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WATCHING SYNAPSES CHANGE IN ANIMALS

Some of the authors (left to right): Corey M McCann, Juan Carlos Tapia, and Jeff W Lichtman Image shows submandibular ganglion neurons (blue) that express Cyan Fluorescent Protein…

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ASTROCYTES SPY ON NEURONAL CONVERSATION TO BRING A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD

The human brain represents approximately 2% of the total body weight, but accounts for about 20% of the energy consumed. Functional hyperemia (local increases in blood flow triggered…

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CHROMATIN — A ONE-STOP ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR COMPACTING DNA AND PARAMETERIZING GENE BEHAVIOR

Erin O'Shea, and Felix Lam If stretched end-to-end, the DNA inside a single human cell would measure approximately 2-3 meters. A fiber of this length is physically compacted…

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SMALL BUT MIGHTY

In a behaving animal, the brain processes information from sensory inputs, and communicates its intentions to muscles via the pattern of activity in descending projection neurons. In vertebrates,…

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A NEURAL CODE BASED ON SPIKE TIMING IN THE RETINA

Co-authors (L to R): Tim Gollisch and Markus Meister The process of vision begins in the retina. This neuronal network at the back of the eyeball receives incident…

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WHAT’S “UP” WITH MOUSE VISION?

Co-authors (L to R) Yifeng Zhang, Markus Meister, Joshua R. Sanes, In-Jung Kim, and Masahito Yamagata, A mouse is small, close to the ground. Hawks and cats may…

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DULAC LAB: SMALL RNAS AND THE SENSE OF SMELL

Modern genetics textbooks highlight the concept of the ‘central dogma’ which states that DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) and that mRNA is subsequently translated into proteins. …

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MEISTER LAB: THE EYE HAS A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN

No matter how hard we fix our gaze, our eyes are in constant motion due to involuntary head and eye movements. The resulting image motion on our retinas…

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TECHNICOLOR BRAINS: MAPPING NEURAL CIRCUITS IN “BRAINBOW” MICE

The co-authors (left to right): Ju Lu, Jeff W. Lichtman, Jean Livet, Joshua R. Sanes, Tamily A. Weissman, Ryan W. Draft, Hyuno Kang More than a century ago,…

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GELBART LAB: GENOME ANALYSIS OF TWELVE DROSOPHILA SPECIES

(L to R): Kyl Myrick, Rob Kulathinal, Beverley Matthews, Lynn Crosby, Kenneth Wiley, Bill Gelbart, Jerry Antone, Sian Gramates Susan Russo and AJ Bhutkar On Thursday, November 8,…

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