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    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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    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.
  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.
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    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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  4. 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.