Highlights

Latest research

    1. Neuroscience

    Aminergic and peptidergic modulation of Insulin-Producing Cells in Drosophila

    Martina Held, Rituja S Bisen ... Jan M Ache
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    A three filament mechanistic model of musculotendon force and impedance

    Matthew Millard, David W Franklin, Walter Herzog
    Benchmark simulations show that the VEXAT muscle model is more accurate than a Hill-type muscle model at mimicking the response of biological muscle to length changes great and small.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Iron-sulfur cluster loss in mitochondrial CISD1 mediates PINK1 loss-of-function phenotypes

    Sara Bitar, Timo Baumann ... Axel Methner
    PINK1 deficiency in Parkinson's disease models causes toxic oxidized and iron-depleted CISD1 yet CISD1 removal benefits PINK1 mutant Drosophila indicating its potential as a therapeutic target for mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Membrane curvature sensing and symmetry breaking of the M2 proton channel from Influenza A

    James Lincoff, Cole VM Helsell ... Michael Grabe
    Using a combination of all-atom molecular simulation and continuum membrane mechanics, M2 channels from influenza are shown to be stabilized in negative Gaussian curvature regions, such as the neck of budding viral particles, only in C2-symmetric conformations.
    1. Developmental Biology

    SRSF2 is a key player in orchestrating the directional migration and differentiation of MyoD progenitors during skeletal muscle development

    Rula Sha, Ruochen Guo ... Ying Feng
    Genetic mouse models combined with single-cell RNA sequencing reveal the essential role of SRSF2 in directing MyoD progenitors to distinct skeletal muscle domains and controlling their differentiation through the regulation of targeted genes and alternative splicing during skeletal muscle development.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Allosteric modulation of the CXCR4:CXCL12 axis by targeting receptor nanoclustering via the TMV-TMVI domain

    Eva M García-Cuesta, Pablo Martínez ... Mario Mellado
    In silico modeling identify allosteric CXCR4 modulators that block receptor nanoclustering and chemoattractant sensing without affecting other CXCL12-mediated functions, and reduce tumorigenesis and metastasis in a zebrafish model.