Precision in fly patterning

I just wanted to give a shout out to a certain biophysicist who is first author on two papers appearing in this month's issue of Cell, one of the world's leading molecular biology journals.  You can probably count on one hand the scientists who have been double published in Cell. 

Check out "Probing the Limits to Positional Information" and "Stability and Nuclear Dynamics of the Bicoid Morphogen Gradient" in this month's issue of Cell (subscription only).

Or read about it in the The Scientist:

Precision in fly patterning

New findings suggest a surprising level of accuracy in regulation of protein controlling body plan development

The mechanism that sets up the basic body plan of the developing fly is surprisingly precise, according to two papers in this week's Cell. The finding contradicts earlier studies that suggested that expression levels of the key protein were only loosely controlled.  (Keep reading)