Scientists designed a genetic sensor-and-readout system, based on detecting a transcription factor, that performs a custom cellular activity.

Researchers swap microscopy for RNA sequencing to track neural paths in the mouse brain.
 

Barcodes of mRNA travel to the cells' axon terminals, offering a sequencing-based approach to neural mapping.

Four independent research groups develop techniques for visualizing peptide production in living cells.

Scientists generate new protein-protein interactions at an impressive PACE.

A bacteriophage must evolve certain variants of a protein or die.

Researchers have designed a screen to find unique molecules, called riboswitches, that determine whether transcription will proceed.

A newly developed method detects regulators of bacterial transcription called riboswitches.

A versatile modular strategy for detecting small molecules in eukaryotes

Tailored combinations of a reporter and a ligand-binding domain allow for sensing just about any molecule of interest.