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A Mosquito that Won’t Ruin a Barbecue   "To create the mutant mosquitoes, Dr. Vosshall and her colleagues altered an odor receptor, orco. Not only did the resulting mosquitoes struggle to tell the difference between humans and other animals, but they were unable to detect the presence of DEET, t...

Nature Cell Biology 15: 546-554 (June 2013)

Nature Cell Biology 15: 546-554 Control of metastatic progression by microRNA regulatory networks Nora Pencheva and Sohail F. Tavazoie  
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Mutant mosquitoes lose their appetite for humans

What draws a mosquito to bite its host has long been studied from the perspective of the victim — uncovering which smells and chemicals lure the insect in. But researchers at Rockefeller’s Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, headed by Robin Chemers Neustein Professor Leslie Vosshall, are a...

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NSF-funded Rockefeller University mathematical biologist Joel Cohen discusses human migration patterns   "I think the problems of life are the most fascinating problems, and I love the clarity of mathematical tools.... I think of humans as embedded in a network of relationships with the species w...

Cell online: May 30, 2013

Cell online: May 30, 2013 53BP1 mediates productive and mutagenic DNA repair through distinct phosphoprotein interactions Elsa Callen, Michela Di Virgilio, Michael J. Kruhlak, Maria Nieto-Soler, Nancy Wong, Hua-Tang Chen, Robert B. Faryabi, Federica Polato, Margarida Santos, Linda M. Starnes, Dua...
Awards and Honors

Mike Young to receive Shaw Prize

Michael W. Young, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics, will receive the 2013 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine in recognition of his work on the molecular biology of circadian rhythms. The prize was announced this week at a press conference in Hong Kon...

Nature online: May 29, 2013

Nature online: May 29, 2013 orco mutant mosquitoes lose strong preference for humans and are not repelled by volatile DEET Matthew DeGennaro, Carolyn S. McBride, Laura Seeholzer, Takao Nakagawa, Emily J.  Dennis, Chloe Goldman, Nijole Jasinskiene, Anthony A. James and Leslie B. Vosshall

Journal of Experimental Medicine online: May 27, 2013

Journal of Experimental Medicine online: May 27, 2013 Restricting HIV-1 pathways for escape using rationally designed anti-HIV-1 antibodies Ron Diskin, Florian Klein, Joshua A. Horwitz, Ariel Halper-Stromberg, D. Noah Sather, Paola M. Marcovecchio, Terri Lee, Anthony P. West Jr., Han Gao, Michael...

Nature Immunology online: May 26, 2013

Nature Immunology online: May 26, 2013 A comprehensive analysis of the effects of the deaminase AID on the transcriptome and methylome of activated B cells Eric L. Fritz, Brad R. Rosenberg, Kenneth Lay, Aleksandra Mihailović, Thomas Tuschl and F. Nina Papavasiliou

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: May 22, 2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: May 22, 2013 General mechanism for modulating immunoglobulin effector function Peter Sondermann, Andrew Pincetic, Jad Maamary, Katja Lammens and Jeffrey V. Ravetch
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