Peter Walter attended the Freie Universität Berlin, received his MS in Organic Chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1977, and his Ph.D. in Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University in 1981. In ...

My research interests revolve primarily around the use and development of genetical techniques to identify the molecular base of physiological responses in plants. Particular attention is given to ...

My research interests cover the processes for applying existing scientific knowledge to applications. Multi- and inter-disciplinary areas will be required and researches in these areas are urgently ...

John Valley is a geochemist recognized for his work on evolution of the Earth’s crust. He is particularly known for stable isotope studies of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks with ...

With my students I decipher the history and processes of deformation of the Earth's crust, using young and active regions like Taiwan and California as inspiration and data. On a planetary scale we ...

Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2016, she served as editor-in-chief of the Science journals. Prior to joining Science, she was director ...

My research is focused on theoretical astrophysics, in particular the dynamics of a wide range of astrophysical systems, including planetary rings, comets, planetary systems, galactic nuclei, galaxies ...

Alex Vilenkin is a physicist recognized for his work on the early universe cosmology. He is known particularly for his studies of topological defects, eternal cosmic inflation, quantum cosmology, and ...

Professor Jean Tirole is chairman of the Foundation J.J. Laffont-Toulouse School of Economics and founder of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Previously, he was Professor of Economics at ...

Gina Turrigiano is a professor in the Dept of Biology, the Volen Center for Complex Systems, and the Center for Behavioral Genomics at Brandeis University. She is a neuroscientist recognized for her ...

The goal of our research is to understand how and why our cells die through apoptosis and eventually use this knowledge to combat human diseases in which apoptosis becomes defective. These diseases ...

In 1984-1990, studies by my laboratory discovered the first degradation signals (N-degrons) in short-lived proteins; the singular biological significance of the ubiquitin system (until then, ubiquitin ...