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MCDB graduate student Zach Wilson and ATLAS graduate student Lila Finch win second prize in Data Visualization Contest. Finch and Wilson combined the science of yeast and Japanese lanterns to build a beautiful representation of knowledge in
Tom Perkins has won a 2017 Governor’s Award for High-Impact Research. Perkins is being recognized for work described as New twists in the molecules of life. In a decade long project, Perkins developed powerful new tools to measure and study
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Norman Pace of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) has been awarded the 2017 Massry Prize for his microbiome research. Pace will share the award and the $200,000 honorarium with Rob Knight of the University of California San Diego and Jeffrey Gordon of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells. But due to a phenomenon known as radiation-induced bystander effect (RIBE), in which irradiated cells leak- The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 84 new members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing research achievements. Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific honors. Among the newly elected members, four are MCDB alumni.
Proper nutrition can unleash amazing powers, moms have always assured us, frequently citing Popeye the Sailor Man as evidence. Now, two Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ scientists have confirmed just how potent some nutrients can be.
In findings published today in the journal Cell, postdoctoral fellow Hongyun Tang and Professor Min Han, both of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, detail how fat levels in a tiny soil-dwelling roundworm (C. elegans) can tip the balance between whether the worm makes eggs or sperm.
Although the researchers discovered this phenomenon in worms, the research could have implications for future studies into human fertility and reproductive development.
Tom Perkins and JILA team unfold proteins with precise new instrumentation
Undergraduate students at the University of Colorado will soon enjoy a new means of conducting scientific laboratory research, as Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is one of 11 U.S. institutions to receive a 2017 Beckman Scholars Program Award.
Two studies publishing on the 1st September in Open Access journal PLOS Biology identify overlapping groups of cells in the Drosophila larva that have unique properties. In one case, the cells are resistant to irradiation or drug-induced cell death and capable of moving to areas of damaged tissue where they adopt a new fate and initiate regeneration. The second study examines cells from the same location and reports that, upon inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene, these cells but not others elsewhere in the same tissue take a first step towards becoming aggressive tumors. Both sets of authors discuss potential implications for human tumors.
When it comes to mitochondrial inheritance, maternal genes rule the day at the expense of paternal ones. But why?A new study, published today in the journal Science and led by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ researchers, sheds new