Opinion pieces (email me for reprints)

On a few occasions I have been invited to write about my views on specific papers by other researchers. I have found that it's an opportunity to experiment with a style which is a little more colorful than the usual dry fare of scientific writing.

MITF: the power and the glory
(Hoek, 2011) Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 24(2):262-263
Coverage on: Strub et al., 2011 - Essential role of MITF for DNA replication, mitosis and genomic stability in melanoma. Oncogene 30: 2319-2332 AND Cheli et al., 2011 - MITF is the key molecular switch between mouse or human melanoma initiating cells and their differentiated progeny. Oncogene 30: 2307-2318

Exploring melanoma's massively parallel universe
(Hoek, 2010) Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 23(3):306-307
Coverage on: Berger et al., 2010 - Integrative analysis of the melanoma transcriptome. Genome Res 20: 413-427.

Stemming the flood.
(Hoek, 2009) Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 22(1):6-7
Coverage on: Quintana et al., 2008 - Efficient tumour formation by single human melanoma cells. Nature 456: 593-598.