First author of this paper, Antonia Holway One of the 10 biological commandments is "Thou shall keep thy genome stable!" One way that proliferating cells accomplish this is…
From L to R: award recipients Shovon Ashraf, Gavin MacBeath, Craig Ellermaier, Mervyn Turner (Merck Senior Vice-President for Worldwide Licensing & External Research), In-Jung Kim, Peter Girguis, Stefanie…
Left to right: Ray Erikson, Ming Lei and Xiaoqi Liu A new study from the Erikson lab by Xiaoqi Liu and Ming Lei (just appearing in Molecular and…
MicroRNAs are small RNAs that bind and repress target mRNAs. The first microRNA was discovered by Victor Ambros and colleagues in Harvard’s Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology,…
Axel Nohturfft To understand Axel Nohturfft’s fascination with cell membranes, think of a time billions of years ago, when life first flickered in a primordial soup, bubbling on…
Authors Errett Hobbs (left) and Craig Ellermeier In this week’s Cell, Craig Ellermeier, Errett Hobbs, Eduardo Gonzalez and Rich Losick report the discovery of an unusually simple system…
Anyone who’s ever taken a freshman biology course in college knows the ordinary routine: a big textbook, a big class, and lots of facts to memorize before exams.…
Zebrafish notochord scatter-labeled with red and green fluorescent proteins Author Brian Ciruna In this week’s Nature, Brian Ciruna, Alex Schier and colleagues reveal how a major cellular signaling…
Calyx of the mushroom body, Drosophila brain[click for full size and description] Authors Sam Kunes and Shovon Ashraf One of the remaining mysteries of neuroscience is how memories…