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Eva Nogales Unpacks the Microtubule, Piece by Piece

December 23, 2014
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Our big, bony skeletons are wonders of articulation but they can’t come close to our cytoskeletons for sheer dynamism, says…

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The Iron Double Cross

December 22, 2014

Our genomes reveal the evolutionary battle between human hosts and bacterial “iron pirates” over the protein transferrin that transports iron…

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To Present or Not to Present, That is the Question

December 19, 2014
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As graduate students, it is perhaps an instinctive reaction to be afraid to present your work. We feel anxious, self-conscious,…

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NIH Leaders “May” Require Info on Cell Lines as Reproducibility Problem Persists

December 18, 2014

In a commentary published today in Science, top leadership from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the ASCB responded…

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Shuffle Round the House with Your Nobel Jibe Leads to CellSlam Tie-Breaker in Philly

December 17, 2014

It came down to a one-joke showdown. The Zombie CellSlam, ASCB’s juried stand-up, science slam, back from the Undead for…

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“Factory Direct” Route for Lipid Transport Described at ASCB 2014

December 16, 2014

The cells in your body run a kind of Amazon.com warehouse, sorting, packaging, and shipping items with remarkable speed and…

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Announcing the Winners of the 2014 Share Your Science Video Contest

December 16, 2014
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Today Pinar Gurel announced the winners of the 2015 Share Your Science video contest. The goal of the contest was…

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Did Superresolution Nobel Inspire Congressional Budget Resolution?

December 15, 2014

Perhaps it was the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to William E. Moerner, Eric Betzig, and Stefen Hell for…

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A Hometown Pathogen the Hometown Would Like to Forget—Effector Protein’s Role in Legionella Described in Philadelphia

December 12, 2014

Philadelphia is an apt location to give a talk about Legionella pneumophila. The Legionella bacterium was discovered in 1977 after…

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COMPASS Wrap Up from ASCB 2014

December 12, 2014

After 17 Symposium talks, 238 minisymposium talks, 112 ePosters, 2400 posters, and an unknown number of Philly cheesesteaks, the 2014…

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