Metabolic changes allow eggs to store fuel for development

April 7, 2016
JCC Fellow Matthew Sieber published the research in Cell

This is an artist’s depiction of mitochondria, courtesy of Matthew Sieber. The purple on the outside border represents the outer mitochondrial membrane. The blue on the inside depicts the mitochondrial inner membrane space. The green […]

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Viral DNA within our genome helps us fight infections

March 30, 2016
JCC Fellow Edward Chuong published the research in Science on March 4, 2016

Research from University of Utah geneticists, Cedric Feschotte, Ph.D., Edward Chuong, Ph.D., and Nels Elde, Ph.D., reveals that DNA remnants of viruses embedded into the genomes of our ancestors millions of years ago may help […]

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Presenting the 39th Fellows Symposium

March 30, 2016
Challenges in Biomedical Research from the Fellows' Perspective

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research presents the 39th FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGES IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FROM THE FELLOWS PERSPECTIVE Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 8, 9, & 10, 2016 The Interlaken Inn […]

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Luis Parada Joins the Board of Scientific Advisors

February 24, 2016
Dr. Parada recently joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the new Director of the Brain Tumor Center.

Dr. Luis Parada recently joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the new Director of the Brain Tumor Center, where he will continue his research in the fields of molecular genetics, embryonic development, and signal […]

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mRNA clusters found in Drosophila germ granules

January 20, 2016
In Nature Communications, JCC Fellow Tatjana Trcek reports new regulatory mechanisms for germ plasm mRNAs

As an embryo develops, cells differentiate into specialized body cells that compose different tissues. But not all cells can differentiate. If they all did, the organism would face a problem: no stem cells would be […]

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