In their review published in BioEssays, Arnaud Gautier and Alison Tebo discuss new labeling protocols, actuation methods and biosensors based on fluorogenic protein systems.
Let it Shine: Light-Sensitive Designer Cells
A review of optogenetically engineered cells and their applications.
Mimicking Living Systems using Polymer Chemistry
PISA allows for the complete synthesis of chemical systems without using biochemistry.
Protonic Ceramics for Fuel Cells at Intermediate Temperatures
Protonic ceramic fuel cells operate in an intermediate temperature range (300–600 °C), avoiding the problems faced by other fuel cell types. Enhanced peak power densities have now been generated using a microstructured anode and a very thin electrolyte.
Quantitative Systems Models Illuminate Arrhythmia Mechanisms in Heart Failure
Quantitative systems modeling aims to integrate knowledge in different research areas with models describing biological mechanisms and dynamics to gain a better understanding of complex clinical syndromes.
Gene Therapy: Virus-like Delivery System Takes the Heat out of Melanoma
Targeted viral-based gene therapies come with their own risks. A new gene delivery system mimics viral therapies to infect cancer cells with vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein, with a similar transfection efficiency as the virus itself.
Simulating Complex Systems: Agent-based Modeling in Molecular Systems Biology
Mohammad Soheilypour and Mohammad Mofrad discuss a technique termed ‘agent-based modeling’ that is used in systems biology.
Talking Back: Development of the Olivocochlear Efferent System
A review of the role of olivocochlear neuron development in human hearing.
Controlling Cells with Light and LOV
The broad applications of LOV domains in optogenetics are reviewed.
Unravelling the Cytokine Secretion Process of Single Cells with a Novel Biosensor [Video]
A nanobiosensor is developed that performs real-time analysis of single-cell cytokine secretion, enabling the development of new therapies for diseases.