Cell-cell communication in the flower is unlocked Familiarity breeds contempt. Nonfamiliarity produces seed. Now Cornell University's biologists have solved one more piece of the puzzle of how plants' self-incompatibility works on the molecular level. The day will come when people will be screened for hundreds of diseases through a simple blood test if the vision of the newest faculty recruit under the Strategic Plan for Research at Weill Cornell Medical College is fulfilled. I see it as the study of all the proteins in a cell, or in blood, or in some other biological sample.
Proteins are the mediators of all biological functions.
Proteins are responsible for metabolism, for growth, for the differentiation of cells, for the way cells communicate with other cells. Clarke, who also was the primary administrator for the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel at Penn State, was named director effective July 9 of this year, said Susan H. Murphy, Cornell University vice president for student and academic services. Sacks, whose engaging literary voice is an artful blend of hard science and profound human feeling, will participate in a Knight freshman writing seminar in which his book on deafness, Seeing Voices , is required reading. He will discuss monsters in Greek mythology in a classics course and also participate in cognitive neuroscience and clinical neurobiology classes. In addition, Sacks will visit plant science and veterinary college laboratories while on campus.