Kavli Affiliate: Charles M. Rice | Authors: Shira Weingarten-Gabbay, Da-Yuan Chen, Siranush Sarkizova, Hannah B Taylor, Matteo Gentili, Leah R Pearlman, Matthew R Bauer, Charles M Rice, Karl R Clauser, Nir Hacohen, Steven A Carr, Jennifer G Abelin, Mohsan Saeed and Pardis C Sabeti | Summary: Targeted synthetic vaccines have the potential to transform our […]
Kavli Affiliate: Li Zhao | Authors: Philipp Kaldis and Li Na Zhao | Summary: piRNAs are important in protecting germline integrity. 3’-terminal 2’-O-methylation is essential for piRNA maturation and to protect it from degradation. HENMT1 carries out the 2’-O-methylation, which is of key importance for piRNA stability and functionality. However, neither the structure nor the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael W. Young | Authors: Yi Sun, Tyler J. Florio, Sagar Gupta, Michael C. Young, Quinlen F. Marshall, Samuel E. Garfinkle, Georgia F. Papadaki, Hau V. Truong, Emily Mycek, Peiyao Li, Alvin Farrel, Nicole L. Church, Shereen Jabar, Matthew D. Beasley, Ben R. Kiefel, Mark Yarmarkovich, Leena Mallik, John M. Maris and Nikolaos […]
Kavli Affiliate: Elaine Fuchs | Authors: Katherine S Stewart, Kevin AU Gonzales, Shaopeng Yuan, Matthew T Tierney, Alain R Bonny, Yihao Yang, Nicole R Infarinato, Christopher J Cowley, John M Levorse, H Amalia Pasolli, Sourav Ghosh, Carla V Rothlin and Elaine Fuchs | Summary: Macrophages and dendritic cells have long been appreciated for their ability […]
Kavli Affiliate: Ali H. Brivanlou | Authors: Riccardo De Santis, Eleni Rice, Gist Croft, Min Yang, Edwin A. Rosado-Olivieri and Ali H. Brivanlou | Summary: While studied extensively in model systems, human gastrulation remains obscure. This process starts upon blastocyst implantation into the uterine wall, which is assumed to occur after 14 days post-fertilization. The […]
Kavli Affiliate: Sidney Strickland | Authors: Daniel S. Gareau, Matija Snuderl, Cheddhi Thomas, Nermin Sumru Bayin, Dimitris Placantonakis, Julia Zou, Anna Yaroslavsky, Michael P. Dietz, Steven L. Jacques, Sidney Strickland, James G. Krueger and Hyung Jin Ahn | Summary: Significance Cerebral vascular reactivity is critical parameters of brain homeostasis in health and disease, but the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael W. Young | Authors: Michelle Frankot, Peyton M Mueller, Michael E Young and Cole Vonder Haar | Summary: Statistical errors in preclinical science are a barrier to reproducibility and translation. For instance, linear models (e.g., ANOVA, linear regression) may be misapplied to data that violate assumptions. In behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology, linear […]
Kavli Affiliate: Nathaniel Heintz | Authors: Christina Pressl, Kert Mätlik, Laura Kus, Paul Darnell, Ji-Dung Luo, Alison R Weiss, William Liguore, Thomas Carroll, David A Davis, Jodi McBride and Nathaniel Heintz | Summary: The properties of the cell types that are most vulnerable in the Huntington’s disease (HD) cortex, the nature of somatic CAG expansion […]
Kavli Affiliate: Nathaniel Heintz | Authors: Kert Mätlik, Matthew Baffuto, Laura Kus, David A Davis, Matthew R Paul, Thomas S Carroll and Nathaniel Heintz | Summary: Tissue-specific somatic expansion of the mutant Huntingtin (mHTT) CAG tract and regional degeneration of the brain are key features of Huntington’s disease (HD). However, the relationships between somatic CAG […]
Kavli Affiliate: Li Zhao | Authors: Xin Hou, Yong He, Pan Fang, Shi-Qiang Mei, Zan Xu, Wei-Chen Wu, Jun-Hua Tian, Shun Zhang, Zhen-Yu Zeng, Qin-Yu Gou, Gen-Yang Xin, Shi-Jia Le, Yin-Yue Xia, Yu-Lan Zhou, Feng-Ming Hui, Yuan-Fei Pan, John-Sebastian Eden, Zhao-Hui Yang, Chong Han, Yue-Long Shu, Deyin Guo, Jun Li, Edward C Holmes, Zhao-Rong Li […]