With the advent of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), a reproductive technology that involves testing of embryos at the cleavage stage, prospective parents now have greater control over their child’s genetic condition than ever before.
Environmental engineers at Yale’s School of Engineering and Applied Science are at the cutting edge in the development of sustainable and inexpensive water treatment technologies for use in both developed and developing countries.
Professor Michael Frame researches fractals, including those generated by iterated function systems, and brings his passion for them to the classroom, driven by the beauty of mathematical problem-solving.
Dr. Mary E. Tinetti, recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” is a prolific researcher-physician whose research has highlighted the risks of falls to the elderly and the benefits of simple preventative measures.
Professor Richard Prum, receipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, has combined fields as diverse as developmental biology and optical physics to study the evolution of feathers, providing a glimpse of the colors of long-extinct species.
A team of Yale physicists led by Professor Robert Schoelkopf have advanced the field of quantum computing by constructing the first solid-state quantum processor and using it to run a search algorithm.
Since 1988, Dr. John Krystal has taken schizophrenia research down a new path, discovering potential new antipsychotic therapies by investigating the brain’s glutamate release and response systems.
Melissa Chiasson, DC ’11, is taking advantage of the Yale Junior Term Abroad system to explore the Wet Tropics of Australia in the Rainforest, Reef, and Cultural Ecology program, part of the School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad Australia.
James “Jim” Baird, ES ’63, Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has spent his career exploring physics and its connections to chemistry.
Within the past decade alone, researchers in the growing field of systems biology have been able to employ previously unavailable computing strategies and hardware to begin answering fundamental questions, such as the nature of protein synthesis and fatty-acid metabolism.