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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    BICC1 Interacts with PKD1 and PKD2 to Drive Cystogenesis in ADPKD

    Uyen Tran, Andrew J Streets ... Oliver Wessely
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    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Extrusion-modulated DnaA activity oscillations coordinate DNA replication with biomass growth

    Dengjin Li, Hai Zheng ... Chenli Liu
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    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Decoding the biogenesis of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta and their fusion with the nuclear speckle

    Chiara Tomasini, Celine Cuche ... Francesca Di Nunzio
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    1. Cell Biology

    Membrane potential modulates ERK activity and cell proliferation

    Mari Sasaki, Masanobu Nakahara ... Fumihito Ono
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Cross-species insemination reveals mouse sperm ability to enter and cross the fish micropyle

    Suma Garibova, Eva Stickler ... Matteo Avella
    Mouse sperm are unable to bind the zebrafish chorion, yet a subset of hyperactivated sperm can enter and cross the micropyle, suggesting a conserved mechanism of gamete interaction across species.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Death receptor 6 does not regulate axon degeneration and Schwann cell injury responses during Wallerian degeneration

    Bogdan Beirowski, Haoran Huang, Elisabetta Babetto
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Overexpression of Ssd1 and calorie restriction extend yeast replicative lifespan by preventing deleterious age-dependent iron uptake

    J Ignacio Gutierrez, Claudia Edgar, Jessica K Tyler
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Organelle membrane-associated proteins recruit cGAS via phase separation to facilitate its membrane localization

    Chengrui Shi, Chaofei Su ... Hang Yin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Explainable machine learning-assisted exploration of chromatin dynamics reveals chromosome-specific response to serum starvation

    Taras Redchuk, Antti Pennanen ... Maria K Vartiainen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    The RAB27A effector SYTL5 regulates mitophagy and mitochondrial metabolism

    Ana Lapao, Lauren Sophie Johnson ... Anne Simonsen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
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Highlights

    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: Knowledge and illusions

    Antony M Jose

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
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    Jonathan A Cooper
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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