In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in August. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Frangipane et al.’s Research Article, ‘Dynamic density shaping of photokinetic E. coli’, was covered in:
- Smithsonian magazine – Light-Reactive Bacteria Create Miniature ‘Mona Lisa’ Replica
- Irish Examiner – This image of Mona Lisa was created by a million E.coli bacteria
- La Repubblica (Italy) – Francesco Totti and la Gioconda, portrayed with bacteria (translated)
- Daily Mail – The world's smallest masterpieces? Microscopic version of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and portraits of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin are recreated using MILLIONS of bacteria
- Digital Trends – Genetically engineered bacteria paint microscopic masterpieces
- IFLScience – Scientists Create Mona Lisa Masterpiece Using Genetically-Modified Bacteria
- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News – Lab-on-a-Chip Uses Bacteria to Help Transport Biological Cargo
- Gizmodo – E. Coli Bacteria Made This Image of the Mona Lisa
- Kompas (Indonesia) – This is the Smallest Artist in the World: Bacteria Create Mona Lisa Paintings (translated)
- TribunJogja (Indonesia) – This Mona Lisa painting was created by E. coli bacteria (translated)
- Galileu (Brazil) – Scientists recreate Mona Lisa with modified bacteria (translated)
You can read the eLife press release about this study here.
The papers published as part of the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology were mentioned in:
- The Scientist – Effort to Reproduce Cancer Studies Scales Down to 18 Papers
- GenomeWeb – Even Fewer
Caldwell et al.’s Research Article, ‘The newly-arisen Devil facial tumour disease 2 (DFT2) reveals a mechanism for the emergence of a contagious cancer’, was featured in:
- Fox News – Tasmanian devils face new cancer threat for survival in the wild
- News.com.au (Australia) – Tasmanian devils face new cancer threat for survival in the wild
- United Press International – New type of face cancer threatening Tasmanian devils
The Research Article by Elya et al., ‘Robust manipulation of the behavior of Drosophila melanogaster by a fungal pathogen in the laboratory’, was highlighted in:
- National Geographic – Watch These Flies Turn Into Zombies
- Inverse – 'Puppeteer Fungus' Forces Flies Into a Creepy Sunset Death Ritual
- RT News – ‘Invasion of the body snatchers’: Mind-control fungus shows flies a gruesome end
Donovan et al.’s Research Article, ‘Thalidomide promotes degradation of SALL4, a transcription factor implicated in Duane Radial Ray Syndrome’, was covered in:
- Gizmodo – We May Finally Know How Notorious Pregnancy Drug Thalidomide Hurt Thousands of Babies
- Chemical & Engineering News – New nuance in thalidomide’s mechanism revealed
- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News – Thalidomide’s Birth-Defect-Causing Mechanism Finally Uncovered
Ocklenburg at al.’s Research Article, ‘Epigenetic regulation of lateralized fetal spinal gene expression underlies hemispheric asymmetries’, was featured in:
- Newsweek – INTERNATIONAL LEFT-HANDERS DAY: WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE LEFT-HANDED?
- ARY News (Pakistan) – Scientists think they have found the reason why some people are left-handed
Baba et al.’s Research Article, ‘Gradient-reading and mechano-effector machinery for netrin-1-induced axon guidance’, was mentioned in:
- Rambler (Russia) – Scientists have learned how axons control their movement (translated)
The Research Article by Kostaki et al., ‘Unravelling the history of hepatitis B virus genotypes A and D infection using a full-genome phylogenetic and phylogeographic approach’, was highlighted in:
- Iefimerida (Greece) – New data on the origin and spread of hepatitis B virus (translated)
- Naftemporiki (Greece) – Scientists re-mapped the spread of Hepatitis B virus (translated)
You can read the eLife press release about this study here.
And Johnson et al.’s Research Article, ‘Developmentally regulated H2Av buffering via dynamic sequestration to lipid droplets in Drosophila embryos’, was featured in:
- Futurity – LIPID DROPLETS DO A LOT MORE THAN STORE FAT
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