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DECEMBER 2018

11 FROM THE EDITOR

Hindsight

Looking back at a year filled

with discoveries and challenges

BY BOB GRANT

14 NOTEBOOK

See Me Happy; Pay Attention;

Walking on Water; Well-Aged Cheese

27 MODUS OPERANDI

Dancing Cells

A blast of sound differentiates

cells that are untethered from

those that are stuck in place.

BY RUTH WILLIAMS

52 THE LITERATURE

Adipocytes and milk-secreting

cells wax and wane as female mice

begin and end lactation; leukemia

regenerating cells may drive

relapses following chemotherapy;

diverse forests appear to capture

more carbon than most single-

species tree stands.

54 PROFILE

Discovery’s Crest

Marianne Bronner investigates

how neural crest cells in the embryo

develop into a multitude of cell

lineages, including peripheral

neurons, smooth muscle, and bone.

BY ANNA AZVOLINSKY

57 SCIENTIST TO WATCH

Prachee Avasthi: Cell Cosmetologist

BY SHAWNA WILLIAMS

58 LAB TOOLS

Uncloaking Chromatin’s

Hidden Structures

Researchers are using new imaging

strategies and technologies to see

how chromatin’s shape regulates

genes and cell function.

BY MARISSA FESSENDEN

61 BIOBIZ

Bracing for Brexit

As Britain’s scheduled departure

from the European Union approaches,

drugmakers are preparing for

potential changes to regulatory

procedures and border controls.

BY DIANA KWON

64 READING FRAMES

Life’s Ancient Machine

The race to solve the ribosome’s

structure reveals the nature of life

and the scientific enterprise.

BY VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN

68 FOUNDATIONS

Rethinking Raw Milk, 1918

BY ASHLEY YEAGER

IN EVERY ISSUE

9 CONTRIBUTORS

12 SPEAKING OF SCIENCE

65 THE GUIDE

66 RECRUITMENT

ALAN MCELLIGOTT; © IKUMI KAYAMA, STUDIO KAYAMA; © MAGGIE MCLANDSBOROUGH

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