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Heart contractility doesn’t just pump blood; it shapes development. This study shows that the physical force of a beating heart switches on a key gene (id2b) that helps build heart valves and supports healthy heart function.

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RT @NEIDirector: New research suggests that a type of cloaking occurs during retinal injury to protect the retina from a rush of immune cel….

RT @NEIDirector: Mice that lack glutaminase have a reduction in retinal thickness and photoreceptor function. Glutamine catabolism may rest….

RT @Alomone_Labs: Biology meets the world at the cell surface. In Part 4 of our antibody series, researchers tracked:. 🧠 NMDA subunit shif….

RT @KakaniParik: I am thrilled to share a recent work from our lab published in @eLife. It was a great experience working on this project e….

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New 3D reconstructions of Drosophila sensory neurons reveal striking diversity in dendrite shape, even among neurons of the same type. These findings open up new questions about how neuron structure relates to sensory function.

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RT @icsti: Meet #ICSTI25 Speaker Alessio Bolognesi!.Alessio currently leads the Publishing Development division at @eLife. Join @icsti 's o….

Smelling for survival. Caterpillars of the large cabbage white butterfly use olfactory information to avoid natural enemies and to find their host plants.

Some tumours in hydra seem to manipulate their hosts, triggering the growth of extra tentacles that help feed the tumour and get passed to the next generation. Could cancers behave like parasites?. 🎧 Justine Boutry explains in the eLife Podcast.

Skin contact during parental care can influence the skin microbiome of poison frog tadpoles.

Tiny ribbons, big role: In zebrafish, sensory hair cells use stable microtubules and kinesin motors to build and position ribbon synapses, structures that keep signals flowing in hearing and balance. Read our new Insight Article:

Lymphatic muscle cells can initiate and coordinate vessel contractions, acting as pacemakers to keep lymph moving. New mouse study pinpoints how these cells trigger rhythmic pumping, offering insights for improving lymphatic function.

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🌎 New research sheds light on how Desmodium contributes to pest control in push-pull farming systems. While it emits volatiles known to affect pest behaviour, these alone don’t account for reduced damage, pointing to a more complex ecological role.

🦍 What drives female gorillas to pick fights?. A long-term study reveals that aggression isn’t just about dominance. Pregnancy, group size, and male presence also shift the dynamics of who targets whom.

Scientists have found a new way to recreate inner ear hair cells in the lab to study hearing loss. .#DevBio #CellBio

How do cells clean up misfolded proteins when they divide?. This study finds that the cleanup crew includes the ER chaperone BiP and the proteasome, and kicks in right as cells finish dividing. Surprisingly, one major cell cycle regulator isn’t involved.

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