A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

Marcus Stensmyr and colleagues explain how they discovered a brain circuit that signals disgust to rotten food in fruit flies, helping the flies to sniff out and avoid harmful environments....

NBLAST: Comparing and Clustering Neurons

NBLAST: Comparing and Clustering Neurons - YouTube...

Biology behind seed dispersal by explosion

Biology behind seed dispersal by explosion/ Cell June 2, 2016 (166/1) - YouTube...

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The decades worth of data that has been collected about the billions of neurons in the brain is astounding. To help scientists make sense of this "brain big data," researchers at Carnegie Me...

Local Translation Regulates Trigeminal Patterning

Local Translation Regulates Trigeminal Patterning - Retrograde signaling mechanisms contribute to the specification of neuronal identity via regulation of gene transcription in the developing nervous ...

Women in Science Summit 2016 Recap | California Academy of Sciences

Women in Science Summit 2016 Recap | California Academy of Sciences - YouTube...

Endophilin beyond Endocytosis

Endophilin beyond Endocytosis - Endophilin A1 is known to play a role in the endocytosis of synaptic vesicles. Now, Christian Rosenmund and colleagues find that it contributes to synaptic vesicle exoc...

A nitrate sensor for plants

A nitrate sensor for plants - Sensing changes in soil ion concentration is essential for plants to survive and to sustain maximal growth. Ion sensors had not been identified in higher plants, but now ...

Human Mutation - Marika L. Osterbur

Human Mutation - Marika L. Osterbur - YouTube...

Causal Role of Theta Oscillations in Auditory Working Memory

Causal Role of Theta Oscillations in Auditory Working Memory. This study shows that driving brain oscillations with rhythmic stimulation can specifically improve auditory working memory performance an...

Fungi share genes

Fungi share genes - In addition to inheritance, species can acquire genes through a process called horizontal gene transfer in which DNA is transferred between separate lineages. In this video abstrac...

Figure360: Trends in Plant Science, Longin and Würschum, Figure 1

Figure360: Trends in Plant Science, Longin and Würschum, Figure 1 - YouTube...

Learning How to Fear / Cell, May 31, 2018 (Vol. 173, Issue 6)

(1) Learning How to Fear / Cell, April 6, 2017 (Vol. 173, Issue 6) ...

Mitochondria Let Loose

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New Model for Autism Treatment

New Model for Autism Treatment - Daniel Geschwind and Olga Penagarikano unveil a mouse model with striking similarities to human autism, providing a promising test platform for future therapies....

Human Mutation - Niklas Dahl and Joakim Klar

Human Mutation - Niklas Dahl and Joakim Klar - YouTube...

Crohn's Disease Gene Nod2 Regulates Intestinal Microbiota

Ken Cadwell and colleagues demonstrate that the bacterial sensor Nod2 prevents intestinal inflammation by regulating the intestinal microbiota, particularly the expansion of Bacteroides vulgatus, a co...

p53's Hit Men

p53's Hit Men - p53 both activates and represses gene expression to defend against tumorigenesis. Watch and listen as John Rinn takes you on a brief, personally guided tour of his lab's findings that ...

How Does a Small Robber Fly See and Catch Its Prey?/ Curr. Biol., Mar. 9, 2017 (Vol. 27, Issue 6)

How Does a Small Robber Fly See and Catch Its Prey?/ Curr. Biol., Mar. 9, 2017 (Vol. 27, Issue 6). The miniature robber fly Holcocephala fusca hunts smaller insects. Sam Fabian (Fly Systems Laboratory...

Probing Cell Adhesion Profiles with a Microscale Adhesive Choice Assay

Probing Cell Adhesion Profiles with a Microscale Adhesive Choice Assay ...