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Portrait of Mina Bissell, a person with short, brown hair with gray bangs in front, wearing glasses. The 3D structure of the activated toxin seen in two views (rotated 180 degrees), overlaid on an image of mosquito larvae. A sample of the solar fuel tile material, made by atomic layer deposition at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) In the new technique, cells and proteins are attached to a substrate via a DNA “tether.” The researchers used the technique to pattern neural stem cells alongside important cellular signaling proteins to find out how these proteins influence the cells’ ultimate fates. Sabeeha Merchant Coffee with DNA in crema and foam Jill Banfield Stephen Brohawn

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