Recommended Weekend Science Reads

The science reads on my radar screen to read in my ample spare time as I work the weekend on literally 5 different grants include these pieces:

• NECSS and SfSBM: A weekend of science and skepticism
• Breaking Down Fat: Trends in adipose cell-based clinical trials
• PubPeer Selections: Odd citations, “practice makes perfect,” a Nature update
• Right Turn: A lesson in blood development
• The Invention That Could End Obesity
• Stem cell stories that caught our eye; viral genes in embryos, underuse of transplants and joint pain clinics 

The research articles:

• CHK1-driven histone H3.3 serine 31 phosphorylation is important for chromatin maintenance and cell survival in human ALT cancer cells

• Successful Function of Autologous iPSC-Derived Dopamine Neurons following Transplantation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Parkinson’s Disease

• TAF4b is required for mouse spermatogonial stem cell development
• Contribution of the Two Genes Encoding Histone Variant H3.3 to Viability and Fertility in Mice (a needed re-read)