Kavli Affiliate: Michael Miller | Authors: Juthi Biswas, Dilruba Akter, Michael J Miller, Dennis J Thiele, Eain A. Murphy, Christine O’Connor, Jennifer F Moffat and Gary Chan | Summary: Summary: FDA-approved antivirals against HCMV have several limitations, including only targeting the later stages of the viral replication cycle, adverse side effects, and the emergence of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Joshua Berke and Loren Frank | Authors: Alison E. Comrie, Emily J. Monroe, Ari E. Kahn, Eric L. Denovellis, Abhilasha Joshi, Jennifer A. Guidera, Timothy A. Krausz, Joshua D. Berke, Nathaniel D. Daw and Loren M. Frank | Summary: Summary: The cognitive ability to go beyond the present to consider alternative possibilities, including […]
Kavli Affiliate: Edward Callaway | Authors: Li Alex Zhang, Peichao Li and Edward M. Callaway | Summary: Summary: Laminar electrode arrays allow simultaneous recording of activity of many cortical neurons and assignment to layers using current source density (CSD) analyses. Electrode arrays with 100-micron contact spacing have been used to estimate borders between layer 4 […]
Kavli Affiliate: Keri Martinowich | Authors: Amber M Smith, Yang Li, Arianna Velarde, Yifan Cheng and Alan D. Frankel | Summary: Summary: Crm1 is a highly conserved nuclear exportin that transports >1000 human proteins including ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. The interface between Crm1 and RNP cargos is unknown. The HIV regulatory protein, Rev, was one of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Keri Martinowich | Authors: Robert A Phillips III, Seyun Oh, Svitlana V Bach, Yufeng Du, Ryan A Miller, Joel E Kleinman, Thomas M Hyde, Stephanie C Hicks, Stephanie Cerceo Page and Keri Martinowich | Summary: The lateral septum (LS) is a midline, subcortical structure, which regulates social behaviors that are frequently impaired in […]
Kavli Affiliate: Andreas Andreou | Authors: Elif Gediz Kocaoglan, Andreas Andreou, Jessica Nirkko, Marisol Ochoa-Villarreal, Gary Loake and Naomi Nakayama | Summary: Plants are the primary biological platforms for producing food, energy, and materials in agriculture; however, they remain a minor player in the recent synthetic biology-driven transformation in bioproduction. Molecular tools and technologies for […]
Kavli Affiliate: Dwight Bergles | Authors: Christa Whelan Habela, Shiyu Liu, Arens Taga, Raha Dastgheyb, Norman Haughey, Dwight E Bergles, Hongjun Song, Guo-Li Ming and Nicholas J. Maragakis | Summary: The chromosome 15q11.2 locus is deleted in 1.5% of patients with genetic epilepsy and confers a risk for intellectual disability and schizophrenia. Individuals with this […]
Kavli Affiliate: Seth Blackshaw | Authors: Nguyet Le, Sherine Awad, Isabella Palazzo, Thanh Hoang and Seth Blackshaw | Summary: Retinal Müller glia in cold-blooded vertebrates can reprogram into neurogenic progenitors to replace neurons lost to injury, but mammals lack this ability. While recent studies have shown that transgenic overexpression of neurogenic bHLH factors and glial-specific […]
Kavli Affiliate: Sreekanth Chalasani | Authors: Jessica A Haley, Tianyi Chen, Mikio Aoi and Sreekanth H Chalasani | Summary: Decision-making is a ubiquitous component of animal behavior that is often studied in the context of foraging. Foragers make a series of decisions while locating food (food search), choosing between food types (diet or patch choice), […]
Kavli Affiliate: Anastasia Kiyonaga | Authors: Anastasia Kiyonaga, Jacob Miller and Mark D’Esposito | Summary: Humans must often keep multiple task goals in mind, at different levels of priority and immediacy, while also interacting with the environment. We might need to remember information for an upcoming task while engaged in more immediate actions. Consequently, actively […]