Peering into Carnegie :The Scientist [2007-02-01]


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Peering into Carnegie Delivering the results of some recent experiments before a half-filled auditorium, a graduate student starts off with some nervous chatter: "Can everyone hear me OK?" The entire staff of Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology is invited to these weekly progress reports. Like many of the other seminars planned this week, the turnout is pretty good - of the 115 at the