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Research Suggests Australia’s Marsupials Came from the Americas

Australia's marsupials appear to share a common ancestor that migrated from the Americas, according to research published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Biology journal. A team from the University of Muenster in Germany has analysed the recently sequenced genomes of two marsupials, the grey... Read more

New Articles Added to ELS in June 2010

ELS was updated with 34 new articles on 17th June 2010. New ELS articles are published on a monthly basis. For more information on the latest additions, click on the title above.

Focus on Neuroscience

Wiley-Blackwell has published 29 articles in the ELS Neuroscience section in the last year, expanding the section to 284 articles, of which 81 include updates. p>Professor Irwin B Levitan, Chair of the Department of Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University and Director of the Farber Institute... Read more

FEATURED ARTICLES

Epidermis: Outer Cell Layer of the Plant [*SciVee PubCast*]

The epidermis is the protective outer layer of clonally related cells covering all plant organs. Follow the link to join Dr Beverley Glover for a SciVee PubCast of her article. Read full article

Hair Cells

Hair cells are the sensory receptors in the inner ear that detect sound and head motion to begin the processes of hearing and balance control. The defining feature of hair cells is the hair bundle, the transduction organelle protruding from their apical surface composed of ordered arrays of stereocilia.... Read full article

Liposomes

Liposomes are synthetic vesicles consisting of one or more phospholipid bilayers, able to accommodate water- and lipid-soluble molecules. They are used as a delivery system for drugs, genes and vaccines in therapeutics. Liposomes may be formulated with a range of characteristics including different... Read full article

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

Professor Hisato Kondoh

Professor Hisato Kondoh

Professor Hisato Kondoh manages a lab at  Osaka University's Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences in Japan.  His lab is currently investigating how intercellular signalling molecules and transcription factors act to regulate embryonic development. The team's major research interest is in the primordial development of the central nervous system and sensory organs, exemplified by eye lenses. Read more in Professor Kondoh's article Lens Induction.

 
 
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