![RNA backbone](https://biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/stmv_cover_version2_compressed_0.jpg?itok=rvHcSFnL)
Yingying Zeng, a graduate student in the School of Biology, is the lead author on a new paper that describes the complete structure of satellite tobacco mosaic virus (STMV).
![Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez](https://biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/natasha_deleon_0.jpg?itok=0yvJlmBV)
Most of us gaze in wonder at how clouds of all different shapes and sizes form and vaporize across the beautiful October Atlanta sky. Few of us think about bacteria playing a role in this process.
![IGEM2012](https://biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/igem_team_copy_0.jpg?itok=Du0A1pei)
Earlier this month a team of undergraduates brought home a silver medal in the 2012 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.
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New Georgia Tech research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they search for and treat cancerous cells before they’re able to spread.