DNA Double Take – Individuals Can Have Multiple Genomes
Not long ago, researchers had thought it was rare for the cells in a single healthy person to differ genetically in a significant way. But scientists are finding that it’s…
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Researchers to Explore Promise, Risks of Sequencing Newborns' DNA
U.S. geneticists last week began examining the promise and risks of sequencing every newborn’s genome. DNA sequencing could improve the accuracy of state newborn screening programs that test babies’ blood…
Life Sciences Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position
The Division of Life Sciences in the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences announces the continuance of its special initiative to recruit excellent research scientists with a history and commitment…
Jessica Lynch Alfaro Publishes Poem "Flight Distances"
ISG Associate Director, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, publishes poem “Flight Distances” in the journal Poecology. Poecology is a literary journal and online resource for contemporary writing about place, ecology and the…
In Memory of Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, Explorer of Brain Development
Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, a pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist whose innovative research counting billions of brain synapses revealed that brains develop rapidly in young children and later “prune” themselves as they…
DNA analysis reveals fungus behind white-nose bat syndrome is likely from Europe
New research by Daniel Lindner, a research plant pathologist at the U.S. Forest Service’s Center for Forest Mycology Research in Madison and colleague Andrew Minnis might help shed some light on the white-nose…