Genetic Interaction

An ERC research project led by Prof. Michael Boutros (DKFZ and Heidelberg University) analyzes genetic interactions in living cells with high-thoughput technology such as robotics and automatic micros...

Prefrontal Cortex, Limbic System, and High Performance

Controlling habit formation is a key medical need and a desirable feature of thoughtful behavior when habits could be harmful. This video describes optogenetic manipulations that rendered rats impervi...

A Sticky Wicket: Opposing Functions of p120-Catenin in Development and Cancer

A Sticky Wicket: Opposing Functions of p120-Catenin in Development and Cancer - Albert Reynolds discusses how his group came to examine the role of p120-catenin in the mouse salivary gland and the imp...

Mighty Meiosis

Mighty Meiosis ...

Unraveling the Motions behind Enterovirus 71 Uncoating

Unraveling the Motions behind Enterovirus 71 Uncoating - YouTube...

RGS4: A New Target for PD Therapy?

Dysregulation of striatal plasticity contributes to the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Anatol Kreitzer and colleagues identify RGS4 as a key regulator of ......

Fighting Mosquito-Borne Infections

Fighting Mosquito-Borne Infections - Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a number of pathogens that cause human illness such as dengue fever and malaria. Watch and listen as Scott O'Neill and his colleag...

Protein Aggregation Up-Close/ Cell Sept. 21, 2017 (Vol. 171, No. 1)

Protein Aggregation Up-Close/ Cell Sept. 21, 2017 (Vol. 171, No. 1) ...

A Wearable Microscope for Visualization of Human Sarcomere Structure and Twitch Dynamics

A Wearable Microscope for Visualization of Human Sarcomere Structure and Twitch Dynamics - YouTube...

Shell-carrying octopus, part 2

Shell-carrying octopus, part 2 ...

Turning to the Light

Turning to the Light - In Arabidopsis, light induces the translocation of phytochrome photoreceptors from the cytoplasm to subnuclear compartment called phytochrome nuclear bodies. Watch and listen as...

The Good, the Bad and the Epigenetics

The Good, the Bad and the Epigenetics - Hank Stunnenberg and colleagues of Radboud University in the Netherlands profile the epigenetic landscapes of "good" and "bad" macrophages a...

Fly-catching eyeless cat

Fly-catching eyeless cat ...

Small neuronal Ensembles and Free Will

Small neuronal Ensembles and Free Will - Can the onset of free will in humans be predicted from the activity of small neuronal ensembles? By discovering that progressive neuronal activity begins befor...

Cornstarch and the Metaphase Spindle - More Related than You Might Expect

Cornstarch and the Metaphase Spindle - More Related than You Might Expect - Here Kapoor and colleagues explain how the metaphase spindle accommodates chromosomal movements without snapping apart; the...

Single Trajectory of 3 Interacting Molecules with Multiple Binding Sites

Single Trajectory of 3 Interacting Molecules with Multiple Binding Sites - YouTube...

Connections in a Cube/ Cell, July 30, 2015 (Vol. 162, Issue 3)

Connections in a Cube/ Cell, July 30, 2015 (Vol. 162, Issue 3) - YouTube...

Neuro In Silico/ Cell, Oct. 8, 2015 (Vol. 163, Issue 2)

Neuro In Silico/ Cell, Oct. 8, 2015 (Vol. 163, Issue 2) - Henry Markram and colleagues outline the building of a detailed digital reconstruction of a brain region and the features that emerge when the...

Membrane Protein Focalization/ Trends in Microbiology August 2016 (Vol. 24 Issue 8)

Membrane Protein Focalization/ Trends in Microbiology August 2016 (Vol. 24 Issue 8) - YouTube...

Structural transitions of a protein translocation motor

Structural transitions of a protein translocation motor - YouTube...