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Molecular Genetics

slow: beginning translation
06.03.2017

Slowing ribosomes as they "enter" the RNA highway keeps protein production flowing

Sperm individualization
19.05.2016

How does a sperm cell become an "individual?"

 

 

 

Prof. Maya Schuldiner and fluorescent cells
22.02.2016

Stuck proteins may contribute to aging

fruit fly larval salivary gland
01.01.2016

How do the cells that secrete saliva or tears handle the load? 

Bones of mice at different ages, imaged with three-dimensional computer tomography. A core element at the center of the bone (highlighted in different colors) enabled the scientists to align different bones for comparison
19.12.2015

How do bones retain their proportions as they grow? 

Starving yeast cells
06.10.2015

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SuperPaths: A map of human biological pathways. Each node represents a biological pathway and every line shows a connection between pathways. Every connected set is a SuperPath containing several related pathways.
27.05.2015

SuperPaths provide a global online resource of genetic interactions

Muscle fibers of a fruit fly larva viewed under a confocal microscope: A normal fiber has normally-shaped, properly distributed nuclei (A), whereas the nuclei of fibers with mutated MSP-300 or its interacting proteins Klar and Klaroid are distorted and distributed abnormally (B, C and D)
11.02.2015

Why do muscles lose their strength without exercise?

Stem cell colony with cells in the process of differentiation; from the lab of Dr. Jacob Hanna
02.02.2015

Before anything else, a stem cell must first put the brakes on its “stem-cell” program

Mouse islet of Langerhans; insulin-containing vesicles within beta cells are shown in white
02.02.2015

Cells in the pancreas take on unusual shapes in order to carry out their vital work

 

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