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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Computational Biology: Capturing the unpredictability of stem cells

    Arda Durmaz, Valeria Visconte
    A new mathematical model that can be applied to both single-cell and bulk DNA sequencing data sheds light on the processes governing population dynamics in stem cells.
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  1. Scientific Publishing: The first year of a new era

    Timothy E Behrens, Yamini Dalal ... Detlef Weigel
    What happened when eLife decided to eliminate accept/reject decisions after peer review?
  2. Line drawing of a human figure sitting on a stylised brain, in front of white sparks on a light blue background. Vicky Bowskill (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The meaning of a word

    Kirsty Lauder
    A fraught exchange on social media leads a PhD student to reconsider how she conducts research on neuroinclusivity while being neurodivergent herself.
    1. Neuroscience

    Computational Neuroscience: Building a mathematical model of the brain

    Frances Skinner
    Automatic leveraging of information in a hippocampal neuron database to generate mathematical models should help foster interactions between experimental and computational neuroscientists.
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Stress Adaptation: Adapting to ever-changing conditions

    Serge Pelet
    Experiments involving periodic stimuli shed light on the interplay between hyper-osmotic stress and glucose starvation in yeast cells.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Archaea: Exploring surface structures

    Bernhard Schuster
    The surface layer of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius consists of a flexible but stable outer protein layer that interacts with an inner, membrane-bound protein.
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Translation: It’s a competitive business

    Masaaki Sokabe, Christopher S Fraser
    A new in vitro system called Rec-Seq sheds light on how mRNA molecules compete for the machinery that translates their genetic sequence into proteins.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Targeted action to increase inclusion at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

    Saher Ahmed, David J Adams ... Maria Augusta Arruda
    The Sanger Excellence Fellowship has been established to increase the representation of researchers with Black-heritage backgrounds at a leading research centre in the UK.
    1. Medicine

    Viral Infections: Race against dengue

    Swee Sen Kwek, Eng Eong Ooi
    Understanding the kinetics of dengue viruses in the bloodstream can provide insights into the clinical outcomes of the disease.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Hearing: Letting the calcium flow

    Régis Nouvian
    Two calcium-binding proteins, CaBP1 and CaBP2, cooperate to keep calcium channels in the hair cells of the inner ear open.
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