Cell-shape networks get a screening

Glia Get Neurons in Shape

Glial cells are essential components of the nervous system. In this issue, Singhvi et al. uncover cellular and molecular mechanisms through which C. elegans glia shape sensory neuron terminals and thus control animal thermosensing behaviors.

KIF4 helps mitotic chromosomes get in shape

KIF4 helps mitotic chromosomes get in shape T hough chromosomes spend most of their time occupying amorphous territories in interphase nu-clei, we typically picture them as the compact X-shaped structures that form during mitosis. Chromosomes adopt this conformation to avoid becoming entangled as they segregate into daughter cells, but how mitotic chromatin condenses into the correct shape is u...

A ribonuclease helps the ER get in shape

Get Back In Shape ! – A Hardware Prototype Self - Reconfigurable Modular Microrobot that Uses Shape Memory Alloy –

* Distributed System Design Research Group, Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1-2 Namiki, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8564 Japan e-mail: [email protected] ** Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuda M...

Training for Web search: Will it get you in shape?

(Lucas & Topi, 2002; Spink, Wolfram, Jansen, & Saracevic, 2001). Searchers rarely use Boolean operators and even more rarely use them correctly, negating any possible benefit they might achieve. Search features labeled as “advanced” by search engines are seldom used, and “hints and tips” are usually ignored, partly due to an (often misguided) assumption that they are intended for advanced users...