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Heatmap header
I have simplified the structure of the site, and it now features a cleaner layout. I have also ported the site to WordPress. The address is now adambyron.com
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This week’s issue of Science Signaling features an image that I designed for its cover. In conjunction with this week’s Science Special Issue on Dealing with Data, the Science Signaling Focus Issue examines the issues surrounding the rapid increase in the generation of research data and how to address the challenges of storing, curating and accessing these data.
Science Signaling cover, 2011, vol. 4 (no. 160)
My cover image is based on data from the proteomic analysis of integrin adhesion complexes, which we published previously in Science Signaling. In the image, proteins detected by mass spectrometry in different signalling complexes were compared by hierarchical clustering and displayed as a heat map.
Our Primer on adhesion signalling complexes has been published in the current issue of Current Biology.
The article provides an accesible overview of the role of extracellular-matrix receptors and their associated protein complexes and signalling networks in the control of cell adhesion and migration. We focus on the molecular complexity of adhesion signalling complexes and mechanisms of their regulation, which impact on many aspects of cell behaviour in health and disease.
I will be attending the 4th European Proteomics Association (EuPA) Meeting in Estoril, Portugal, 23th-27th October 2010. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the 6th Portuguese Proteomics Network (ProCura) Meeting. The conference is entitled “2010: A Proteomics Odyssey Towards Next Decades” and will focus on current trends and developments in proteomic technologies. I will present a poster on my recent work on the analysis of integrin adhesion complex dynamics.
I am very grateful to have been awarded a EuPA Fellowship to enable me to attend this meeting.
Four of my images have been shortlisted for the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) 2010 Photography and Graphic Arts Contest. The images attempt to illustrate the complexity of cell signalling, and they represent different aspects of my work on the proteomic analysis of integrin adhesion complexes in Martin Humphries’s lab.
Citrus Gels
You can view my shortlisted entries (#16-#19, inclusive) here, where you also have the opportunity to vote for your favourite!
Adam Byron 