Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was elected as a foreign associate to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on May 2nd.
Life Science
Single-Molecule Molecular Machines
Protein Science has published a Special Issue on Molecular Machines guest edited by Carlos Bustamante from the Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics at UC Berkeley. Each living cell, whether prokaryotic or eukaryotic, is a microscopic but complex structure. Its...
Chimeric RNAs in Cancer and Normal Physiology
Chimeric RNAs can be generated by not only chromosomal rearrangements at the DNA level, but also intergenic splicing at the RNA level. Chimeric RNAs are demonstrated to be not the elusive features of cancer cells, but also present in normal physiology and with diverse functions.
Electrophysiological Analysis of Synaptic Transmission in Drosophila
An overview of how synaptic transmission is assayed in the Drosophila neuromuscular and central nervous systems.
Cover Art – Featuring Bioactuators, Bioprinting and Temperature Sensors
This week’s Advanced Healthcare Materials covers.
Protein Science in Canada
The 31st Annual Symposium of the Protein Society will take place in Montreal, Canada. To commemorate this spectacular event and to celebrate our Canadian authors, a Virtual Issue in Protein Science is presented featuring the best of recent Canadian published papers.
Most Read – Featuring 3D-Cancer Tissue Models, Chemo-Photothermal Therapy and Electrospun Antibiotic Membranes
This month’s top Advanced Healthcare Materials papers.
RNA-Recognition Motif-Containing Proteins – What is Their Function?
Organelle-localized RNA recognition motif-containing proteins participate in a variety of RNA-related processes, including RNA editing, RNA processing, and RNA stability.
Phenotypic Plasticity in C. elegans: In “Dauer” Need of Stress Relief
Interestingly, C. elegans is capable of a remarkable case of phenotypic plasticity, called the dauer stage, where it is capable of surviving without food for three months. (Image credit: D. Kucharski K. Kucharska/Shutterstock)
Dynamic Enhancer Function in the Chromatin Context
In live cells, many enhancer-binding transcription factors exchange rapidly with their binding sites and leave no footprints in chromatin. Available data suggests a highly dynamic mechanism for enhancer activation, involving numerous stochastic binding events at a target enhancer.
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