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    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ecology: Accelerometer-based analyses of animal sleep patterns

    Yuuki Y Watanabe, Christian Rutz
    Body-motion sensors can be used to study non-invasively how animals sleep in the wild, opening up exciting opportunities for comparative analyses across species.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Tissue Organization: When cells get in the flow

    Giovanna M Collu, Marek Mlodzik
    New imaging approaches question a long-standing model for how the eyes of fruit flies acquire their geometric patterning.
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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Biomarkers: Getting closer to the clinic

    Toshiko Tanaka, Luigi Ferrucci
    Associations between plasma protein levels and DNA methylation patterns can be used to predict the onset of age-related chronic disease.
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    1. Ecology

    Co-Cultures: Growing together gives more rice and aquatic food

    Jian Liu, Siri Caspersen, Jean WH Yong
    Allowing aquatic organisms to grow in rice fields – a practice called co-culture – increases rice yields while maintaining soil fertility and reducing weeds.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Fibrosis: How collagen becomes ‘stiff’

    Rebecca G Wells
    Oxidative stress following a lung injury can alter the structure of collagen, causing it to stiffen and trigger the formation of a fibrotic scar that further hardens the tissue.
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    Peer Review: Feeling like a ‘real’ scientist

    Aalok Varma
    Peer reviewing helped a graduate student to finally gain a sense of belonging within the research community.
    1. Ecology

    Ecosystem Services: Putting interactions on the map

    César Augusto Ruiz Agudelo, Ángela María Cortes Gómez
    A method called functional connectivity mapping helps model some of the complex interactions between multiple ecosystem services.
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  2. Scientists on Social Media: Elisabeth Marnik (@sciencewhizliz)

    Fighting misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Replication: The remarkable gymnastics of ORC

    Bruce Stillman
    As a cell prepares to divide, a molecular actor known as the Origin Recognition Complex makes intricate ATP-driven movements to recruit proteins required to duplicate DNA.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology
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    The Natural History of Model Organisms: The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer
    The coquí frog is of interest to researchers in fields as diverse as development biology, social behavior and the biology of invasive species.