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Dr. Nathaniel Scholz leads a Northwest Fisheries Science Center team that isconducting groundbreaking research using the zebrafish as a biomedical model todetermine the developmental effects of contaminants. Using innovative techniques and state-of-the art DNA tools, Nat's team demonstrated for the first time that the heart was the major target for polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons. (Image credit: NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field)