Megabats, microbats and the most interesting gene in the genome
20 March, 2008 by Graeme O'NeillGraeme O'Neill has been writing about science for almost 30 years and along the way he's developed a couple of favourite stories. One is the evolution of fruit bats, recounted in our last issue, and the other is the role of FOXP2, sometimes called the Chomsky Gene. In a sublime twist, the two stories have merged together.
Protein location marks depression
19 March, 2008 by Staff WritersUS researchers say protein caught in lipid rafts affects neurotransmitter action.
The $60,000 genome
19 March, 2008 by Staff WritersIt's not the $1000 genome just yet, but Applied Biosystems says it's getting there.
Fish fins and microRNAs
18 March, 2008 by Staff WritersMicroRNA expression affects fin regeneration in zebrafish.
Genome organiser rules the metastasis roost
13 March, 2008 by Kate McDonaldUS researchers studying a protein involved in T cell development find it promotes breast cancer growth and spread.
Jelly role in DNA methylation
13 March, 2008 by Staff WritersRoyal jelly kick-starts DNA methylation in bees, ANU researchers find.
The ABC of RNA
13 March, 2008 by Staff WritersCanadian bioinformaticians develop new tools to create 3D structure of RNA.
Leave it to the master gene
29 February, 2008 by Fiona WyliePeter Klinken and his team are studying key decision makers in blood cell differentiation and leukaemia.
Above and beyond DNA
19 February, 2008 by Fiona WylieAfter becoming an epigenetics convert four years ago at Lorne and winning the Eppendorf Young Investigator's Award there two years ago, Dr Jeff Craig returns to Lorne in 2008 as an invited speaker to present the fruits of his conversion.
Identical twins not a true copy
19 February, 2008 by Staff WritersDifferences between identical twins are probably caused by copy number variations, and not environmental factors, researchers report.
Individual expression
18 February, 2008 by Graeme O'NeillPeter Little went looking for coordinated changes in expression patterns in 755 genes in mice. He found them, and a whole lot more, as he told the Lorne Genome conference this week.
Hubs in the human-pathogen protein landscape
18 February, 2008 by Staff WritersAnalysis of protein interactions show pathogens preferentially interact with hubs and bottlenecks.
Mapping the chromatin landscape
15 February, 2008 by Fiona WylieFrances Shannon tells the Lorne protein conference about the role of architectural proteins and how the packaging of DNA in the cell nucleus controls immune-related gene expression.
Blobology and proteins' little helpers
13 February, 2008 by Kate McDonaldOne of the world's leading structural biologists, Helen Saibil, is bringing her knowledge -- and some spectacular images -- of molecular chaperones to the Lorne Protein conference.
RNA chip on a platter
13 February, 2008 by Kate McDonaldRNA microarray chip technology developed by the University of Queensland licensed to Invitrogen.
