Kavli Affiliate: Bjoern Schwer | Authors: Christin Schmidt, Sarah Cohen, Brian L. Gudenas, Sarah Husain, Annika Carlson, Samantha Westelman, Linyu Wang, Joanna J. Phillips, Paul A. Northcott, William A. Weiss and Bjoern Schwer | Summary: SNCAIP duplication may promote Group 4 medulloblastoma via induction of PRDM6, a poorly characterized member of the PRDF1 and RIZ1 […]
Kavli Affiliate: Terrence Sejnowski | Authors: Antonio Pinto-Duarte, Katharine Bogue, Terrence J. Sejnowski and Shyam Srinivasan | Summary: The organizational principles of glia remain largely unknown despite their vital role in nervous system function. Previous work has shown that the number of glia per unit volume of neocortex is constant across mammalian species. We hypothesize […]
Kavli Affiliate: Su Guo | Authors: Jiale Xu, Romelo Casanave, Apurva S Chitre, Qiyang Wang, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Chiara Blake, Mahendra Wagle, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, Abraham A Palmer and Su Guo | Summary: Behavioral diversity is critical for population fitness. Individual differences in risk-taking are observed across species, but underlying genetic mechanisms and conservation are […]
Kavli Affiliate: Cori Bargmann | Authors: Elias Scheer and Cori Bargmann | Summary: Foraging animals optimize feeding decisions by adjusting both common and rare behavioral patterns. Here, we characterize the relationship between an animal’s arousal state and a rare decision to leave a patch of bacterial food. Using long-term tracking and behavioral state classification, we […]
Kavli Affiliate: Mark Ellisman | Authors: Kailash Venkatraman, Christopher T Lee, Guadalupe C. Garcia, Arijit Mahapatra, Guy Perkins, Keun-Young Kim, Hilda Amalia Pasolli, Sebastien Phan, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Mark Ellisman, Padmini Rangamani and Itay Budin | Summary: Cristae are high curvature structures in the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) that are crucial for ATP production. While cristae-shaping […]
Kavli Affiliate: Roderick MacKinnon | Authors: Maria Elizabeth Falzone and Roderick MacKinnon | Summary: PLCβ enzymes cleave PIP2 producing IP3 and DAG. PIP2 modulates the function of many ion channels, while IP3 and DAG regulate intracellular Ca2+ levels and protein phosphorylation by protein kinase C, respectively. PLCb enzymes are under the control of GPCR signaling […]
Kavli Affiliate: Reza Shadmehr | Authors: Erik M. Summerside, Robert J Courter, Reza Shadmehr and Alaa A. Ahmed | Summary: As people age, they move slower. Is age-related reduction in vigor a reflection of a reduced valuation of reward by the brain, or a consequence of increased effort costs by the muscles? Here, we quantified […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Kleinfeld | Authors: Harish Kannan, Paul Sun, Tolga Çağlar, Pantong Yao, Brian R Taylor, Kinshuk Sahu, Daotong Ge, Matteo Mori, Mya Warren, David Kleinfeld, JiaJia Dong, Bo Li and Terence Hwa | Summary: Bacterial colony growth on hard agar is commonplace in microbiology; yet, what occurs inside a growing colony is complex […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Keiser | Authors: William J. Connell, Kristle Garcia, Hani Goodarzi and Michael J. Keiser | Summary: Chemical probes interrogate disease mechanisms at the molecular level by linking genetic changes to observable traits. However, comprehensive chemical screens in diverse biological models are impractical. To address this challenge, we developed ChemProbe, a model that […]
Kavli Affiliate: Timothy Brown | Authors: Richard J McDowell, Altug Didikoglu, Tom Woelders, Mazie J Gatt, Roelof A. Hut, Timothy M Brown and Robert J Lucas | Summary: Background Light is a key environmental regulator of physiology and behaviour. Mistimed or insufficient light disrupts circadian rhythms and is associated with impaired health and well-being across […]