Liam Redgrave, Sam Sutton, Mark Webber, and Laura Piddock discuss bacterial resistance to fluoroquinolones. They explore how fluoroquinolones target bacterial type II topoisomerases to interfere with ...
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...
A 3D Map of the Human Genome - Suhas Rao and Miriam Huntley (of the Aiden Lab) describe a 3D map of the human genome at kilobase resolution, revealing the principles of chromatin looping. Guest Origam...
Gendered Innovations in Science, Health, and Medicine
Gendered Innovations in Science, Health, and Medicine - Londa Schiebinger speaks about “Gendered Innovations in Science, Health, and Medicine” at the Cell Press/AWIS LabLinks meeting on The Gender of ...
Caveolae Are Stress Sinks for Membranes - Latin for "little caves," caveolae are small folds in the plasma membrane associated with endocytosis.
Now Christophe Lamaze and colleagues outline...
Fear Signals from Predators - Mice exhibit fear behavior towards predators, or simply predator odors, even without prior exposure to these predators. Watch and listen as Lisa Stowers and Fabio Papes t...
Andy Dillin and colleagues show that, in the nematode worm C. elegans, activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) regulator XBP-1 in neurons produces a signal that stimulates UPR in intestinal ...