Leaving your mark

On your histone mark, SET, methylate!

Lysine methylation of histones and non-histone proteins has emerged in recent years as a posttranslational modification with wide-ranging cellular implications beyond epigenetic regulation. The molecular interactions between lysine methyltransferases and their substrates appear to be regulated by posttranslational modifications surrounding the lysine methyl acceptor. Two very interesting exampl...

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On your mark, get set: brainstem circuitry underlying saccadic initiation.

Saccades are rapid eye movements that are used to move the visual axis toward targets of interest in the visual field. The time to initiate a saccade is dependent upon many factors. Here we review some of the recent advances in our understanding of the these processes in primates. Neurons in the superior colliculus and brainstem reticular formation are organised into a network to control saccad...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW : ERC Symposium on Exhaust

The grant will provide $11 0,000 a year for five years. Of this amount, 20 percent will be used to recruit and retain underrepresented minorities and women in engineering. The rest will be split among the three research groups. This funding supports two General Motors graduate fellowships, one in the ERC and a second in the Spatial Automation Laboratory. The ERC-GM fellowshipwi11 be used to hel...

Work-related adverse events leaving their mark: a cross-sectional study among Dutch gynecologists

BACKGROUND Health care professionals who are frequently coping with traumatic events have an increased risk of developing a posttraumatic stress disorder. Research among physicians is scarce, and obstetrician-gynecologists may have a higher risk. Work-related traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder among obstetricians-gynecologists and the (desired) type of support were studied. ME...