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1. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Fossils: A new home for microbes

   Raphael Eisenhofer, Alan Cooper

   Modern microorganisms growing in fossils provide major challenges for researchers trying to detect ancient molecules in the same fossils.
2. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Limb Development: A lesson in homology

   Nikola-Michael Prpic

   The same genes and signaling pathways control the formation of limbs in vertebrates, arthropods and cuttlefish.
3. 1. Developmental Biology

   3D Imaging: Taking a closer look at whole organisms

   Noriko Ichino, Stephen C Ekker

   By enabling researchers to image whole zebrafish with cellular resolution, X-ray histotomography will improve our understanding of the biological differences between individuals of the same species.
4. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Ecology: Keeping it fresh

   Jonathan L Klassen

   Beewolf wasp eggs release nitrogen oxides to provide protection against fungi and other microbes.
5. 1. Ecology

   Kairomones: Finding the fish factor

   Georg Pohnert

   The water flea Daphnia moves to deeper waters to avoid predators when it detects a chemical produced by fish.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Evolution: ANP32B, or not to be, that is the question for influenza virus

   Steven F Baker, Andrew Mehle

   The evolutionary history of ANP32 proteins impacts how the influenza virus jumps from birds to mammals.
7. 1. Cancer Biology

   Biomarkers: Improving survival prediction for melanoma

   Mykyta Artomov

   The survival of patients with cutaneous melanoma can be accurately predicted using just four DNA methylation marks.
8. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Regulatory Networks: Reality check for transposon enhancers

   Julie Brind'Amour, Dixie L Mager

   Hundreds of retrovirus-like sequences have features that suggest they might be gene enhancers, but only a small fraction displays gene-regulating activity in experiments on mouse stem cells.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Stem Cells: Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans

   Alex Pollen, Bryan J Pavlovic

   Differences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Innate Behavior: Flies spring a surprise

    Johanna M Kobler, Ilona C Grunwald Kadow

    A combination of genetic, anatomical and physiological techniques has revealed that the lateral horn, a region of the brain involved in olfaction in flies, has many more types of neurons than expected.