[ Vol. 23 No. 02 ]
FEATURED
Light Moves

Light is becoming the tool of choice for researchers who want to precisely manipulate neurons and other cells.

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In This Issue

A Silver Lining
 
A Kaleidoscopic View
 
with video
The Silicon Marvel
 
Live Long and Prosper
 
Scratching the Surface
 
Malaria's Weakness
 
With video
Contributors
She Floats Through the Air

Amy Wagers took up the flying trapeze when she was a postdoc at Stanford University.

Fossil Hunter

A self-taught aficionado of fossilized marine life, Jason Osborne spends most weekends on the beaches flanking Maryland's hundreds of miles of...

For the Long Haul

On an average Saturday, Chris Garcia runs 20 to 30 miles—on narrow, winding, mountainous trails—with a handful of training partners.

The Heart of a Snake

An unusual model organism is offering insight into cardiac physiology—and attracting students to research.

2010 Gilliam Fellows
A Brighter View of the Brain in Action
A protein sensor is beefed up to illuminate the language of neural networks.

Articles

Lab-Grown Liver

New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells.

Going Solo

Research reveals how some lizards reproduce asexually.

Young Again

Niche cells can reverse the aging of stem cells.

Perspectives & Opinions

Going Meatless

An economic argument to lay off the burgers.

If you were to take a year off to "change the world," what would you aim to do?

Great scientists possess creativity and analytic skills that can be applied to problems outside their laboratories. In the online edition of this Bulletin, Patrick O. Brown explains why he's trimming back his academic responsibilities for a year...

President's Message

Biomolecular Crowdsourcing
by Robert Tjian, Ph.D.