Genes and Development 27: 1596-1609 A TAF4 coactivator function for E proteins that involves enhanced TFIID binding Wei-Yi Chen, Jinsong Zhang, Huimin Geng, Zhimei Du, Tomoyoshi Nakadai and Robert G. Roeder

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 15, 2013 Structure and function of CarD, an essential mycobacterial transcription factor Devendra B. Srivastava, Katherine Leon, Joseph Osmundson, Ashley L. Garner, Leslie A.  Weiss, Lars F. Westblade, Michael S. Glickman, Robert La...

Molecular Psychiatry online: July 9, 2013 Estrogen protects against the detrimental effects of repeated stress on glutamatergic transmission and cognition J. Wei, E.Y. Yuen, W. Liu, X. Li, P. Zhong, I.N. Karatsoreos, B.S. McEwen and Z. Yan

Immunity online: July 9, 2013 T cell-derived protein S engages TAM receptor signaling in dendritic cells to control the magnitude of the immune response Eugenio A. Carrera Silva, Pamela Y. Chan, Leonel Joannas, Andrea E. Errasti, Nicola Gagliani, Lidia Bosurgi, Maurice Jabbour, Anthony Perry, Fay...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 8, 2013 Stochastic expression and epigenetic memory at the yeast HO promoter Qian Zhang, Youngdae Yoon, Yaxin Yu, Emily J. Parnell, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Michael M. Mwangi, Frederick R. Cross, David J. Stillman and Lu Bai

U.S. university heads in Israel to establish academic ties   “I was amazed to watch two paraplegics walk independently using the ReWalk robotic device and moved when they showed how leaving their wheelchairs has transformed their lives,” said Rockefeller University President Marc Tessier-Lavig...

PLoS Biology online: July 2, 2013 Quantitative control of protein s-palmitoylation regulates meiotic entry in fission yeast Mingzi M. Zhang, Pei-Yun Jenny Wu, Felice D. Kelly, Paul Nurse and Howard C. Hang

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 1, 2013 Diacylglycerol promotes centrosome polarization in T cells via reciprocal localization of dynein and myosin II Xin Liu, Tarun M. Kapoor, James K. Chen and Morgan Huse

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 1, 2013 Dysregulation of PAD4-mediated citrullination of nuclear GSK3β activates TGF-β signaling and induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells Sonja C. Stadler, C. Theresa Vincent, Victor D. Fedorov, Antoni...

All the buzz about mosquitoes   "[Leslie Vosshall's] dedication to her work seems jaw-droppingly insane, especially at feeding times."