October 2014: Deep Diving into Cellular Function

Cell Podcast

English - October 23, 2014 19:00 - 27 minutes - ★★★★ - 23 ratings
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Previous Episode: September 2014: The Gut-Brain Connection and Celebrating 20 years of Chemistry and Biology

Next Episode: December 2014: Finding Better Ways to Battle Microbes

In this edition, we learn about about how the poison botulinum toxin alters cell functions, with K. Ravi Acharya (00:00) (Trends in Biochemical Sciences), how recording electrical activity from neurons in awake humans, with Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (8:20) (Neuron) and how dynamic changes in genetic material called chromatin control key features of cell function, with Tom Misteli (15:35) (special issue of Trends in Cell Biology). Plus more great research highlights from around Cell Press (25:00).