Blood platelet protein regulates serotonin transporter and determines blood serotonin levels. [ + ]

C. elegans caps its chromosomes with a G-tail off the right and a C-tail off the left. [ + ]

Two papers by WAIMR scientists unlock how genes and hormones contribute to red blood cell formation. [ + ]

UQ researchers are developing a predictive test for type 1 diabetes by tracing activation of the NF-kappa B pathway. [ + ]

What's New in LAB Technology editor Janette Woodhouse reports on the Australian contingent at Pittcon 2008.

Elizabeth Blackburn accepts her L'Oreal women in science award in Paris. [ + ]

More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened yesterday at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute.

Many companies release their latest products at Pittcon. This year, as part of the swing away from biotechnology and towards environmental sustainability testing, there is an abundance of bio-diesel and bio-fuel analysers hitting the market.

US researchers discover how certain proteins control the process of programmed cell death. [ + ]

Biotechnology seems to have taken a back seat this year at Pittcon, the huge annual laboratory conference and exposition held in the US.

US researchers design artificial antigen-presenting cells to boost T cell proliferation. [ + ]

David Bowtell is investigating the role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in ovarian cancer. [ + ]

The National Science Week grants were announced on Tuesday, with $500,000 in funding provided to one of the most diverse sets of projects in the program's 11-year history.

Melbourne's WEHI partners Abbott and Genentech in new drug discovery program. [ + ]

Notch controls bone formation and strength as well as cell differentiation [ + ]