A pounding heartbeat, quick breathing, sweaty palmswe all know these common responses to fearful situations. The signal that initiates fear in our bodies begins in a structure of the brain known as the amygdala. But […]
From the National Library of Medicine and the Department of Special Collections and Archives of Stanford University: We have completed our selection of graduate students. It was unusually difficult this year, I thought, because of […]
Carol Prives, DaCosta Professor of Biology at Columbia University, is delighted to join the BSA this year. The quality and breadth of applicants for this fellowship is extremely impressive, as are my fellow scientific board […]
Former JCC fellow Haifan Lin (1990-1993) joins the BSA this year. My research and career have benefited tremendously from the generous support of the JCC fellowship and eye-opening experiences that the JCC Fund provided, says […]
Malignant melanoma cells depend on the amino acid leucine, according to recent research by JCC fellow Roberto Zoncu published in the May 2011 issue of Cancer Cell. Zoncu and his coauthors found that melanoma cells […]