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Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at California Institiute of Technology

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Chan and Elowitz Named to Great Britain's Royal Society

The theoretical chemist and bioengineer join the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence

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Single Tissue Snapshot Reveals Biological Processes Unfolding Over Time

Long Cai and collaborators showed that a single tissue image can reveal how cells coordinate over weeks of development, uncovering an intrinsic clock in the support cells that help organize this...

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Scanning the Body with Sound

Caltech researchers have developed a system that can perform deep ultrasound imaging on whole cross-sections of the human body.

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Simple New System Keeps Microscopes in Focus Automatically

The new autofocus technique could eliminate much of the labor involved in high-throughput microscopy

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How Melatonin Promotes Sleep

New research in zebrafish suggests that melatonin links circadian rhythms to sleep by suppressing the brain's responses to visual stimuli.

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AI Algorithm Enables Biological Imaging Breakthroughs

From identifying cancer cells to tracking the behavior of bacteria, a new algorithm helps make sense of volumes of biological imaging data

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Imagine That: Brain Uses Neurons from Vision System When Forming Mental Imagery

Researchers have found that when you recall and visualize something you have seen before—a key component of long-term memory—neurons in your visual system reactivate in a manner consistent with...

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Courting the Competition: Some Male Fruit Flies Serenade Each Other Rather Than Fight

Caltech researchers have pinpointed evolutionary changes in a species of fruit flies that promote male-male courtship behaviors, not aggression, when the insects are vying for resources.

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Drought Leads to Increased Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes in Soils

Drought directly correlates with increased antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals.

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Just the Right Amount: Microbial Nutrients Drive Success and Failure of Antibiotics - Biology and Biological Engineering bbe.caltech.edu/news/just-th…

Just the Right Amount: Microbial Nutrients Drive Success and Failure of Antibiotics

New findings provide framework for developing novel medications and addressing antibiotic resistance

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Beetles Go Stealth Mode to Infiltrate Ant Societies

Discovery of a beetle with a biological stealth mechanism unlocks how symbiotic relationships evolve

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Invention of DNA "Page Numbers" Opens Up Vast Possibilities for the Bioeconomy

A major technological advance in DNA writing enables researchers to construct and create in the language of biology

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Happy Holidays from BBE! This wraps up the newsletters for 2025, see you next year! mailchi.mp/caltech/bbe-newsl…
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