South China has been considered as part of the Rodinian supercontinent during Neoproterozoic time, although its paleogeographic position within this supercontinent is still a matter of debate. The Wangjiangshan and Bijigou complexes along the northern margin of South China are among the largest mafic intrusions in China. New SHRIMP zircon U-Pb results indicate that these two intrusions have cry...

Focal adhesions (FAs) are large multi-protein complexes that act as transmembrane links between the extracellular matrix and the actin cytoskeleton. Recently, FAs were extensively characterized, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying their mechanical and signalling functions remain unresolved. To address this question, we isolated protein complexes containing different FA components, from chic...

Received ; accepted – 2 – ABSTRACT Using simultaneous observations of the MDI and EIT instruments on board the SoHO spacecraft, we determined in flight the plate scale of the EIT. We found a value of 2.629 ± 0.001 arc seconds per pixel, in fair agreement with the 2.627 ± 0.001 arc seconds per pixel value deduced from recent laboratory measurements of the focal length, and much higher by 7σ than...

Recent studies have reinforced the view that the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) regulates food intake and body weight. We identified leptin-sensitive neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (Arc) that innervate the LHA using retrograde tracing with leptin administration. We found that retrogradely labeled cells in the Arc contained neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA or proopiomelanocortin (P...

We present discovery images, together with follow-up imaging and spectroscopy, of two large separation gravitational lenses found by our survey for wide arcs (the CASSOWARY). The survey exploits the multicolour photometry of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to find multiple blue components around red galaxies. CASSOWARY 2 (or “the Cheshire Cat”) is composed of two massive early-type galaxies at z =...