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HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010	Vicki Chandler: Plants Contribute Basic Biological Lessons to Science" Vicki Chandler's research on how plants regulate their genes may ultimately inform studies of human diseases. She's leading the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's partnership with HHMI to support more of this kind of fundamental plant science.
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