Mina Bissell focuses on context

Mina Bissell: Context is everything

M ina Bissell has never been afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, whether on a woman's role in the laboratory or on how a cell's context determines its function. Bissell came to the US from Iran to study chemistry at Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe Colleges, before pursuing a PhD in bacteriology at Harvard Medical School. She moved to California for her postdoc in virol-ogy, before joining the Lawr...

Attention focuses on autism.

Alltech Symposium focuses on sustainability

In the general session, Declan Coyle from Ireland looked at building high performance teams. In this he stressed the importance in difficult times of having inspired leaders who had vision – people who ‘saw it and were it’. These people must have high visions and be focused on them. He highlighted the importance of selfimage, goals and values and, interestingly, highlighted how children aged fo...

Metabolomics in Neonatology Mina

Throughout recent decades, the incidence of preterm birth has risen worldwide, and although the majority of preterm neonates now survive infancy, many suffer from debilitating morbidities in the short term and/or increased disease risks in the long term. Traditional diagnostic biomarkers suffer from considerable confounders, limiting their use in the early identification of diseases. There is a...

COUP recommendation focuses on ND ‘ Catholic character

Editor’s note: This is the third part in a series of articles explaining the recommendations of the COUP report and their relation to the Campaign for Notre Dame. A major focus of the Committee on University Priorities was on the Catholic character of Notre Dame. In response , the Campaign for Notre Dame seeks $5 million for the endowment of activities enhancing religious values on campus as we...