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.