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Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
February 24, 2022
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A 3D digital model of a “minimal cell” leads scientists closer to understanding the barest requirements for life.

Photo of Anne Carpenter of the Broad Institute standing in front of a wall of colored microscopy images.
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Her Machine Learning Tools Pull Insights From Cell Images

By Esther Landhuis
November 2, 2021
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The computational biologist Anne Carpenter creates software that brings the power of machine learning to researchers seeking answers in mountains of cell images.

An illustration of a machine with two mechanical arms sorts cells by size into processing lines marked “Asymmetric Division” and “Symmetric Division.”
developmental biology

For Embryo’s Cells, Size Can Determine Fate

By Jordana Cepelewicz
August 12, 2019
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Modeling suggests that many embryonic cells commit to a developmental fate when they become too small to divide unevenly anymore.

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How Nature Defies Math in Keeping Ecosystems Stable

By Veronique Greenwood
September 26, 2018
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Paradoxically, the abundance of tight interactions among living species usually leads to disasters in ecological models. New analyses hint at how nature seemingly defies the math.

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Scientists Map the Genetic Steps as Eggs Become Animals

By Jordana Cepelewicz
April 26, 2018
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For the first time, researchers have traced the genetic programs that guide the development of each cell in early embryos. Surprisingly, even cells that start out different can end up the same.

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A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA

By Ariel Bleicher
April 20, 2017
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The computational biologist John Novembre uses our genetic code to rewrite the history of humanity.

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