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The Vitamin Map
02.04.2012
Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture, Math & Computer Science

Plant breeders may soon be using “Underground maps” to improve their crops

Wild type yeast cells (l) exhibit changes in the membrane pump proteins under different nutrient conditions, while yeast engineered to avoid repressing one transporter type (r) show no change
Doubly Prepared
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Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why do cells keep two pump systems for nutrient uptake?

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover How Cells Brace for Starvation
Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover How Cells Brace for Starvation
22.02.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why do cells have two different pump mechanisms for nutrients?

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Work around the Clock
24.01.2012
Biochemistry

Dr. Gad Asher wants to know why our bodies need clocks in every cell.

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Ada Yonath, photographed for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2008. Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

Credit: XENON Collaboration/Luigi Di Carlo

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Ada Yonath, photographed for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2008. Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis
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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away
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A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies
Intestinal organoids grown in the lab from stem cells derived from patients. Each sphere represents one organoid. Photo: Petro Busko, a PhD student in Biton’s lab
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