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MICRORNAS AND NODAL SIGNALING

Authors Wen-Yee Choi, Antonio Giraldez (on screen), and Alex Schier MicroRNAs are small RNAs that bind to specific mRNAs and inhibit their translation. Hundreds of microRNAs are thought…

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A NEW FUNCTION AND MECHANISM FOR MICRORNAS

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,…

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NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS: INSIGHTS FROM ZEBRAFISH

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…

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ALEX SCHIER’S ZEBRAFISH OFFER VIEW INTO DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR

Alex Schier They’re the first fish kids kill. But they’re a godsend to a developmental geneticist like Alex Schier, a new Professor in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and…

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ALEX SCHIER TO JOIN MCB FACULTY

We are very pleased to announce that Alex Schier has agreed to join our Department in the summer of 2005 as Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Alex…

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