June 29, 2018
Caption: This is an image of Bengalese finches. Credit: Brainard lab / UCSF In nature, male Bengalese finches learn their mating songs from their fathers. But how much of that learning is predetermined by genetics? […]
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June 29, 2018
Caption: This image shows the shapes made of living tissue made by the researchers. By patterning mechanically active mouse or human cells to thin layers of extracellular fibers, the researchers could create bowls, coils, and […]
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May 16, 2018
Mitochondria — the powerhouses of cells — import molecules to generate energy and many necessary molecules for the cell. But what happens when something goes wrong? This was the big picture question that JCC Fellow […]
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May 16, 2018
The Jane Coffin Childs Fund thanks Anjana Rao for her eight years of service on the Board of Scientific Advisors. When Rao joined the BSA, she was just transitioning from Harvard Medical School to the […]
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April 25, 2018
Caption: The images show the orientation of integrins (yellow and green lines) at the leading edge (red lines) of a migrating white blood cell and within the focal adhesions (magenta lines) of a migrating fibroblast, […]
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