Archive: Nov 2020

The 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for CRISPR! We discuss the technology, its history, and the patent war over it. Featuring: Melis Tekant, Chad Stein, Wei Li, Delphine Tripp, Edward Chen, and Jordan…

Novel delivery system enables CRISPR-based genome editing therapy to kill cancer cells in mouse models.

Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 2nd Join us on: Zoom (password: Seminar) or YouTube Live Speaker: Aly Warr Graphics: Aly Warr With an estimated 35 million infected and over 1 million deaths, SARS-CoV-2 has ravaged the world. We…

Resilient lizards have adapted to cold spells spurred by climate change.

Matt Yeh is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Applied Physics program at Harvard University. He is interested in studying how light-matter interaction can be used for quantum information science. Jovana Andrejevic is a fifth-year Applied Physics Ph.D.…

by Matthew Yeh Donna Strickland during Nobel press conference, 2018 Ever wondered how laser eye surgery can be so precise, or how scientists can study processes that unravel over a billionth of a billionth of a second? Donna Strickland has got you…

Jupiter's moon Europa might not need the sun's rays to glow. If so, its color will shed light on the chemistry of the ocean world.

Why is it that some people seem to have better memories than others? A team of scientist from Stanford reported that frequent attention lapses may be a cause, and people who are heavy media multitaskers are more likely to suffer from this.

by Aleks Procherafigures by Corena Loeb Imagine working in a factory as part of a logistic team whose job is to coordinate and oversee the flow of incoming materials. It’s a 24/7 job – you don’t know what will be delivered or when, but regardless of…

Xiaomeng Han is a graduate student in the Harvard Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience. She uses electron microscopy to study neuronal connectivity. Cover image by Angelo Rosa from Pixabay This biography is part of our “Picture a Scientist”…