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C. Brandon Ogbunu
Dec. 1, 2024
Recent books by Thomas Cech and Sara Imari Walker offer two perspectives on where to look for the basic properties that define living things.
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Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year
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Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year

Nov. 24, 2024

Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.

Who decides when a grad student graduates?
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Who decides when a grad student graduates?

Nov. 15, 2024

Ph.D. programs often donā€™t have a set timeline. Students continue with their research until their thesis is done, which is where variability comes into play.

Redefining ā€˜whatā€™s possibleā€™ at the annual meeting
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Redefining ā€˜whatā€™s possibleā€™ at the annual meeting

Nov. 1, 2024

The ASBMB Annual Meeting is ā€œa high-impact event ā€” a worthwhile investment for all who are dedicated to advancing the field of biochemistry and molecular biology and their careers.ā€

Ā鶹“«Ć½É«Ēéʬ impressions of water as cuneiform cascade*
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Ā鶹“«Ć½É«Ēéʬ impressions of water as cuneiform cascade*

Oct. 31, 2024

Inspired by "the most elegant depiction of H2Oā€™s colligative features," Thomas Gorrell created a seven-tiered visual cascade of Sumerian characters beginning with the ancient sign for water.

Water rescues the enzyme
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Water rescues the enzyme

Oct. 31, 2024

ā€œSometimes you must bend the rules to get what you want.ā€ In the case of using water in the purification of calpain-2, it was worth the risk.

ā€˜Weā€™re thankful for our reviewersā€™
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ā€˜Weā€™re thankful for our reviewersā€™

Oct. 31, 2024

Meet some of the scientists who review manuscripts for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Lipid Research and Ā鶹“«Ć½É«Ēéʬ & Cellular Proteomics.

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Water takes center stage

Danielle Guarracino remembers the role water played at two moments in her life, one doing scary experiments and one facing a health scare.
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The teaching power of water
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The teaching power of water

Oct. 23, 2024

ā€œI questioned whether children would be very interested in this exercise; there wasnā€™t much to it.ā€ At an outreach event aimed at children, Jessica Desamero learns that three cups of water can convey complex science.

The subtle strength of hydrogen bonds
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The subtle strength of hydrogen bonds

Oct. 22, 2024

Indu Sridharan remembers how water complicated her atomic force microscopy imaging studies of collagen.

What Iā€™ve learned about water, aging and protein quality control
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What Iā€™ve learned about water, aging and protein quality control

Oct. 16, 2024

Alice Liu thought an increase in heat shock protein chaperones would prevent misfolding in Huntingtonā€™s disease proteins. The results surprised her, and water was the key.

Water, you say?
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Water, you say?

Oct. 10, 2024

In our first Molecule of the Year essay, Sephra Rampersad recalls a great scientist asking, what is the one critical component that could make or break your experiment in any lab?

Applied research wonā€™t flourish without basic science
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Applied research wonā€™t flourish without basic science

Oct. 6, 2024

Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.

Beyond basics in blood
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Beyond basics in blood

Oct. 3, 2024

A vertically integrated curriculum embeds basic science within clinical settings to ensure studentsā€™ knowledge is both theoretical and practical ā€” and some costumes and role-playing make it fun.

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