More Fun Than Fun: The Joys and Burdens of Our Heroes 12/05/2021
Among the books I read as a teenager, two completely changed my life. One was
The Double Helix by Nobel laureate James D. Watson. This book was inspiring at many levels and instantly got me addicted to molecular biology. The other was
King Solomon’s Ring by Konrad Lorenz, soon to be a Nobel laureate. The study of animal behaviour so charmingly and unforgettably described by Lorenz kindled in me an eternal love for the subject.
The circumstances in which I read these two books are etched in my mind and may have partly contributed to my enthusiasm for them and their subjects.
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TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (TSX: PMN); (OTCQB: ARFXF), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of antibody therapeutics selectively targeting toxic oligomers implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D, as Chair of the Company s scientific advisory board (SAB). Dr. Tanzi is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University and Vice-Chair of Neurology, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit, and Co-Director of the Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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IMAGE: In this field of brain cells, each color is a unique neuron stained for a particular snippet of RNA or barcode. This technique, called BARseq2, allows scientists to study thousands of. view more
Credit: Chen and Sun/Zador lab, CSHL/2021
There are billions of neurons in the human brain, and scientists want to know how they are connected. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Alle Davis and Maxine Harrison Professor of Neurosciences Anthony Zador, and colleagues Xiaoyin Chen and Yu-Chi Sun, published a new technique in
Nature Neuroscience for figuring out connections using genetic tags. Their technique, called BARseq2, labels brain cells with short RNA sequences called barcodes, allowing the researchers to trace thousands of brain circuits simultaneously.
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Max Ludwig Henning Delbruck gets a virus
Nephew of a renowned brewer, Delbruck converted lifelong learning into a collaboration-enriched Nobel about bacteria and their viruses.
Max Delbruck (1906–1981), joint winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
In what has to be one of the best titles for a paper ever submitted for publication – “The Sword and the Armour: science and practice in the brewing industry 1837–1914”, Ray Anderson, writing in the summer 2006 edition of
Brewery History, the journal of Britain’s Brewery History Society, discusses the competition between Germany and Britain in the international beer market.