Highlights

  • Shaping male behaviours in fish

    Estrogens produced in the brain increase neural sensitivity to testicular androgens, and thus elicit male-typical behaviors, in the Japanese rice fish.

    Yuji Nishiike, Shizuku Maki ... Kataaki Okubo
    Research Article
  • X-rays impact gene expression

    Exposing the wing discs of Drosophila to X-rays leads to heterogenous changes in gene expression that are related to cell-cycle status and cell location.

    Joyner Cruz, Willam Y Sun ... Iswar K Hariharan
    Reviewed Preprint Updated
  • Reprogramming progenitor cells

    Progenitor cells destined to become glial cells can be reprogrammed to become corticospinal-like neurons

    Abdulkadir Ozkan, Hari K Padmanabhan ... Jeffrey D Macklis
    Research Article
  • Research culture

    The Researcher Development Concordat has led to improvements in research culture in the UK, but there is still more to do.

    Robert AR Drake, Laura A Gray ... Joan Chang
    Feature Article
  • Where theory meets biology

    eLife author Veronika Koren, a computational neuroscientist, answers questions about her work on efficient coding.

    Inside eLife
  • What is a Reviewed Preprint?

    Reviewed Preprints provide benefits to authors and to the wider scientific community.

    Inside eLife

Latest research

    1. Cancer Biology

    PTEN restrains SHH medulloblastma growth through cell autonomous and nonautonomous mechanisms

    Zhimin Lao, Salsabiel El Nagar ... Alexandra L Joyner
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Specific GPCRs Elicit Unique Extracellular Vesicle MiRNA Array Signatures: An Exploratory Study

    Xiao Shi, Michelle C Palumbo ... Aaron Janowsky
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    RiboTRAP-seq identifies spatially distinct functions for the anterior and posterior intestine in immune and metabolic regulation in C. elegans

    Chung-Chih Liu, Nicolas Seban, Supriya Srinivasan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Toward Robust Neuroanatomical Normative Models: Influence of Sample Size and Covariates Distributions

    Camille Elleaume, Bruno Hebling Vieira ... the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle flagship study of ageing
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst

    Kei Jokura, Sanja Jasek ... Gáspár Jékely
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-EM structure revealed a novel F-actin binding motif in a Legionella pneumophila lysine fatty acyltransferase

    Wenjie W Zeng, Garrison Komaniecki ... Yuxin Mao
    A novel F-actin-binding motif consisting of an α-helix hairpin from a Legionella pneumophila lysine fatty acyltransferase has the potential to be developed as an F-actin probe.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Global risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H5Nx in the light of epidemic episodes occurring from 2020 onwards

    Marie-Cécile Dupas, Maria F Vincenti-Gonzalez ... Simon Dellicour
    Post-2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 circulation is characterised by spatially expanded ecological suitability, changes in key environmental predictors, and a wider range of avian species affected.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Mast cells promote pathology and susceptibility in tuberculosis

    Ananya Gupta, Vibha Taneja ... Shabaana A Khader
    Conserved mast-cell activation, marked by elevated protease expression, aligns with progressive tuberculosis across human, macaque, and murine models.
    1. Neuroscience

    Identifying regulators of associative learning using a protein-labelling approach in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Aelon Rahmani, Anna McMillen ... Yee Lian Chew
    An innovative and scalable proximity labelling method profiled proteins present in the Caenorhabditis elegans brain during learning, identifying known regulators as well as novel biological pathways.