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Studying metabolic flux adaptations in cancer through integrated experimental-computational approaches
Shoval Lagziel, Won Dong Lee & Tomer Shlomi
Published on: 04 July 2019
Sculpting membranes
A model based on molecular dynamics simulations portrays ESCRT-III as a multifilament assembly of beads connected by springs, capable of driving the full range of experimentally reported ESCRT-III dependent membrane remodelling.
Understanding Sperm-Oocyte interactions
Brett Nixon, Moira O’Bryan and colleagues identify mouse spermatozoa proteins that participate in oolemma interactions through multimeric protein complexes, and are required for optimal fertilisation.
Going viral in the gut
Zhernakova and colleagues discuss the viral component of the gut ecosystem, the challenges of studying the bacteriophages that shape our gut microbiomes, and what we know so far of their role in health and disease.
A beneficial family of bacteria
Jillian Waters and Ruth Ley review what we have learned about the Christensenellaceae, a recently-discovered family of gut bacteria that is widespread, heritable, and significantly associated with human health.
The developmental cell lineage of the annelid brain
Spiral cleavage patterns produce radially arranged blastomeres, but spiralian larvae later metamorphose into fully bilateral juveniles. The cell lineage of the Platynereis larval episphere may help reveal how bilateral symmetry of the head emerges.
The Evolution of Regeneration
Ramon-Mateu and colleagues use the comb jelly as a model to show that cell proliferation is required for regeneration in ctenophores, but is separable from wound healing; and might shed light on regenerative diversity among metazoans.
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Genome sequencing of evolved aspergilli populations reveals robust genomes, transversions in A. flavus, and sexual aberrancy in non-homologous end-joining mutants
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The microbiome of the upper respiratory tract in health and disease
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GLIPR1L1 is an IZUMO-binding protein required for optimal fertilization in the mouse
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The human gut bacteria Christensenellaceae are widespread, heritable, and associated with health
Research
Changes in ESCRT-III filament geometry drive membrane remodelling and fission in silico
Lena Harker-Kirschneck, Buzz Baum & And̄ela Šarić
Published on: 22 October 2019
Research
From spiral cleavage to bilateral symmetry: the developmental cell lineage of the annelid brain
Pavel Vopalensky, Maria Antonietta Tosches, Kaia Achim, Mette Handberg-Thorsager & Detlev Arendt
Published on: 22 October 2019
Research
Regeneration in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyioccurs in the absence of a blastema, requires cell division, and is temporally separable from wound healing
Julia Ramon-Mateu, S. Tori Ellison, Thomas E. Angelini & Mark Q. Martindale
Published on: 11 October 2019
Research
Transcriptomic and functional analysis of the oosome, a unique form of germ plasm in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Honghu Quan, Deanna Arsala & Jeremy A. Lynch
Published on: 10 October 2019
Research
Distinct impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiome and resistome: a longitudinal multicenter cohort study
Matthias Willmann, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Lena M. Biehl, Wichard Vogel, Daniela Dörfel, Axel Hamprecht, Harald Seifert, Ingo B. Autenrieth & Silke Peter
Published on: 18 September 2019
Question & Answer
Bacterial microcompartments: catalysis-enhancing metabolic modules for next generation metabolic and biomedical engineering
Henning Kirst & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Published on: 10 October 2019
Review
Genetic voltage indicators
Yuki Bando, Christiane Grimm, Victor H Cornejo & Rafael Yuste
Published on: 12 September 2019
Review
Synthetic Biology Goes Cell-Free
Aidan Tinafar, Katariina Jaenes & Keith Pardee
Pubished on: 8 August 2019
Review
Viral hijacking of cellular metabolism
Shivani K. Thaker, James Ch’ng & Heather R. Christofk
Published on: 18 July 2019
Comment
Multiple levels of the unknown in microbiome research
Andrew Maltez Thomas & Nicola Segata
Published on: 12 June 2019
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scribblemutants promote aPKC and JNK-dependent epithelial neoplasia independently of Crumbs
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Molecular dynamics simulations and drug discovery
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Q&A: What is the Golgi apparatus, and why are we asking?
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Mapping cortical hubs in tinnitus
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Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses
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Jan Mölter, Lilach Avitan & Geoffrey J. Goodhill
Published in BMC Biology 28 November 2018
Exploring the OncoGenomic Landscape of cancer
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Published in Genome Medicine 03 August 2018
Measuring the reproducibility and quality of Hi-C data
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Published in Genome Biology 19 March 2019
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