Harvard Medical School

May 28, 2007

In Print

Graham Ramsay

From Focus:
Tap Found for Skin Refreshment
The skin’s ability to replace the tissue it sloughs off is controlled by a variety of genes, and now a study identifies the ringmaster of those genes as p63, a close relative of the well-known tumor suppressor p53. HMS cell biologists including (from left) Filipa Pinto, Frank McKeon, and Makoto Senoo report that p63 maintains a steady pool of regenerative epithelial stem cells and that p63-mutant mice lose all stratified epithelial tissues because they simply run out of these cells. The findings underscore the specificity of stem cell regulation in various tissues and add to the understanding of the mechanisms of regeneration.

Upcoming

Second Annual HMS/ORC Speaker Event and Seminar

Key Risks in Sponsored Research Cost Compliance, Grant Accounting, and Financial Management: What Are They and What Should We Be Doing About Them?

Thursday, June 14
10 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Speaker:
Jim Roth

Spotlight

Sonya Tateosian

E-medicine Links Cambodian Villages to Boston
Operation Village Health, part of the Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health, won the Stockholm Challenge for using information and communication technology to counteract social and economic disadvantage. Above are Heng Soon Tan (front) and Evan Zucker viewing an X-ray e-mailed from Cambodia as part of the Village Health Program.

Student Scene

Teaching Awards Honor Class Acts
In accepting their 2007 Teaching Awards, recipients expressed their gratitude to students and their abiding love of teaching.