The real revolution in cell biology is not the decoding of genomes, but the observation of patterns of gene activity and interaction within these sequences. The genome doesn't have a narrative; it is ...

Figure 1: Some early schematic drawings of protein structures. Making these drawings was a fascinating process. First, the structures are very aesthetically pleasing — especially, for me, the varied ...

On Friday April 4 th the Biology Department gathered to celebrate a Botanical Drawing Showcase featuring the work of my students in BISC 337-Plant Biology. I was extremely proud of the students, who ...

Bringing together engineers, physicists and molecular biologists, the field of synthetic biology uses engineering principles to model, design and build synthetic gene circuits and other molecular ...