February 2006

• Electron microscopy

  Electron microscopy and computational analysis reveal the structural basis of actin filament nucleation and branch stability.

  Cell Migration Consortium News

  February 2006

• Web Focus: Biomarkers

  This special Focus in Nature Reviews Cancer discusses how biomarkers of cancer can be used to further our understanding of tumour formation and develop new therapeutic approaches.

  Nature Reviews Cancer

  February 2006

• Journals scolded for slack disclosure rules

  The fallout from the scandal surrounding Korean stem-cell research has sparked a call for journals to toughen up their financial disclosure policies.

  news@nature.com

  18th January 2006; doi:10.1038/news060116-6

• Alan Hall, chairman, cell biology programme, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

  After switching to molecular biology and stumbling into cancer research, Alan Hall moves from Britain to New York.

  news@nature.com

  25 January 2006; doi:10.1038/nj7075-506a