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April 10th, 2012
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April 2012 Table of Contents
Are Cancer Stem Cells Ready
for Prime Time?
By Suling Liu, Hasan Korkaya, and Max S. Wicha
A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem
cells. Now it’s up to human clinical trials to test if they can make
a difference in patients.
Features
Deliberating Over Danger
The creation of H5N1 bird flu strains that are transmissible between
mammals has thrown the scientific community into a heated debate about
whether such research should be allowed and how it should be
regulated.
Best Places to Work Postdocs, 2012
By Sabrina Richards
Much has changed in the last 10 years for postdocs, who are staying in
their positions longer than ever before—and coming out with more to
show for it.
Departments
Editorial
Agents Provocateurs
By Mary Beth Aberlin
Asking pointed questions is a key part of the scientific process.
Notebook Microscopy Boot Camp
By Jeffrey M. Perkel
A researcher in Florida changes lives by showing struggling
20-somethings the ins and outs of life in the lab.
Marked for Life
By Jef Akst
Conservationists working in Madagascar are doing the
unthinkable—defacing the shells of endangered ploughshare
tortoises—but it may be the animals’ last hope.
Robo Rat
By Jef Akst
More-realistic whiskered robots are better able to navigate dark or
dusty environments, while providing insights into rodent sensory
processing.
Bushmeat Roulette
By Megan Scudellari
Pathogens lurk in illegal wildlife products confiscated at US
airports.
Speaking of Science Speaking
of Science
April 2012's selection of notable quotes
Modus Operandi A Brighter Beacon
By Edyta Zielinska
A novel liquid laser set-up can detect single nucleotide mutations in
a cancer gene.
Critic At Large Antibiotics in the
Animals We Eat
By Bonnie M. Marshall and Stuart B. Levy
Low-dose antibiotics in animal feed fuel drug-resistance in human
infectious diseases.
Reading Into the Future
By Richard Smith
Will traditional scientific journals follow newspapers into oblivion?
The Literature Finding
Phenotypes
By Edyta Zielinska
Genes shared across species that produce different
phenotypes—deafness in humans and directional growth in plants—may
reveal new models of disease.
Whirlpool Bistros
By Edyta Zielinska
Fish adapt to feed for months along the entire depth of massive
oceanic whirlpools that are rich in nutrients and plankton.
A Malignant Alliance
By Megan Scudellari
Two proteins interact to save adhesion molecules from degradation,
potentially contributing to a more aggressive cancer.
Profile Truth and Beauty
By Karen Hopkin
With strong foundations in both art and science, Ahna Skop has been
able to capture the marvel of—and mechanisms behind—cytokinesis.
Scientist to Watch Emmeline
Hill: Genes for Speed
By Hannah Waters
Lecturer, School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College
Dublin. Age: 38
Lab Tools
Eyes on Cancer
By Amber Dance
Techniques for watching tumors do their thing
Live and In Color
By Sarah Webb
How to track RNA in living cells
Careers The Best of Both
Worlds
By Hannah Waters
Choosing to work in industry does not preclude a return to academe.
But the move back takes some planning and finesse.
Reading Frames
Shopping Your Science
By Marc J. Kuchner
A dose of marketing training may help you win grants, woo
collaborators, and land jobs.
Capsule Reviews Capsule
Reviews
By Bob Grant
Consciousness, The Social Conquest of Earth, How Not to Be Eaten, and
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms
Foundations The World in a
Cabinet, 1600s
By Sabrina Richards
A 17th century Danish doctor arranges a museum of natural history
oddities in his own home.
Contributors Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the April 2012 issue of The
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