UCLA and McGill University researchers have, for the first time, "photographed" a memory in the making. This is the first study to directly visualize protein synthesis at individual synapses. The studies revealed an exquisite level of control over the specificity of regulation of new protein synthesis. "While this was not really surprising to us given the complexity of information processing in the brain," said Martin, "visualizing the process of protein synthesis at individual synapses, and beginning to discern the elegance of its regulation, leaves us, as biologists, with a wonderful sense of awe." - SnakeDoc