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2011-04-16 New articles we read this week

Development Eiraku M, Takata N, Ishibashi H, Kawada M, Sakakura E, Okuda S, Sekiguchi K, Adachi T, Sasai Y. Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture. Nature. 2011 Apr 7;472(7341):51-6. PubMed PMID: 21475194. Commentary: Ali RR, Sowden JC. Regenerative medicine: DIY eye. Nature. 2011 Apr 7;472(7341):42-3. PubMed PMID: 21475187. News report from the Telegraph. “Scientists grow […]

2011-04-10 new articles we read this week

Vision Standfuss J, Edwards PC, D’Antona A, Fransen M, Xie G, Oprian DD, Schertler GF. The structural basis of agonist-induced activation in constitutively active rhodopsin. Nature. 2011 Mar 31;471(7340):656-60. Epub 2011 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 21389983. Genetics Hurst LD. Molecular genetics: The sound of silence. Nature. 2011 Mar 31;471(7340):582-3. PubMed PMID: 21455166. How silence mutations […]

2011-04-02 New articles we read this week

Neuroscience Rothenaigner I, Krecsmarik M, Hayes JA, Bahn B, Lepier A, Fortin G, Götz M, Jagasia R, Bally-Cuif L. Clonal analysis by distinct viral vectors identifies bona fide neural stem cells in the adult zebrafish telencephalon and characterizes their division properties and fate. Development. 2011Apr;138(8):1459-69. Epub 2011 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 21367818. Eye disease Leung […]

2011-03-27 new articles we read this week

Systems Biology CELL Review issue: Systems Biology Systems Biology: What’s the Next Challenge? Macilwain C. Systems biology: evolving into the mainstream. Cell. 2011 Mar 18;144(6):839-41. PubMed PMID: 21414474. Arkin AP, Schaffer DV. Network news: innovations in 21st century systems biology. Cell. 2011 Mar 18;144(6):844-9. PubMed PMID: 21414475. Nurse P, Hayles J. The cell in an […]

2011-03-19 new articles we read this week

Evolution Mallarino R, Grant PR, Grant BR, Herrel A, Kuo WP, Abzhanov A. Two developmental modules establish 3D beak-shape variation in Darwin’s finches. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):4057-62. Epub 2011 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 21368127. Signal transduction Pierfelice T, Alberi L, Gaiano N. Notch in the vertebrate nervous system: an […]

2011-03-12 new articles we read this week

Research life Schwartz MA. The importance of stupidity in scientific research. J Cell Sci. 2008 Jun 1;121(Pt 11):1771. PubMed PMID: 18492790. What is the difference between class room learning and research? Is being good in class room good enough to make one a research scientist? Systems biology Burrill DR, Silver PA. Synthetic circuit identifies subpopulations […]

2011-03-05 new articles we read this week

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. […]

2011-02-27 New articles we read this week

From the news A genetic mutation allows Hudson River fish to adapt to PCBs Evolution in action! Genomics Xu Z, Wei W, Gagneur J, Clauder-Münster S, Smolik M, Huber W, Steinmetz LM. Antisense expression increases gene expression variability and locus interdependency. Mol Syst Biol. 2011 Feb 15;7:468. PubMed PMID: 21326235. Tewhey R, Bansal V, Torkamani […]

2011-02-19 articles we read this week

Human Genome Lander ES. Initial impact of the sequencing of the human genome. Nature. 2011 Feb 10;470(7333):187-97. PubMed PMID: 21307931. Eric is one of the leaders in the human genome sequencing project. In this review that celebrates the publication of human genome sequence 10 years ago, he highlights major discoveries at all levels, from how […]

2011-02-12 new articles we read this week

Systems biology Kim J, Winfree E. Synthetic in vitro transcriptional oscillators. Mol Syst Biol. 2011 Feb 1;7:465. PubMed PMID: 21283141. Montagne K, Plasson R, Sakai Y, Fujii T, Rondelez Y. Programming an in vitro DNA oscillator using a molecular networking strategy. Mol Syst Biol. 2011 Feb 1;7:466. PubMed PMID: 21283142. Bachman JA, Sorger P. New […]