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1. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Malaria Prevention: Using mathematical models to optimise mosquito net distribution

   Carlos A Prete Jr

   Tailoring malaria control interventions to regional transmission dynamics and behavioural characteristics can optimise them in resource-limited settings.
2. 1. Plant Biology

   Mixotrophy: An updated view of glucose pathways in cyanobacteria

   José Manuel García-Fernández

   Contrary to previous belief, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis lacks the Entner-Doudoroff pathway for glucose metabolism.
3. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Organ Development: Following your heart as it takes shape

   Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois

   A novel computational pipeline reveals patterns of tissue movement and growth in early heart formation and advances virtual modeling of development.
4. 1. Cancer Biology

   Tumor Biology: The two faces of JAK-STAT

   Qianying Lu, Yingyi Zhang

   A signal that can help breast cancer cells grow may also increase immune responses and boost immune therapy.
5. 1. Neuroscience

   Brain Mapping: Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

   Dorian Pustina

   A new diffusion MRI approach offers a glimpse of the anomalies of cellular architecture underlying basal ganglia degeneration in Huntington’s disease.
6. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Vector Biology: The exquisite mechanics of a tsetse bite

   Katelyn Fealy, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano

   Specialized anatomical structures in the mouth and feet of tsetse flies help them feed on blood from a variety of hosts.
7. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Actin Filaments: Building bundles by the numbers

   Christian Vanhille-Campos, Anđela Šarić

   The size and shape of cytoskeletal bundles, essential regulators of cell function, emerge from collective filament assembly rather than precise size-control mechanisms.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Hippocampal Network: Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

   Justin Riddle

   Stimulating brain areas connected to the hippocampus may improve memory function in humans.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Verbal Memory: Language acquisition in newborns

   Marcela Peña

   The ability of newborns to distinguish between different voices helps them to establish verbal memories from a very early age.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Visual Perception: Insights into perceptual learning

    Zhong-Lin Lu

    A form of short-term memory called serial dependence can predict how effectively perceptual learning transfers to novel visual locations.