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Erika Shugart Named ASCB Executive Director

April 28, 2016

The ASCB Council has named Erika Shugart, PhD, as its new Executive Director, effective June 1. In making the announcement,…

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Cell News—Mapping translation in live cells

April 27, 2016

Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) code gene protein products and are highly mobile within the cell.   While researchers have been able to…

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Cell News—Septins can spot the big stuff in cell shape

April 25, 2016

Cells are shape shifters, rearranging themselves for diverse functions from cell division to sprouting a flagellum. But how does a…

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Cell News—How a rare class of antibodies neutralizes the HIV-1 virus

March 30, 2016

The Holy Grail in the search for an HIV-1 vaccine is the “broadly neutralizing antibody” or bNAb. The target for…

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Cell News—Seeing the leaves for the forest

March 29, 2016

Did you have a high school biology teacher who was keen on taxonomy and keying out tree species? If you…

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Cell News—Decoding noncoding RNA from virus to host

March 24, 2016

Next-generation sequencing is uncovering a vast array of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that may form a whole new class of RNAs…

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Cell News—Structure of immune protein remnant that protects against pathogens

March 23, 2016

A vertebrate’s first line of defense against pathogens are antibodies. An antibody receptor, pIgR (polymeric immunoglobulin receptor) is conserved across…

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Cell News—A septin dials down microtubule cargo delivery in neurons

March 21, 2016

You’ve probably seen animations of microtubule transport (MT) where a kinesin motor protein strolls along a microtubule, towing a massive…

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Cell News—Lysosome pH varies based on organelle’s position in the cell

March 17, 2016

The cell’s recycling station, the lysosome, is coming to light as a cause for concern in a host of diseases,…

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Cell News—Signaling in response to stiff breast tumor matrix

March 14, 2016

As breast tumors progress, the matrix surrounding the tumor cells becomes stiffer. How normal cells sense and respond to the…

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