The heart of the matter
Agnieszka and Andreas in the Sampath laboratory (in collaboration with the Smutny, Yue and Gorodkin groups), identified an RNA element in the pro-convertase Furin that controls left-right positioning of the heart as well as formation and function of cardiac valves in zebrafish embryos.
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Shugoshin brings surety
The McAinsh and Marston labs collaborate to show that shugoshin ("guardian spirit") stabilises the cohesin bridges connecting human meiotic chromatids
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Motor-free transport
Méghane and Steve tracked vesicles zooming around inside cells and found that diffusion is the main mode of nanovesicle transport.
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Death & Taxol
Taxol kills cancer cells by overstabilising their microtubules. Yean Ming's new paper shows that taxol has dramatically different effects on different human tubulin isotypes.
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CMCB Early Career Seminar Series
Our new series gives a platform to early career mechanochemical cell biologists to explain their science and then discuss with CMCB members. If we think you would be a good fit, we will support you in early career fellowship applications and in other ways.
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