Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Minor | Authors: Zhou Chen, Sandra Zakrzewska, Holly S. Hajare, Aurora Alvarez-Buylla, Fayal Abderemane-Ali, Maximiliana Bogan, Dave Ramirez, Lauren A. O’Connell, J. Du Bois and Daniel L. Minor, Jr. | Summary: American bullfrog (Rana castesbeiana) saxiphilin (RcSxph) is a high-affinity ‘toxin sponge’ protein thought to prevent intoxication by saxitoxin (STX), a lethal […]

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Stryker | Authors: Maria C. Dadarlat, Yujiao Jennifer Sun and Michael P Stryker | Summary: Electrical stimulation has emerged as a powerful and precise treatment in which to modulate aberrant neural activity patterns common in neural dysfunction and disease; however, the physiological process involved in microstimulation is poorly understood, particularly regarding the […]

Kavli Affiliate: Seth Shipman | Authors: Santi Bhattarai-Kline, Sierra K. Lear, Chloe B. Fishman, Santiago C. Lopez, Elana R. Lockshin, Max G. Schubert, Jeff Nivala, George Church and Seth L. Shipman | Summary: Biological processes depend on the differential expression of genes over time, but methods to make physical recordings of these processes are limited. […]

Kavli Affiliate: Susanna Rosi, Peter Walter, Michael Stryker | Authors: Elma S. Frias, Mahmood S. Hoseini, Karen Krukowski, Maria Serena Paladini, Katherine Grue, Gonzalo Ureta, Kira D.A. Rienecker, Peter Walter, Michael P. Stryker and Susanna Rosi | Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of long-term neurological disability in the world and the […]

Kavli Affiliate: Kevin Bender | Authors: Andrew D. Nelson, Amanda M. Catalfio, Julie M. Gupta, Lia Min, René N. Caballero-Florán, Kendall P. Dean, Carina C. Elvira, Kimberly D. Derderian, Henry Kyoung, Atehsa Sahagun, Stephan J Sanders, Kevin Bender and Paul M Jenkins | Summary: Dysfunction in sodium channels and their ankyrin scaffolding partners have both […]

Kavli Affiliate: Arnold Kriegstein, Alex Pollen | Authors: Sean Whalen, Fumitaka Inoue, Hane Ryu, Tyler Fair, Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Kathleen Keough, Martin Kircher, Beth Martin, Beatriz Alvarado, Orry Elor, Dianne Laboy Cintron, Alex Williams, Md. Abul Hassan Samee, Sean Thomas, Robert Krencik, Erik Ullian, Arnold Kriegstein, Jay Shendure, Alex Pollen, Nadav Ahituv and Katherine Pollard | […]

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Keiser | Authors: Alexandre V Fassio, Laura Shub, Luca Ponzoni, Jessica McKinley, Matthew J O’Meara, Rafaela S Ferreira, Michael J Keiser and Raquel C de Melo Minardi | Summary: Machine learning-based drug discovery success depends on molecular representation. Yet traditional molecular fingerprints omit both the protein and pointers back to structural information […]

Kavli Affiliate: John Rubenstein | Authors: Shiona Biswas, C. Savio Chan, John L.R. Rubenstein and Lin Gan | Summary: The external globus pallidus (Gpe) is an essential component of the basal ganglia, a group of subcortical nuclei that are involved in control of action. Changes in the firing of GPe neurons are associated with both […]

Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: Michael J. Roach, Sarah Beecroft, Kathie Mihindukulasuriya, Leran Wang, Lais Farias Oliveira Lima, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Robert Edwards and Scott Allyn Handley | Summary: Analysis of viral diversity using modern nucleic acid sequencing technologies presents several unique challenges. Foremost being that virus detection requires a non-targeted, random (shotgun) approach. […]

Kavli Affiliate: Kira Poskanzer | Authors: Kira Poskanzer, Trisha V Vaidyanathan, Vincent Tse and Esther M Lim | Summary: Astrocytes perform critical functions in the nervous system, many of which are dependent on neurotransmitter-sensing through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). However, whether specific astrocytic outputs follow specific GPCR activity remains unclear, and exploring this question is […]