Lipidomics update - January 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
Ether-linked phosphatidylserine
Lipidomic analysis reveals unusual glycerophospholipid species in human cells and tissues.
Research highlights
Here and now: The lipid revolutionLipidomics is revolutionizing lipid research, uniting disparate themes into coherent output that will inform wider biology.
Membrane homeostasis: Fabulous feedbackA bacterial transcription factor responds to the ratio of unsaturated versus saturated fatty acids to balance de novo phospholipid synthesis.
Lipoprotein clearance: Grabbed by glycansThe heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-1 mediates hepatic clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in vivo.
Fungal metabolism: Completing the circleStructural analysis reveals the production mechanism of a carcinogenic polyketide.
News
- Testosterone link to aggression may be all in the mind
- Tar sands mining linked to stream pollution
- Single-celled life does a lot with very little
- Lilac—the new blue?
- Nutt dismissal in Britain highlights diverging drug views
Events calendar
3 - 4 May, 2010
3rd European Workshop on Lipid Mediators
3 - 4 June, 2010
Research library
- Reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress through a macrophage lipid chaperone alleviates atherosclerosis Nature Medicine
- Cerebrospinal fluid steroidomics: Are bioactive bile acids present in brain? Journal of Biological Chemistry
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