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July 31, 2020
07/28/2020
cell biology
Suarez-Arnedo and colleagues develop a plugin for ImageJ that standardizes and automates quantification of in vitro wound parameters. The tool can use images from light field, phase contrast, and fluorescence microscopes and can analyze individual images or stacks.
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07/29/2020
Cardiovascular Biology
Using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology in the amphibian Xenopus laevis, Smith and colleagues pinpoint the specific region of the ADP-ribosylhydrolase-like 1 gene that plays a critical role during heart formation.
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07/20/2020
Biophysics
Han and colleagues use template-based and ab initio modelling techniques combined with molecular dynamics simulations in a complex membrane to identify key protein-lipid interactions between phospholipase D2 and the lipid PIP2.
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07/23/2020
Geography
Pereira Cruz and colleagues combine archaeological records with inventories of forest composition to find that contemporary distribution of trees is linked with Pre-colonial habitation in Brazil.
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07/23/2020
Microbiology
Barros and colleaugues explore the interactions of four types of silica nanoparticles with Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilm matrices, and their use for future anti-biofilm applications.
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07/23/2020
Photochemistry
The authors use a cuvette system to enable simultaneous real-time monitoring of several parameters that are indicative of the physiological status of the photosynthetic apparatus of two types of model organism—cyanobacteria and microalgae.
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06/24/2020
Everyone BLOg
Associate Editor Joseph Donlan discusses news and research from the Physcial Sciences.
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07/23/2020
Infectious Disease
The authors find there is substantial spread and transmission of norovirus through households by asymptomatic individuals.
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07/27/2020
Machine learning
Wijeyakulasuriya and colleagues adapt machine learning and deep learning approaches to introduce models of animal movement with increased predictive power.
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07/27/2020
cell biology
Tullis and colleagues demonstrate K42M and K42R mutations interfer with ATP binding comparably, supporting their interchangeable use for dissecting the role of CaMKII.
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07/20/2020
Epidemiology
Gosiker and colleagues examine the prevalence of elevated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk among transgender women using data from a collaboration of HIV clinical sites in the United States.
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