Methods And Techniques Guide

American Society For Cell Biology Issues Open Access Position Paper
The American Society for Cell Biology has issued an open access position paper .Comment... More

Listening For Cancer Cells
Roland Piquepaille writes "According to researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, it's now possible to detect skin cancer cells present in blood samples by listening to the sound of melanoma cells. The scientists have used a method named photoacoustic detection, which uses a laser to make cells vibrate and ultrasound techniques to pick the sound of cancerous cells. This technique is so precise that it's possible to identify the spread of cancer even if there are only ten melanoma cells in a blood sample. Still, large clinical tests must be done before this method can be widely used." ... More

Microtubule Protein Interactions Visualized En Masse
In a new study published online in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Philipp Niethammer, Eric Karsenti, and colleagues investigate the regulation of microtubule dynamics via application of their new method, called visual immunoprecipitation (VIP), which enables simultaneous visualization of multiple protein interactions in cell extracts.When eukaryotic cells undergo cell division, a dramatic reorganization occurs during the transition from interphase to metaphase. [click link for full article]... More

How Developing Organs Do The Splits
Bioengineering, mathematical models, and cell biology combine to help reveal how tubes in breast tissue branch... More

Yale Cell Biologist Joel Rosenbaum, To Receive Prestigious Wilson Award
Joel Rosenbaum, professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and faculty member at Yale since 1967, has been named the recipient of the 2006 E. B. Wilson Medal, the American Society for Cell Biology's highest honor for scientific research in cell biology. The medal will be presented to Rosenbaum for significant advances, over a lifetime, on the assembly, maintenance and function of fine, hair-like cell organelles, called cilia.... More

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