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Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Mar 22, 2024 | 10+ min read

With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.

A rendering of a human brain in blue on a dark background with blue and white lines surrounding the brain to represent the construction of new connections in the brain.

Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 10+ min read

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

Speaking of Science

The Scientist | Apr 1, 2014 | 2 min read

April 2014's selection of notable quotes

One Protein to Rule Them All

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Feb 28, 2024 | 10+ min read

p53 is possibly the most important protein for maintaining cellular function. Losing it is synonymous with cancer.

Speaking of Science

Not cited | Jan 31, 2011 | 2 min read

February 2011's selection of notable quotes

A Y-shaped pink, blue, and light green antibody is in focus on a background of blurred pink and purple color, with other antibodies out of focus in the background.

Phage Display: Finding the One in a Million

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Dec 4, 2023 | 10+ min read

A combinatorial approach enabled high-throughput screening of protein libraries for desired target binding.

Book Excerpt from When Brains Dream

Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra | Dec 1, 2020 | 8 min read

Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.

Opinion: The Politics of Science and Racism

Sadye Paez and Erich D. Jarvis | Aug 18, 2020 | 7 min read

Race has been used to segment humanity and, by extension, establish and enforce a hierarchy in science. Individual and institutional commitments to racial justice in the sciences must involve political activity.