Aquaporins (AQPs) are ubiquitously expressed proteinaceous water channels involved in numerous physiological processes including bile production and apoptosis. Aquaporins[...]

A kissing loop (KL) is an RNA motif that among others may have a 180° geometry when derived from a viral genome. The KL interactions of this geometry consist of nine base[...]

The unseen world of microbes has a profound affect on everyday life. Complex microbial communities play a role in everything from climate regulation to human health and [...]

ABSTRACTAndrew Dale Gunnink. The Carbon Process. (Under the direction of Dr. Aaron Gwyn)Mark Bovert is a brilliant geneticist and plant biologist at MIT who is developing[...]

"Bantu" is a term used to describe lineages of people in around 600 different ethnic groups on the African continent ranging from modern-day Cameroon to South Africa. The[...]

In the continuous pursuit of advanced therapeutics, the field of bioinformatics hasinnovated tools that allow unprecedented control over the proteome, profoundly shaping [...]

Mutations play a pivotal role as a driver of genome evolution in organisms across the tree of life. However, site-specific mutation rates appear to have a non-uniform mut[...]