Flow cytometry guidelines
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Flow cytometry guidelines

The European Journal of Immunology has published a very comprehensive guide to flow cytometry in it’s October issue in which we were involved. 231 authors: experts in cytometry & immunology 214 pages 54 sections including: ◦  equipment set-up, data acquisition & handling ◦  barcoding, CyTOF, combinatorial & imaging cytometry ◦  complete immune cell cytometric  …

Zebrafish without stripes
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Zebrafish without stripes

Dowling-Degos disease is a hereditary pigmentation disorder that generally progresses harmlessly. However, some of those affected also develop severe skin inflammation. An international team of researchers under the leadership of the University of Bonn has now found a cause for this link. Their knowledge comes thanks to an animal that is known among aquarium owners…

A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Identifies NEK7 as an Essential Component of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
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A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Identifies NEK7 as an Essential Component of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation

The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291, 103-109. The mechanisms of NLRP3 activation are still poorly understood. Jonathan Schmid-Burgk and colleagues present new data on the identification of NEK7, which specifically functions upstream of NLRP3 activation. NEK7 was identified in an unbiased genetic screening approach, which employed the CRISPR technology to identify macrophages that were rendered…

Study reveals the way CRISPR/Cas9 cleaves enzymes and positions them for cutting
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Study reveals the way CRISPR/Cas9 cleaves enzymes and positions them for cutting

Original published on Phys.org (Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of California has learned more about the process that is involved during CRISPR/Cas9 gene splicing by using a crystallization technique to get a closer look. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their study of the way three-stranded structures known…