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  1. A gloved hand holding an orange sparks, on a pale yellow background

    Sparks of Change

    Edited by Elsa Loissel
    Stories recounting how the culture of research is changing.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Tumor Metastasis: Fishing for drugs

    Chinyere Kemet, Emily Hill, Hui Feng
    Screening for drugs that disrupt embryonic development in zebrafish can help identify treatments that suppress metastasis.
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  2. Time course of limb growth and regeneration on the Mexican Axolotl.

    Episode78: January 2022

    In this episode, we hear about the posture of an ancient hominid, limb regeneration, feline bacteria, ant colonies, and how old worms combat the ageing process.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Memory: Diversity on location

    Young J Yoon, Gary J Bassell
    The RNA binding protein FMRP regulates the synthesis of synaptic and nuclear proteins within different compartments of a neuron.
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    COVID-19 and the Research Community: It is time for open access in clinical care

    Edy Kim
    A healthcare center widely sharing its internal guidelines on how to treat COVID-19 patients “just wasn’t done.” As the pandemic raged at a Boston hospital, the next generation of clinical leaders pushed for change.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Parasites: Eviction notice served on Toxoplasma

    Juan C Sánchez-Arcila, Kirk DC Jensen
    The gene RARRES3 uses an unexpected strategy to eliminate the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from human cells.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Plants: Why do sunflowers have invisible colors?

    Jason Laurich, Anna M O'Brien
    In the common sunflower, patterns of UV-absorbing pigments are controlled by a newly identified regulatory region and may be under the influence of environmental factors.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Viruses: What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?

    Tomohiro Sawa, Takaaki Akaike
    The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 triggers macrophages and epithelial cells to produce excess levels of pro-inflammatory molecules, which can do more harm than good.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Memory: Overwriting the past with supervised plasticity

    Xingyun Wang, Richard Naud
    Triggered activity bursts in place cells can increase and decrease the strength of some inputs.
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  4. Living Science: Authorship then and now

    Eve Marder
    A researcher should only be an author on a paper if they have contributed to it in a substantive way.