Contributors
Alexandra Taylor
Articles by Alexandra Taylor
Journal News
JBC: Probing beneath the surface
April 1, 2016
The story behind the classic Journal of Biological Chemistry article that showed the glycoprotein O-linked N-acetylglucosamine in the cytosol and nucleus of the cell.
Education
Blockbuster bio
April 1, 2016
Students learn to make science accessible through video production.
Award
Nobel laureate Sancar regarded as an essential figure in DNA repair
March 1, 2016
Aziz Sancar at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, a 2015 Nobel prize winner, won the ASBMB's 2016 Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science for his contributions to the field of DNA repair.
Feature
Giving parasites their due
March 1, 2016
C.C. Wang introduced biochemical methods to parasitology, effectively modernizing the field and helping to bring about important antiparasitic drugs.
Art
Budding artist
Feb. 1, 2016
An installation artist melds natural and artificial processes in her living pieces and strives to bring the arts and sciences closer together.
Feature
Guardians of the genome
Dec. 1, 2015
Alexandra Taylor spoke with the winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, and Aziz Sancar.
Feature
Combating parasitic diseases
Dec. 1, 2015
Satoshi Omura won part of the Nobel prize in medicine for his work on ivermectin, which is used to treat river blindness and elephantitis.