PLOS Biology

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23 May 2026 01:50

Bilaterian BMP signaling gradients suggest an ancestral anti-neural role. Study of #cnidarians shows that #BMP signalling promotes neurogenesis; its "anti-neural" function is a side effect of its role in the DV axis @paulknabl.bsky.social @genikhovich.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4dJHoiR

Nature Metabolism

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23 May 2026 01:50

RESEARCH | E Manduchi, KH Kaestner, D Avrahami et al (UPenn, US; HUJ, IL) Mapping of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in human islet alpha and beta cells highlights age and type 2 diabetes dependent adaptations🧪

MU-Peter Shimon 🀄

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23 May 2026 01:49

When the climate cooled, the population of Neanderthals shrank. Most that lived 60 - 40 Kya were descended from same lineage and had very similar DNA. What Killed the Neanderthals? New Research Suggests a Lack of Genetic Diversity May Be Partially to Blame🏺🧪 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...

Kristy Townsend, PhD

neuroadipo.bsky.social

23 May 2026 01:49

🧪 Sometimes you just need to knock-out a gene in adipose tissue. Not whole body, not a certain cell type driven by a cre-line. We share our novel approach employing light-inducible cre to target gene knockout to inguinal sc adipose www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EMBO

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23 May 2026 01:49

This week, EMBO Director Fiona Watt and Head of Scientific Affairs Julie Sollier visited institutes and labs in Prague #Czechia and Bratislava #Slovakia. 🧪 Here some impressions: Fiona speaking at BIOCEV Prague and with EMBO Member Silvia Pastoreková at SAS Biomedical Research Center Bratislava.