Norbert Perrimon

Amy Wagers, Richard Lee, and Norbert Perrimon receive National Institutes of Health Director’s awards for innovative research Three scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have been honored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director...

Like humans, fruit flies are diurnal animals. They wake at dawn, eat what they can find, and sleep at dusk. This twenty-four-hour routine, called a circadian rhythm, is controlled by the sun’s light-dark cycle. The clock is set so a fly, or human, is...