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New work from the identified the Slik kinase phosphorylating the cytoskeletal linker protein talin on threonine 152.

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Slik phosphorylation of Talin T152 is crucial for proper Talin recruitment and maintenance of muscle attachment in Drosophila. - PubMed - NCBI Development. 2019 Oct 3;146(20). pii: dev176339. doi: 10.1242/dev.176339.

The analyzed the evolution of Zasp paralogs and how this may lead to the acquisition of novel protein functions.

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Different Evolutionary Trajectories of Two Insect-Specific Paralogous Proteins Involved in Stabilizing Muscle Myofibrils. - PubMed - NCBI Genetics. 2019 Jul;212(3):743-755. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302217. Epub 2019 May 13. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Congratulations to Sreeparna Pradhan from the who published a major part of her PhD research this summer!

The full article is available at: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30925-X?fbclid=IwAR2feCxAE9Oj7Y7nx0T8aRMyMBoPlNRjdI5x-xelu5tkeQyV9IblObNKy5I

Foraging Plasticity in C. elegans/ Curr. Biol., Aug. 15, 2019 (Vol. 29, Issue 17) Early life experiences permanently alter foraging behavior in wild isolates, but not in domesticated Caenorhabditis elegans. This change is accompanied by al...

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Deadline to apply is December 5th. Please email Prof. Frederic Guichard ([email protected]) and visit link: http://biology.mcgill.ca/undergrad/c334b/ for details.

Published by the : Boreal river impoundments caused nearshore fish community assemblage shifts but little change in diversity: A multi-scale analysis

Boreal river impoundments caused nearshore fish community assemblage shifts but little change in diversity: A multi-scale analysis - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences River flow regulation, fragmentation and changes in water quality caused by dams have varying effects on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functions, but are not clearly resolved in boreal ecosystems. We adopted a multi-scale approach to quantify fish community trajectories over 20 years using a ne...

Published by the : Functional CTR-type Cu(I) transporters in an oceanic diatom

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Functional CTR‐type Cu(I) transporters in an oceanic diatom - Kong - - Environmental Microbiology - Wiley Online Library Environmental Microbiology Volume 0, Issue ja Research article Functional CTR‐type Cu(I) transporters in an oceanic diatom Liangliang Kong Corresponding Author E-mail address:[email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5254-5051 Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Can...

Biology Department's Dr. Catherine Potvin will be on “Tout le monde en parle” – Oct. 14th, Radio Canada, 8:00pm!

As a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Dr. Catherine Potvin will be interviewed on the popular TV show “Tout le monde en parle” this Sunday night, Oct. 14th. The show is aired on Radio-Canada at 8:00pm. For those who may not be able to view the show “live”, the various segments can be viewed the following day from this website: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/tout-le-monde-en-parle/site. The discussion will be on global warming.

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New work from the : Social regulation of a rudimentary organ generates complex worker-caste systems in ants

Social regulation of a rudimentary organ generates complex worker-caste systems in ants In the ant genus Pheidole the growth of rudimentary wing discs—which influence developmental allometry to produce castes with distinct morphologies—is socially regulated to determine the worker-to-soldier ratio in Pheidole colonies.

Just published from the : Chabaan et al: The Structure and Dynamics of C. elegans Tubulin Reveals the Mechanistic Basis of Microtubule Growth

The Structure and Dynamics of C. elegans Tubulin Reveals the Mechanistic Basis of Microtubule Growth Microtubule polymerization involves complex structural transitions that are not fully understood. Chaaban et al. study microtubules from the nematode C. elegans, which have unique structures and dynamics in cells. They uncover a key limiting step in microtubule polymerization that involves the str...

Published by Fugère and Hendry: Human influences on the strength of phenotypic selection

Human influences on the strength of phenotypic selection Many species are evolving in response to human-induced global change, often at a pace that exceeds natural rates of trait change. This difference could be due to generally stronger phenotypic selection in human-impacted environments, to which populations might be relatively maladapted. We conducted....