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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Mimicking early life-forms in the lab

    Maarten Lubbers, Dennis Claessen
    1. Plant Biology

    Making conferences more inclusive

    Marcia Puig-Lluch, Mary Williams ... Patricia Baldrich
    1. Neuroscience

    A whole-body connectome

    Alex M Winsor, Paul S Katz
    1. Cell Biology

    Lipids and membrane fluidity

    Sofia Rodriguez-Gallardo, Takeshi Harayama
    1. Neuroscience

    Stress and different fear responses

    Nicole C Ferrara, Sydney Trask

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    1. Neuroscience

    Connectomes: The wiring diagram of an entire animal

    Alex M Winsor, Paul S Katz
    A digital atlas of every cell in a developing marine worm reveals how networks across the body coordinate sensing and movement, and provides insights into the evolution of the nervous system.
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    1. Plant Biology

    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations

    Marcia Puig-Lluch, Mary Williams ... Patricia Baldrich
    The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Homologous Recombination: Snapshot of an intermediate structure

    Akira Shinohara
    Cryogenic electron microscopy has been used to determine the detailed structure of an intermediate state called a “D-loop” that forms when strands of DNA are exchanged during homologous recombination.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Microfossils: Mimicking early life-forms in the lab

    Maarten Lubbers, Dennis Claessen
    Studying the growth of bacteria without cell walls in an artificial environment can shed new light on the proliferation of primitive life-forms billions of years ago.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Membrane Biology: Nothing can replace polyunsaturated lipids

    Sofia Rodriguez-Gallardo, Takeshi Harayama
    Genetic studies reveal that polyunsaturated lipids do more than simply increase the fluidity of the cell membrane.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Behavioral Neuroscience: The consequences of stress on the brain and fear

    Nicole C Ferrara, Sydney Trask
    A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Ribbon Synapses: Taking the tube to the basal pole of hair cells

    Satish R Ghimire, Thomas M Coate
    A stable microtubule network and kinesin motors facilitate the formation of presynaptic ribbons in sensory hair cells in the zebrafish lateral line.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Lymphatic System: Closing in on pacemaker cells

    Pin-Ji Lei, Timothy P Padera
    Lymphatic muscle cells orchestrate the contraction of collecting lymphatic vessels in mice.
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    1. Plant Biology

    Symbiosis: How plants pick their friends

    Estelle Grundy, Michael Udvardi
    A protein called RIN4 has a central role in helping legumes such as soybean and the bacteria rhizobia to develop a mutually beneficial relationship.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolutionary Biology: Embracing the complexity of cooperation

    Benjamin Allen
    A theoretical framework for analyzing the evolution of nonlinear cooperative interactions is taking shape.
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