Sue Biggins

Sue Biggins: How kinetochores keep control of mitosis

D uring mitosis, it's up to the kine-tochores assembled on the cen-tromeres of each chromosome to give a cell the go-ahead to begin anaphase. A kinetochore will only give its ready signal once it becomes attached to and stretched apart by microtubules emanating from both opposing spindle poles. This process, known as the spindle checkpoint , ensures the even distribution of chromosomes between ...

Editorial Sue Buckley

The first paper, entitled Françoise, a fifteen year follow-up, from Jean Rondal and his colleagues M. Elbouz, M. Ylieff, and L. Docquier, at the University of Liège in Belgium presents an individual case study that describes in detail the changes in language and memory function of Françoise, a 47 year old lady with Down syndrome. Françoise will already be well known to many in this field as she...

Eating Wonderland: Recent Work by Sue Johnson

Response by the Author – Sue Nancholas

The article was, perforce, a brief one in which the main aim was to correct some common misunderstandings about preparation of LFA matrices. I tried to emphasize that the creation of a LogFrame should be ‘preceded by a small group of secondary stakeholders who should base their discussions on a thorough needs assessment (or problem tree)’ and I also emphasized the need for wider stakeholder ana...

The Social versus Private Incentive to Sue

The private value of lawsuits is based on plaintiffs’ expected recovery at trial compared to their filing costs, whereas the social value consists of the incentives suits create for injurers to invest in accident avoidance. Generally, there is no relationship between these two values: there may be either too many or too few suits from a social perspective. Thus, there is scope for corrective me...