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Raven Watson
Coming to graduate school, I wanted the opportunity to continue exploring my research interests. GGSB was the perfect fit for me because of the flexibility it allows. With so many faculty to choose from across different departments, I feel completely free to engage with interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the UChicago community is so welcoming and supportive! I genuinely feel that everyone wants me to succeed.
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Disease embeddings group different conditions by type and plot them in two-dimensional space to show how closely they are related to one another.
University of Chicago scientist Chuan He found evidence that RNA itself modulates how DNA is transcribed—using a chemical process that is increasingly apparent to be vital to biology.
A transgenic C.elegans worm, where the motor neurons are labeled with two fluorescent reporters (green and red). Motor neurons are located on the under side of the worm, positioned one after the other, and appear as green and red dots. The top three panels are fluorescent images, and the bottom panel shows the actual animal together with the fluorescently labeled motor neurons.
Adult rhesus macaque monkeys' previous status in their community's social hierarchy has a lingering effect on how their genes behave.
Some cod species have a newly minted gene involved in preventing freezing.
A macrophage (in white) engulfs a cancer cell. When these immune cells respond to infection or tumors, they produce a substance call lactate, which can actually fuel cancer growth.
