Latest research

1. 1. Neuroscience

   Keratinocytes contribute to normal cold and heat sensation

   Katelyn E Sadler et al.

   Purinergic keratinocyte-to-sensory neuron signaling is a ubiquitous amplification mechanism that is required for normal mechanical, cold, and heat sensation in vivo.
2. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Transposase-assisted tagmentation of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes

   Bo Lu et al.

   Tn5 transposase has direct tagmentation activity towards RNA/DNA hybrids, which is harnessed as a more convenient and faster RNA-seq library construction method and will benefit RNA and chromatin research.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Microglial calcium signaling is attuned to neuronal activity in awake mice

   Anthony D Umpierre et al.

   Microglial processes engage calcium signaling in response to hyper- or hypo-active shifts in neuronal activity.
4. 1. Ecology

   Biodiversity mediates the effects of stressors but not nutrients on litter decomposition

   Léa Beaumelle et al.

   The consequences of real-world biodiversity change for ecosystem functioning depend on the type of global change driver and can be particularly significant when human activities decrease biodiversity.
5. 1. Ecology

   Diversity-decomposition relationships in forests worldwide

   Liang Kou et al.

   Carbon dynamics and the relative availability of key nutrients during litter decomposition are modified by changing biodiversity in the Earth’s forests.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   Divergent sensory investment mirrors potential speciation via niche partitioning across Drosophila

   Ian W Keesey et al.

   Phototaxis and courtship behavioral preferences reflect strong correlation with differences in olfactory and visual nervous system investment across five monophyletic Drosophila species, and could help explain their speciation events.
7. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Membrane voltage dysregulation driven by metabolic dysfunction underlies bactericidal activity of aminoglycosides

   Giancarlo Noe Bruni, Joel Kralj
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Heterogeneous somatostatin-expressing neuron population in mouse ventral tegmental area

   Elina Nagaeva et al.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Tuning of olfactory cortex ventral tenia tecta neurons to distinct task elements of goal-directed behavior

   Kazuki Shiotani et al.
10. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Harmful DNA:RNA hybrids are formed in cis and in a Rad51-independent manner

    Juan Lafuente-Barquero et al.