*** WEB WEEKLY *** news from the
Harvard Medical Community
June 21, 1999

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Under the Hood of a Cellular Transport Machine

An international research collaboration sheds light on the assembly of the clathrin-coated vesicle, one of the cell's major transporters, which is associated with cholesterol, breast cancer, and HIV.

 

 

 

UC-Berkeley Professor Tapped to Lead Neurobiology Department

Desrosiers to Head New England Regional Primate Center

 


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The W. Eugene Knox III Memorial Lecture: Cancer—The Rise of the Genetic Paradigm

J. Michael Bishop

Monday, June 28
4:00 p.m.


Life After Graduation: How the MD-PhD Class of '99 Made Their Choices

Some career decisions were based on long-held preferences, others on immediate attractions. Author Anh Tuan Nguyen-Huynh explores his classmates' thinking and offers advice to those coming along after them.


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Rare Books Settle into New Quarters at Countway

The Countway Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Department, one of the leading medical history collections in the world, has moved into larger quarters as part of the library's renovation. The new space was formally dedicated at a private ceremony on June 14.


 

 

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