Articles by Jonathan Scheff

Hákon Hákonarson and deCODE genetics CEO Kári Stefánsson used to consider each other friends. Hákonarson, the former vice president of business development at the Icelandic biopharmaceutical company, used to ride horses with Stefánsson and spend time with him outside of work. That all ended in May, 2006, when Hákonarson left deCODE to direct and help form the new Center for Applie

Survey MethodologyARTICLE EXTRAS Always evolving at the HutchGladstone: Attentive at the topSlideshow: Top 2008 InstitutionsRanking Tables:Top 35 US InstitutionsTop 15 US InstitutionsTop 10 International InstitutionsBPTW: Survey Finding PDFsDemographics:Interactive map of resultsAssessing the Postdoc ExperienceSURVEY FORM A web-based survey form was posted from October 1 to December 3, 2007. Results were

Best Places to Work 2008: PostdocsIn a tight funding environment, institutions must find creative ways to improve postdoc benefits and foster a thriving scientific atmosphere. By Jonathan ScheffArticle Extras Always evolving at the Hutch Gladstone: Attentive at the top Cambridge shoots ahead Slideshow: Top 2008 Institutions Survey Methodology Ranking Tables Top 35 US Institutions Top 15 US Institutions Top 10 International Institutions BPTW: Survey

Best Places to Work 2008: Postdocs Top Institutions PDFARTICLE EXTRAS Always evolving at the HutchGladstone: Attentive at the topSlideshow: Top 2008 InstitutionsSurvey MethodologyRanking Tables:Top 35 US InstitutionsTop 15 US InstitutionsTop 10 International InstitutionsBPTW: Survey Finding PDFsDemographics:Interactive map of resultsAssessing the Postdoc Experience In our March issue, read about the

Assessing the Postdoc ExperienceIn our March issue, review the institutions that ranked at the top of our 6th annual Best Places to Work for Postdoc survey. Here, view the interactive sortable charts of the top ranked institutions in 2008. Click here to view the printable PDF.Article Extras Best Places to Work Postdoc 2008 Always evolving at the Hutch Gladstone: Attentive at the top Cambridge shoots ahead Slideshow: Top 2008 Institutions Survey Methodology Ranking Ta

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Credit: Nevit Dilmen / Wikimedia Commons" /> Credit: Nevit Dilmen / Wikimedia Commons The paper: S. Mariathasan et al., "Cryopyrin activates the inflammasome in response to toxins and ATP," Nature, 440:228-32, 2006. (Cited in 121 papers) The finding: By observing mice deficient in the adaptor protein cryopyrin, Vishva Dixit of Genentech and his colleagues discovered cryopyrin's role in activating the inflammasome, a complex of proteins essential for the innate

Credit: Rade Pavlovic" /> Credit: Rade Pavlovic The paper: S.F. Grant et al., "Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes," Nat Gen, 38:320-3, 2006. (Cited in 177 papers) The finding: As part of a genome-wide association study, Kári Stefánsson of deCODE Genetics and colleagues associated variants of the gene transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) with type 2 diabetes. TCF7L2 plays a role in Wnt

Credit: Photo: Ahikam Seri" /> Credit: Photo: Ahikam Seri Eran Segal followed a meandering route to the field of computational biology. He began by earning a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tel-Aviv University in 1998, and went on to study in Stanford University's computer science department under Daphne Koller. He also studied genetics at Stanford, where he began to explore how probabilistic models can answer biologic questions. As a graduate student Segal focused on

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The Hole in Disease Modeling Why don't most studies of climate change include molecular methods? By Jonathan Scheff Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a common scourge in India, recently found in the warming ocean waters of Alaska. Related Articles: 1 "This was probably the most convincing evidence to date of the impact of climate change on pathogen outbreaks in North America," says McLaughlin. Average daily marine temperatures in the sound had been rising steadily, the

Biologists agree that amphibian populations are undergoing massive extinctions - they just can't agree on why.

Credit: Left: David Hall / Photo Researchers, Inc" /> Credit: Left: David Hall / Photo Researchers, Inc The paper: F. Delsuc et al., "Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates," Nature, 439:965-8, 2006. (Cited in 116 papers) The finding: Using a data set of 146 nuclear genes, including tunicate data from the Oikopleura dioica genome project, Frédéric Delsuc and his colleagues from the Univers