“You can always learn more”: An unquenchable thirst for discovery guides Joe Li’s pursuit of cutting-edge light-sheet microscopy.
Author: Morgridge Institute for Research
Rising Sparks: Odette Herrand, regenerative biology
Odette Herrand is drawn to the inherent creativity involved in answering complex scientific questions, which they use to study fertility in the fruit fly.
Pounding out the dents: Westphall’s career solved problems, advanced discovery
Mike Westphall, a distinguished scientist in the Josh Coon Lab, will retire this month after a legacy of developing cool tools in the name of scientific discovery.
Rising Sparks: Peter Ducos, structural biology
Peter Ducos leans on his military training to solve complex problems and collaborate with other scientists by exploring molecular structures in exquisite detail.
Soft-landing methods to simplify structural biology
The journal Nature profiled a novel technology developed in the Josh Coon Lab to link two technologies — mass spectrometry and cryo-EM — to better image complex protein structures.