One day in 1979, a young biochemistry graduate answered an ad in the Boston Globe: “For those of you who want clinical relevance in the work you’re doing, we have an immediate opening available for a graduate biophysics background or relevant experience to operate a Becton Dickinson FACS 1 for cell sorting in immunological and cancer […]
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Exploring “Impossible” Science
CyTOF and mass-tag barcoding let Eli Zunder ask more questions and find new answers “There are so many different things we want to know about every cell,” says Eli Zunder, PhD and stem cell biologist at Stanford. “And I always want to measure more—more transcription factors, more cell signaling molecules, more cell surface proteins, with […]
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One Artist’s Scientific Method
Fabian Oefner exposes beautiful unseen moments of daily life Fabian Oefner’s work catches your attention. Check out any of his vivid psychedelic images, and you never know what you’ll see. Maybe it’s a coral reef glowing fluorescent below the surface of the sea. Or an inky black sky filled with stars. Some might see a […]
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To the Manor Born
Gareth Neame follows his destiny to the worldwide smash Downton Abbey “Sorry, I’m pausing one moment,” Gareth Neame says with a slight laugh. “I’ve literally never done this, but I’m getting last night’s ratings for Downton while I’m on the phone here.” Downton Abbey, the award-winning series that Neame developed and executive-produces under Carnival Films […]
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Secret History
Producers Brian Falk and Greg Shapiro Unveil The Conspirator There’s a lot you probably don’t know about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. That there were coordinated attacks on the Vice President and Secretary of State. That the plot was originally to kidnap the President, not kill him. That Lincoln wasn’t supposed to go to the […]
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