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• Symbiotic bacteria program daily rhythms in squid using light and chemicals

  Glowing bacteria inside squids use light and chemical signals to control circadian-like rhythms in the animals, according to a study to be published in mBio®. The Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, houses a colony of Vibrio fischeri bacteria in its light organ, using the bacteria at night as more

• Study shows deepwater oil plume in Gulf degraded by microbes

  In the aftermath of the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a dispersed oil plume was formed at a depth between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extending some 10 miles out from the wellhead. An intensive study by scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory more

• Unraveling the Effect of Spatial Organization on Intracellular Chemistry

  Tel Aviv University President Professor, Joseph Klafter, has co-authored a paper that brings together a myriad of seemingly unrelated chemical reactions creating a unified picture of reaction kinetics. "Geometry-Controlled Kinetics," published in Nature Chemistry, contributes to our understanding of more

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• Sniffing Out the Secrets of Social Behavior
  

  In his novel "Perfume - the Story of a Murderer", Patrick Süskind managed to put the power of odors into words better than anyone before him. It may be a fascinating idea, but no one will ever be able to create the perfect fragrance that makes a person irresistibly attractive. In the animal world, on the other hand, olfactory signals are an essential element of social communication. Yet we are only just beginning to understand the complexities and functional differences of the sense of smell in mammals. Professor Marc Spehr is leading the Department of Chemosensation at RWTH Aachen University since 2009, where he is conducting research on the neuronal mechanisms of olfactory perception and signal processing using the mouse model. In his experiments, he and his team are trying to find out how substances for social interaction are perceived and how this perception generates a specific type of behavior more

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• The Co-Repressor SMRT Delays DNA Damage-Induced Caspase Activation by Repressing Pro-Apoptotic Genes and Modulating the Dynamics of Checkpoint Kinase 2 Activation

  by Claudio Scafoglio, Marcus Smolka, Huilin Zhou, Valentina Perissi, Michael G. Rosenfeld Checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) is a major regulator of DNA damage response and can induce alternative cellular responses: cell cycle arrest and DNA repair or programmed cell death. Here, we report the identifica more

• Prediction of Response to Treatment by Gene Expression Profiling of Peripheral Blood in Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis

  by Akihiro Ishizu, Utano Tomaru, Taichi Murai, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Atsumi, Takashi Yoshiki, Wako Yumura, Kunihiro Yamagata, Hidehiro Yamada, Shunichi Kumagai, Manae S. Kurokawa, Machi Suka, Hirofumi Makino, Shoichi Ozaki, for JMAAV The JMAAV study was an open-labeled prospective clinical more

• Shared Effects of Genetic and Intrauterine and Perinatal Environment on the Development of Metabolic Syndrome

  by Patricia M. Vuguin, Kirsten Hartil, Michael Kruse, Harpreet Kaur, Chia-Lei Vivian Lin, Ariana Fiallo, Alan Scott Glenn, Avanee Patel, Lyda Williams, Yoshinori Seki, Ellen B. Katz, Maureen J. Charron Genetic and environmental factors, including the in utero environment, contribute to Metabolic more

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