G. EVELYN HUTCHINSON AWARD TO MICHAEL PACE

The Art of Ecology, Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson

tein pathways) to result in a specific output (break down glycogen). Comparing a cell to a computer, as Dennis Bray does in the book Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell, yields a fascinating exploration into the complexity of a cell, yet shortchanges the cell and biological systems in general. The central argument of Wetware is that an individual cell contains thousands of enzymes, each pe...

Michael G

The cerebellum has an important role in control and coordination of movements, but in some species, notably weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae, anatomical, electrophysiological and behavioural evidence indicates that parts of cerebellar cortex are concerned with tracking movements of objects around the animal, rather than with controlling movements of the animal itself. The existence...

Evelyn Witkin and Stephen Elledge share the 2015 Lasker Basic Medical Award.

How do cells cope with damage to genetic material? This year’s Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors two distinct leaders in the field, Evelyn Witkin and Stephen Elledge, for their groundbreaking work to answer this question and uncover the cellular responses to DNA damage (Figure 1). Early in her career, Witkin isolated strains of UV-resistant bacteria and subsequently played a piv...

Portrait of Dr Michael G. Hanna, Jr

W hile a PhD candidate, doing my thesis at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biology Division under Dr. Charles Congdon, my introduction to the immune response was studying graft vs. host (GVH) disease as a consequence of bone marrow transplantation in mice. The sequalae of GVH was impressive, and demonstrated the potential of negative clinical consequences of the immune system. The idea of ha...

Miss Evelyn Fox, C.B.E.