Lipidomics update - March 2010
The lipidomics update provides an overview of developments in lipid research. Each month we offer a fresh collection of research, news and events for the specialist and the interested non-specialist alike. Register for our email alert to stay informed.
Lipid of the month
Phytosphingosine 1-phosphate
Abundant in plants and fungi but also found in animals, this signaling lipid regulates cellular stress responses in yeast.
Research highlights
Lipid analysis: Click, stick... and releaseA new way to tag and purify individual lipid species offers detailed insights into lipid metabolism.
Reduced production of a lipid ligand of PPAR-γ contributes to pathological gene expression in cystic fibrosis.
Industrial microbiology: Fuelling the renewable revolutionStructurally tailored fatty acids and their derivatives are made in E. coli from simple sugars and plant-derived biomass.
The conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex is required for double-membrane vesicle formation.
Cystic fibrosis: Lipid link
Autophagy: Doubling upNews
- Lipid membranes in nanoscale
- Junk DNA holds clues to heart disease
- Open-source science takes on neglected disease
- NIH may allow stem-cell lines from younger embryos
Events calendar
FEBS workshop - Eukaryotic Lipids; treasure of regulatory information
19 - 24 June, 2010
19th International Symposium on Plant Lipids
12 - 16 July, 2010
Research library
- Mass spectrometry imaging of mating Tetrahymena show that changes in cell morphology regulate lipid domain formation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Identification of specific lipid-binding sites in integral membrane proteins Journal of Biological Chemistry
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