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Mutations that stabilize the open state of the <em>Erwinia chrisanthemi</em> ligand-gated ion channel fail to change the conformation of the pore domain in crystals
Corresponding author Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman, Associate Professor of Biochemistry Satish Nair, and colleagues have published new work in PNAS.
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Msx Homeobox Genes Critically Regulate Embryo Implantation
A unique signaling network regulated by the homeobox transcription factors MSX1 and MSX2 in the mouse uterus critically controls female fertility.
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Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain
In a new study, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Rhanor Gillette reports on a circuit in the brain of the sea slug Pleurobranchaea.
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Lori Raetzman Selected to Present Anita Payne Lecture
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Lori Raetzman has been selected to present the Anita Payne New Perspectives in Reproductive Biology Lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR).
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3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences
The 3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences (ISRS) will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday, October 10, 2011. The venue of the meeting is the I-Hotel Conference Center.
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Phillip Newmark and Milan Bagchi Appointed as Romano Scholars
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi, and Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Phillip Newmark, have each been appointed as a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar.
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Small change makes a big difference for ion channels
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and research scientist Gisela Cymes used a high-resolution single-molecule study technique to see the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.
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Kevin Xiang and Jie Chen Published in Nature
Corresponding author Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Kevin Xiang, lead author Affiliate Professor of Biochemistry Taekjip Ha, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Jie Chen, and colleagues have published "Probing cellular protein complexes using single-molecule...
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Hee Jung Chung Receives Carver Charitable Trust Award
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Hee Jung Chung has been awarded the highly competitive 3-year Carver Young Investigator Award.
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Claudio Grosman and Gisela Cymes published in Nature
"Tunable pKa values and the basis of opposite charge selectivities in nicotinic-type receptors," by Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and Research Scientist Gisela Cymes, has been published in Nature.