Leung Lab Blog

Zebrafish

1. Knopf F, Schnabel K, Haase C, Pfeifer K, Anastassiadis K, Weidinger G. Dually inducible TetON systems for tissue-specific conditional gene expression in zebrafish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Nov 16;107(46):19933-19938. Epub 2010 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 21041642.
2. Connaughton VP. Bipolar cells in the zebrafish retina. Vis Neurosci. 2010 Nov 16:1-17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21080977.
3. Arrenberg AB, Stainier DY, Baier H, Huisken J. Optogenetic control of cardiac function. Science. 2010 Nov 12;330(6006):971-4. PubMed PMID: 21071670.

Neuroscience

1. Yehuda R, Joëls M, Morris RG. The memory paradox. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010 Dec;11(12):837-839. PubMed PMID: 21088685.
2. Del Bene F, Wyart C, Robles E, Tran A, Looger L, Scott EK, Isacoff EY, Baier H. Filtering of visual information in the tectum by an identified neural circuit. Science. 2010 Oct 29;330(6004):669-73. PubMed PMID: 21030657.

Medicine

1. D’Amato G, Liccardi G, Cecchi L, Pellegrino F, D’Amato M. Facebook: a new trigger for asthma? Lancet. 2010 Nov 20;376(9754):1740. PubMed PMID: 21093651.

Eye & Disease

1. Parapuram SK, Cojocaru RI, Chang JR, Khanna R, Brooks M, Othman M, Zareparsi S, Khan NW, Gotoh N, Cogliati T, Swaroop A. Distinct signature of altered homeostasis in aging rod photoreceptors: implications for retinal diseases. PLoS One. 2010 Nov 8;5(11):e13885. PubMed PMID: 21079736; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2975639.
2. Connaughton VP. Bipolar cells in the zebrafish retina. Vis Neurosci. 2010 Nov 16:1-17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21080977.
3. Tschopp M, Takamiya M, Cerveny KL, Gestri G, Biehlmaier O, Wilson SW, Strähle U, Neuhauss SC. Funduscopy in adult zebrafish and its application to isolate mutant strains with ocular defects. PLoS One. 2010 Nov 5;5(11):e15427. PubMed PMID: 21079775; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2974646.
4. den Hollander AI, Biyanwila J, Kovach P, Bardakjian T, Traboulsi EI, Ragge NK, Schneider A, Malicki J. Genetic defects of GDF6 in the zebrafish out of sightmutant and in human eye developmental anomalies. BMC Genet. 2010 Nov 11;11(1):102. PubMed PMID: 21070663.
5. Maminishkis A, Miller SS. Experimental models for study of retinal pigment epithelial physiology and pathophysiology. J Vis Exp. 2010 Nov 6;(45). pii: 2032. doi: 10.3791/2032. PubMed PMID: 21085105.

Systems biology

1. Larsson E, Sander C, Marks D. mRNA turnover rate limits siRNA and microRNA efficacy. Mol Syst Biol. 2010 Nov 16;6:433. PubMed PMID: 21081925.
2. Mao C, Brown CR, Falkovskaia E, Dong S, Hrabeta-Robinson E, Wenger L, Boeger H. Quantitative analysis of the transcription control mechanism. Mol Syst Biol. 2010 Nov 19;6:431. PubMed PMID: 21081924.

Funding

1. Gross M. Britain cuts back deeply on spending. Curr Biol. 2010 Nov 9;20(21):R905-6. PubMed PMID: 21105219.