Deciphering Human Microbiota–Host Chemical Interactions

Deciphering Babesia-Vector Interactions

Understanding host-pathogen-tick interactions remains a vitally important issue that might be better understood by basic research focused on each of the dyad interplays. Pathogens gain access to either the vector or host during tick feeding when ticks are confronted with strong hemostatic, inflammatory and immune responses. A prominent example of this is the Babesia spp.-tick-vertebrate host re...

Chemical approaches to deciphering the glycosaminoglycan code.

Glycosaminoglycans are sulfated biopolymers with rich chemical diversity and complex functions in vivo, contributing to processes ranging from cell growth and neuronal development to viral invasion and neurodegenerative disease. Recent studies suggest that glycosaminoglycans may encode information in the form of a 'sulfation code,' whereby discrete modifications to the polysaccharide backbone m...

Deciphering the human genome

Deciphering Interactions in Moving Animal Groups

Collective motion phenomena in large groups of social organisms have long fascinated the observer, especially in cases, such as bird flocks or fish schools, where large-scale highly coordinated actions emerge in the absence of obvious leaders. However, the mechanisms involved in this self-organized behavior are still poorly understood, because the individual-level interactions underlying them r...

Deciphering the Human Brain Proteome

Musunuri, S. 2016. Mass Spectrometry-based Neuroproteomics. Deciphering the Human Brain Proteome. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1347. 70 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9485-8. Mammalian brain is challenging to study due to its heterogeneity and complexity. However, recent advances in molecular im...