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

The ability of tumors to respond to nutritional signals is mediated by Salt-inducible kinases, which ensure tumor growth under nutrient-rich conditions including obesity.

Research in molecular ecology and evolution is increasingly utilizing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, placing a spotlight on its natural history.

The fact that it is difficult to evaluate and compare the outputs of individual researchers might actually be good for science.

The turquoise killifish from ephemeral pools in African savannah combines extremely short lifespan with a standard vertebrate body plan – ideal attributes for a laboratory animal.

The availability of an essential dietary micronutrient is evaluated by an intestinal signaling system that in turn regulates food-uptake and response behaviors by modulating protease expression.

Bioluminescence monitoring and selective silencing in zebrafish larva reveal a novel sensorimotor circuit modulating speed in the moving spinal cord.

The development of diet-dependent obesity results in the deterioration of calcium homeostasis in pro-opiomelanocortin-expressing neurons and impaired function of the same neurons.

DNA methylation deposition is dependent on the presence of H3K4me3 and H3K36me3 histone marks.

Sec17 (αSNAP) and Sec18 (NSF) are shown to act twice, to promote fusion per se and to recycle SNAREs after fusion.