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Journal Covers
This drawing depicts illustrates how two processes cooperate to create stem cells – represented by the dancer’s choreography on her way to pluripotency. EMBO Journal cover, April 2020.
The pyramids and their altered reflection illustrate how changes to chromatin topology in wild-type and rearranged Drosophila chromosomes have surprisingly little effect on the gene expression landscape. Nature Genetics cover, August 2019
This drawing illustrates how editing of RNAs by ADAR1 prevents autoimmunity by discarding T cells that recognize self antigens. EMBO Reports cover, December 2018.
The drawing symbolizes the remarkable self-organization capacity of cerebral organoids. EMBO Journal cover, May 2017.
Ouabain, a molecule traditionally used as an arrow poison in Africa, is used as a new selection method for CRISPR. Nature Methods cover, June 2017.
The angle of the mitotic spindle during cell division affects the decision-making of differentiation and thus ultimate position within the brain. EMBO Journal cover, November 2016.
Combining a drawing with a real protein structure to show how incorporation of tRNA compensates for structural changes during evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution cover, February 2019.
This drawing illustrates how RNA-binding protein Gadd45α stabilizes long mRNAs for memory formation. EMBO Reports cover, June 2019.
