How Anesthesia Affects the Brain
Anesthesia is a critical component of any surgery, but its mechanism and effects remain largely unclear.
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Posts From Katherine Zhou
A Sorting Platform for Salmonella
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, Jorge Galán, has discovered a sorting platform essential to the ability of Salmonella to infect target cells, a finding that has potential implications in the development of antimicrobial pharmaceutical compounds.
Building Lungs on Scaffolding
Breathing is so effortless that we often take it for granted. However, our lungs are actually very delicate tissues with limited regeneration capacity. Upon lung failure, the only way to replace the tissue is by transplantation, yet this procedure is
Recognizing the Self: Mechanisms of Schizophrenia
What if you heard voices when there was no one there? What if the reality around you slowly disintegrated? According to collaborative research between Judith M. Ford and Daniel H. Mathalon, Adjunct Professors of Psychiatry, dysfunction of a critical brain
Mosquito Olfaction: Controlling the Transmission of Malaria
Mosquitoes are notorious for their bite, and more importantly, for their role in spreading human disease. The species Anopheles gambiae is especially pernicious, as it is the most important vector of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. A. gambiae finds humans primarily
Evolution of the Cerebral Cortex Makes Us Human
One year past Darwin’s bicentennial, Yale has often been in the news for research on evolution. Down at the Yale School of Medicine, however, researchers are at the forefront of another type of evolutionary research: the evolution of the human
Everyday Q&A: What causes rigor mortis?
Rigor mortis, the stiffening of a body several hours after death, arises from a combination of two of the oldest definitions of death – cessation of the heartbeat and cessation of breathing.
Bacterial Kayaking
Hür Köser, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, came across bacterial hydrodynamics when studying chemotaxis, or the way bacteria direct their motion in response to chemical signals.
Expanding the Genetic Code: Discovery of Two New Amino Acids
In high school biology classes, we learn that there are 20 amino acids. But in the past two decades, researchers have discovered two additional amino acids that are incorporated into natural genetic codes – selenocysteine (Sec) and pyrrolysine (Pyl).
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