Latest research

1. 1. Neuroscience

   A novel class of inferior colliculus principal neurons labeled in vasoactive intestinal peptide-cre mice

   David Goyer et al.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Parallel visual circuitry in a basal chordate

   Matthew J Kourakis et al.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Oligodendrocytes regulate presynaptic properties and neurotransmission through BDNF signaling in the mouse brainstem

   Miae Jang et al.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Neural activity in a hippocampus-like region of the teleost pallium is associated with active sensing and navigation

   Haleh Fotowat et al.

   Sparse firing in a hippocampus-like structure of the teleost telencephalon is linked to spatial navigation and active sensing.
5. 1. Cancer Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Single-cell lineage tracing by endogenous mutations enriched in transposase accessible mitochondrial DNA

   Jin Xu et al.

   Epigenome and Mitochondrial Barcode of Lineage from Endogenous Mutations (EMBLEM) enable tracking cell lineage in combination with chromatin profile in ATAC-seq data.
6. 1. Computational and Systems Biology

   Essential metabolism for a minimal cell

   Marian Breuer et al.

   A near-complete flux balance analysis model of a minimal cell demonstrates the high essentiality of its metabolic genes, agrees well with experimental essentiality data and suggests some further gene removals.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   A virtual burrow assay for head–fixed mice measures habituation, discrimination, exploration and avoidance without training

   Andrew JP Fink et al.

   A naturalistic assay for head-fixed mice permits observation of a diverse set of innate and learned behaviors without requiring any training.
8. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Cytoskeletal tension and Bazooka tune interface geometry to ensure fusion fidelity and sheet integrity during dorsal closure

   Piyal Taru Das Gupta, Maithreyi Narasimha

   Restoration of molecular and morphological symmetry and mechanical integrity following epithelial fusion relies on adaptive changes that are mediated by cytoskeletal tension and Bazooka dependent modulation of fusing interface geometry.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Selective targeting of unipolar brush cell subtypes by cerebellar mossy fibers

   Timothy S Balmer, Laurence O Trussell

   Distinct inputs to the cerebellum make contact on specific subtypes of target neurons.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Mutant huntingtin impairs PNKP and ATXN3, disrupting DNA repair and transcription

    Rui Gao et al.