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Erin O'Shea Shortly after finishing her freshman year at Smith College, Erin O’Shea made a fateful decision: Instead of spending the summer at home in upstate New York,…
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…
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…
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…
Nancy Kleckner Last fall, members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) elected MCB Professor Nancy E. Kleckner as one of three new associate members for 2004. This…
Andy McMahon More often than not, those who achieve success in their professional endeavors are motivated by an interest sparked early in life. MCB Professor Andy McMahon, with…
Jeff Lichtman Double-wide color monitors glow in the darkened room like fish tanks at the New England Aquarium. Each paired screen is attached to a highly automated, computer-controlled…
Nicole Francis The metamorphosis from postdoc to principal investigator is one of the most exhilarating transitions in the life of a scientist. Nicole Francis, who was recently appointed…
Tom Maniatis at Caltech, c. 1980 It was July 1976 and Tom Maniatis—long-haired and Birkenstocked—stood on the balcony of the Cambridge City Hall watching protesters who were calling…
To Axel Nohturfft of Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, cholesterol is a scientific puzzle. He also knows it can be a serious health factor, even a…
