A functional biological clock has three components: input from the outside world to set the clock, the timekeeping mechanism itself, and genetic machinery that allows the clock to regulate expression of a variety of genes. — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
Cryptochrome harnesses the energy of incoming blue light, but other molecules are probably needed to absorb light of other colors. — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
It is very unlikely that the genetics of homosexuality will ever devolve to a single factor in humans with such major effects as it… — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV… — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
A functional biological clock has three components: input from the outside world to set the clock, the timekeeping mechanism itself, and genetic machinery that… — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
In any complex organism, brain formation and function must be controlled in part by genes. — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
People used to think that biological clocks were not only mysterious, they were seen almost as miracles. This is no longer the case. — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
What props up biological research, at least in the vaunted U.S. of A., involves a situation so deeply imbued with entitlement mentality that it… — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
Brandeis is so fast and loose and informal, I didn't have any problem offering a history course as a biologist. The barriers would be… — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
The question is not whether but how do the actions of a given gene influence some interesting aspect of behavior. — Jeffrey C. Hall Copy Share Image
