Editor’s Choice in Immunology
July 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the July 2011 issue of The Scientist.
Studying the earliest events in visual development, Carla Shatz has learned the importance of looking at one’s data with open eyes—and an open mind.
Member, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Age: 38
“This is my trophy,” says biologist Michael Edidin, walking across his office at Johns Hopkins University to pick up two oversized clock hands, once part of the stately clock tower that still stands on the Baltimore campus. In his right-hand pocket i
When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets. The region’s indigenous people traded the Europeans f
Researchers map pigments in early bird fossils using preserved metallic residues.
The president of the University of the Ryukyus in Japan coauthored a paper containing a duplicated figure.
New research demonstrates the feasibility of generating iPS cells from blood samples and using them to produce multiple tissue types