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Doe Lab research
Drosophila pupal antenna stained for Prospero (red, glia), Elav (blue, neurons), and green background fluorscence to highlight the cuticular sensory structures. Photo by Laurina Manning, Doe lab. See Manning and Doe (1999) Development 126, 2063-2071

Recent IMB Research Publications

Nature Structural and Molecular BiologyHeterochromatin protein 1 forms distinct complexes to direct histone deacetylation and DNA methylation Nat Struct Mol Biol May 2012
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IMB News

Eric Selker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! Read more...

The 2011 IMB Newsletter is now available.

Hui Zong has been awarded the Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation

Chris Doe has been awarded the Medical Research Foundation Discovery Award

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