Epigenetic Memories

Meet some of the people featured in the December 2015 issue of The Scientist.

There’s more to inheritance than genes.

December 2015's selection of notable quotes

Researchers measure the health of Papua New Guinea’s forests by analyzing the ecological soundscape.

Is a nasal circadian clock to blame for allergy symptoms flaring up in the morning?

How birds with an innate propensity for living among humans are establishing populations in cities

Researchers are converting carnivores into herbivores in a bid to make raising animals such as alligators, trout, and salmon more sustainable.

Warning signs that scandal might be brewing in your lab
 

Editors and publishers should use a standardized form to detail why they are pulling papers from the scientific literature.

A nanoscopic needle and a mass spectrometer reveal the contents of individual cells.

How one generation’s experience can affect the next

Contrary to years of research suggesting otherwise, most aggregated proteins regain their shape and functionality following heat shock.

A new algorithm opens doors for detecting rare cell types in mRNA sequencing.

Without a vacuole, cell-cycle progression stalls out in yeast cells.

In his search for effective therapies for Parkinson’s disease, Lorenz Studer is uncovering pluripotency switches and clues to what makes cells age.

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Age: 43

Methods for taking a cell's temperature

A sampling of free software for flow cytometry data analysis

What to do when you realize your publication is fatally flawed

Instead of getting its start in Africa, humanity may have had more Continental roots. 

Welcome to the Microbiome, The Paradox of Evolution, Newton's Apple, and Dawn of the Neuron.

A rash of deformed lambs eventually led to the creation of a cancer-fighting agent.