Focus on Science: Winter 2008

Features

Computer Visionary
Chandra Bajaj uses the power of computational visualization to develop disease-fighting drugs

Directing Evolution
Andy Ellington creates new therapeutics, trains the next generation and asks questions about the origin of life

Visualizing Synapses
A renowned neurobiologist joins the Center for Learning and Memory bringing with her a pioneering technique to study neurons

Working on a Wireless World
Lili Qui works to make wireless connections faster and more reliable

Fishing for Fluorescence
Q & A will Misha Matz, integrative biologist

Focus on Students: Josh Russell

[Not So] Lost on Lizard Island
Mary Poteet's Maymester course gives students an opportunity to get their feet wet doing science in a far out place

Q & A with Uri Treisman
Focus on Science talks with the executive director of the Dana Center

News Briefs: Powerful Lasers, New Mariculture Lab and Rankings

Giving: Abells, Lloyds and Johnston Lend Their Support

Life on the Outside: Shelley Payne