Kavli Affiliate: Vikaas Sohal | Authors: Aarron Justin Phensy, Lara Louise Hagopian and Vikaas Singh Sohal | Summary: The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is required for many cognitive processes that are disrupted in conditions such as schizophrenia. The PFC is composed of neuronal networks which are organized by both local microcircuitry and inter-regional projections, within which […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: George Bouras, Louise M Judd, Robert A Edwards, Sarah Vreugde, Timothy P. Stinear and Ryan R Wick | Summary: It is now possible to assemble near-perfect bacterial genomes using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) long reads, but short-read polishing is still required for perfection. However, the effect of short-read depth […]
Kavli Affiliate: Daeyeol Lee and Patricia Janak | Authors: Yifeng Cheng, Robin Magnard, Angela Langdon, Daeyeol Lee and Patricia H. Janak | Summary: Lack of cognitive flexibility is a hallmark of substance use disorders and has been associated with drug-induced synaptic plasticity in the dorsomedial striatum (DMS). Yet the possible impact of altered plasticity on […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael J Higley | Authors: Alex Wang, Katie A. Ferguson, Jyoti Gupta, Michael J. Higley and Jessica A. Cardin | Summary: GABAergic inhibition is critical to the proper development of neocortical circuits. However, GABAergic interneurons are highly diverse and the developmental roles of distinct inhibitory subpopulations remain largely unclear. Dendrite-targeting, somatostatin-expressing interneurons (SST-INs) […]
Kavli Affiliate: Edward Chang | Authors: Andrew Moses Lee, Virginia Sturm, Heather Dawes, Andrew D Krystal and Edward Chang | Summary: Anxiety is a common symptom across psychiatric disorders, but the neurophysiological underpinnings of these symptoms remain unclear. This knowledge gap has prevented the development of circuit-based treatments that can target the neural substrates underlying […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jean Fan | Authors: Lyla Atta, Kalen Clifton, Manjari Anant and Jean Fan | Summary: Recent advances in imaging-based spatially resolved transcriptomics (im-SRT) technologies now enable high-throughput profiling of targeted genes and their locations in fixed tissues. Normalization of gene expression data is often needed to account for technical factors that may confound […]
Kavli Affiliate: Leslie B. Vosshall and Michael Miller | Authors: Emely V. Zeledon, Leigh A. Baxt, Tanweer A. Khan, Mayako Michino, Michael Miller, David J. Huggins, Caroline S. Jiang, Leslie B. Vosshall and Laura B. Duvall | Summary: Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can spread disease-causing pathogens when they bite humans to obtain blood nutrients required […]
Kavli Affiliate: Li Zhao | Authors: Wei Li, Dahong Li, Li Zhao and Hongyan Li | Summary: The HD-ZIP transcription factor family plays crucial roles in plant growth and abiotic stress responses. While its diverse functions and regulatory mechanisms are well-documented, its role in conferring abiotic stress tolerance in peaches remains largely unexplored. Here, we […]
Kavli Affiliate: Denis Wirtz | Authors: Irfan S Kathiriya, Martin H Dominguez, Kavitha S Rao, Jonathon M. Muncie-Vasic, W. Patrick Devine, Kevin M. Hu, Swetansu K Hota, Bayardo I Garay, Diego Quintero, Piyush Goyal, Megan N Matthews, Reuben Thomas, Tatyana Sukonnik, Dario Miguel-Perez, Sarah Winchester, Emily F Brower, André Forjaz, Pei-Hsun Wu, Denis Wirtz, Ashley […]
Kavli Affiliate: Scott Small | Authors: Gabrielle C. Coffing, Silas Tittes, Scott T. Small, Jeremea O. Songco-Casey, Denise M. Piscopo, Judit R. Pungor, Adam C Miller, Cristopher Niell and Andrew D. Kern | Summary: Sex chromosomes are critical elements of sexual reproduction in many animal and plant taxa, however they show incredible diversity and rapid […]