Highlights

  • Replication in Drosophila studies

    An analysis of 400 articles on the immune response in Drosophila highlights a need for caution regarding the replicability of certain claims.

    Hannah Westlake, Fabrice David ... Bruno Lemaitre
    Reviewed Preprint Updated
  • Tsetse fly feeding adaptations

    Investigations into the biomechanics of tsetse fly blood feeding reveal that subtle anatomical adaptations enable the penetration of a diverse range of host hides.

    Stephan Löwe, Laura Hauf ... Markus Engstler
    Research Article
  • Anatomy of taste and texture

    Comprehensive ultrastructural reconstruction of the Drosophila larval pharyngeal sensory system reveals the organization and diversity of its sensory structures.

    Vincent Richter, Tilman Triphan ... Andreas S Thum
    Research Article
  • Neurosecretory connections

    Connectomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the anatomical and functional organisation of neurosecretion in the Drosophila brain.

    Theresa H McKim, Jayati Gera ... Meet Zandawala
    Research Article
  • AI in research communication

    eLife has partnered on a number of projects harnessing AI for improving human and machine reader engagement with research.

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    Delve into leading research on Lifestyle, Environment and Epigenetic Inheritance.

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Latest research

    1. Neuroscience

    Functional maturation in abducens motoneurons populations during angular VOR larval development

    Mathilde Pain, Marie Boulain ... François M Lambert
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    1. Neuroscience

    Female acoustic signaling of sexual immaturity depresses male courtship in Drosophila

    Martin Bernet, Anne C von Philipsborn
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Dual reinforcement-learning network modules for modeling decision-making with multiple strategies

    Hayato Maeda, Shuo Wang, Akihiro Funamizu
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    A comparative single-cell transcriptomic atlas for diverse populations of vertebrate hair cells

    Mahashweta Basu, Nesrine Benkafadar ... Lisa V Goodrich
    Not revised
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    1. Neuroscience

    A complementary learning system for continual episodic memory in large language models

    Xu Pan, Ely Hahami ... Haim Sompolinsky
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Targeting tankyrase scaffolding in the β-catenin destruction complex by PROTAC overcomes the limitation of catalytic inhibitors in colorectal cancer

    Qian Wang, Liping Li ... Chuo Chen
    Catalytic inhibition of tankyrase induces tankyrase accumulation and rigidifies the β-catenin destruction complex, limiting its ability to suppress WNT signaling.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Cancer cells differentially modulate mitochondrial respiration to alter redox state and enable biomass synthesis in nutrient-limited environments

    Sarah M Chang, Muhammad Bin Munim ... Matthew G Vander Heiden
    Examining the metabolic response of cancer cells to nutrient depletion reveals how the cell NAD+/NADH ratio can determine what nutrient environments are compatible with cancer cell proliferation.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Medicine

    Estimating bone marrow adiposity from head MRI and identifying its genetic architecture

    Tobias Kaufmann, Pål Marius Bjørnstad ... Timothy Hughes
    Previously overlooked information in standard head MRI scans combined with a novel deep learning method enables large-scale investigation of human bone marrow biology across existing imaging cohorts.