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The 2015-2017 picture for Northwestern University Department of Molecular Biosciences is a 27-PI network with 13 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (53% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (38% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms as the leading topic (6% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Michael C. Jewett (18.8 weighted works; RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering); Neil L. Kelleher (17.9 weighted works; Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies). The clearest collaboration lines are Neil L. Kelleher and Regan J. Thomson (5 shared works, weight 2.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 5, around Molecular Biology, Aging, Cell Biology, led by John F. Marko, Thomas V. O’Halloran, Andreas Matouschek.