John Arnst
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Washington, DC, United States
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Milk through the millennia
Anthropologists and analytical chemists have used lipid residues on 5,000-year-old pottery to pin down the earliest direct chemical evidence for milk consumption in eastern Africa. → Read More
Stopping the devil in the dust
As clinicians, veterinarians and research scientists close in on potential vaccines for the devastating fungal illness Valley fever, the largest barrier likely remains outside the lab. → Read More
A small army of researchers races to build a coronavirus interactome
Scientists at eight institutions in the U.S. and Europe have used a protein interaction map to identify 69 drugs that might work against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. → Read More
Science communication in action: COVID-19 edition
Our science writers selected 10 examples of solid scicomm about the novel coronavirus. → Read More
Could an old malaria drug help fight the new coronavirus?
As new cases of the novel coronavirus appear daily, researchers in China have found that two drugs, chloroquine and remdesivir, can inhibit its replication in cell culture. → Read More
Under the skin and out in the world
Before Rockefeller University professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Elaine Fuchs began her groundbreaking work studying skin-derived stem cells, she dreamed of teaching in the Peace Corps — and she still loves an adventure. → Read More
Personalized protocols
Mandated by law, mental health accommodations can help some students and researchers succeed in the lab — but first they have to ask. → Read More
Meet Karin Musier–Forsyth
She probes the editing mechanisms of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in her lab and uses ASBMB resources as teaching tools. → Read More
Meet Karin Musier–Forsyth
She probes the editing mechanisms of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in her lab and uses ASBMB resources as teaching tools. → Read More
The antibody patent question
After a 10-year decline in transfusions and donations, the goal of generating universal blood might be making a comeback. John Arnst looks at the state of the blood industry and the work of researchers using gut bacteria to modify red blood cells. → Read More
The future of fighting flu
Researchers around the world are working to improve existing vaccines, increase vaccination rates in critical population groups and develop universal, long-term protection. → Read More
From the journals
From the journals Published August 01 2018 By John Arnst, Angela Hopp, Sasha Mushegian & Laurel Oldach We offer a selection of recent papers on a variety of topics from the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Lipid Research and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. Why do kidney disease and heart failure correlate? People with chronic kidney disease are at unusually high risk of… → Read More
Jerry Hart changes residency, assumes presidency
Jerry Hart changes residency, assumes presidency The new ASBMB president has left the department he helped shape at Johns Hopkins and taken up a new position as eminent scholar at the University of Georgia Published August 01 2018 By John Arnst Prior to joining the Johns Hopkins faculty, Hart was a postdoctoral fellow at the university in the lab of William J. Lennarz. Hart received his Ph.D.… → Read More
MCP | When mitochondria make B cells go bad
When mitochondria make B cells go bad Published February 01 2018 By John Arnst When mitochondria, highlighted here in cow cells, suffer age-related oxidative damage, they can give rise to chronic lymphocytic leukemia.courtesy of Torsten Wittmann, University of California, San Francisco B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or B-CLL, is the most common type of leukemia in adults and primarily… → Read More
Membrane maestro George Carman returns to the JLR
Membrane maestro George Carman returns to the JLR Veteran associate editor will work to draw specialized papers to the Journal of Lipid Research Published January 01 2018 By John Arnst What a cell does with its lipids is a subject of deep inquiry. George Carman’s laboratory at Rutgers University examines the genetic and biochemical control mechanisms that cells use to balance the synthesis of… → Read More
MCP | How exercise works its biomolecular wonders
How exercise works its biomolecular wonders Published December 01 2017 By John Arnst Exercise has long been known to benefit the entire body, from burning fat and strengthening muscles to boosting the immune system and reducing the risk of some cancers. To understand how some of these effects are controlled on a cellular level, researchers at the University of Sydney did a proteomic analysis of… → Read More
Mouse lemurs — a model in the wild
Mouse lemurs — a model in the wild The petite primates found in Madagascar’s rainforests are changing both our understanding of human disease and the African nation’s scientific education programs Published November 01 2017 By John Arnst Tens of millions of years ago, possum-like Ur-mammals roamed supercontinents and fed milk to their Ur-children. As evolution tinkered over millions of… → Read More
Features | Acquiring new skills and growing networks
Acquiring new skills and growing networks PROLAB travel awards help emerging scientists gain experience in labs in the U.S. and Canada Published October 01 2017 By John Arnst Cesar Antonio Ramirez–Sarmiento is a two-time PROLAB recipient. He runs a lab at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. courtesy of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile On the seventh floor of the Biosciences… → Read More
The cyanides of Titan
The cyanides of Titan Published October 01 2017 By John Arnst This artist’s rendering shows the Huygens probe come to rest on one of Titan’s methane lakes. Courtesy of NASA/Gregor Kervina Vinyl cyanide isn’t a ’70s punk band, even though it sure sounds like it could have been. It’s a nitrogenous compound recently confirmed by NASA researchers in the journal Science Advances to exist in the… → Read More
Meet Russell DeBose–Boyd
Meet Russell DeBose–Boyd A new Journal of Lipid Research associate editor, he has a passion for the construction of cholesterol Published September 01 2017 By John Arnst Russell DeBose-Boyd, whose lab currently includes an assistant professor, two postdoctoral fellows, three graduate students and two lab technicians. For Russell DeBose–Boyd, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of… → Read More