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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Bacteria: How Legionella defend their turf

    Elisa D Hughes, Michele S Swanson
    Communities of bacteria that cause Legionnaire’s disease repel other bacteria by secreting an acid called HGA.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Mosquitos: The taste of water

    W Daniel Tracey
    Female mosquitos require a specific ion-channel protein to sense the presence of fresh water in which they can lay their eggs.
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  1. Hayley Sharpe

    First Paper As PI: Hayley Sharpe

    Changing fields increases your chances of establishing your own research niche.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Morphogenesis: Mathematical models with frills

    Pierre A Haas
    The spectacular frill around the neck of the lizard Chlamydosaurus has its origins in a mechanical instability that arises during development.
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  2. Episode 58: Meet Mike Eisen

    eLife has a new Editor-in-Chief: who is he, and what are his plans for the journal?
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Fossils: A new home for microbes

    Raphael Eisenhofer, Alan Cooper
    Modern microorganisms growing in fossils provide major challenges for researchers trying to detect ancient molecules in the same fossils.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Philosophy of Biology: Seizing an opportunity

    Perry Zurn, Danielle S Bassett
    Historical texts offer researchers in neuroscience, philosophy and literature the opportunity to work together to explore mysteries of the mind and human behavior.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Limb Development: A lesson in homology

    Nikola-Michael Prpic
    The same genes and signaling pathways control the formation of limbs in vertebrates, arthropods and cuttlefish.
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    1. Developmental Biology

    3D Imaging: Taking a closer look at whole organisms

    Noriko Ichino, Stephen C Ekker
    By enabling researchers to image whole zebrafish with cellular resolution, X-ray histotomography will improve our understanding of the biological differences between individuals of the same species.
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  3. Scientist and Parent: Are we there yet?

    Nicole Swann
    Traveling to conferences with children presents a number of logistical and financial challenges.