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Jay Neitz inspires

by | Oct 25, 2012

  One of Montana’s own native sons, Jay Neitz, an MSU graduate and now the Bishop Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology at University of Washington Medical School, returned to Bozeman this week to inspire us with a breathtaking report from the field of color...

2012 Nobel prize for GPCR studies

by | Oct 14, 2012

2012 Nobel Prize Congratulations to Bob Lefkowitz and his one-time student Brian Kobilka for winning this year’s 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! Not only did these laureates do groundbreaking work on the beta adrenergic receptor, but they have been mentors to...

Sensing voltage on Electric Peak

by | Sep 8, 2012

Made in Montana, Electric Peak is the fastest genetically encoded voltage sensor to date, and is brought to you by Thom Hughes’ Lab at Montana State University.

Light Activated Lipids

by | Aug 27, 2012

Activating a signaling pathway with light is one of the brightest ideas to come along. Pietro de Camilli’s and Bertil Hille’s labs collaborated on a brilliant example of this illuminating technique! Optogenetic control of phosphoinositide...

Montana Molecular publishes new diacylglycerol sensor

by | Aug 25, 2012

    Despite the importance to our health, the biology of how drugs work at the cellular level, remains largely a mystery.  In a recent Public Library of Science (PLoS One) article, Montana Molecular describes new diacylglycerol sensors to help unravel some...