In a project jointly led by the Kunes and Engert laboratories, co-first authors Caroline Wee, Erin Song, and Maxim Nikitchenko used the larval zebrafish to take a deep…
Tag: Publication
Who is Watching the Watchman on Yeast Peroxisome? [Denic Lab]
In a new paper published in eLife, my colleagues in the Denic Lab and I investigated how budding yeast (S. cerevisiae) breaks down damaged peroxisome organelles through a…
Kleckner Lab Investigates the Mechanism of Sister Chromatid Separation: How Bridges Between Sisters Ensure Smooth Separation
Researchers from the Kleckner Lab, in collaboration with researchers at CNRS in France and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have found evidence that microscopic “inter-axis bridges,” which form…
How the Flagellar Motor Signals a Surface Encounter [Berg Lab]
Last week, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) (PDF) posted a paper co-authored by the late MCB professor Howard Berg and myself, a research associate in…
Meselson Lab Publishes Evidence of Sexual Reproduction in Bdelloid Rotifers
Why most eukaryotes reproduce sexually has long been a major problem in evolutionary biology. After all, by not having to produce males, species that reproduce parthenogenetically should have…
Why Zebrafish Can’t Tickle Themselves
Any sensory experience in any animal species can originate from either an event in the outside world, such as a predator approaching, or from a stimulus generated by…
Can the Physics of Bubbles Help Us Understand Microbial Antagonism? [Murray and Nelson Labs]
A recent collaboration between the Murray Lab and the Nelson Lab found that microbial antagonism can mirror the formation and dissipation of beer bubbles. The study, led by…
Who Gets to Decide How Cells Evolve?
Evolutionary adaptation is the process by which organisms change or acquire features over time in response to new challenges. The ability of organisms to adapt is remarkable and…
How Zebrafish Use “Simple Hacks” to Swim in a School
Schools of zebrafish move in complex patterns, but individual zebrafish use simple visual cues to decide where to swim, according to a new Nature Communications paper from the…
