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    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Cardiac Optogenetics: A move in the light direction

    Eike M Wülfers, Franziska Schneider-Warme
    Computer simulations show how low-intensity illumination can be used to terminate cardiac arrhythmias.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Small-Molecule Inhibitors: Disrupting enzyme fluidity

    Ganesh Srinivasan Anand
    A combination of X-ray crystallography, NMR, and mass spectrometry has revealed how diverse small-molecule inhibitors bind Bruton’s tyrosine kinase and alter the conformation of this enzyme.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Medicine

    Bone Hormones: Survival of the glycosylated

    Harry C Blair, Paul H Schlesinger
    Osteocalcin is a bone matrix protein that acts like a hormone when it reaches the blood, and has different effects in mice and humans.
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    1. Medicine

    Science Forum: Improving preclinical studies through replications

    Natascha Ingrid Drude, Lorena Martinez Gamboa ... Ulf Toelch
    Increasing validity should be a priority when deciding which preclinical experiments to replicate and when performing replications.
    1. Plant Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Enzymes: The two roles of complex III in plants

    Hans-Peter Braun
    Atomic structures of mitochondrial enzyme complexes in plants are shedding light on their multiple functions.
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  1. Meta-Research: A retrospective analysis of the peer review of more than 75,000 Marie Curie proposals between 2007 and 2018

    David G Pina, Ivan Buljan ... Ana Marušić
    A study of more than 75,000 grant proposals to the European Union indicates that the outcomes of the peer review process remain stable in response to changes in the way that peer review is organized.
  2. Research Culture: A survey of early-career researchers in Australia

    Katherine Christian, Carolyn Johnstone ... Michael R Doran
    Job insecurity is putting stress on early-career researchers in Australia, compromising their career development and potentially reducing the quality of research.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Polygenic Scores: How well can we separate genetics from the environment?

    Jennifer Blanc, Jeremy J Berg
    A simulation study demonstrates a better method for separating genetic effects from environmental effects in genome-wide association studies, but there is still some way to go before this becomes a "solved" problem.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Blood Flow: Supplying the sleeping brain

    Stephanie D Williams, Laura D Lewis
    During sleep, the brain experiences large fluctuations in blood volume and altered coupling between neural and vascular signals.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Telomeres: Change and HOAP for the best

    Claudia Castillo-González, Dorothy E Shippen
    HOAP is a telomere-binding protein that has a conserved role in Drosophila, but it also needs to evolve quickly to restrict telomeric retrotransposons.
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