By Dr. Douglas R. Waverly, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Yale University

Gregory J. Hannon passed away in April 2026 at the age of 61. A towering figure in modern molecular biology, Greg influenced remarkably diverse areas of science. His work reshaped our understanding of...

This Review discusses the promises and pitfalls of biological AI algorithms and presents a vision for generalist biological artificial intelligence, in which models can perform diverse tasks across bi...

The lack of oxygen at high altitudes triggers red blood cells to soak up more oxygen, reducing the risk of diabetes

Martí-Mateos et al. show that red blood cells explain improved glucose tolerance at high altitude. By manipulating red blood cell number, they determine that these cells are necessary and sufficient f...

“Before this backlash worsens, DEI advocates, the scientific community, universities, and federal agencies need to collectively call out the dangers of setting aside DEI and come up with robust ways t...

This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

A nutrigenomics framework identifies genetic diseases amenable to vitamin B2 and B3 therapies. This approach nominates vitamin B3 as a therapy for NAXD deficiency, a lethal neurodevelopmental disorder...

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In Memoriam: Bert W. O'Malley, M.D....

Modern genomics produces billions of sequencing records per run, which are typically stored as gzip-compressed FASTQ files. While this format is widely used, it is not optimal for high-throughput proc...