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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    The lipocone superfamily, a unifying theme in metabolism of lipids, peptidoglycan and exopolysaccharides, inter-organismal conflicts and immunity

    A Maxwell Burroughs, Gianlucca G Nicastro, L Aravind
    A hitherto unrecognized superfamily of enzymes identified here provides unifying insights spanning lipid metabolism, anti-viral and anti-bacterial immunity, and the origin of developmental regulators like Wnt.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Endothelin B receptor inhibition rescues aging-dependent neuronal regenerative decline

    Rui Feng, Sarah F Rosen ... Valeria Cavalli
    Inhibition of the endothelin B receptor (ETBR) with FDA-approved Bosentan enhances axon regeneration and reverses age-related decline, revealing a promising therapeutic target for improving nerve repair in older individuals.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Neuroscience

    Glia-mediated gut–brain cytokine signaling couples sleep to intestinal inflammatory responses induced by oxidative stress

    Alina Malita, Anne H Skakkebaek ... Kim Rewitz
    Gut-to-brain communication via glial cytokine signaling links intestinal oxidative stress to altered sleep patterns, highlighting how gut inflammation can influence brain function and restorative sleep behaviors essential for mental well-being.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Genetic parallels in biomineralization of the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum and stony corals

    Oliver Voigt, Magdalena V Wilde ... Gert Wörheide
    Discovery of calcarins in calcareous sponges highlights gene duplication and neofunctionalization as drivers of parallel biomineralization, offering insight into the independent evolution of calcification in early-diverging animals.
    1. Neuroscience

    Preparatory attentional templates in prefrontal and sensory cortex encode target-associated information

    Zhiheng Zhou, Joy Geng
    fMRI decoding reveals that the inferior frontal junction-visual network reinstates target-related information as a proxy for target localization before visual search.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Aurora kinase A promotes trained immunity via regulation of endogenous S-adenosylmethionine metabolism

    Mengyun Li, Huan Jin ... Xiaojun Xia
    The kinase activity of Aurora kinase A is required for preserving S-adenosylmethionine availability for histone methylation and epigenetic reprogramming during trained immunity induction in macrophages.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Sld3CBD–Cdc45 structural insights into Cdc45 recruitment for CMG complex formation during DNA replication

    Hao Li, Izumi Ishizaki ... Min Yao
    The crystal structure of Sld3CBD-Cdc45 shows its intermolecular interactions, and subsequent Sld3CBD-CMG model construction and binding assays enable a proposal for the mechanism of Cdc45 recruitment and Sld3 release.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Atomistic simulation of voltage activation of a truncated BK channel

    Zhiguang Jia, Jianhan Chen
    Ten-microsecond atomistic simulations directly capture the voltage activation of the Core-MT big potassium channel, revealing novel voltage sensing and sensor-pore coupling mechanisms that have largely eluded the community.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pangenome is small and shaped by sub-lineage-specific regions of difference

    Mahboobeh Behruznia, Maximillian Marin ... Conor J Meehan
    The accessory genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is small, but differences in gene content are found both between and within lineages.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Spatial integration of sensory input and motor output in Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotaxis through colocalized distribution

    Zhengyu Wu, Maojin Tian ... Junhua Yuan
    In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the chemoreceptor cluster and flagellar motor colocalize at the same cell pole through FlhF anchoring, preventing cross-pathway signaling interference between chemotaxis and c-di-GMP regulation.