DNA Damage and Mutagenesis Text effort led by Graham Walker Over the past five years Graham Walker has been working in a collaborative effort to revise a text book covering the field of DNA damage and mutagenesis. Errol C. Frieberg, Graham Walker, Wolfram Siede, Richard Wood, Roger Schultz, and Tom Ellenberger completed the book and revisions in the Winter of 2004, and the text should soon be available for purchase through ASM press. About the Authors

Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition Effort led by Claudette Gardel Claudette Gardel, Melissa Kosinski-Collins, Julia Khodor, and Melanie Berkmen were recently asked to serve as reviewers for the eighth edition of the introductory biology book LIFE: The Science of Biology authored by Purves, Sadava, Orians, Heller, and Hillis published by Sinauer Associates. The text serves as the principal resource for 7.012, 7.013, and 7.014 classes at MIT.