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1. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Multicellularity: How contraction has shaped evolution

   Mukund Thattai

   Two new unicellular organisms reveal that coordinated contractions of groups of cells using actomyosin predated animal multicellularity during evolution.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Behavior: The cerebellum shows its stripes

   Ashley L Holloway, Talia N Lerner

   New studies examine how the different sub-structures in the cerebellum are organized to receive information during complex behavioral tasks.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Brain Development: The impact of light during the night

   Sophia TC Leung et al.

   Exposing chicks to one hour of light during the night disrupts the releaseof a hormone that is needed by cells in the developing brain to survive.
4. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

   Regeneration: Lymphatic vessels help mend broken hearts

   Catherine Pfefferli, Anna Jaźwińska

   Experiments on zebrafish show that the regeneration of the heart after an injury depends on lymphatic vessels.
5. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

   Enzyme Mechanisms: Wedging open a catalytic site

   Annie Beuve

   The activation mechanism of the nitric oxide receptor has been revealed by cryo-electron microscopy.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Prefrontal Cortex: A tale of two pathways

   Jonathan A Oler, Julie L Fudge

   A combination of invasive and non-invasive techniques has allowed researchers to take a closer look at the two major neural pathways that connect the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex.
7. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Bacterial Survival: Life on a leaf

   Robin Tecon

   Microscopic water films allow bacteria to survive the seemingly dry surface of plant leaves.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Bacterial Evolution: The road to resistance

   Devon M Fitzgerald

   The way that bacteria grow—either floating in liquid or attached to a surface—affects their ability to evolve antimicrobial resistance and our ability to treat infections.
9. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Protein Homeostasis: How chloroplasts protect themselves from unfolded proteins

   Felix Kessler, Paolo Longoni

   A genetic screen has identified the first signaling component of the unfolded protein response in chloroplasts.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Mating Behavior: When structure meets function

    Sarah A Signor

    A new study upturns the long-held belief that in fruit flies, the yellow gene determines sex-specific behaviors by acting in the brain.