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fall ’12 vol. 25 · no. o3<br />
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Web-Only Content<br />
Meet some of the behind-the-scenes specialists<br />
who help modern science get done.<br />
Turtles and snakes and frogs, oh my! View the<br />
critters discovered during a herpetological<br />
survey at Janelia Farm.<br />
Read a Q&A with computer scientist<br />
Hanchuan Peng on developing sophisticated<br />
ways to make sense of biological images.<br />
Watch a fruit fly embryo develop and follow a<br />
dragonfly as it captures its prey, thanks to the<br />
latest developments in visualization techniques.<br />
Learn about the technology that lets<br />
researchers watch a heart grow, one vibrant<br />
cell at a time.<br />
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GO GREEN<br />
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Features<br />
cover story<br />
THE INDISPENSABLES<br />
12 The backbone of most labs, these quiet<br />
heroes do it all and then some.<br />
avant garde scientist<br />
18 With an outsider’s perspective,<br />
Leslie Vosshall has changed thinking<br />
about the meaning of olfaction—<br />
for humans and insects.<br />
THE FAT YOU CAN’T SEE<br />
24 In growing numbers of people, the liver<br />
holds a hidden, dangerous store of fat.<br />
Finding the triggers is step one.<br />
the view from here<br />
30 Unbounded creativity—and powerful<br />
computers—make possible the latest<br />
devices designed to peer into the<br />
deepest recesses of organs and cells.<br />
Departments<br />
PRESIDENT’S LETTER<br />
03 Stabilizing Forces<br />
CENTRIFUGE<br />
04 Good Stewards<br />
05 Undercover Triathlete<br />
06 Stepping into Sustainability<br />
UPFRONT<br />
08 Push and Pull<br />
10 Cancer’s Dead End<br />
PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS<br />
34 Connecting Cultures<br />
36 Q&A—What part of your job would<br />
people find the most surprising?<br />
CHRONICLE<br />
Science Education<br />
38 Teaching Genomics, Plainly<br />
<strong>Institute</strong> News<br />
40 HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges<br />
40 Fifty International Students Get<br />
Support from HHMI<br />
41 <strong>Medical</strong> Fellows Get a Chance to<br />
Try Research<br />
41 2012 Holiday Lectures on Science—<br />
Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future<br />
Lab Book<br />
42 The Yin and Yang of Plant Defense<br />
43 Like a Chinese Finger Trap<br />
44 Wiring the Brain<br />
Ask a Scientist<br />
45 Why do we develop distastes for<br />
certain foods?<br />
Nota Bene<br />
46 News of recent awards and other<br />
notable achievements<br />
OBSERVATIONS<br />
The Training Pipeline<br />
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