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    1. Cell Biology

    Kinesin-1 conformational dynamics are controlled by a cargo-sensitive TPR switch

    Shivam Shukla, Jessica A Cross ... Mark P Dodding
    Cargo-adaptor binding to the KLC-TPR domains binding triggers structural rearrangements that relieve kinesin-1 autoinhibition, enabling MAP7 recruitment, through an allosteric mechanism that connects cargo recognition to motor activation.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Active regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by the membrane bilayer

    Shwetha Srinivasan, Xingcheng Lin ... Gabriela S Schlau-Cohen
    Membrane composition modulates EGFR conformational dynamics and signaling, revealing that the bilayer properties can override ligand control to influence receptor activation in health and disease.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Enhanced bacterial chemotaxis in confined microchannels occurs at lane widths matching circular swimming radius

    Caijuan Yue, Chi Zhang ... Junhua Yuan
    Geometric confinement paradoxically enhances bacterial chemotaxis through chiral surface swimming and sidewall alignment, with optimal performance when lane width matches the circular swimming radius.
    1. Neuroscience

    Fear conditioning biases olfactory sensory neuron frequencies across generations

    Clara W Liff, Yasmine R Ayman ... Bianca J Marlin
    Olfactory fear conditioning biases olfactory stem cell receptor fate, increasing the frequency by which maturing neurons express the receptor of the paired odor and changing the representation of the olfactory sensory neuron landscape in the next generation.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Synaptotagmin 1 and Synaptotagmin 7 promote MR1-mediated presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens

    Se-Jin Kim, Jessie C Peterson ... David Lewinsohn
    Synaptotagmin 1 and Synaptotagmin 7 promote MAIT cell activation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by facilitating MR1 trafficking and antigen presentation.
    1. Neuroscience

    Individuality across environmental context in Drosophila melanogaster

    Thomas F Mathejczyk, Cara Knief ... Gerit A Linneweber
    Environmental differences alter behavioral performance in Drosophila melanogaster without eliminating consistent individual differences.
    1. Neuroscience

    Audiovisual cues must be predictable and win-paired to drive risky choice

    Brett A Hathaway, Dexter R Kim ... Catharine Winstanley
    Sensory cues increase risky choice when paired with wins but reduce risky choice when paired with losses, with parallel shifts in sensitivity to negative outcomes.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Loss of ZNRF3/RNF43 unleashes EGFR in cancer

    Fei Yue, Amy T Ku ... Yi Li
    Genetic and biochemical analyses show that loss of the E3 ubiquitin ligases ZNRF3 and RNF43 enhances EGFR signaling by impairing EGFR ubiquitination and degradation, revealing a new cancer-promoting mechanism.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Contrasting roles for IKK-regulated inflammatory signalling pathways for development and maintenance of type 1 and adaptive γδ T cells

    Farjana Islam, Cayman Williams ... Benedict Seddon
    Inhibitor of κB kinase signalling differentially controls development and survival of γδ T cell subsets through nuclear factor-κB activation and repression of receptor-interacting protein kinase 1-driven necroptosis, revealing distinct inflammatory signalling requirements from αβ T cells.