Metformin and Neurogenesis with Freda Miller. Freda Miller and colleagues from The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute give a guided tour of their work on metformin and neurogenesis, expandi...
Control of Glutamate Receptor Function in the Hippocampus
The hippocampus plays a pivotal role for learning and memory. In this video we show how two proteins—CKAMP44 and TARP gamma-8—that bind to AMPA receptors control information flow into the hippocampus....
Pericyte Control of Neurovascular Function - Pericytes are known to play a key role in the development of cerebral microcirculation but their function in the adult brain and during aging is not clear....
Scar in the Gut/ Cell, Oct. 8, 2015 (Vol. 163, Issue 2)
Scar in the Gut/ Cell, Oct. 8, 2015 (Vol. 163, Issue 2) - Yasmine Belkaid and her colleagues at NIH in their recent Cell paper show that a single episode of acute gut infection will cause an "imm...
Finding ESCRTs II and III - Markus Babst and David Katzmann talk about how the ESCRT project started and developed in the Emr lab, and where ESCRTs have gone from there....
Figure360: Trends in Plant Science, Weber et al., Figure 1
Figure360: Trends in Plant Science, Weber et al., Higher eukaryotes typically contain many different cell types, displaying different cellular functions that are influenced by biotic and abiotic cues....
Mantis shrimp tune their ultraviolet vision using biological sunscreens
Mantis shrimp tune the sensitivity of their ultraviolet photoreceptors using a unique application of filter pigments in the optical components in certain facets of their eyes. By combining four ultrav...
