An AI-based tool may offer a non-invasive and more accessible way to distinguish between laryngeal cancer and benign vocal cord lesions. Image credit:© Istock, Byturatdenz People often “lose their voice” after spending the night cheering for a local sports team or singing along to their favorite songs at a concert. Such overuse can temporarily injure…
This summit will be hosted live and available on-demand Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 10:30 am – 12:30 pm is 1:00 – 3:00 PM SGT 2:00 – 4:00 pm jst 2:00 – 4:00 PM KST 3:00 – 5:00 PM AEST Drug discovery research is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by technological advances, including artificial intelligence (AI)…
Patients with fibromyalgia have distinct gut microbiomes from healthy people. This microbiota can cause chronic pain in mice. Image credit:© iStock.com, Chrischrisw Many people suffer from chronic pain due to various medical conditions. In some ailments, like arthritis or multiple sclerosis, tissue or nerve damage causes this pain. In fibromyalgia, though, this pain isn’t associated…
This webinar will be hosted live and available on-demand. Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM Subtle disruptions in noncoding genomic regions frequently drive Mendelian diseases by altering chromatin architecture, regulatory activity, and other molecular pathways. However, most chromatin profiling techniques do not resolve these changes across long genomic regions. Fiber-seq, a synchronous long-read…
This Brush Up is sponsored by Cayman Chemical. Learn more about chemical inhibitors of histone modification. Histone modification affects how tightly DNA wraps around histone proteins, yielding epigenetic changes that may activate or inhibit gene expression by influencing a gene’s availability to the cellular transcription machinery. This article explores various types of histone modifications, their…
Dental calculus preserves DNA over millennia, providing unprecedented information about the biodiversity and evolution of the human microbiome. Image credit:© Istock, microgen Millennia ago, when ancient people did not know what toothbrushes were, food particles and microbes clung stubbornly to their teeth. These plaques mineralized over time to form crusty, hard tartar. Christina Warinner is…
Sleep is a critical part of forming memories. Researchers found that increased sleep spindles can help form motor memory and improve task performance. Image credit:© Istock, eclipse_images People spend about one third of their lives sleeping. Fingers glide across a phone screen or thoughts drift toward the day ahead, but soon, eyelids grow heavy, and…
National Postdoc Appreciation Week is in September, but why limit postdoc appreciation to just one week? Postdocs play a vital role in the academic ecosystem, and we’re excited to shine a spotlight on this dedicated and often under-recognized group. How can you get featured? It’s simple–just fill out this questionnaire to tell us about yourself…
