| CONTRIBUTORSContributors Meet some of the people featured in the December 2013 issue of The Scientist. EDITORIALOrganelle ArchitectureBy Mary Beth Aberlin There's beauty in a cell's marriage of structure and function. SPEAKING OF SCIENCESpeaking of ScienceDecember 2013's selection of notable quotes NOTEBOOKWaiting in the WingsBy Erin Weeks A century's worth of collected butterflies shed light on how climate change threatens the survival of early-emerging species. MetropolomeBy Jef Akst Researchers take advantage of rapid and cheap DNA sequencing technologies to map the bacterial microbiome of New York City. Little Drummer BugsBy Jef Akst South African termites can relay vibrational alarm signals through their enormous nests by pounding their heads against the ground. Disorder No MoreBy Kerry Grens Researchers hunt for biomarkers of Asperger's syndrome, a condition that officially no longer exists. | CRITIC AT LARGEThe Great Divide By Didier Schmitt A two-way bridge between science and policy is desperately needed. An Open InvitationBy Aaron Buseh On creating communal, equitable discourse to broaden participation in genetics research MODUS OPERANDIProto-Organelles for Synthetic CellsBy Ruth Williams Researchers construct lipid-encapsulated compartments within synthetic cells. THE LITERATUREPatchy PlanktonBy Chris Palmer Turbulence interacts with the stabilizing efforts of motile phytoplankton to create small-scale patches of toxic, bloom-forming organisms. Intracellular SpiralsBy Kate Yandell Membrane twists connect stacked endoplasmic reticulum sheets. Herring ImpairedBy Kate Yandell Changing ion channel densities allows fish to tune their hearing to male reproductive calls during breeding periods. PROFILEBiology's CoefficientBy Megan Scudellari Joel Cohen uses the tools of mathematics to deconstruct questions of life. | SCIENTIST TO WATCHKarmella Haynes: Turning the Dials By Kerry Grens Assistant Professor, Arizona State University. Age: 36 LAB TOOLSOut, Damned Mycoplasma!By Kelly Rae Chi Pointers for keeping your cell cultures free of mycoplasma contamination SPECIAL SECTIONPCR: Past, Present, & FutureBy Jeffrey M. Perkel Highlights from a webinar held byThe Scientist to celebrate 30 years of PCR: the technique's invention, quantitative real-time PCR, and digital PCR CAREERSWeathering the StormBy Jef Akst How to prepare your lab for natural disasters and cope with unavoidable consequences READING FRAMESStanding Up for SexBy Henry Gee Humans evolved the ability to walk on two legs because it allowed them to more accurately size up prospective mates. Or did they? CAPSULE REVIEWSCapsule ReviewsBy Bob Grant Tigers Forever, High Moon Over the Amazon, Earth from Space, andMedicine's Michelangelo FOUNDATIONSHarrowing Egg Hunt, 1911By Chris Palmer Three members of Robert Falcon Scotta
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