$500,000 Gruber Foundation Genetics Prize goes to Philadelphia scientist

Public release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Sara Hrera media@gruberprizes.org 203-432-6231 Yale University Douglas C. Wallace, PhD, a pioneering genetics researcher who founded the field of mitochondrial genetics in humans, will receive the 2012 Genetics Prize of The Gruber Foundation Continue reading

Genetic packing: Successful stem cell differentiation requires DNA compaction, study finds

Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of sections of wild-type (top row) and H1 triple-knockout (bottom row) embryoid bodies. After 14 days in rotary suspension culture, the wild-type embryoid bodies showed more differentiated morphologies with cysts forming (black arrows) and the knockout embryoid bodies failed to form cavities (far right). Continue reading