Latest research

1. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   A multispecies coalescent model for quantitative traits

   Fábio K Mendes et al.

   A model for evolutionary inferences at both micro- and macroevolutionary scales is proposed and evaluated theoretically and through simulations.
2. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils

   Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira et al.

   The alpha-synuclein fibril structure reported here buries residues 50-57 at the interface between its two protofilaments, suggesting that familial Parkinson's disease associated mutations in these residues lead to a structure not compatible with the one presented here.
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Efficient support of virus-like particle assembly by the HIV-1 packaging signal

   Mauricio Comas-Garcia et al.

   The packaging signal in HIV-1 genomic RNA supports in vitro particle assembly more efficiently than control RNAs, probably explaining its selective packaging during virus assembly in vivo.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Effects of spinal cord stimulation on postural control in Parkinson's disease patients with freezing of gait

   Andrea Cristina de Lima-Pardini et al.

   High-frequency stimulation of the upper thoracic spinal cord corrects anticipatory postural adjustments and improving gait efficiency and inhibiting freezing of gait episodes in advanced Parkinson's disease.
5. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Structure of mouse protocadherin 15 of the stereocilia tip link in complex with LHFPL5

   Jingpeng Ge et al.

   Structures of a mouse PCDH15 and LHFPL5 complex, two proteins involved in converting sound into electrical signals, illuminate how mechanical stimuli are delivered to the membrane of inner ear hair cells.
6. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Novel functions for integrin-associated proteins revealed by analysis of myofibril attachment in Drosophila

   Hannah J Green et al.

   Integrin and actin associated proteins are resolved into four layers within myofibril attachments, an architecture requiring balanced positive and negative regulation of integrin adhesion with integrated mechanotransduction and actin pathways.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   Functional gradients of the cerebellum

   Xavier Guell et al.

   Cerebellar functional regions follow a gradual organization, which progresses from primary (motor) to transmodal (Default Mode Network) regions, and a secondary axis extends from task-unfocused to task-focused processing.
8. 1. Cancer Biology
   2. Immunology and Inflammation

   The newly-arisen Devil facial tumour disease 2 (DFT2) reveals a mechanism for the emergence of a contagious cancer

   Alison Caldwell et al.

   A recently discovered contagious cancer in the Tasmanian devil has the potential to become widespread in the population due to the loss of histocompatibility antigens that are allogeneic to its hosts.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Dynamic density shaping of photokinetic E. coli

   Giacomo Frangipane et al.

   The concentration of motile bacteria, expressing a light-driven proton pump, can be precisely controlled in space and time by spatially modulating their swimming speeds with a structured light pattern.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    The adipocyte hormone leptin sets the emergence of hippocampal inhibition in mice

    Camille Dumon et al.