http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag-inv.gif http://tech.mit.edu/ Recent photos and graphics from The Tech /V130/N11/graphics/lieberman-4.html <b>Equilibrium globule model<br /></b>The “equilibrium globule” is an older model that describes how the genome might exist in three-dimensions. Unlike in the “fractal globule” model, here individual strands are highly entangled and regions nearby along the chain are far apart in 3-D. In this image, nearby regions on a chain of DNA are indicated using similar colors. /V130/N11/graphics/lieberman-3.html <b>Fractal globule model <br /></b>Lieberman-Aiden’s new technique for creating 3-D genomic maps (Hi-C), gave him evidence him to theorize that the structure of the human genome forms a “fractal globule.” Here the genome forms super-dense, knot-free “globules of globules of globules,” which allows for regions in 1-D to also occur nearby in 3-D. Nearby regions are indicated using similar colors. /V130/N11/graphics/militaryball.html Elise Hens <b>Members of ROTC are pictured at the Joint Forces ROTC Ball on Friday.</b> The event brought together MIT students from all four of the ROTC military services as well as other students from schools without ROTC programs. /V130/N11/graphics/lieberman-2.html Lenoid A. Mirny and Erez Lieberman-Aiden <b>Peano curves<br /></b>Discovered by Giuseppe Peano in 1890, Peano curves are a class of one-dimensional space-filling curves that densely fill higher dimensional space. Liberman-Aiden, winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, recently published a 3-D map of the genome that suggests long stretches of DNA fold into Peano-curve–like structures. /V130/N11/graphics/wilson.html WCVB-TV <b>Geoffrey V. Wilson ’02, current Media Lab employee, has been charged</b> with the first-degree murder of his six-month-old son. Wilson, 31, is an MIT alumnus and an administrator at the Media Lab. /V130/N11/graphics/uadebate.html Greg SteinBrecher—The Tech <b>The candidates for UA president and vice president participate in a debate</b> in the student center on Sunday. Electronic voting will begin next Tuesday and end next Thursday; paper balloting will occur next Friday. For a video of the full debate, see http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N11/uadebate/video.html /V130/N11/graphics/energy.html Courtesy of the MIT Energy Conference <b>At the </b><b>M</b><b>I</b><b>T</b><b> Energy Conference on Saturday, United States Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) speaks </b>about the steps that the U.S. must take to achieve energy independence. The annual student-run conference focuses on technology- and policy-based solutions to global energy problems. /V130/N11/graphics/lieberman-1.html Lemelson-Mit Program <b>Erez Lieberman-Aiden G </b>invented a way to find out how the genome folds. /V130/N11/graphics/surferblood.html Peter H. Rigano <b>John Paul Pitts, vocalist and guitarist for Surfer Blood,</b> performs in Rhode Island on Wednesday. Surfer Blood is a indie and pop band from West Palm Beach, Florida. /V130/N11/graphics/wtennis.html David Chen—The Tech <b>Hillary E. Jenny ’12</b> <b>gets ready for a forehand</b> during the women’s tennis match in the J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble on Saturday morning. The Engineers lost 8-1 against New York University. /V130/N11/graphics/cube.html Meng Heng Touch—The Tech <b>Andy Tsao ’13 competes in the final round</b> of the 3x3 Rubik’s Cube competition in the student center on Saturday. Patricia Li ’13 averaged the second fastest time ever by a female competitor in the 3x3 competition. /V130/N11/graphics/ciuffo.html