Jan/Feb 2012 • BiologyFEATURESReading Tea Leaves • Do you know what's in your tea? iGEM (PDF) • Synthetic biology, brick by brick Young Biologists, Big Discoveries • Snapshots of prize-winning high school biology research projects My Journey to the International Biology Olympiad (PDF)• Rebecca Shi on making Team USA, winning a gold medal, and more Lab Notes • Four Summers as a CTY Center Scholar Macro Menagerie • Igor Siwanowicz lets bugs show their true colors My Summer at SIMR • The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Research Program The World on Stage • Celebrating cultural diversity on International Night Lessons from Chess (PDF) • Sharing the love of the game DEPARTMENTS Big Picture In My Own Words (PDF) • Nobel Laureate Carol Greider Selected Opportunities & Resources Off the Shelf Word Wise Exploring Career Options • Interview with wildlife biologist Brian Gratwicke One Step Ahead • Tips for a happy, healthy freshman year Planning Ahead for College • How one admissions officers reads college applications Students Review • Cornell University Creative Minds Imagine • 2012 essay contest winners Mark Your Calendar Knossos Games |