) and Craig Ellermeier In this week’s Cell, Craig Ellermeier, Errett Hobbs, Eduardo Gonzalez and Rich Losick report the discovery of an unusually simple system…

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