Leaf shape development On of the things that intrigues me most in biology is the development of organisms. How does that single cell that is just fertilised knows what to do. To get its polarity established, initiate cell division at the right time, place and direction. What makes it go on developing into recognisable plantContinue reading “Leaf shape development”
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Giving a talk
Giving a talk When preparing to give a talk about your work you always need to make lots of decisions. One is about the amount of background vs results. Ideally you would like to have lots of time to discuss your new results, but for the audience to place them into context, or to understandContinue reading “Giving a talk”
SNAREs deal with K+ channels
SNAREs deal with K+ channels It has been a busy week so it took some time to get my thoughts organised and write this review. Keeping up with vesicle fusion, we now have a look at how SNARE assembly is regulated. The final step of vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane is regulated by theContinue reading “SNAREs deal with K+ channels”
What makes a binding domain
What makes a binding domain One of the projects that I am busy with at the moment is writing a review about phosphoinositide binding domains. Preparing for that I have been reading old reviews on the same topic. One thing that I noticed was that some domains which have shown to bind phosphoinositides, like theContinue reading “What makes a binding domain”