Lens Posts

January 1, 2009

Challenge and opportunity

How academic medical centers can help reverse disturbing trends

By Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
January 1, 2009

The case for serendipity

By Gary Kuhlmann
January 1, 2009

The new Oz

U.S. scientists follow yellow brick roads overseas

By Leigh MacMillan, Ph.D.
January 1, 2009

Canary in the research lab

By Bill Snyder
August 1, 2008

The next generation

By Lillian Gu
August 1, 2008

Islets of youth

Turning the clock back on diabetes

By Bill Snyder
August 1, 2008

The lub-dub of a healthy heart

Developmental biology guides efforts to “grow” replacement heart valves
By Leigh MacMillan, Ph.D.
August 1, 2008

Riding the neural crest

Studies that track cell migration, fate illuminate gut disorders
By Leigh MacMillan, Ph.D.
August 1, 2008

The scientist in society

A conversation with S.K. Dey
By Bill Snyder
August 1, 2008

The power of animal models

By Bill Snyder
August 1, 2008

Trudi Schüpbach and Eric Wieschaus: A shared passion for nature’s truth

By Lynne Hutchison
August 1, 2008

The fine art of brain development

By Melissa Marino, Ph.D.