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Headshot of S. Thomas Carmichael in a lab coat smiles in a UCLA lab
Melanoma cell lines can harbor BRAF gene amplification (red signal) in two remarkably different modes, as extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) (left) and as an intrachromosomal homogeneously staining region (HSR) (right)
Marley Gaskins Collage
Illustration of Lili Yang, PhD Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Microscope image showing a human cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (green and purple).
Graphic representation of CRISPR-Cas9 repairing the mutation in the gene that causes sickle cell disease (shown in light blue).
Headshot of Brigitte Gomperts
Microscopic images showing heart tissue in mice (with cardiac muscle cells in red) after a heart attack. Untreated tissue (left) shows more DNA damage (green) than tissue that has been treated with an experimental drug (right).
Headshot of Irene Llorente on left; headshot of Arjun Deb on right