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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    From actin waves to mechanism and back: How theory aids biological understanding

    Carsten Beta, Leah Edelstein-Keshet ... Arik Yochelis
    Mathematical methods reveal common underlying principles in diverse models of intracellular actin waves.
    1. Plant Biology

    Why did glutamate, GABA, and melatonin become intercellular signalling molecules in plants?

    Yaron Caspi, Chrysoula K Pantazopoulou ... Kaisa Kajala
    Recent findings about the possible intercellular signalling role of glutamate, GABA, and melatonin might help to establish hypotheses concerning the evolutionary factors that caused intercellular organisms to use specific molecules in intercellular signalling.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Immune mechanisms underlying COVID-19 pathology and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)

    Sindhu Mohandas, Prasanna Jagannathan ... RECOVER Mechanistic Pathways Task Force
    Immune dysregulation is thought to be a hallmark of long COVID or PASC but there is a need for understanding the underlying mechanisms which drive the disease progression.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    The need to change: Is there a critical role of midlife adaptation in mental health later in life?

    Friederike Thams, Stefanie Brassen
    A new developmental model of cognitive-emotional adaptation in midlife builds on current findings from lifespan psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and research in late-life depression.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Viral persistence, reactivation, and mechanisms of long COVID

    Benjamin Chen, Boris Julg ... RECOVER Mechanistic Pathways Task Force
    Persistence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and reactivation of unrelated latent viruses may play a role in the development and pathogenesis of long COVID, and future research should focus on identifying the mechanisms behind these interactions.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    The potential of integrating human and mouse discovery platforms to advance our understanding of cardiometabolic diseases

    Aaron W Jurrjens, Marcus M Seldin ... Anna C Calkin
    The benefits of integrating cross-species systems genetics platforms to advance knowledge in the underlying mechanisms that drive cardiometabolic diseases have been investigated.
    1. Neuroscience

    Extra-hippocampal contributions to pattern separation

    Tarek Amer, Lila Davachi
    The ability to discriminate highly overlapping events in memory is a multistage process supported by a network of brain regions and neocortical–hippocampal interactions.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of expectations, control and reward in the development of pain persistence based on a unified model

    Christian Büchel
    The integration of established psychological and biological models of pain suggests novel interventions to prevent pain persistence.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Medicine

    A survey of open questions in adaptive therapy: Bridging mathematics and clinical translation

    Jeffrey West, Fred Adler ... Alexander RA Anderson
    Open questions of cancer adaptive therapy are discussed through the lens of mathematical modeling, categorized into three sections, (1) integrating appropriate components into mathematical models, (2) dosing protocol design and validation, and (3) challenges and opportunities in clinical translation.
    1. Neuroscience

    Open-source tools for behavioral video analysis: Setup, methods, and best practices

    Kevin Luxem, Jennifer J Sun ... Mark Laubach
    Methods for video analysis of behaving animals are described, with guidance provided on setting up the methods in a research laboratory and best practices for experimenters and developers.