Dynamic Dalmia: Can They Do it Again?

Awards and Competitions. What They Can Do and How They Can Do It

Mechanosensitive channels: what can they do and how do they do it?

While mechanobiological processes employ diverse mechanisms, at their heart are force-induced perturbations in the structure and dynamics of molecules capable of triggering subsequent events. Among the best characterized force-sensing systems are bacterial mechanosensitive channels. These channels reflect an intimate coupling of protein conformation with the mechanics of the surrounding membran...

Regeneration If They Can Do It, Why Can't We?

The therapeutic potential of stem cells and nuclear cloning has led to renewed interest in classical models of regeneration. This longstanding problem is undergoing a renaissance spurred by the availability of new techniques that finally allow analysis on the cellular and molecular level.

You Can Wear It, But Do They Want to Share It or Stare at It?

Wearable technologies are often used for supporting our daily lives instead of aiming to be entertaining. Yet it is in our daily lives that clothing is used to highlight our personas and engage others. In this paper, we describe what type of social acceptance issues might be worth to consider when it comes to entertaining and engaging wearable technology. Our user study with 10 participants was...

Ion Channel Surprises Prokaryotes Do It Again!

pessimist that the party is over—that no additional famiJust 5 years ago, the prospect of obtaining high-resolulies of familiar ion channels will present themselves in tion structures of neurobiologically interesting ion chanprokaryotic genomes. But a recent report from a collabnels by x-ray crystallography seemed very dim indeed. orative effort of the Gouaux and Mayer groups (Chen Except for t...