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2010-12-19 new articles we read this week

Retina

  1. Randlett O, Norden C, Harris WA. The vertebrate retina: A model for neuronal polarization in vivo. Dev Neurobiol. 2010 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21140403.
  2. Sedwick C. Melanopsin ganglion cells: a different way of seeing things. PLoS Biol. 2010 Dec 7;8(12):e1001003. PubMed PMID: 21151889; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2998444.
  3. Brown TM, Gias C, Hatori M, Keding SR, Semo M, Coffey PJ, Gigg J, Piggins HD, Panda S, Lucas RJ. Melanopsin contributions to irradiance coding in the thalamo-cortical visual system. PLoS Biol. 2010 Dec 7;8(12):e1000558. PubMed PMID: 21151887; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2998442.

Stem cells

  1. Dolgin E. Putting stem cells to the test. Nat Med. 2010 Dec;16(12):1354-7. PubMed PMID: 21135828.
  2. de Souza N. iPS cell aberrations. Nat Methods. 2010 Dec;7(12):948-9. PubMed PMID: 21166072.

Ethics, Legal and Social Issues

  1. Trommelmans L. The challenge of regenerative medicine. Hastings Cent Rep. 2010 Nov-Dec;40(6):24-6. PubMed PMID: 21155108.

Zebrafish

  1. Mosimann C, Kaufman CK, Li P, Pugach EK, Tamplin OJ, Zon LI. Ubiquitous transgene expression and Cre-based recombination driven by the ubiquitin promoter in zebrafish. Development. 2011 Jan;138(1):169-77. PubMed PMID: 21138979.
  2. Rinkwitz S, Mourrain P, Becker TS. Zebrafish: an integrative System for Neurogenomics and Neurosciences. Prog Neurobiol. 2010 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21130139.

Genomics

  1. Algire M, Krishnakumar R, Merryman C. Megabases for kilodollars. Nat Biotechnol. 2010 Dec;28(12):1272-3. PubMed PMID: 21139611.
  2. Matzas M, Stähler PF, Kefer N, Siebelt N, Boisguérin V, Leonard JT, Keller A, Stähler CF, Häberle P, Gharizadeh B, Babrzadeh F, Church GM. High-fidelity gene synthesis by retrieval of sequence-verified DNA identified using high-throughput pyrosequencing. Nat Biotechnol. 2010 Dec;28(12):1291-4. Epub 2010 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 21113166.
  3. Kosuri S, Eroshenko N, Leproust EM, Super M, Way J, Li JB, Church GM. Scalable gene synthesis by selective amplification of DNA pools from high-fidelity microchips. Nat Biotechnol. 2010 Dec;28(12):1295-9. Epub 2010 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 21113165.

Developmental/ Evolutionary Genomics

  1. Prud’homme B, Gompel N. Evolutionary biology: Genomic hourglass. Nature. 2010 Dec 9;468(7325):768-9. PubMed PMID: 21150985.
  2. Kalinka AT, Varga KM, Gerrard DT, Preibisch S, Corcoran DL, Jarrells J, Ohler U, Bergman CM, Tomancak P. Gene expression divergence recapitulates the developmental hourglass model. Nature. 2010 Dec 9;468(7325):811-4. PubMed PMID: 21150996.
  3. Domazet-Lošo T, Tautz D. A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenetic divergence patterns. Nature. 2010 Dec 9;468(7325):815-8. PubMed PMID: 21150997.

Biotech Industry

  1. Hambley CJ. Catching the wave in China. Nat Biotechnol. 2010 Dec;28(12):1309-10. PubMed PMID: 21139619.

Cell Biology

  1. Picone R, Ren X, Ivanovitch KD, Clarke JD, McKendry RA, Baum B. A polarised population of dynamic microtubules mediates homeostatic length control in animal cells. PLoS Biol. 2010 Nov 16;8(11):e1000542. PubMed PMID: 21103410; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2982804.

Systems Biology

  1. Friedman N, Schuldiner M. Genetics. The DNA damage road map. Science. 2010 Dec 3;330(6009):1327-8. PubMed PMID: 21127235.
  2. Bandyopadhyay S, Mehta M, Kuo D, Sung MK, Chuang R, Jaehnig EJ, Bodenmiller B, Licon K, Copeland W, Shales M, Fiedler D, Dutkowski J, Guénolé A, van Attikum H, Shokat KM, Kolodner RD, Huh WK, Aebersold R, Keogh MC, Krogan NJ, Ideker T. Rewiring of genetic networks in response to DNA damage. Science. 2010 Dec 3;330(6009):1385-9. PubMed PMID: 21127252.