News ArticlesFind the best human cell line model for your experimentIn a study published in Nature Communications, the expression of all human protein-coding genes in more than 1,000 human cell lines representing 27 cancer types was investigated using genome-wide transcriptomics analysis...Read more Microtubules and CAMSAP2In this image of the month we focus on the microtubules and the protein CAMSAP2. Microtubules are filaments that, together with the other components of the cytoskeleton, provide structure and shape to our cells. They also play important roles in intracellular transport, cell division, as well as the formation of cilia and flagella. Microtubules are formed by the polymerization and lateral association of alpha - and beta-tubulin proteins into a hollow tubelike filament. Due to the end-to-end linear arrangement of the α- and β-tubulin dimers the filaments have a polarity, which is crucial for their dynamics and their biological functions ( Akhmanova and Steinmetz, 2015)...Read more Movie of the month - Wiring of nervesIn this movie light-sheet microscopy has been used to visualize the mouse peripheral nervous system in 3D with Prof Patrik Ernfors explaining how this system develops, functions and is organized...Read more Serum protein profiles to classify rheumatic diseasesIn a recent publication in Journal of Proteome Research antibodies from the Human Protein Atlas was utilized in a microarray format for protein profiling of 960 serum samples within the context of rheumatic diseases...Read more Next generation blood profiling shows stereotypic evolution pattern in extremely preterm infantsBeing born too early can affect a baby's health. In a publication published in Communication Medicine, Zhong, Danielsson, Hellström and coworkers describes the proteins present in the blood in newborns from the day they were born until their original due date...Read more |