Evolution and Development

Segal and Slutskin

A Rulebook for Living Cells

12.04.2018

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

New research delves into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones

organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018

Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development

Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step

Phages attacking a bacterium_lab of Rotem Sorek

Bacterial Immune Systems Take the Stage

25.01.2018

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Multiple new and unusual bacterial defense mechanisms could lead to new biotech tools

Rotem Sorek reef fish ecology

Making Larvae Count

13.12.2017

Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment

Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem

Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate

Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them?

skeletons

Thinking outside the Skeleton

02.11.2017

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Scoliosis may be linked to problems with our "sixth sense"

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles

18.09.2017

Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

How some genes lost the ability to make proteins - and gained regulatory powers

filaments

Lego Proteins Revealed

23.08.2017

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Nanoscience, Structural Biology

Self-assembling protein complexes based on a single mutation could provide scaffolding for nanostructures

Embryonic cardiovascular cells

First Cells

14.08.2017

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood

Agrin repairs heart tissue

Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule

05.06.2017

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Administering “young matrix” molecules to damaged mouse hearts led to muscle repair

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