TSRI News

Made to Order:
Shop Creates Custom Instrumentation for TSRI Investigators

The Instrumentation and Design Shop offers TSRI researchers a full range of services, including the design of equipment, the actualization of sketches, the modification of tools, and the repair of machinery.

TSRI Chemist Honored Three Times Over
K.C. Nicolaou was recently honored by three separate international bodies.

TSRI Investigator Named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Cell biologist and chemist Philip Dawson has been selected to receive the highly competitive Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.

Cell Biologist Wins Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Award Francisco
Asturias has won a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar Award.

James Watson to Present "DNA Thoughts"
Nobel laureate James D. Watson, president of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will present "DNA Thoughts" at TSRI on Friday, March 23 at 4 PM.


 


Interpreting the Human Genome Through Computational Biology

The human genome contains some 30,000 to 40,000 genes, many of which are not characterized. "Each gene, of course, will be a story," says Professor Rubin Abagyan. The collection of these genes, these stories, make up the anthology of human life. Whether each story is a Dr. Faust or a Dr. Seuss, a Chekhov or a Tolstoy, will be seen as the genome is annotated with the help of computational biology.