Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Stress Granules (Using Reconstituted Stress Granules to Gain Insight into the Molecular Pathology of Neurodegenerative Diseases)

Membrane-less compartments were recently discovered as an organising principle inside the cell. They were shown to form by phase separation, a mechanism well understood by physics but new to biology. Since this field of research is still young, the biochemistry and physiology...