In Print

Graham Ramsay

Genome ABCs
To speed the process of understanding the human genome, scientists are turning to computational means. For the past five years, a team led by Martha Bulyk has been devising algorithms that systematize genome parsing. Her team recently developed PhylCRM (pronounced “fulcrum”) and Lever, a pair of algorithms that make predictions about where transcription factors bind on the genome and which genes and biological functions they regulate as a consequence. The work is helping to direct experimental research and accelerate the discovery of transcriptional regulatory networks.

Upcoming

Center on the Developing Child

The Childhood Roots of Adult Disease: Exploring the Biology and Psychology of Early Life Stress

Tuesday, April 15
4–6 p.m.

Speakers:
•Takao Hensch
•Laura Kubzansky
•Charles Nelson III
•Jack Shonkoff

Spotlight

Leadership Awards Announced
On March 17, HMS celebrated the selection of five staff members as winners of the 2008 Recognition and Leadership Award.

Student Scene

Graham Ramsay

Some Gentle Steps Toward Death
As an intern, Erica Seiguer Shenoy attends to an elderly woman who will not survive her cardiac arrest and to the daughter who ultimately gives permission for the life-saving intervention to stop.

StudenTalk

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Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

Science Progress

How discovery happens.