December 2018

Invisible Borders

An emerging appreciation for membraneless organelles and the liquid dynamics that shape them

Features

These Organelles Have No Membranes

Bacteria Harbor Geometric “Organelles”

2018 Top 10 Innovations

Bio Business

The UK Pharmaceutical Industry Braces for Brexit

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Hindsight

Notebook

Goats Prefer Happy Human Faces

Brain Rhythms Guide How Humans Pay Attention

How One Wild Dolphin’s Trick Became a Fad

Cheese Helped Fuel Early Farmers in Europe

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Caught on Camera

The Literature

Fat Cells Shrink to Make Room for Milk in Breastfeeding Mouse Moms

Leukemia Relapses May Arise From Specialized Cells

Diverse Forests Are Better at Accumulating Carbon

Scientist to Watch

Prachee Avasthi Explores How Cells Build and Maintain Cilia

Lab Tools

Imaging Chromatin to Deduce Function from Form

Reading Frames

Racing for the Ribosome

Foundations

Rethinking Raw Milk, 1918

Modus Operandi

Sounding Out Cell Stickiness

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

Profiles

Discovery’s Crest: A Profile of Marianne Bronner

Infographics

Infographic: Shaken Loose

Infographic: What Are Membraneless Organelles?

Infographic: Bacterial Microcompartments Basics

Infographic: The Fate of Fat Cells During Breastfeeding

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Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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An illustration of green lentiviral particles.

Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Explore new strategies for improving plasmid DNA manufacturing workflows.

Overcoming Obstacles in Plasmid DNA Manufacturing

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Products

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Shift Bioscience proposes improved ranking system for virtual cell models to accelerate gene target discovery

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BRANDTECH Scientific Launches New Website for VACUU·LAN® Lab Vacuum Systems

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series