Scientists from Utrecht University have succeeded in applying advanced microscopy to visualise the activity of the widely used drug Taxol. Taxol is often used in cancer chemotherapy. A better understanding of the precise action of the drug offers starting points … Read more
Biophysicists from Utrecht University have developed a strategy for using light-emitting nanocrystals as a marker in living cells. By recording the movements of these quantum dots, they can clarify the structure and dynamics of the cytoskeleton. Their findings were published … Read more
Benjamin P. Bouchet, Ivar Noordstra, Miranda van Amersfoort, Eugene A. Katrukha, York-Christoph Ammon, Natalie D. ter Hoeve, Louis Hodgson, Marileen Dogterom, Patrick W.B. Derksen and Anna Akhmanova
Mesenchymal cell invasion requires cooperative regulation of persistent microtubule growth by SLAIN2 and … Read more
Researchers from Utrecht University shed light on the intracellular transport of postsynaptic receptors in neurons
In the brain, millions of neurons transfer information with each other through synapses. At the surface of an excitatory postsynapse, receptors need to be inserted … Read more
Sam F.B. van Beuningen, Lena Will, Martin Harterink, Anaël Chazeau, Eljo Y. van Battum, Cátia P. Frias, Mariella A.M. Franker, Eugene A. Katrukha, Riccardo Stucchi, Karin Vocking, Ana T. Antunes, Lotte Slenders, Sofia Doulkeridou, Peter Sillevis Smitt, A.F. Maarten Altelaar, … Read more
Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning. Petra van Bergeijk, Max Adrian, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Lukas C. Kapitein. Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1038/nature14086
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14128.html
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Proper positioning of organelles by cytoskeleton-based motor proteins underlies cellular events such as signaling, polarization, and growth. … Read more
Kah Wai Yau, Sam F.B. van Beuningen, Inês Cunha-Ferreira, Bas M.C. Cloin, Eljo Y. van Battum, Lena Will, Philipp Schätzle, Roderick P. Tas, Jaap van Krugten, Eugene A. Katrukha, Kai Jiang, Phebe S. Wulf, Marina Mikhaylova, Martin Harterink, R. Jeroen … Read more
Benoit RM, Frey D, Hilbert M, Kevenaar JT, Wieser MM, Stirnimann CU, McMillan D, Ceska T, Lebon F, Jaussi R, Steinmetz MO, Schertler GFX, Hoogenraad CC, Capitani G and Kammerer RA, Structural basis for recognition of synaptic vesicle protein 2C … Read more
