In the May 23rd edition of biobytes, Tarun Kapoor (The Rockefeller
                University, New York, NY) describes how different tubulin isotypes have distinct
                polymerization properties (Pamula et
                al.), and Yinghui Mao (Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY)
                explains how the formin protein mDia2 maintains chromosome centromeres (Liu and
                Mao). 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.

biobytes: May 23, 2016

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In the December 5th edition of biobytes, Taroh Kinoshita (Osaka
                University, Osaka, Japan) describes how GPI-anchored CRIPTO is released from the
                cell surface (Lee et
                al.), and Lisa Taneyhill (University of Maryland, College Park, MD)
                explains how the intracellular domain of Cadherin 6B promotes neural crest cell
                epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition  (Schiffmacher
                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.

biobytes: December 5, 2016

In the November 7th edition of biobytes, Mailin Hamm and Wiebke Herzog
                (University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany) describe how Semaphorin3d regulates
                endothelial cell migration (Hamm et
                al.), and Christopher Lengner (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
                PA) explains how Msi proteins maintain a reserve population of intestinal stem cells
                (Yousefi
                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.

biobytes: November 7, 2016

In the October 10th edition of biobytes, Peyton Nesmith and Kit Parker
                (Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Cambridge, MA) describe an in
                vitro model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Nesmith et
                al.), and Anna Santamaria (Vall d’Hebron Research Institute,
                Barcelona, Spain) explains how the Ska complex promotes Aurora B activity in mitosis
                (Redli 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.

biobytes: October 10, 2016

In the September 12th edition of biobytes, Tom Gaitanos (Max Planck
                Institute of Neurobiology, Munich-Martinsried, Germany) describes how Rac signaling
                mediates ephrin receptor trans-endocytosis (Gaitanos et
                al.), and Peter Kim (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) explains
                how amino acid starvation targets peroxisomes for autophagic degradation (Sargent 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.

biobytes: September 12, 2016

In the August 15th edition of biobytes, Mark Philips (New York
                University School of Medicine, New York, NY) describes how N-Ras is transferred
                between membrane compartments (Zhou et
                al.) and Pete Cullen (University of Bristol, Bristol, England, UK)
                explains how disease-causing mutations affect the retromer complex's function
                in endosomal trafficking (McMillan 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.

biobytes: May 23, 2016

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