Posts Tagged ‘Genetics’

Class Act: Thinking big

Ronald Crandall

Tech Transfer Showcase

The discovery-to-marketplace trail blazed by Harry Steenbock remains strong today. Here are some CALS-based businesses you should know about.

Marching to the Music

"Antennal drumming" guides caste development in social wasps

Missing Piece

Jiming Jiang is unlocking the secrets of the centromere, an overlooked region of DNA that holds the key to chromosome engineering—and a new, possibly safer approach to gene therapy

Genetic Counseling for Cows

Professor explores why the best milking cows are often the hardest to impregnate.

Elizabeth Kearney

BS’95, Genetics

Blight Future

Gene sequence may offer new hints for combating plant pathogen.

Nobel Example

Student meet with former CALS nobel laureate

Oddballs in Every Way

The organisms that live in the lab are evolving, too. Could we be wrong in thinking we know them so well?

The Evolution is On

A beetle's newfound abilities remind us that life is always adapting to overcome our best strategies. How the eternal struggle for survival changes the way we farm.

Darwin's Toolkit

Sean Carroll says exploring the creative power of genes is the next frontier in evolutionary biology.

How to See a Gene Work

How to See a Gene Work

Peering into the microscopic world of our genes.