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Merve Suzan Zeden: Microscopic Bacteria, Big Impact
Dr. Merve S. Zeden is a microbiologist specializing in the study of how Staphylococcus aureus responds to antibiotics and environmental stressors. During her PhD, Dr. Zeden investigated cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP), a signaling molecule present in many bacterial species and thought to contribute to cell survival. Dr. Zeden discovered the mechanism by which c-di-AMP is essential…
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Carla Shatz: “Cells that fire together wire together” said Carla, not Hebb
When Dr. Carla Shatz coined the phrase “cells that fire together, wire together,” in a 1992 Scientific American article, she synthesized the Hebbian Theory that the timing and placement of electrochemical signals between neurons in the developing brain determine which synaptic connections survive and which die out. Overall, her research has illuminated the early workings…
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