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2018 was a big year for us! The first Comms Bio papers were published on January 22nd. Since then we’ve published 215 research articles and 6 reviews & commentaries
#2018inReview
The first
@CommsBio
articles are now published online - visit to browse subject areas and sign up for new article e-alerts
@nresearchnews
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Nuclear RIPK3 and MLKL contribute to cytosolic necrosome formation and necroptosis
#molecularbiology
#openaccess
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Our Editorial Board Member Marco Fritzsche and the editors of
@CommsBio
together present a collection of articles published in the journal that address how mechanical forces affect biology.
Learn more:
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We review our first year of publishing and look forward to what we hope to achieve in the years to come!
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#CFP
Our first articles are now published and we are currently accepting submissions in the field of
#immunology
. Submit your research at
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Are you an early-career researcher looking to travel to a scientific conference next year, but lack the funds? Applications are now open to apply for a Travel Grant from the Communications journals! Learn more and be sure to apply before Oct 27.
@CommsBio
@CommsChem
@CommsPhys
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Using acoustical structured illumination for high-resolution
#ultrasound
imaging in real-time. Read it here: , and check out the rest of our first articles here:
#biophysics
#openaccess
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In honor of Communications Biology's first anniversary publishing content, we asked Editorial Board Member Dr. Bishoy Faltas to answer a few questions on the journal's growth and vision for the future:
@FaltasLab
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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences together with
@boas_pucker
and
@brockingtonian
(
@tuBraunschweig
and
@Cambridge_Uni
) give insight into the evolution and adaptation of so-called glasshouse plants from the Himalayas (here: noble rhubarb)
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Delighted to announce
@Commsbio
,
@CommsChem
and
@CommsPhys
first travel grants for Early Career Researchers - applications accepted until 5 November 2018
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The first
@CommsBio
articles are now published online - visit to browse subject areas and sign up for new article e-alerts
@nresearchnews
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Recent advances in paleoneurology are collated together in this comprehensive review, linking neuroanatomy to genes and behavior, and providing guidance to the next generation of researchers to advance the field
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In a new study, authors show that space travel activates the Nrf2 signaling, which contributes to the weight gain of mice. This study provides insights into potential interventions to mitigate the stresses that accompany space travel.
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Engineered RNA endonuclease XNAzymes can specifically target individual disease-associated ncRNAs in vitro, with the potential for precision detection or knockdown of individual microRNAs or longer ncRNAs.
@Taylor_Lab_Cam
@MariaDonde2
@Cambridge_Uni
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PAthreader generates templates of remote homologous structures to improve protein structure prediction by AlphaFold2 and predict folding pathways under the hypothesis that folding information is evolutionarily conserved in remote homologs.
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Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores. Read more in the new study published in Communications Biology:
#conservation
#ecology
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Learn about the launch of Communications Biology, one of the three new Communications journals, with a brief introduction from the publisher and Chief Editor.
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In the spirit of
#TrustinPeerReview
, in this post we discuss our diversity metrics for peer review, aims for the future, and include a video that features some of our most exceptional reviewers from around the globe!
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Our Collection on Brain Evolution is still welcoming submissions until the end of June 23. Check out the current content:
Curated by our Editorial Board Member
@MichelTdS
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A meta-analysis of of mitochondrial disease patients reveals that OxPhos defects are associated with signs of hypermetabolism and linked to accelerated telomere shortening and epigenetic aging.
@sturm_gav
,
@MitoPsychoBio
,
@kaufmanlabpitt
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MRI data from over 1000 participants between the ages of 46 and 87 reveals that cardiovascular risk factors are associated with myelin loss and neuroinflammation in the brain:
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If you happen to be in Bordeaux this year, head over to
the Bassins des Lumières
@culturespaces
, where the arts & science fusion
@cellworlds_off
, 'Cell Immersion' is running until next January:
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Transcriptome analysis of whole-body regeneration in the ctenophore M. leidyi uncovers conserved features of wound healing and regeneration present in the last common animal ancestor.
@Whitney_Lab
,
@juliar_mateu
,
@_AEdgar_
,
@Evo_Doro
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Our editorial on MD simulations presents a checklist for reporting and assessing simulation data and data
#reproducibility
as a guideline for publishing high quality computational work in the journal:
by
@lyna_yunluo
@jungjin
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We welcome our latest addition to our outstanding Editorial Board: Yun Lyna Luo
@lyna_yunluo
(Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California
@WesternUNews
) is an expert in computational biophysics, ion channels, chemistry tools and drug design.
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Population genomic analysis of the
#chocolate
tree finds a domestication event ~3600 years ago, with strong selection for metabolism of anthocyanins and theobromine, as well as disease resistance:
#NationalChocolateDay
(USA)
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Ever wonder what it's like to be an research journal editor? We're proud to launch a call for applications for our new Editor Training Program, where ECRs can learn about editorial careers and experience the day-to-day life of an editor.
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Human, chicken, and Drosophila NOT1:NOT10:NOT11 ternary complexes have an evolutionarily conserved NOT10:11 module, hierarchical assembly of the complex.
@ylevdan
,
@TobiasRaisch
,
@eugenevalkov
,
@S_M_Lea
,
@NCIResearchCtr
and
@mpimoph
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Activation of oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus drives cardiac sympathetic nerve activation following myocardial infarction in rats.
Learn more about Nature Research's
#neuroscience
content at
#SFN18
booth 300
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Golgi stress mediates redox imbalance and ferroptosis in human cells.
Featured cell biology research ahead of this years
#ASCBEMBO18
. Visit stand 323 to talk to
@nresearchnews
editors about the latest
#cellbiology
research.
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The
#hippocampus
contains neurons that correspond to two partially non-overlapping sets of positive and negative engrams, which may be distinguished by molecular, cellular, and projection-specific features
Authors:
@mshpok
@shawnliu_lab
@okaysteve
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Communications Biology turns five 🎉🎂- our editorial reflects on how far we have come while looking forward to the next phase of our journey:
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Communications Biology turns five! We'll be celebrating the journal, our fantastic Editorial Board and our authors over the coming days - stay tuned!
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We at Communications Biology are welcoming all submissions in the field of
#genetics
. Learn more at
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As the journal turns five, we celebrate our amazing Editorial Board. In this video, we hear from some of our Section Leads about how being a Board Member with Communications Biology is a great experience and why they think the journal stands out:
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In this study, the authors present a cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymer that can extract membrane proteins for Cryo-EM analysis.
@stemuench
@AJHiggins12
@FrankSobott
@alexjflynn
@DrJonLippiat
@postis_v
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The structure of the Pel exopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is fully characterized by
@FrancoisLeMauff
@RIMUHC1
@IDIGH
@McGillMed
@glyconet_nce
@Erum_Razvi
@CourtReichhardt
@PLynneHowell
🥳
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The editors at
@CommsBio
are looking for article submissions in developmental biology. Submit today at
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In honor of
#TransDayOfVisibility
, we reached out to fantastic trans faculty about their research and academic experiences. Thanks to Dr. Izzy Jayasinghe and
@forslund_lab
/
@inanna_nalytica
for your efforts to improve representation in STEM! 🏳️⚧️
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Now open for submissions! Communications Biology an
#open
access journal from
@nresearchnews
- Learn more at
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Genomic analyses of >1000 yeast isolates points to China as the birthplace of brewing/baking yeast! Cheers to that China!
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New in 2023! 👇👇
We are happy to have Luciano Abriata
@labriataphd
joining our Editorial Board. From
@EPFL_en
, he has expertise in structural biology, molecular modeling and simulations, as well as modern interfaces for chemistry and biology!
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@drew_lab_nvc
,
@Kevin_L_Turner
,
@NanyinZhang
,
@Qingguang_Zhang
show that sleep-related vascular changes dominate over sensory-evoked changes with a combination of optical imaging, electrophysiology, and BOLD fMRI in unanesthetized neonatal mice.
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In this study, Yurtman et al. explore the impact of human activity on domestic sheep since the Neolithic, highlighting domestication events and changes to the gene pool.
@CompEvoMetu
@ERCNeogene
@hubioinf
@CpgSthlm
@LivAncWorlds
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Communications Biology will be publishing reviewer reports and author responses for all manuscripts submitted as of January 1, 2019. Read more about Transparent
#PeerReview
on our website:
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New paper from
@DrMANowak
& colleagues: Construction of arbitrarily strong amplifiers of natural selection using evolutionary graph theory
#OA
#evolution
@Harvard
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Joining our editorial board 📢
From
@HujiBiochem
,
@HebrewU
we are excited to welcome
@dana_reichmann
, who brings expertise in redox biology, protein folding, protein quality control, redox switches, structural mass spectrometry and proteomics.
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Biomechanical and shape analyses explore the function of forelimb claws, revealing adaptations for digging and display in maniraptoran
#theropods
-
@lokihemida
@jemilyr
@BristolPalaeo
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Targeted deletions of topologically associating domain boundaries in mice using CRISPR genome editing cause a range of disruptions to normal in vivo genome function and organismal development
@AxelVisel
@STEMi_nist
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Barbara McClintock discovered that certain genes are able to move around the genome, turning physical characteristics 'on' and 'off'. She is the only woman to receive an unshared Nobel prize in physiology/medicine
#IWD2018
#WomenInSTEM
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A new species of
#Confusciusornis
, a genus of basal birds from the Early Cretaceous, reveals that these early birds had stronger flight capability and more diverse flight modes than previously expected 🐦
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Arantxa Rojas, our 2018 travel grant recipient, will now travel to the 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society in Krakow Poland, in June 2019. Her research focuses upon regulation of miRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Are you an early-career researcher looking to travel to a scientific conference next year, but lack the funds? Applications are now open to apply for a
#TravelGrant
from the Communications journals! Learn more and be sure to apply before Oct 27.
@CommsBio
@CommsChem
@CommsPhys
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The authors present a method based on optical tweezers to measure mechanical properties of cells inside living zebrafish embryos. The measurement reveals spatiotemporally distinct mechanical properties, linking cell mechanics and morphogenesis
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Advanced imaging and electrophysiology from
@lfsantana68
,
@ucd_physiology
,
@UCDavisMed
show that phosphorylation boosts KV2.1 cluster size, which in turn modulates dihydropyridine-sensitive CaV1.2 channel organization and function in arterial smooth muscle
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#Durian
genome is online in
@NatureGenet
. Our chief ed
@Brooke_LaFlamme
enjoyed the genome, not sure about the taste
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Dorothy Hodgkin - biochemist and X-ray crystallographer - developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel prize in chemistry. She also discovered the structure of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12
#IWD2018
#womeninSTEM
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Our Centrosome and Cilia collection is out! Editorial board member
@TJ_Dantas
has assembled a selection of papers published in Communications Biology about these interesting organelles.
[Image Credit: Tiago Dantas]
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🚨New from
@DariaNeyroud
&
@andyjudge24
at
@UF
/
@UFHealthCancer
🚨
Integrated in vivo multi-omic profiling characterizes the crucial role played by the E3 ubiquitin ligase MuRF1/Trim63 in the cross-talk between muscle wasting & pancreatic tumor growth
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Read about a new method for keeping tiny animals (
#Celegans
, jellyfish, pygmy squid) in place for long-term
#microscopy
using a polyethylene glycol
#hydrogel
Image credit: Dirk Albrecht
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Ramesh Bondada et al. report natural epimutations in the Arabidopsis SUPERMAN gene with the potential to shed light on the evolution of unisexuality in plants.
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While the gut microbiota 🦠 is distinct between parent species of pygmy angelfish 🐠 hybrid fish actually share similar microbiota to both parents. So, shifts in the gut microbiome may indicate speciation in hybrid species.
Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor
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What makes the peregrine falcon so fast? Its body shape creates a vortex that provides extra aerodynamic force. Read more here:
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🚨New from
@avakiai
@Talking_Bat
@postpop01
@davidpoeppel
!
Automated detection of >2.5 million vocalizations of Carollia perspicillata reveals that these 🦇 seek to avoid acoustic jamming from background noise by adjusting their own vocalization timing.
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We welcome research and review/comment articles on all aspects of
#mechanobiology
. Read our new special collection with editor by Editorial Board Member
@FritzscheLab
. Submit your work by Dec 31!
We are inviting you to submit articles on
#mechanobiology
in health and disease. Check out the already published Collection of papers in the Special Issue
#Mechanobiology
@CommsBio
@nresearchnews
@nature
@FritzscheLab
@RosFrankInst
@KirOxford
@NDORMS
@OxfordMedSci
@UniofOxford
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Arginine starvation kills tumor cells through aspartate exhaustion and mitochondrial dysfunction.
Attending
#ASCBEMBO18
? Want to know more about publishing with
@CommsBio
? Visit the Springer Nature booth (323) and speak to
@nresearchnews
editors.
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We are happy to announce that
@CommsBio
papers are now searchable in both PubMed and PubMed Central:
We understand how important it is to our authors that their research is visible to the community, so we are very excited to be able to share this news.
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Expanding our Editorial Board! 🧠
We are very happy to welcome Dr Christoph Anacker
@Der_Scientist
,
@anacker_lab
from
@ColumbiaCPTD
and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), who focuses on stress vulnerability, cognition, anxiety, neural Circuits and development
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A new study reports how a G protein and constitutively activating mutations impact GPCR conformational equilibria by altering the population of a crucial intermediate state essential for activation.
@rlamichhane40
@BCMB_UTK
@MatthewEddyLab
@UFChemistry
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Are you an early-career researcher looking to travel to a scientific conference next year, but lack the funds? Applications are now open to apply for a
#TravelGrant
from the Communications journals! Learn more and be sure to apply before Oct 27.
@CommsBio
@CommsChem
@CommsPhys
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In our latest editorial, we outline our goals beyond our first year. As part of this, we invite papers that foster collaboration with & inclusion of scientists from diverse backgrounds and that address biological questions affecting the non-Western world
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🚨Hot off the press!🚨 A Research Highlight from
@SMukhtarlab
features a fantastic
@NaturePlants
study by
@Gene_Tonic_
et al. on a scRNA-seq atlas for root phloem pole cells and the relevance of these cells to root development. 🌱
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@lab_stark
,
@shirlysomeck
analyse extracellular waveforms from freely moving mice which offers widespread implications for how to interpret and understand neural signals captured with extracellular probes.
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Awesome collection of
#cancer
#genomics
reviews & research from
@NatureRevGenet
@NatRevClinOncol
&
@NatureRevCancer
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A comparison of genetic variation among a large dataset of patients with confirmed and without endometriosis shows differences in DNA methylation profiles linked to stage III/IV endometriosis, sub-phenotypes and menstrual cycle phase.
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Based on DNA methylation changes in regulatory regions corresponding to the tissue of origin in unrelated cancers,
@JenniferAKarlow
@twang5
@Bo_Zhang_WashU
suggest that loss of cellular identity may be an important step in tumorigeneses across cancers.
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Biologist Nettie Stevens studied insect and discovered the sex chromosomes, establishing that the chromosomal basis of sex depended on the presence or absence of Y. She was one of the first American women to be recognized for her scientific contributions
#IWD2018
#WomenInSTEM
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#AfterThePaper
Comment from
@Saunders_Lab
discussing continuing research in combating wheat stem rust in the UK and Western Europe. Read it here:
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Prepare for the
@ASPB
#PlantBio20
virtual summit by reading open access articles in plant biology recently published by
@CommsBio
.
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A multi-year stress experiment reveals that broadcast spawning coral colonies exposed to a marine heatwave shift their reproductive strategy towards smaller (but more) eggs, conferring resilience to subsequent thermal stress. 🪸
[Credit: Lachlan Ross]
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@FigueiridoBorja
,
@infoUMA
,
@JuanMiguelEN
,
@Alberto_MarSe
,
@FractalBone
use 3D geometric morphometrics on the backbone to suggest a link between axial flexibility and different integration patterns among the
#pinniped
🦭 and close terrestrial relatives.
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Our latest
#Review
from
@GittaCoaker
, &
@Alba_MorenoP
highlights the importance of comprehending plant-pathogen interactions at the single-cell and
#spatial
levels, while also providing an overview of relevant cutting-edge technologies. 🌱🔍
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Our latest Q&A (from Deputy Editor
@NeuroKMC
) features
@SchuethAnna
, a postdoc and advocate who is leading the way in changing academia towards a direction that will allow everyone to thrive as their authentic selves and to get the support they need.
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Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain McH1-7 shows broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against stony coral tissue loss disease, which is threatening Caribbean
#coral
reefs.
@PolypProtectors
,
@lebetimonas
,
@DrJMSneed
,
@UfYding
Image Credit:
@UshijimaLab
🪸
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Networking is a crucial skill for all scientists. Ruth Gotian offers tips for those who struggle to make it work - like those introverts among us.
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In their Perspective, Zhang and Northoff revisit the findings of global signal in fMRI from healthy & clinical populations and suggest that a dual-layer model of global signal may be more accurate than a single-layer view:
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With a microfluidic vascular model,
@GiovanniOffeddu
@CynthiaHajal
investigated the cancer glycocalyx, finding evidence that tumor cells re-purpose the glycocalyx to promote adhesive interactions for metastatic extravasation.
@MITdeptofBE
@MITMechE
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Multivariate brain-behaviour associations are studied with regularized canonical correlation analysis and a machine learning framework, showing that behavioural inter-individual variability is linked to inter-individual variability in brain structure
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