Our top 10 articles of 2024
Predicting fatty liver disease from a tiny blood sample
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Sung honored for research; Sliger, Young named astronaut scholars
Patrick Sung receives the 2024 Basser Global Prize from the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine. A foundation created by Mercury 7 astronauts awards scholarships to Shelby Sliger and Tara Young.
An ancient animal helps scientists improve modern technology
The same molecules that help tardigrades survive extreme weather can improve cryo-EM images of cellular structures and proteins, a team led by University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison researcher Ci Ji Lim reports.
New structure gives insight into mRNA export and cancers
Yi Ren鈥檚 lab at Vanderbilt has described the structure of a protein complex that sheds light on the underlying molecular mechanism of mRNA export.
Careers in industry: A year in review
Careers columnist Inayah Entzminger looks back at 12 months of interviews, advice and lists of resources.
Analyzing triglycerides in Americans of African ancestry
Using the All of Us database, researchers at Vanderbilt sought a genetic reason why some patients, often underrepresented in research, could have varying levels of fat in the bloodstream.
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From curiosity to conversation: My first science café
鈥淲hy was I so nervous? I鈥檇 spoken in hundreds of seminars and classes, in front of large audiences.鈥� But this was the first time Ed Eisenstein was explaining his research 鈥渢o a crowd of nonscientists relaxing over food and drink at a local tavern.鈥�
鈥極ne word or less鈥�
For a long time, Howard Steinman thought this phrase was a joke: 鈥淟ess than one word is no words, and you can't answer a question without words.鈥�
Of yeasts and men: One-hour proteomes, 10 years apart
To profile the human genome within an hour, the researchers used a new mass spectrometer and packed their liquid chromatography columns with very high pressure.
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Computational biosciences illuminate how molecular condensates form
Rohit Pappu will receive the 2025 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences at the 91亚色传媒 Annual Meeting, April 12-15 in Chicago. Read More
Beyond the bench: On a mission to build an inclusive scientific community
Benjamin Garcia will receive the 91亚色传媒 Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award at the 91亚色传媒 Annual meeting, April 12鈥�15 in Chicago. Read More
Quantifying how proteins in microbe and host interact
鈥淭o develop better vaccines, we need new methods and a better understanding of the antibody responses that develop in immune individuals,鈥� author Johan Malmström said. Read More
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