By trying it all, predatory sea slug learns what not to eat

Cyberslug was modeled on Pleurobranchaea californica, a sea slug with a simple nervous system.
Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Rhanor Gillette and colleagues have found that a type of predatory sea slug that usually isn’t picky when it comes to what it eats has more complex cognitive abilities than previously thought, allowing it to learn the warning cues of...

Team Discovers How Aquaporins Admit Water While Excluding Protons

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Associate Professor of Biochemistry Emad Tajkhorshid and colleagues have discovered a new mechanism by which water channel proteins in cell membranes allow water molecules to flow easily while keeping protons out. The research appears in the journal Science.

Team finds mechanism linking key inflammatory marker to cancer

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In a new study described in the journal Oncogene, Professor of Biochemistry Lin-Feng Chen and his team reveal how a key player in cell growth, immunity and the inflammatory response can be transformed into a primary contributor to tumor growth.

Researchers find active transporters are universally leaky

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Professor of Biochemistry Emad Tajkhorshid and colleagues have discovered that membrane transporters help not just sugars and other specific substrates cross from one side of a cellular membrane to the other—water also comes along for the ride.