Scheid Signalling Lab @ York University

Very interesting article in Nature describing how clonal evoluation of cancer cells involves evading the localized, restrictive environment. This study is important because it shows that other, potentially quiescent mutations to oncogenes could then become dominant once the cell translocates from its microenvironment.

Leung CT, Brugge JS. Nature. 2012 Feb 8;482(7385):410-3. Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

An interesting and well written discussion on the merit of pursuing a post-doc position after your PhD. My philosophy is to study what you love, and do it well. If the academic positions don’t come, well there are other jobs I’m sure without a long applicant list.

By Karen Kaplan, Nature 483, 499-50(2012). Published online 21 March 2012