Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Highlights

2010 highlights

Forefront magazine over illustration.   Self-defense Training — A potential vaccine for breast cancer instructs the immune system to fight back against tumor-promoting molecules (page 23)
Sandra J. Gendler, Ph.D.
 
Illustration of AL plasma B cells   Mayo Clinic Discovers Mutation Causing Protein Misfolding Remission
— Polymorphism prompts amyloidosis
Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Ph.D.

2009 highlights

Discovery's Edge summary image   Zebrafish Genetics
Stephen Ekker, Ph.D.
 
Discovery's Edge summary image   Changing Science Education
— one school, 18 teachers and a couple thousand zebrafish at a time
Stephen Ekker, Ph.D.
 
Discovery's Edge summary image   Making Sense of Cilia
Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D.

2008 highlights

Discovery's Edge summary image   Searching for the Killer's Fingerprints: Genomics of Brain Cancer
Robert B. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Stalling Biomotors to Paralyze and Kill Cancer Cells
Mark A. McNiven, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Nanomedicine: Treating Disease with Gold Bullets and Nanorods
Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Building A Breast Cancer Vaccine
Sandra J. Gendler, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Bedside to Bench: Asthma Patient turns Asthma Researcher
James J. Lee, Ph.D.

2007 highlights

Discovery's Edge summary image   From Botany to Breast Cancer Research: Understanding Centrosome Abnormalities
Jeffrey L. Salisbury, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   BubR1 Protein: A Key Regulator of Aging
Jan van Deursen, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Huntington's Disease: Tracking a Genetic Killer
Cynthia T. McMurray, Ph.D.

2006 highlights

Discovery's Edge summary image   Bone: What Builds it Up, Breaks it Down and Makes it Break?
Thomas C. Spelsberg, Ph.D.
Merry J. Oursler, Ph.D.
Discovery's Edge summary image   Bacteria Shed Light on Genetic Switches
Jim Maher, Ph.D.
 
Discovery's Edge summary image   Developing Young Investigators: A Mayo Approach
David J. Katzmann, Ph.D.
 
Discovery's Edge summary image   The Biology of Blood Clots
Robert D. Simari, M.D.
Stanimir Vuk-Pavlovic, Ph.D.


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