Microbiology
- Dubey GP, Ben-Yehuda S. Intercellular nanotubes mediate bacterial communication. Cell. 2011 Feb 18;144(4):590-600. PubMed PMID: 21335240.
- A new way of bacterial communication is discovered.
Genetics/ Genomics
- Takashima Y, Ohtsuka T, González A, Miyachi H, Kageyama R. Intronic delay is essential for oscillatory expression in the segmentation clock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21300886.
- Nikolova EN, Kim E, Wise AA, O’Brien PJ, Andricioaei I, Al-Hashimi HM. Transient Hoogsteen base pairs in canonical duplex DNA. Nature. 2011 Feb 24;470(7335):498-502. Epub 2011 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 21270796.
- Commentary: Honig B, Rohs R. Biophysics: Flipping Watson and Crick. Nature. 2011 Feb 24;470(7335):472-3. PubMed PMID: 21350476.
- A possible 3D configuration of DNA is in equilibrium with the regular DNA, thus expanding the variety of the possible DNA recognition.
- Kedes L, Liu E, Jongeneel CV, Sutton G. Judging the Archon Genomics X PRIZE for whole human genome sequencing. Nat Genet. 2011 Mar;43(3):175. PubMed PMID: 21350493.
- Towards a medical grade human genome sequence. Nat Genet. 2011 Mar;43(3):173. PubMed PMID: 21350492.
Development
- Manceau M, Domingues VS, Mallarino R, Hoekstra HE. The developmental role of Agouti in color pattern evolution. Science. 2011 Feb 25;331(6020):1062-5. PubMedPMID: 21350176.
Retinal development
- Kerschensteiner D. Circuit assembly: the repulsive side of lamination. Curr Biol. 2011 Feb 22;21(4):R163-6. PubMed PMID: 21334299.
- Whitney IE, Raven MA, Lu L, Williams RW, Reese BE. A QTL on Chromosome 10 Modulates Cone Photoreceptor Number in the Mouse Retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21330668.
Neurodevelopment
- A series of brainbow applications and modifications!
- Card JP, Kobiler O, McCambridge J, Ebdlahad S, Shan Z, Raizada MK, Sved AF, Enquist LW. Microdissection of neural networks by conditional reporter expression from a Brainbow herpesvirus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21292985.
- Cachero S, Jefferis GS. Double brainbow. Nat Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):217-8. PubMed PMID: 21358624.
- Hampel S, Chung P, McKellar CE, Hall D, Looger LL, Simpson JH. Drosophila Brainbow: a recombinase-based fluorescence labeling technique to subdivide neural expression patterns. Nat Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):253-9. Epub 2011 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 21297621.
- Hadjieconomou D, Rotkopf S, Alexandre C, Bell DM, Dickson BJ, Salecker I. Flybow: genetic multicolor cell labeling for neural circuit analysis in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):260-6. Epub 2011 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 21297619.
Regeneration
- Porrello ER, Mahmoud AI, Simpson E, Hill JA, Richardson JA, Olson EN, Sadek HA. Transient regenerative potential of the neonatal mouse heart. Science. 2011 Feb 25;331(6020):1078-80. PubMed PMID: 21350179.
Cdk5
- Sato K, Minegishi S, Takano J, Plattner F, Saito T, Asada A, Kawahara H, Iwata N, Saido TC, Hisanaga SI. Calpastatin, an endogenous calpain-inhibitor protein, regulates the cleavage of the Cdk5 activator p35 to p25. J Neurochem. 2011 Feb 21. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07222.x. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21338355.
Ethical, Social and Legal Issues
- Ceci SJ, Williams WM. Understanding current causes of women’s underrepresentation in science. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21300892.
- Muggah R. Measuring the true costs of war: consensus and controversy. PLoS Med. 2011 Feb 15;8(2):e1000417. PubMed PMID: 21358809; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3039686.
- Hicks MH, Dardagan H, Guerrero Serdán G, Bagnall PM, Sloboda JA, Spagat M. Violent deaths of iraqi civilians, 2003-2008: analysis by perpetrator, weapon, time, and location. PLoS Med. 2011 Feb 15;8(2):e1000415. PubMed PMID: 21358813; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3039690.
Research Funding
- Cho A. U.S. science budget. House cuts to DOE national labs would also hamstring industry. Science. 2011 Feb 25;331(6020):997-8. PubMed PMID: 21350135.