@prelights.bsky.socialWhen a neuron’s waste is too big to carry home, microglia pinch it off from the outside – in a process called skoupocytosis, from the Greek for garbage.
@chandrrrika.bsky.social covers a #preprint from Renee Pepper et al. @watanabelab.bsky.social
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@prelights.bsky.socialCrouching AI, hidden connections
Theodora Stougiannou covers work introducing an AI-based semantics workflow to facilitate data integration across heterogeneous databases. #preprint James McLaughlin et al. @helenparkinson.bsky.social #OpenScience
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@prelights.bsky.socialDid one gene family help plants colonise land?
Zamar et al. @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social show how a land-plant-specific enzyme family, p-GPATs, is involved in two different processes: cuticle formation & arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
#preLight by Naveen⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialTwo #preprints detail new & complementary ways to match mechanical readouts from tissues to OMICs.
#preLight by @fadelvalle.bsky.social - includes a discussion with the author teams @lindithium.bsky.social @huanting-ong.bsky.social
@jennyoung.bsky.social ⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialWatch the story of foregut folding unfold 👀
Ruoheng Li highlights recent work identifying and quantitatively describing the stereotypical sequence of foregut involution. #preprint @jennykre.bsky.social #McDoleLab
#preLight + response from the authors ⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialPaying peer reviewers: it's not Science Fiction
As a postdoc involved in Fast & Fair peer review @biologyopen.bsky.social, @jontytownson.bsky.social reflects on what paid peer review could mean for the future of research publishing #NPAW2026
@prelights.bsky.socialTo see, or not to see... 👀
@lochlanw.bsky.social highlights recent work showing that fruit flies selectively suppress visual input via electrical transmission of an efference copy. #neuroscience #preprint @fleyes.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.socialReading recommendation for #PeerReviewWeek
@ethanewe.bsky.social highlights a study that looks at 115,000+ PLOS papers to explore who chooses open peer review and whether openness relates to article quality. #preprint Adrian Barnett & Matt Spick
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@prelights.bsky.socialSPOT(-TER) the difference: spatial proteomics painted by (TMT-channel) numbers
Felix Kraus from @philipplange.bsky.social's lab highlights recent work from the #ZhangLab which represents a promising implementation of spatial #proteomics #preprint
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@prelights.bsky.socialHand in hand - E-cadherin with E-cadherin 🤝
Supported by @girishkalephd.bsky.social, Chiara Hüttner highlights work showing that the number of E-cadherin connections influences morphogenetic tissue movements. #preprint Lerchbaumer et al. #TepassLab
#preLight⬇️
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@dmmjournal.bsky.socialLiking this #preLight: Disrupting a Convergent Acetylation Circuit Collapses Leukemic Identity Across AML Subtypes
@prelights.bsky.socialHow liver endothelial cells decode blood flow to kick-start #regeneration
Rather than viewing increased blood flow as a single mechanical signal, the authors demonstrate that LSECs decode a sequence of distinct physical cues. #preprint
#preLight by Tran To⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialCritical evaluation is an essential part of science. Leonie Brüne speaks with @gmarcovisani.bsky.social and @wsdewitt.github.io about their technical comment #preprint re-examining conclusions from the MULTI-evolve paper.
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@prelights.bsky.socialA common epigenetic circuit may unite genetically diverse Acute Myeloid Leukemia subtypes. Targeting the SAGA complex dismantles leukemic identity. #preprint @anideshpande.bsky.social
Take a look at Zoha Sadaqat’s latest #preLight⬇️ 👀
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@prelights.bsky.socialThe surprising plasticity of node endoderm in early development #DevBio
Alexandra Neaverson covers recent work from Panagiotis Oikonomou & colleagues @nerurkar.bsky.social Lab #preprint
#preLight + author response ⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialCan parasite genomes tell us more than prevalence?
Genomic data reveals localized #schistosomiasis transmission, cross-village connectivity and persistent parasite diversity despite prolonged control efforts. #preprint
#preLight by @halataha.bsky.social ⬇️
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@prelights.bsky.socialMice sense Moon and Sun 🌙☀️
Mice can do what now? Jeny Jose highlights the #preprint of Warsha Barde et al. @tudresden.bsky.social showing that solar–lunar-driven geomagnetic fluctuations can modulate behaviour rhythms in mice.