Commentary recommending research directions for cellular agriculture that may lead to more socially desirable directions for the industry.

A deep learning self-supervised hybrid CNN-autoencoder model is used to detect brain states and transitions, like wakefulness, slow oscillations and microarousals, during the emergence from anesthesia in cortical local field potentials.

Phase 1 of the Moroccan Genome Project significantly contributes to overcoming the under-representation of North African populations in genomic databases highlighting the importance of population-specific reference genomes for precision medicine.

A first synthesis study focused on temporal trends of nematode fauna over a period of 14 years across the Carpathian Ecoregion, providing a new evidence that wetter conditions associated to global change contributes to driving nematode diversity.

Somatostatin (SST)-positive neurons in the lateral and ventrolateral PAG regulate urination and bladder function via the PAG-PMC pathway, providing new insights into bladder control and potential therapeutic targets for bladder dysfunction.

Whole genome sequencing and simulations reveals how habitat fragmentation and population isolation exacerbate the effects of genome erosion in the Ngorongoro Crater lion population.

A fast, automated, high-resolution, low-cost multiplex immunofluorescence method to understand spatial organization of tissue.

Engineered platelets are shown to be promising delivery vehicles for therapeutic proteins due to their ability to circulate in the bloodstream, target specific sites, and release proteins on demand.

Diverse ultra-long CDRs can be swapped on the same antibody scaffold with minimal impact on scaffold structure and stability.

“The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. While host phylogeny and geography contribute to differences, their effects are subtle. Birds are hosts and carriers of opportunistic fungal pathogens”.

Commentary recommending research directions for cellular agriculture that may lead to more socially desirable directions for the industry.

In this Q&A, Christopher Smith, Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses his journey from medical illustration to evolutionary anatomy, emphasizing how artistic skills have shaped his scientific research and how visual representation can drive scientific discovery.

Analysis shows that Latin American researchers and women published less on fossil mammals from Latin America than Global North researchers and male counterparts. Papers with more Latin American authors and those written in languages other than English received lower citation rates, highlighting their academic invisibility.

This paper identifies the top-50 priority questions for meiofaunal research, highlighting their critical roles in biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity. It calls for a balanced research agenda, international cooperation, and advances in technology to overcome current challenges and unlock meiofauna’s full potential.

Professor Faraz Mardakheh began his research quest as an undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, after which he completed his PhD on receptor tyrosine kinase signalling in cancer. His journey continued at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, where he became a postdoctoral fellow investigating signalling mechanisms behind cancer invasion and metastasis. An unexpected turn of events, as often happens in research, awakened a passion for RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) which guides his research interests to date. Last year, Professor Mardakheh’s career experienced another exciting shift as he relocated his lab from the Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, to the University of Oxford. Leveraging their expertise in cutting-edge Mass Spectrometry-based proteomics complemented by RNA-sequencing, bioinformatics and a variety of cell-based and biochemical techniques, the Mardakheh lab aims to explore the mysterious world of RBPs and, more specifically, their implications in malignant transformation.

This collection reflects research that will advance the understanding of hemoproteins, iron-sulfur cluster proteins and other iron-containing proteins, proteins involved in homeostasis of iron/heme and their regulation, or ecological impacts of iron/heme on interacting hosts and microbial communities.