Thomas D. Pollard Time-lapse videos and computer simulations provide the first concrete molecular explanation of how a cell flexes tiny muscle-like structures to pinch itself into two daughter cells at the...
A before-and-after study led by Yale biologists, of the effects of 1997 El Niño on the genetic diversity of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands, emphasizes the importance of studying populations over time and the need to determine which environmental...
Mark Saltzman Bioengineers at Yale and Cornell have created a modified chemotherapy that more effectively reaches and remains at the site of brain tumors — by adding a water-soluble polymer to the anti-...
O. Erik Tetlie The gigantic fossil claw of a 390 million-year-old sea scorpion, recently found in Germany, shows that ancient arthropods — spiders, insects, crabs and the like — were surprisingly larger...
Xing-Wang Deng A joint Yale-Peking University center that aims to improve crop production by furthering understanding of plant biology will receive five years of continued and expanded support from the...
President Richard C. Levin has announced the appointment of Derek E.G. Briggs, Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Geology and Geophysics, as Director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History for a term of five years, beginning July 1, 2008.Briggs...
When a target protein is folded correctly, “tags” come together so that the dye binds with high affinity and fluoresces brightly; misfolded proteins have low affinity for the dye While fluorescence has long...
The Yale BioHaven Entrepreneurship Seminars continues its fall schedule with a program on Vascular Insights, LLC on Tuesday November 13 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Anlyan Center Auditorium, Yale School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street. The series organized by...
Yesterday Yale dedicated the new Center for Microelectronics Materials and Structures Clean Room, an $8 million, 2,600-square-foot facility for fabricating micro- and nano-scale devices for engineering research.“The number of Yale faculty members who are...
Ten renowned scientists and educators at Yale have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the organization by their peers.The AAAS honors members as Fellows in recognition...