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In a new study, Yale researchers in the lab of David Breslow, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, identified a pathway that allows cells to “disassemble” their cilia before division — and found a possible connection to a neurological disorder.
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In a new course taught by Todne Thomas and Nicholas Jones, students are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of tarot—a divinatory medium practiced by fortune-tellers, artists, and the curious for centuries.
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A global competition to combine AI with climate solutions has named a project led by Elizabeth Yankovsky, Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, as one of two Yale-related projects among its winning ideas.
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From playwriting to investigative journalism to graphic fiction, Yale offers a multitude of courses in creative writing. The following video, featuring graphic novelist and Professor in the Practice Alison Bechdel, is the first in a series about teaching — and learning — how to write at Yale.
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Reina Maruyama, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Karsten Heeger, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, are members of CUORE alongside Yale research scientists, postdoctoral students, graduate students, and international collaborators.
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This fall, a popular undergraduate course on invertebrate biology taught by Casey Dunn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has been reinvented as a hands-on, field research experience on one of the region’s Thimble Islands.
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New FAS faculty member Harry McNamara is combining developmental biology, neurobiology, and biophysics to answer basic science questions about how cells communicate.
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Malaker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, received the award from the ACS's division of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Chemical Glycobiology. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to research in carbohydrate chemistry conducted by scientists in the first seven years of their independent career.
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The Fund for Physician-Scientist Mentorship is an annual award honoring those who have served as exemplary role models and mentors for physician-scientists at the Yale School of Medicine.
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Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, discusses his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and the state of America's democracy.