Publications
Scientific publications
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Books
Mommy, can boys also be doctors?
A Message to Young Scientists and Other Humans (May 2025)
The book explores walking the tightrope of balancing the personal and professional. It frankly discusses the human struggle to deal with discrimination, depression, and loss. And it celebrates the joy of living a rich, fulfilling life. Letting go is liberating!
Homing Endonucleases and Inteins (Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology)
Marlene Belfort, Barry L. Stoddard, David W. Wood and Vicky Derbyshire (2005)
This book provides the first and only comprehensive description and detailed summary of the genetics, structure, function, mechanisms of action, evolution and engineering of homing endonucleases and inteins. These two unique protein superfamilies, which are tied together through their frequent fusion and coevolution, have generated considerable excitement for their fundamental, structural, and functional properties, their evolution as parasitic elements, and their widespread applications as gene targeting agents and as instruments for the generation of modified proteins and novel protein combinations.
RNA: Catalysis, Splicing, Evolution
Marlene Belfort and David Shub Eds (1989)
The conference on "RNA: Catalysis, Splicing, Evolution" brought together a unique assembly of scientific leaders in this currently very important field. Two participants of this Conference, Drs. T.R. Cech and S. Altman, were just awarded the 1989 Nobel prize in chemistry, which attests to the timeliness of this volume. The critical reviews authored by these two prominent scientists are included. Then there were two more Nobel Prizes awarded to participants, in 1993 to Phil Sharp and in 2017 to Michael Rosbash. For those scientists with roots in this field, who do not subscribe to GENE, this is an excellent opportunity to obtain a masterly collection of papers. All the original papers and reviews have undergone the rigorous peer review of the journal "Gene"