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Image of the Month: Art meets science to visualize the fruit fly’s brain

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments ALS, autophagy, fruit fly, Lou Gehrig's disease, lysosomes, proteasome, rare disease, reseach, ubiquilin

Studying the brain of the fruit fly helps understand the human brain, both in health and disease.       Working in the lab of

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Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, autophagy, Drosophila, fruit fly, Lou Gehrig's disease, lysosomes, proteasome, Research, ubiquilin

Building up cellular waste is bad news for cells, and particularly for neurons. Such excessive build up can lead to neurological conditions, as is the

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Tuberous sclerosis: it’s not all about mTORC1

February 28, 2019March 1, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments glycogen, lysosomes, mTORC1, Research, TSC, tuberous sclerosis

mTORC1, a protein complex that regulates cell metabolism, has long been considered the major driving force behind tuberous sclerosis. New experimental evidence, however, is challenging

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A worm’s lessons for living a longer, healthier life

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Aging, C. elegans, fat metabolism, Longevity, lysosomes, metabolic signaling, mitochondria, oxidative tolerance, Research, sugar metabolism

Caenorhabditis elegans is a seemingly unimpressive worm. It is as long as a penny is thick, it lives in the soil feeding on microbes it

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Juvenile Batten disease, a problem with cellular waste management

March 29, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments AKT, Alzheimer's, cellular waste, Huntington’s, Juvenile Batten disease, lysosomes, Neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, TFEB

Like a large dynamic city, a cell carries out many activities that generate waste. Waste needs to be disposed of properly in order for the

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From the Labs Image of the Month

From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an image of the laboratory worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Image credit: Dr. Tao Chen/Wang lab.

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