A molecule known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a driver of several cancers, including pediatric neuroblastoma, B-cell lymphomas, and myofibroblast tumors. But for years much about this molecule — its role in the body, which molecules interact...
For a new book, two Yale researchers and a colleague from Oxford take a novel approach to explore the interrelated complexities of the brain: They talk it out.
In “Body, Brain, Behavior: Three Views and a Conversation,” co-authored by Tamas Horvath and...
During the early days of the pandemic, Sophia De Oliveira ’24 and her brother Nickolas came up with an idea. They devised an educational kit that could help children understand COVID-19 and how to stay safe. The kits — which included a story booklet, a...
Larry Gall pulls out a glass-covered case containing a dozen blue morpho butterflies. He rocks the box back and forth to illustrate how the butterflies shimmer. The Yale students who’ve gathered around him all pull out their phones to snap photos.
In...
Yale’s Wu Tsai Institute (WTI) will welcome this spring its first cohort of postdoctoral fellows, six scholars chosen carefully for their interest in interdisciplinary research into the mind and brain and their commitment to inclusive research...
In February, Josh Geballe ’97, ’02 M.B.A., a technology professional who had been serving on Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s leadership team, returned to Yale as the university’s first senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation.
In the...
What if scientists could study human psychiatric illness in plants? Yale researchers think it’s possible and they’ve taken an important first step. In a study published June 2 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, they investigated a gene very similar...
To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this only provides part of the picture. The traits of a particular species are not merely the result of its...
In 2013, Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki invited Anna Marie Pyle, a biochemist and structural biologist working on Science Hill, to speak at a seminar she was hosting at the medical school. During the event, Pyle discussed her work on a molecule called...
Yale scientists have for the first time identified a volatile pheromone emitted by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking insect that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The discovery offers new insights into how the...