Jessica Polka in the lab. Photo by Alina Chan. So much of biological research relies solely on model organisms, and for good reasons. Model organisms — think yeast, fruit flies, and mice — are relatively […]

This is an artist’s depiction of mitochondria, courtesy of Matthew Sieber. The purple on the outside border represents the outer mitochondrial membrane. The blue on the inside depicts the mitochondrial inner membrane space. The green […]

Research from University of Utah geneticists, Cedric Feschotte, Ph.D., Edward Chuong, Ph.D., and Nels Elde, Ph.D., reveals that DNA remnants of viruses embedded into the genomes of our ancestors millions of years ago may help […]

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research presents the 39th FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGES IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FROM THE FELLOWS PERSPECTIVE Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 8, 9, & 10, 2016 The Interlaken Inn […]

Dr. Luis Parada recently joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the new Director of the Brain Tumor Center, where he will continue his research in the fields of molecular genetics, embryonic development, and signal […]