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SPATIAL PATTERNING OF MEIOTIC CROSSOVERS: A CENTURY-OLD MYSTERY [KLECKNER LAB]

(l to r) Shunxin Wang, Nancy Kleckner, Liangran Zhang, and Shen Yin Gamete formation for sexual reproduction involves the specialized cellular program of meiosis.  As part of this…

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LARVAL ZEBRAFISH ON SPEED [ENGERT LAB]

When we decide to go down the corridor and get a coffee we have several options.  We can make our way at a slow leisurely pace (lento), walk…

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PROBING THE ORIGINS OF SYMBIOSIS [MURRAY LAB]

Andrew Murray (l) and Erik Hom We investigated the origins of symbiosis by ecologically engineering brewers yeast and a single cell alga to proliferate by cooperating with each…

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STOCHASTIC ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS [O’SHEA LAB]

Erin O’Shea and Shankar Mukherji Cells are kind of like little people. Just like we have organs like our heart, lungs and brain that are responsible for core…

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SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC MAMMALIAN BRAIN FUNCTION AT THE SINGLE NEURON LEVEL [DULAC LAB]

Catherine Dulac and Joe Bergan An animal's survival depends critically on its ability to identify friends and foes in its environment and respond to each with suitable behaviors.…

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THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE [DULAC LAB]

  The discovery of neural circuits underlying social behavior is among the most fascinating goals in modern neuroscience: the specific brains areas and neuronal subsets in which social…

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TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, NOT JUST FOR GMAIL [BURTON LAB]

(l to r) Martha Zepeda Rivera, Briana Burton, and Tanya Sysoeva One way that bacteria communicate with each other is by exporting proteins from the cytoplasm into the…

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LOOK MOM, NO BREAKS! [KLECKNER LAB]

Chromosomal regions of identical or nearly identical DNA sequence can preferentially associate with one another in the apparent absence of DNA breakage and recombination.  The genome-wide synapsis of…

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TRANSPARENT THOUGHTS [ENGERT LAB]

How do brains process sensory input and use these to choose or decide what to do?  How similar is the brain activity in different individuals that are exposed…

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