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In the context of our @reviewcommons.org revision process, I'm happy to announce Microscopy Nodes v2.2.0! This packs lots of new fun features, including new color management 🌈, clearer transparency handling 🫥, custom default settings 🔧 and more! Preprint at doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Beautiful talk showing the interplay of #septins and #clathrins during vaccinia egress from host cell by @drmichaelway.bsky.social at the #EESInfection 👏🏼👏🏼 Dr. Way is editor-in-chief @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social and an esteemed member of our reviewing editor team @reviewcommons.org

When it comes to nodal distribution, oligodendrocyte heterogeneity does matter! Egawa et al. 2025, study by Hiroshi Kuba ‪‪@ en.nagoya-u.ac.jp 🆕 #preprintpeerreview by @reviewcommons.org >> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

How does kinesin stay in sync while walking? Study shows a role for the neck linker. #Kinesin #CellBiology #MolecularMotors Niitani et al. 2024, study led by Michio Tomishige from @utokyoofficial.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview by @reviewcommons.org >> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

RNA-binding proteins Scd6 and LSM14A fine-tune DNA repair under genotoxic stress. Study led by Rajyaguru #IISC and @stephanwagner.bsky.social 🆕 @reviewcommons.org #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social >> doi.org/10.1101/2022...

Study mapping the ultrastructural topology of the corynebacterial cell surface. Study from the Bharat Lab @tbharat-lab.bsky.social @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social 🆕 Review Commons #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social >> doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611374

Separase- the chromosome separation enzyme is differently regulated in meiosis. Study by Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🆕 @reviewcommons.org #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Study by @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk published @embojournal.org featured in @theguardian.com 🎉👏!!! ➡️https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/13/heart-cells-mouse-embryo-science-research #preprintpeerreview @reviewcommons.org ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2023...

Had a great time at the #EMBOcellBioComm in Crete! Huge thanks to @gtavosanis.bsky.social, @hilliardlab.bsky.social, Claudia Bagni, Nektarios Tavernarakis & @embo.org for organising such a memorable event. Congratulations to Miguel Berbeira Santana, winner of the @reviewcommons.org poster prize!

Structural mapping of ryanodine receptors uncovers distinct Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺ gating pathways. #IonChannels #RyR #MuscleBiology #Allostery #StructuralBiology Zahradníková et al #SlovakAcademyofSciences 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Rab25 activates NF-κB to upregulate ADAMTS5, driving ovarian cancer invasion. Study from @erainerolab.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Interferon function couples immune signaling to the ubiquitin–proteasome system. Study from the @leunglab.bsky.social @johnshopkinsbmb.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Referee reports and author's response letter available here --> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Segmentation clock & tissue development are decoupled - explanation for evolution of flexible body plans? #EvoDevo #SegmentationClock Study from Verd Lab @bertaverd.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Wild plants serve as reservoirs for crop pathogens-study finds populations and genes linked to resistance evasion. McMullan et al. 2025 @mcmullan0.bsky.social; lab of @neilhall.bsky.social at @earlhaminst.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1101/2021...

Check out how cell polarity and adhesion guides precise neural wiring in the cochlea, #Neurodevelopment #Cochlea #PCPPathway Study from the group of Xiaowei Lu @univofvirginia.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Another #RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org: @leunglab.bsky.social finds that interferon-induced, PARP14-dependent cytoplasmic ADP-ribose condensates contain autophagy receptor p62, but otherwise depend on the ubiquitin-proteasome system rather than autophagy www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Check out the recently published paper @lsajournal.org Plasmacytoid dendritic cell sensing of hepatitis E virus is shaped by both viral and host factors @garimajoshiii.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/6/...

Unlike ensemble averaging methods, this study visualizes the single molecules of Ipl1 in live yeast cells to quantify its recruitment dynamics and assembly as a part of the CPC at the kinetochores @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/7/...

Check out the recently published paper @lsajournal.org Single-molecule tracking reveals the dynamic turnover of Ipl1 at the kinetochores in S. cerevisiae @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/7/...

One probe fits all! Check out OneSABER, a unified & open RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) platform using customizable SABER DNA probes! It simplifies ISH across model systems—cutting costs & complexity. Ustyantsev et al 2024; Study from Berezikov lab at Univerisity Medical Centre Groningen #UMCG

SARS-CoV-2 remodels the Golgi apparatus to facilitate viral assembly and secretion. Zhang et al 2024; Study by Yanzhuang Wang and colleagues @umich.edu

Recent study from the Uhlmann lab show that mitotic chromosomes are dynamic shapeshifters—revealing a length-to-width scaling best explained by a loop extrusion model instead of the widely accepted loop capture theory. Kakui et al. 2024 @crick.ac.uk

Really excited about this collaborative work and a great experience with Review Commons

A Dual Role for the PP2A Phosphatase in Hippo Signalling Regulation. @aashikasekar.bsky.social Sekar et al. 2024, a study from the Ribeiro lab at Barts Cancer @qmbci.bsky.social

A conserved chronobiological complex times C. elegans development. Latest research from the Ward lab @gotworms.bsky.social @ucsantacruz.bsky.social and Grosshans lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social