Niels Bradshaw (l) and Rich Losick An important question in biology is how genetically identical cells activate different sets of genes. This is particularly perplexing for cells that…
(l to r) Nao Uchida, Sachie K Ogawa, William Menegas, Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida and Yoh Isogai Dopamine, originally referred to as a pleasure molecule, is now one of the…
Joshua Sanes (l) and Dimitar Kostadinov The dendritic processes of neurons form elaborate branched arbors that are stereotyped among neurons of a specific type but differ markedly among…
Anders Sejr Hansen To survive, cells must monitor their environments and elicit appropriate and timely responses to external stresses such as nutrient deprivation. In general, cells achieve this…
(l) Andres Leschziner and Michael Cianfrocco Structural biology is currently undergoing a revolution: single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has recently realized its potential for routinely determining the structures of…
(l to r) Jeff Farrell, Alex Schier, and Julien Dubrulle While most cells in the body have the same DNA, and thus the same set of genes, cells…
(l to r) Mackenzie Amoroso, Jeremiah Cohen, and Nao Uchida Serotonin is one of the most widespread and mysterious neurotransmitters in the brain. It has been proposed to…
(l to r) Kat Toropova, Andres Leschziner,Sam Reck-Peterson, Sirui Zou and (front row) Locksley Cytoskeletal motors are molecular machines that “walk” along the filaments that provide structural support…
Erin O’Shea and Shankar Mukherji Cells are kind of like little people. Just like we have organs like our heart, lungs and brain that are responsible for core…
Catherine Dulac and Joe Bergan An animal's survival depends critically on its ability to identify friends and foes in its environment and respond to each with suitable behaviors.…
