August 2000: BIOTECHNOLOGY

Tip Sheets, mailed nationally as the "News and Ideas" guide to research developments in science, technology, management, architecture, and humanities and social sciences at Rensselaer. For details or photos, contact Marketing & Media Relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, (518) 276-6532, or e-mail Ellen Katzman, katzme@rpi.edu .

CONTENTS

PRODUCT RESEARCH:
New robot detects cell damage

TOP RESEARCHERS:
Two stars form new constellation

GENETIC RESEARCH:
Biochip to determine genetic functions

PROTEIN SEPARATION:
Taking a genetic approach