BDNF and TRiC-inspired Reagents Rescue Cortical Synaptic Deficits in a Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease

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Kavli Affiliate: William Mobley | Authors: Yingli Gu, Alexander Pope, Charlene Smith-Geater, Christopher Carmona, Aaron Johnstone, Linda Shi, Xuqiao Chen, Sarai Santos, Claire C Bacon-Brenes, Thomas Shoff, Korbin M Kleczko, Judith Frydman, Leslie M Thompson, William C Mobley and Chengbiao Wu | Summary: Abstract Huntington’s disease (HD) results from a CAG repeat expansion in the […]


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Standing genetic variation and chromosome differences drove rapid ecotype formation in a major malaria vector

Posted by kmcclain Columbia, This Week: Neuroscience

Kavli Affiliate: Scott Small | Authors: Scott T Small, Carlo Costantini, N’Fale Sagnon, Moussa W Guelbeogo, Scott J Emrich, Andrew D Kern, Michael C Fontaine and Nora J Besansky | Summary: Abstract Local adaptation results in the formation of ecotypes–conspecific groups with heritable differences that increase fitness to distinct environments. The adaptive significance of ecotypes […]


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Multiplexed and scalable cellular phenotyping toward the standardized three-dimensional human neuroanatomy

Posted by kmcclain Rockefeller, This Week: Neuroscience

Kavli Affiliate: Nathaniel Heintz | Authors: Tatsuya C. Murakami and Nathaniel Heintz | Summary: Abstract The advent of three-dimensional histological methods has advanced studies of cellular-resolution anatomy of the brain. The use of whole-mount staining and tissue clearing has advanced systems-level identification of cells underlying brain functions in mouse models. However, application of these methods […]


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Copiotrophs dominate rhizosphere microbiomes and growth rate potential is a major factor explaining the rhizosphere effect

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Kavli Affiliate: Jose Suarez Lopez | Authors: José Luis López, Nikolaos Pappas, Sanne WM Poppeliers, Juan J. Sanchez-Gil, Arista Fourie-Fouche, Ronnie de Jonge and Bas E. Dutilh | Summary: Abstract The structure and function of the root microbial community is shaped by plant root activity, enriching specific microbial taxa and functions from the surrounding soil […]


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Multiplexed selectivity screening of anti-GPCR antibodies

Posted by kmcclain Rockefeller, This Week: Neuroscience

Kavli Affiliate: Thomas P. Sakmar | Authors: Leo Dahl, Ilana Kotliar, Annika Bendes, Tea Dodig-Crnkovic, Samuel Fromm, Arne Elofsson, Mathias Uhlen, Thomas P Sakmar and Jochen Schwenk | Summary: Abstract G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) control critical cellular signaling pathways. Therapeutic agents, such as antibodies (Abs), are being developed to modulate GPCR signaling pathways. However, validating […]


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Environmental and genetic drivers of population differences in SARS-CoV-2 immune responses

Posted by kmcclain Rockefeller, This Week: Neuroscience

Kavli Affiliate: Jean Laurent Casanova | Authors: Yann Aquino, Aurélie Bisiaux, Zhi Li, Mary O’Neill, Javier Mendoza-Revilla, Sarah Hélène Merkling, Gaspard Kerner, Milena Hasan, Valentina Libri, Vincent Bondet, Nikaïa Smith, Camille de Cevins, Mickaël M Ménager, Francesca Luca, Roger Pique-Regi, Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Stefano Pietropaoli, Olivier Schwartz, Geert Leroux-Roels, Cheuk-Kwong Lee, Kathy Leung, Joseph T.K. Wu, […]


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Factors governing attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum to legume roots

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Kavli Affiliate: V. S. Ramachandran | Authors: Jack Parsons, Clare Cocker, Alison East, Rachel Wheatley, Vinoy Ramachandran, Farnusch Kaschani, Markus Kaiser and Philip Poole | Summary: Abstract Primary attachment of rhizobia to host legume roots depends on pH and is the first physical interaction during nodulation. Genome-wide insertion sequencing, luminescence-based attachment assays and proteomic analysis […]


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Subcellular niche segregation of co-obligate symbionts in whiteflies

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Kavli Affiliate: Ying Meng | Authors: Akiko FUJIWARA, Xian-Ying Meng, Yoichi Kamagata and Tsutomu TSUCHIDA | Summary: Abstract Many insects contain endosymbiotic bacteria within their bodies. In multiple endosymbiotic systems comprising two or more symbionts, each of the symbionts is generally localized in a different host cell or tissue. Bemisia tabaci （Sweet potato whitefly）possesses a […]


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Quadratic computations maintain neural specificity to natural stimuli across stages of visual processing

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Kavli Affiliate: Tatyana Sharpee | Authors: Ryan J. Rowekamp and Tatyana Sharpee | Summary: Abstract Despite recent successes in machine vision, artificial recognition systems continue to be less robust than biological systems. The brittleness of artificial recognition system has been attributed to the linearity of the core operation that matches inputs to target patterns at […]


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Divergent impacts of C9orf72 repeat expansion on neurons and glia in ALS and FTD

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Kavli Affiliate: Eran Mukamel | Authors: Junhao Li, Manoj K Jaiswal, Jo-Fan Chien, Alexey Kozlenkov, Ping Zhou, Mahammad Gardashli, Luc J Pregent, Erica Engelberg-Cook, Dennis W Dickson, Veronique V Belzil, Eran A Mukamel and Stella Dracheva | Summary: Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), are strongly influenced by […]


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