Featured Story Fueling the Hummingbird’s Extreme Biology
Researchers from Johns Hopkins are studying hummingbird’s metabolism in hopes that their work could yield insights into what goes wrong in human diabetes and obesity.
Fundamentals October 2018
Stories on basic, fundamental research at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Sponsored by the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
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Articles in this Issue
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Caroline Vissers on Diversity in Science and Science Communication
Caroline Vissers is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins Medicine University School of Medicine. Her essay “Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade” won 3rd place in the Lasker Foundation Essay Contest.
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Image of the Month: From Tiny Cells to the Eye
Using color to represent different moments in time, researchers were able to study what genetic combinations are needed throughout development to build a mouse eye.
