* 8/7/08 - Priya
Switching on and off fear by distinct neuronal circuits
Cyril Herry, Stephane Ciocchi, Verena Senn, Lynda Demmou, Christian Müller & Andreas Lüthi
Nature. 2008 Jul 31;454(7204):600-6. Epub 2008 Jul 9.
Nature

* 9/25/08 - Hui
Chromatin dynamics during epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line
Petra Hajkova, Katia Ancelin, Tanja Waldmann, Nicolas Lacoste, Ulrike C. Lange, Francesca Cesari, Caroline Lee, Genevieve Almouzni, Robert Schneide2 & M. Azim Surani
Nature. 2008, 452, 877-81
Nature

* 10/23/08 - Sandip
A genetically encoded photosensitizer
Maria E Bulina, Dmitriy M Chudakov, Olga V Britanova, Yurii G Yanushevich, Dmitry B Staroverov, Tatyana V Chepurnykh, Ekaterina M Merzlyak, Maria A Shkrob, Sergey Lukyanov & Konstantin A Lukyanov
Nature Biotechnology. 2006, 24, 95-99
Nature Biotechnology

* Chromophore-assisted light inactivation (CALI) using the phototoxic fluorescent protein KillerRed
Maria E Bulina, Konstantin A Lukyanov, Olga V Britanova, Daria Onichtchouk, Sergey Lukyanov & Dmitriy M Chudakov
Nature Protocols. 2006, 1(2), 947-53
Nature Protocols

* 10/23/08 - Yaping
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fibroblasts with only Oct4 and Sox2
Danwei Huangfu1, Kenji Osafune1,2, Rene´ Maehr1, Wenjun Guo3, Astrid Eijkelenboom1,4, Shuibing Chen1,Whitney Muhlestein1 & Douglas A Melton1
Nature Biotechnology. 2008, published online 12 October 2008; doi:10.1038/nbt.1502
Nature Biotechnology

* Generation of Mouse Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Without Viral Vectors
Keisuke Okita,1 Masato Nakagawa,1,2 Hong Hyenjong,2 Tomoko Ichisaka,1,3 Shinya Yamanaka1,2,3,4*
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Sciencexpress

* 12/18/08 - Michael
In vivo fate analysis reveals the multipotent and self-renewal capacities of Sox2+ neural stem cells in the adult hippocampus
Suh H, Consiglio A, Ray J, Sawai T, D'Amour KA, Gage FH
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Nov;1(5):515-28
Cell Stem Cell

* 2/5/09 - Zhiqiang
Linking cell cycle to asymmetric division: Aurora-A phosphorylates the Par complex to regulate Numb localization.
Wirtz-Peitz F, Nishimura T, Knoblich JA
Cell. 2008 Oct 3;135(1):161-73
Cell

* 3/19/09 - Priya
Haploinsufficiency for Pten and Serotonin transporter cooperatively influences brain size and social behavior.
Page DT, Kuti OJ, Prestia C, Sur M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 10;106(6):1989-94.
PNAS

* 4/30/09 - Hui
A Genome-Scale RNAi Screen for Oct4 Modulators Defines a Role of the Paf1 Complex for Embryonic Stem Cell Identity. Cell Stem Cell.
Li Ding, Maciej Paszkowski-Rogacz, Anja Nitzsche, Mikolaj Michal Slabicki, Anne-Kristin Heninger, Ingrid de Vries, Ralf Kittler, Magno Junqueira, Andrej Shevchenko, Herbert Schulz, Norbert Hubner, Michael Xavier Doss, Agapios Sachinidis, Juergen Hescheler, Roberto Iacone, Konstantinos Anastassiadis, A. Francis Stewart, M. Teresa Pisabarro, Antonio Caldarelli, Ina Poser, Mirko Theis and Frank Buchholz
Cell Stem Cell. In Press.
Cell Stem Cell

* 4/30/09 - ChengZhong
Characterization of human embryonic stem cells with features of neoplastic progression.
Tamra E Werbowetski-Ogilvie, Marc Bossé, Morag Stewart, Angelique Schnerch, Veronica Ramos-Mejia, Anne Rouleau, Tracy Wynder, Mary-Jo Smith, Steve Dingwall, Tim Carter, Christopher Williams, Charles Harris, Joanna Dolling, Christopher Wynder, Doug Boreham & Mickie Bhatia
Nature Biotechnology 2009, 27, 91 - 97
Nature

* 6/4/09 - Sandip
Mutations in the Na+/K+-ATPase alpha3 Gene ATP1A3 Are Associated with Rapid-Onset Dystonia Parkinsonism.
Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar, Kathleen J Sweadner, John T Penniston, Jacek Zaremba, Liu Liu, Marsha Caton, Gurutz Linazasoro, Michel Borg, Marina A.J Tijssen, Susan B Bressman
Neuron 2004, 43(2) 169 - 175
Neuron

* 7/23/09 - Michael
Deletion of TrkB in adult progenitors alters newborn neuron integration into hippocampal circuits and increases anxiety-like behavior.
Matteo Bergami, Roberto Rimondini, Spartaco Santi, Robert Blum, Magdalena Götz, and Marco Canossa
PNAS 2008 105:15570-15575
PNAS

* 7/23/09 - Nan
Fgf10 Regulates Transition Period of Cortical Stem Cell Differentiation to Radial Glia Controlling Generation of Neurons and Basal Progenitors.
Sahara S, O'Leary DD
Neuron 2009, Volume 63, Issue 1, 48-62
Neuron

* 11/12/09 - Sandip
Zebrafish chemical screening reveals an inhibitor of Dusp6 that expands cardiac cell lineages.
Gabriela Molina, Andreas Vogt, Ahmet Bakan, Weixiang Dai, Pierre Queiroz de Oliveira, Wade Znosko, Thomas E Smithgall, Ivet Bahar, John S Lazo, Billy W Day & Michael Tsang
Nature Chemical Biology 5, 680 - 687
Nature Chemical Biology

* 11/12/09 - Jisong
Happyhour, a Ste20 Family Kinase, Implicates EGFR Signaling in Ethanol-Induced Behaviors.
Ammon B. Corl, Karen H. Berger, Galit Ophir-Shohat, Julie Gesch, Jeffrey A. Simms, Selena E. Bartlett and Ulrike Heberlein
Cell Volume 137, Issue 5, 29 May 2009, Pages 949-960
Cell