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Biochem - Week of 2/12/2012
Wed Feb 15 2012 4:00 PMBioBio 108
Speaker: Blake Hill, Dept. of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Title :"Converging on Fis1 Function in Fission: Random vs Structure-based Mutagenesis"
Host: Daisy Wilbert
Tuesday's hot paper
Zhang J, Liu J, Liu L, McKeehan WL & Wang F (2012) The fibroblast growth factor signaling axis controls cardiac stem cell differentiation through regulating autophagy. Autophagy 8:Changes daily; picked from the most recent notable papers from BioBio labs.
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