November 2009: Membrane trafficking in cells and regulation in breast cancer cells

11/19/09 • 21 min

Learn about two new studies identifying a protein complex that helps with intracellular membrane trafficking (start 0:47) and hear how a key cell-cycle regulator that is overexpressed in breast cancer cells is itself regulated (9:35).

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October 2009: How the influenza virus outwits the host immune system, why our ancestors took up farming, and what fruit fly memories are really made of

Learn about a clever way that the influenza virus outwits the host immune system (start 0:47), hear why our ancestors abandoned hunting and fishing and took up farming instead (8:55), and discover what fruit fly memories are really made of (start 13:05).

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December 2009: Interviews with this year's Nobel Laureates, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan

Dr. Emilie Marcus talks with two of this year's Nobel Laureates, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan about their groundbreaking research on telomeres (1:04) and the ribosome (14:29), respectively. Learn about the connection between two major molecular players in Alzheimer's disease (29:15).