In the August 17th edition of biobytes, Vibe Oestergaar (University of

Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark) describes how TopBP1 protects the genome during

mitosis (Pedersen et

al.) and David Williams (University of California, Los Angeles, School of

Medicine, Los Angeles, CA) explains how defects in phagosome transport lead to

age-related macular degeneration (Jiang et

al.). Plus a round-up of other highlights from The Journal of

Cell Biology. The show was written and produced by Caitlin Sedwick and

Ben Short. Presented by Ben Short. See the associated papers in

JCB for details on the funding provided to support these

original research studies.