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MAC Poster Competition Winners

February 16, 2016

Postdoc 1st Place (tied) Honorable Mention Graduate 1st Place Honorable Mentions Undergraduate 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Honorable Mentions…

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Cell News—Remember Where You’re Going?

February 10, 2016

In bloodhounds and neutrophils, getting the scent is not enough. Dogs and immune cells have to remember the chemoattractant they…

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Cell News—Proteasome phosphorylation essential for cell proliferation

February 9, 2016

The proteasome destroys damaged and unnecessary proteins in cells, but how it was regulated during cell growth and division was…

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Cell News—Rab1 in actin-mediated membrane remodeling

February 8, 2016

To reorganize the cell’s skeleton, small G-proteins activate proteins involved in actin nucleation. However, in trafficking processes when actin is…

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The Good Words: Unpacking Dr. F and Stem Cell News from the Cellar

February 2, 2016

  All the Stem Cell News that Fits the Golden State “The Stem Cellar” is the official blog of the…

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Cell News—Sliding microtubules the missing piece in neuron polarity puzzle

February 1, 2016

In cell biology, the small mysteries are often the most difficult to solve. Decades of work on microtubules and the…

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The Good Words: Serious Money, Serious Science Journalism?

January 28, 2016

Beantown’s Bedpans and Test Tubes Get Serious Attention at Stat News   When you’re a billionaire, you can buy all…

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Cell News—Cohesin active site fine tunes chromosome binding

January 27, 2016

Maintaining the structure of a chromosome during cell division is essential, and problems in chromosome segregation can lead to cancer…

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Cell News—Microtubules organize top to bottom in epithelial cells due to CAMSAP3

January 25, 2016

The cells that line our body cavities assemble a top and bottom with unique structures and functions. As cells polarize…

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Cell News—Inhibiting amino acid synthetase reduces sarcoma growth

January 14, 2016

Sarcomas have a below-average cancer survival rate, but finding new targets will help improve survivability. Simone Hettmer and colleagues in…

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