Latest research

1. 1. Immunology and Inflammation

   Glutamine metabolism modulates chondrocyte inflammatory response

   Manoj Arra et al.

   Glutamine deprivation reprograms chondrocytes, attenuates inflammation, and such intervention may be protective against joint inflammation.
2. 1. Cell Biology

   Modular, cascade-like transcriptional program of regeneration in Stentor

   Pranidhi Sood et al.

   Regeneration of single Stentor coeruleus cells is accompanied by a program of gene expression that can be decomposed into distinct modules, showing a cascade-like organization, and involving genes with conserved function in development and cell cycle control.
3. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

   Full spectrum flow cytometry reveals mesenchymal heterogeneity in first trimester placentae and phenotypic convergence in culture, providing insight into the origins of placental mesenchymal stromal cells

   Anna Leabourn Boss et al.

   Full spectrum flow cytometry reveals a high degree of placental mesenchymal cell heterogeneity, which is lost with culture, highlighting the importance of detailed ex vivo phenotyping to optimise the use of these cells in downstream applications.
4. 1. Immunology and Inflammation

   Th2 single-cell heterogeneity and clonal distribution at distant sites in helminth-infected mice

   Daniel Radtke et al.
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Circadian oscillations in Trichoderma atroviride and the role of core clock components in secondary metabolism, development, and mycoparasitism against the phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea

   Marlene Henríquez-Urrutia et al.
6. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   Parallel processing, hierarchical transformations, and sensorimotor associations along the 'where' pathway

   Raymond Doudlah et al.
7. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Ecology

   A systematic, complexity-reduction approach to dissect the kombucha tea microbiome

   Xiaoning Huang et al.

   Kombucha tea microbiome analysis demonstrates the identification, characterization and extrapolation of minimal cores as a promising framework for mechanistic investigation of microbiome behaviors.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Exploring the expression patterns of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzymes in the mouse brain using the curated RNA-seq database BrainPalmSeq

   Angela R Wild et al.

   A curated resource to study the brain RNA expression patterns of the genes that regulate palmitoylation is presented, alongside a detailed exploration of how these patterns can inform future research.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Connectomic analysis of the Drosophila lateral neuron clock cells reveals the synaptic basis of functional pacemaker classes

   Orie T Shafer et al.

   The most influential clocks within the Drosophila circadian clock neuron network form the fewest synapses within the network, and neurons that do not themselves contain molecular clocks mediate connections between those that do, suggesting a key role in timekeeping.
10. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Ancestral acetylcholine receptor β-subunit forms homopentamers that prime before opening spontaneously

    Christian JG Tessier et al.

    Reconstructed ancestral muscle-type acetylcholine receptor β-subunits readily form homopentameric ion channels that open spontaneously, and display functional hallmarks of the modern-day heteropentameric receptor despite being devoid of canonical agonist-binding sites.