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1. 1. Neuroscience

   Optogenetics: Exciting inhibition in primates

   Wim Vanduffel, Xiaolian Li

   A new genetic marker enables precise control over a group of inhibitory neurons in monkeys.
2. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Immunology and Inflammation

   Developmental Immunology: An atlas for hemocytes in an insect

   Samuel Liegeois, Dominique Ferrandon

   Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed distinct subpopulations of hemocytes in fruit fly larvae.
3. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Antibiotic Resistance: Genomics against gonorrhoea

   Nicholas Medland

   Surveillance strategies based on whole genome sequencing could help with the early identification and detection of new forms of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
4. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Cancer Biology

   Anti-Cancer Drugs: The mitochondrial paradox

   Sophie L Penman et al.

   A structural motif that is found in two cancer drugs may be responsible for their ability to tackle cancers and for the side-effects caused by the drugs.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Neuropeptide Signaling: Unravelling the evolutionary history of kisspeptin

   Maria I Arnone, Paola Oliveri

   Experiments in sea cucumbers reveal how the physiological responses regulated by a neuropeptide called kisspeptin have evolved.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Homing Genetic Elements: Mobile DNAs and switching mating types in yeast

   Laura N Rusche

   The gene that allows budding yeast cells to switch their mating type evolved from a newly discovered family of genes named weird HO.
7. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Aging and Geroscience: Putting epigenetic biomarkers to the test for clinical trials

   Jamie N Justice, Stephen B Kritchevsky

   Reliable biomarkers are needed to test the effectiveness of interventions intended to improve health and extend lifespan.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Memory: How the brain constructs dreams

   Erin J Wamsley

   Deep inside the temporal lobe of the brain, the hippocampus has a central role in our ability to remember, imagine and dream.
9. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Extracellular Matrix: Sculpting new structures

   Jocelyn A McDonald, Yoshinori Tomoyasu

   The origins of the posterior lobe, a recently evolved structure in some species of Drosophila, have become clearer.
10. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    HIV in Women: How HIV exploits T cells in the endometrium

    Marta Rodriguez-Garcia

    Immune cells in the endometrium are targeted by HIV and re-programmed to allow them to survive and spread the virus throughout the body.