Sebastian Caliri
Sebastian Caliri
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Obama offers scientists hope for renewed stem cell research
On the night of Nov. 4, as Yale students saturated Old Campus with jubilant brass bands, tears of joy and outbursts of patriotic song to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election, scientists across campus may have been cracking open champagne bottles too.
Genetics professor studies proteins, wins big prizes
With his greying, Provost Salovey-like moustache, round tortoise glasses and small stature, Arthur Horwich does not fit the mold of a world-famous scientist.
The ‘Holy Grail’ of blood-vessel insight
Sitting in his office on the fourth floor of Kline Biology Tower, Craig Crews, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, explains his initial curiosity that led him to research at Yale. TNP-470, a small molecule of interest that seemed to prevent the growth of blood vasculature, had “been found in humans, but we had no idea how it worked — which surprised me. So in 1995 I began my Yale career examining that question.”