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Tracking an organism’s development, cell by cell

May 29, 2020

HSCI scientists develop CRISPR-based tool for lineage tracing

A new mouse model allows scientists to track every cell in the body, from the embryo stage until adulthood. The system, published in the journal Cell, could yield a greater understanding of development, aging, and disease.

“The dream of many developmental biologists for decades is a way to reconstruct every single...

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Sam Benkelman

Celebrating Senior Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows

May 29, 2020

Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows (or LLUFs) are a core part of the intergenerational team at the Bok Center’s Learning Lab. LLUFs often have terrific intuitions about the pedagogy that will most engage and appeal to their peers, and they use this expertise as learners to help the Bok Center’s faculty partners design and test new learning experiences for their courses. Given the fact that many of these assignments and activities involve new or at least alternative modes of communication—drawing, speaking, coding, 3D...

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Martin Baron’s message to Class of 2020: Facts and truth matter

May 28, 2020

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron offered a ringing defense of facts and the truth on Thursday, telling Harvard seniors who tuned in to an online graduation program for the Class of 2020 that the current coronavirus pandemic has not only underscored the value of accurate, authoritative information but has shown that lies and misinformation...

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