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What Makes Queen Bees So Smart?

UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
UC Davis biologist Felicity Muth is studying how bees understand their world, making decisions about which flowers to visit and how often.
1 month ago

Cytoskeleton Force Exertion in Bulk Cytoplasm

Frontiers
The microtubule and actin cytoskeletons generate forces essential to position centrosomes, nuclei, and spindles for division plane specification.
5 months ago

Insights into comparative genomics, structural features, and phylogenetic relationship of species from Eurasian Aster and its related genera (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on complete chloroplast genome

Frontiers
Aster L. is an economically and phylogenetically important genus in the tribe Astereae. Here, the complete plastomes of the eight Aster...
7 months ago

Controlling the Shape-Shifting Skeletons of Cells

Caltech
In studying the dynamic skeletons that cells use to move, Caltech researchers develop a new tool for manipulating chemistry and biology.
64 months ago

Black-Footed Ferret Kits Receive Names at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
The three black-footed ferret kits at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia have received their names.
40 months ago

Aster-B–dependent estradiol synthesis protects female mice from diet-induced obesity

JCI.org
Aster proteins mediate the nonvesicular transport of cholesterol from the plasma membrane (PM) to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
11 months ago

Students have new opportunity in STEM, thanks to NSF grant at Pitt State

Pittsburg State University
Students have a new opportunity to further engage in STEM disciplines at Pittsburg State University and receive stipends for it, thanks to a...
2 months ago

Disassembly of Actin and Keratin Networks by Aurora B Kinase at the Midplane of Cleaving Xenopus laevis Eggs

ScienceDirect.com
We found that local kinase activity of the Aurora B kinase (AURKB) subunit of the CPC caused disassembly of F-actin and keratin between asters and local...
65 months ago

AAAS honors Aster, Ranu as new Fellows

Colorado State University News
Professor Rick Aster in the Warner College of Natural Resources (left) and Dr. Rajinder Ranu, professor emeritus in the College of...
34 months ago

Spindle assembly: asters part their separate ways

Nature
Cells have developed diverse ways to separate two microtubule asters to form a mitotic spindle. Here, I focus on two mechanisms used to position asters around...
237 months ago