CONTENTS

September 2006


FEATURES
Find out what evolution has done to our ideas of what makes you sexy, from symmetry, to smell, to waist-hip ratio and how you boogie on the dance floor.
By Nick Aktinson
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Match 'n' Sniff:
The MHC T-Shirt Conundrum
Evolutionary psychologist William Brown and senior editor Brendan Maher discuss the results of our online dancing survey.

Why what your grandmother ate while pregnant with your mother might affect your children?s health, and other findings from the growing field of nutrigenomics.
By Kate Travis
 
A glut of postdocs, too few desired positions, and a faculty invested in the status quo point to a need for change. Who will take responsibility?
By Bijal Trivedi
 
How will tissue engineering tackle its most formidable challenge, mimicking nature? The result could be much more readily available tissue transplants.
By Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
ALSO THIS MONTH

ARE WE TRAINING TOO MANY SCIENTISTS?

It?s time to come to grips with how we?re misleading and hurting young aspiring researchers.
By Richard Gallagher

MAIL

A nasty mother; The trouble with databases

THE AGENDA

Cloning in Iran; Clinical Trials in India; Science and Politics; Modern Mendels

MERCEDES AND THE BOXFISH

By Bill Sharfman

THE BIGFOOT SCIENCE CONFERENCE

By David Secko

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FLATULENCE

By Stephen Pincock

DNA AND THE HOLOCAUST

By Vicki Brower

THE DEATH OF THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER

The scientific manuscript as we know it has outlived its usefulness. Here's what we need to do to move forward.By Michael Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein

THE KEVORKIANIZATION OF DOLLY

Scientists must learn lessons from Dr. Death to prevent a war over tissue engineering.
By Glenn McGee

SAVE THE GREAT APES!

Should we repatriate wild-caught animals? And are some animals more equal than others?
By Jack Woodall

SWEET MUSIC

Ajit Varki came to the States to hear 1970's superbands; he stayed to do super glycobiology research.
By Karen Hopkin

EXPANDING THE RANKS OF VERTEBRATE GENOMES

Why filling in evolutionary blanks is just the first task for the rat and chicken genomes.
By Ishani Ganguli

HOW VIRUSES INTERFERE WITH INTERFERON

By Charles Q. Choi

WHAT ARGONAUTE DOES

By Juhi Yajnik

REGULATORY T CELLS TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT

By Charles Q. Choi

PAPERS TO WATCH

 

REPLICATION FACTORIES IN ACTION

 

TRANSCRIPTION IS TENTATIVE

 

SCIENTIST TO WATCH

Trey Ideker:
Navigating Deep Waters
By Ishani Ganguli

NEEDED: PRAISE FOR POSTDOCS

Why should junior investigators get all the glory? Postdocs do most of the work.
By Jeffrey M. Perkel

A GUIDE TO ACTIVITY-BASED PROBES

Choosing the right chemical warheads for your proteomic problems.
By Jeffrey Perkel

HIW - FTICR-MS

By Jeffrey Perkel

BIOTECH PATENTS UNDER FIRE

What Supreme Court decisions say about threats to the progress of personalized medicine.
By Ronald I. Eisenstein and David D. Resnick

OPTIONING YOUR DRUGS

Symphony Capital and others hone a biotech-funding model that may offer all parties an upside with less risk.
By Aaron J. Bouchie

GETTING TOGETHER ON GENOMICS

What Wyeth learned about working with the US and European regulatory agencies to mine their pharmacogenomic data
By Fran Hawthorne

MENTORING TO THE BOTTOM LINE

No company is too small or too successful for a mentoring program to enhance productivity, leadership development, and employee retention
By Betsy Alberty

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

Making marriage work at the job can be challenging for couples as well as colleagues.
By Bruce Goldman

IMPORT/EXPORT

By Ken Wilan

THE SCIENCE OF WRITING

By Ken Wilan

DIVERSITY TRAVELS

By Chandra Shekhar

FOUNDATIONS

The First Automated Amino Acid Analyzer
By Terry Sharrer