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Side-by-side vials show a fluorescent molecule released from a mechanophore activated by ultrasound.
September 19, 2023
Drug Delivery Platform Uses Sound for Targeting
Maxwell Robb and Mikhail Shapiro have developed a system that allows drug molecules to be activated in specific locations through the use of ultrasound.
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July 28, 2023
Team Identifies Genes for Asexual Reproduction in Fruit Flies
Researchers genetically engineer the laboratory fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to reproduce asexually for the first time.
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CPA Postdoc L(a)unch – September 22

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September 29, 2023 5:00 pm

Chen Institute Annual BBQ 2023

Chen Upper Zen Garden
October 13, 2023 12:00 pm

Green Labs October 2023 Meeting

October 18, 2023 7:30 pm

Watson Lecture - The Chemistry of Everything: Uncovering New Treatments in the Natural World

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Hosea Nelson (PhD '13), Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
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Gia Voeltz, Professor, HHMI Investigator, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder,
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Gates Annex B122
Alwin Köhler, Professor of Molecular Biology, Center for Molecular Biology, University of Vienna,

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