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September 2024

XX Marks the Spot: Addressing Sex Bias in Neuroscience

Neuroscience research historically overlooked female subjects. Today, researchers actively rebalance the scales.

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Features

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Better Living Through Algae Biotechnology

Collection of green and blue proteins with different conformations on a black background.

The Dynamic Lives of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

A colorful image of a brain surrounded by outlines of a woman, rodent, and a marmoset. Lines orbit around the brain and are surrounded by stars.

XX Marks the Spot: Addressing Sex Bias in Neuroscience

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Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models Add a Dimension to Developmental Biology

Infographics

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Algae: The Next Green Revolution

Infographic depicting the variety of conformations that proteins can assume and how this facilitates multifunctionality.

Infographic: Shapeshifters in the Proteome

(Left to right) The first panel is an image of an uneven scale, with the blue male symbol weighing heavier than the red female symbol. The second panel features a mouse with a callout depicting various red and blue lines to represent the estrous cycle. In the third panel, there are images of a mouse, marmoset, and cell culture dish. In the final panel, there is an image of therapeutic pills and gears, representing cognitive function, above a balanced scale. Now the male and female symbols are even.

Infographic: Bridging the Sex Bias Gap

Embryoid bodies, at the top of the page, are a cluster of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that differentiate portions into ectoderm (orange), mesoderm (dark blue), and endoderm (pink).

Infographic: The Many Paths to Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models

Contributors

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Meet the Team: Laura Tran, PhD

Foundations

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Eavesdropping on Ion Channels Using the Patch Clamp Technique

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In Search of FACS: The History of Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting

Profiles

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Understanding Neurodegenerative Disease with Prion Research

Caroline Gargett, a biologist at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Australia, studies endometrial stem cells. She has short hair, wears glasses, and smiles at the camera.

An Endometrial Stem Cell Pioneer

Editorial

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An Ode to Stem Cells

Speaking of Science

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Nuts for Neuroscience

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