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NOVEL HISTONE VARIANT SHAPING OLFACTORY NEURONS PUBLISHED IN ELIFE AT ITS OFFICIAL LAUNCH [DULAC LAB]

Catherine Dulac and Steve Santoro A hallmark of the mammalian nervous system is its capacity to undergo changes in function that are shaped by experience. This phenomenon underlies…

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NEW RESEARCH CENTER AIMS TO MAP BRAIN’S NERVE CIRCUITS IN SEARCH FOR CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Scientists in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Center for Brain Science (CBS) have launched a high-tech effort to map the brain’s “wiring diagram” and…

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SMELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM YOUR ENEMIES!

Unlike humans, most animals rely heavily on scents to collect information about their external environment, and in particular assess the friendly or not-so-friendly nature of encounters with other…

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DULAC AWARDED PERL/UNC NEUROSCIENCE PRIZE

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Catherine Dulac, PhD and Cori Bargmann, PhD as co-recipients of the 11th Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize. The Perl prize…

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PARENTAL CONFLICTS IN THE BRAIN

Christopher Gregg and Catherine Dulac Parents influence the brain development and the behavior of their offspring in extraordinary and varied ways that impact the success of their offspring…

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DULAC LAB: SMALL RNAS AND THE SENSE OF SMELL

Modern genetics textbooks highlight the concept of the ‘central dogma’ which states that DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) and that mRNA is subsequently translated into proteins. …

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FEMALE AND MALE MICE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS ARE JUST A SNIFF AWAY

Authors Jennings Xu, Catherine Dulac, and Tali Kimchi In rodents, as in most vertebrates, the social and sexual behaviors of males and females clearly differ. For example, female…

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