Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Flies turning blue help researchers link the deterioration of the intestinal barrier to age-related death.
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction 99 years ago, but researchers are planning to use DNA from museum specimens to bring the bird back to life.
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.
Team member and opponents exchange microbes by slamming into each others’ shoulders during the game.