April 05, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Scientists ponder sequence of genes
Last week, some of the best minds that wrestle with the problem of making sense of the human genome met at Harvard University to find some answers to the question, "What's next?"

John E. Dowling receives Gund Award
Dowling, the Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard University, was recently awarded the prestigious Llura Liggett Gund Award from The Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Making sense of the "map" Eric Lander of the Whitehead Institute at M.I.T. compares the present state of the human genome to a list of parts for a Boeing 777. "Having a list of 100,000 parts doesn't tell you how to put it together or how it flies." Full story

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