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,…
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…
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…
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…
First-author Florence Bareyre A tragic truth is that the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) has very limited ability to regenerate following injury. There is intense interest in trying…
To ensure reproductive success, animals have evolved sensory and behavioral strategies to identify suitable mating partners. A particularly widepread strategy among mammals is the release and the detection…
Development paper MCB authors Josh Sanes and Michael Fox The synapse is the heart of the nervous system, the site at which information is processed and passed between…
Jack Strominger A paper from the Strominger lab sheds interesting new light on the regulation of maturation of dendritic cells. (Santambrogio, L., et al., “Involvement of caspase cleaved…
Authors (left to right) Eugenie Shieh, Adam Castoreno, Larissa Jarzylo and Axel Nohturfft The ingredients of a human cell include about 100,000 different proteins, 500 kinds of fat,…
Authors Chad Cowan, Doug Melton and Kevin Eggan Most cells in our tissues have a limited ability to become other cell types in the body and therefore are…
