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    1. Neuroscience

    Locomotion: The rhythm is going to get you

    Mohini Sengupta
    Slow and fast movements are controlled by distinct sets of spinal V2a neurons with matching properties and connections.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Sensory Neurons: Addressing burning questions on axon regeneration

    Diána Kaszás, Balázs Enyedi
    Regeneration of sensory axons after a burn injury depends on early keratinocyte responses regulated by the wound microenvironment.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Fertilization: Switching on lysosomes

    Deepak Adhikari, John Carroll
    The formation of large endolysosomal structures in unfertilized eggs ensures that lysosomes remain dormant before fertilization, and then shift into clean-up mode after the egg-to-embryo transition.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Nuclear Receptors: A new mode of inhibition

    Andrew D Huber, Taosheng Chen
    Complementary structural biology approaches reveal how an agonist and a covalent inhibitor simultaneously bind to a nuclear receptor.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Vaccines: How do adjuvants enhance immune responses?

    Rekha R Rapaka
    By altering which peptide antigens are presented to CD4+ T cells, adjuvants affect the specificity of the immune response.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Serial Dependence: Connecting past and present

    Sihan Yang, Anastasia Kiyonaga
    A neural signature of serial dependence has been found, which mirrors the attractive bias of visual information seen in behavioral experiments.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Vision: Running into differences

    Eleni Psarou, Shivangi Patel, Marieke Schölvinck
    Body movement does not significantly increase neuronal activity in the primary visual cortex of marmosets, in contrast to the effects observed in mice.
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    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Cancer: Modeling glioblastoma

    Ian Lorimer
    Establishing a zebrafish model of a deadly type of brain tumor highlights the role of the immune system in the early stages of the disease.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Cerebellum: Linking abnormal neural activity patterns to motor deficits

    David J Herzfeld
    Abnormal activity in the cerebellar nuclei can be used to predict motor symptoms and induce them experimentally, pointing to potential therapeutic strategies.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Spatial Attention: Time to get deep

    Max Schulz, Malte Wöstmann
    Asymmetries in the size of structures deep below the cortex explain how alpha oscillations in the brain respond to shifts in attention.
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