CONTENTS
July 2009
Every year, the Office of Research Integrity penalizes a handful of biomedical scientists for misconduct, typically barring them from funding for a few years. In theory, once the penalty period is up, the punishment—and the shame—should be over. However, in the age of the Internet, announcements of debarments that ended years ago are easily retrievable with an online search of the scientist's name. Three scientists agreed to talk to ALISON MCCOOK about how they've tried to move on despite the permanent public record. |
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Tracking the movement of DNA and the location of structural proteins in the nucleus reveals that DNA placement makes the difference between activity and silence. SUSAN GASSER, director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, describes her decades-long quest to understand this fundamental process. |
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Since the 17th century, fishing has been an integral part of New England life. But 400 years of scooping fish from the sea have taken a toll, and nearly all groundfish are hurting. Except one. KIRSTEN WEIR asks: If experts can replicate what went right with this one species, could others be pulled back from the brink? |
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EDITORIAL Fairness for Fraudsters COLUMNS Quitters Sometimes Win Don't Format Manuscripts NOTEBOOK Number two-ome FOUNDATIONS First human brain chemicals, 1865-1871 PROFILE Prokaryotic Pioneer SCIENTIST TO WATCH Konrad Hochedlinger BIO BUSINESS Success with iPSCs THE LITERATURE Hot paper: Gut Churning Hot paper in Plant Molecular Biology: Getting defensive Hot paper in Immunology: Stately STAT Hot paper in Stem Cell Biology: Caught between a ROCK LAB TOOLS Green at the Bench CAREERS What Vacation? Clarification (posted July 8): The Table of Contents has been changed to reflect the fact that Susan Gasser's primary appointment is the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, not the University of Basel, as originally published. |