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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Vasculature: Exploring the dynamics of vascular adaptation

   Thomas S Shimizu, E Toby Kiers, Howard A Stone

   A combination of in toto imaging and theory suggests a new mechanism for the remodeling of veins in vascular networks.
2. 1. Developmental Biology

   Development: The hidden depths of zebrafish skin

   Yue Rong Tan, Megan Liaw, Chen-Hui Chen

   Single-cell transcriptome analysis of zebrafish cells clarifies the signalling pathways controlling skin formation and reveals that some cells produce proteins required for human teeth to acquire their enamel.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Innate Behavior: A groom with a view

   Jeffrey E Markowitz

   Mapping mouse grooming episodes to neural activity shows that striatal cells deep in the brain collectively represent key aspects of self-grooming.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Hormones: Below the surface of a touch

   Stephanie D Preston, Rosa Muñoz

   How the body and brain respond to a gentle stroke dynamically changes depending on how familiar someone is with the other person.
5. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

   Gene Expression: Getting off to a good start

   Igor Martianov, Irwin Davidson

   RNA polymerase II transcription can efficiently occur when mouse embryonic stem cells lack TBP and TBP-like proteins, confirming that this initiation factor may not be as essential as once thought.
6. 1. Cell Biology

   Gene Expression: How their environment influences endothelial cells

   Xuejing Liu, Zhen Bouman Chen

   Changes in gene expression in cultured endothelial cells can be partially reversed by simulating in vivo conditions.
7. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   Memory: When neurons split the load

   Itamar Lev, Manuel Zimmer

   Various aspects of olfactory memory are represented as modulated responses across different classes of neurons in C. elegans.
8. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Viral Condensates: Making it hard to replicate

   Billy Wai-Lung Ng, Stephan Scheeff, Josefina Xeque Amada

   Understanding how to harden liquid condensates produced by influenza A virus could accelerate the development of novel antiviral drugs.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Aging and Spatial Navigation: When landmarks are not enough

   Paul F Hill

   Including geometric spatial cues in an environment can help reverse the difficulties with spatial navigation experienced by children and older adults.
10. 1. Genetics and Genomics

    Mitochondrial DNA: Are some mutations more equal than others?

    Auden Cote-L’Heureux, Yogesh NK Maithania ... Konstantin Khrapko

    A large-scale study of mutations in mitochondrial DNA has revealed a subset that do not accumulate with age.