A young scientist scores another first
Following up on groundbreaking work of 2006, Yale structural biologist’s team strikes again, cracking enzyme akin to an Alzheimer’s culprit
“This is the material that’s not in the biochemistry textbooks yet,” says Ya Ha, Ph.D. “This is preliminary work, but it’s still a breakthrough.”The work in question is Ha’s research team’s recent determination of the atomic structure (known in the trade as “solving” the structure) of FlaK, an enzyme found in an evolutionarily ancient microorganism native to the salt marshes of the southeastern U.S. It may seem improbable that knowing a tiny piece of this tiny creature in such intimate detail...
Couple’s passion for the arts inspires unique scholarship fund
Having majored in philosophy and history as an undergraduate at Trinity College, in Hartford, Conn., David Leof, M.D.,...
Innate immunity pioneer receives international prize
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology, is one of three scientists awarded the...
A crash course in real-world research
The School of Medicine’s summer internships immerse high school students in research projects and take science education beyond the classroom
Study finds key player in polycystic diseases of both kidney and liver
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, is an...
A surgeon’s rare skills heal a man in need
While still in high school in Haiti in 2001, Norbert Tibeau began having severe headaches, but it would be seven years...
Must kicking the tobacco habit cause weight gain?
Yale scientists have thrown new light on an ugly truth about smoking: though cigarettes can kill you, most smokers are...
To fully fathom the brain we can’t forget the body, says neuroendocrinologist
Advances
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May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
(From left) Westin Amberge, Sumayya Ahmad, Elie Balesh,Isaac Benowitz,Larissa Chiulli, Jessica Crawford, Nicole Cabbad, and Noah Capursomarched in the annual Commencement procession.
May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
Bibhav Acharyareceived the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, which honors a graduating student who demonstrates the highest standard of compassion and sensitivity in his or her interaction with patients.
May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
L.J. McIntosh.
May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
Bridget Hopewell, Nina Ni, Lauren Hackney, and Maya Hasan.
May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
John N. Forrest Jr., M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Office of Student Research; Matthew Hornick(in background); and Irwin M. Braverman, M.D., professor of dermatology.
May 23, 2011Members of the Class of 2011 marked the beginning of their careers as physicians at this year’s Commencementceremonies. Of the 100 students in the class, 76 chose to spend a fifth year at the School of Medicine; those graduating this year were joined by students from the previous year who had taken a fifth year, as well as three students in the M.D./Ph.D. Program.
Benjamin Goldberg, who will begin a psychiatry residency at the University of California-San Francisco, with family members.
June 3, 2011Reunion Weekendbrought more than 300 alumni and guests to the School of Medicine.
Richard Silverman, director of admissions (second from right), led a tour of the medical campus, including the Healing Garden on the seventh floor of Smilow Cancer Hospital.
June 3, 2011Reunion Weekendbrought more than 300 alumni and guests to the School of Medicine.
Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D., (right) chats with Christine Duranceau, M.D. ’81, class social chair; Christine Walsh, M.D. ’73, incoming president of the Association of Yale Alumni in Medicine; and her husband, Sean Walsh, at a leadership reception.
June 27, 2011Delegations from Yale and University College London (UCL) met with government leaders at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to raise awareness of the Yale-UCL Collaborative, a transatlantic clinical and research partnership created in 2009.
George Freeman, M.P. (left), the member of Parliament who hosted the event, chats withJames E. Rothman, Ph.D., the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences and chair of the Department of Cell Biology.
June 27, 2011Delegations from Yale and University College London (UCL) met with government leaders at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to raise awareness of the Yale-UCL Collaborative, a transatlantic clinical and research partnership created in 2009.
(From left) Mark Marsh, Ph.D., director of UCL’s Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology; Rothman; John Martin, M.D., professor of cardiovascular medicine at UCL and co-director of the Yale-UCL Collaborative;Sir John Tooke, M.D., vice provost (health) of UCL, head of the UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences, and head of the UCL Medical School; Robert J. Alpern, M.D., dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine; Michael Simons, M.D., the Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, and co-director of the Yale-UCL Collaborative; andMichael Worton, Ph.D., vice provost (academic and international) of UCL.
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