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Biomedical Picture of the Day: daily intriguing images from global research. IMAGE/RESEARCH EXPLANATIONS AND LINKS TO THE PAPER on bpod.org.uk Supported by @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social & @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk
Wrap Map: Mouse life-time brain-wide map of myelin-producing cells and myelin density in health and disease
πΉ Yu Kang T. Xu, Abigail Bush & Ephraim Musheyev et al Bergles Lab @jhu.edu in @cellpress.bsky.social
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Interaction between candida fungus & some strains of bacterium E.faecalis makes infections more damaging
π· Mario Kapitan et al Ilse D. Jacobsen Lab, @leibniz-hki.de in
@pnas.org
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@rooph.bsky.social
Transfer of mitochondria from glia to adjacent sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia β protects against nerve degeneration & pain
π· Jing Xu et al @dukehealth.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social in @nature.com
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Evolving towards antibiotic resistance bacteria pass DNA sequences between each other via protrusions called pili which also enhance biofilm formation
π· James B. Winans et al Nadell lab, @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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@rooph.bsky.social
Human liver tissue with & without fibrosis reconstructed at cell level in 3D - insights for understanding liver disease & how to treat it
πΉ Wesley B. Fabyan & Chelsea L. Fortin et al @kellystevens.bsky.social lab University of Washington
in @science.org Advances
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Fruit fly study finds enzymes Hip14 & Patsas limit lysosome formation & fusion so protecting against Huntington's disease-like symptoms
π· GyΕzΕ Szenci et al, EΓΆtvΓΆs LorΓ‘nd University, in
@plos.org Genetics
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Mechanisms to overcome instability in early embryo cell division differ in zebrafish & fruit flies: species-specific mechanisms both orchestrated by cytoskeletal microtubules
πΉ Melissa Rinaldin et al, @brugueslab.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social in @nature.com
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NEK7 proteinβ'traffic warden' in liver cells keeping energy flowing in the right direction, warding off fibrosis-causing oxidation
π· Zhenzhen Sun & Le Sun et al Childrenβs Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, in @natcomms.nature.com
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Epidermal rete ridges correlate with less hairy skin but what's the relationship? This study details how rete ridges aren't directly coupled to hair development
@leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopy
π· Sean M. Thompson et al @pullman.wsu.edu in
@nature.com
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Nanofilm 'imprint' analysed by mass spec β a new approach for detailed 'imaging' of chemicals and biomarkers
π· Yizhu Xu & Xinzhou Wu et al, South China Agricultural University in @science.org Advances
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John Ankers
Dendritic cells are guided from tissue into lymph vessels for carriage to the lymph nodes by a gradient of chemokine CβC motif ligand 21
π· Victor Collado-Diaz, Maria-Nefeli Christakopoulou & Philipp Schineis et al, @halinlab.bsky.social @ethz.ch in @jcb.org
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Axolotl limb regeneration study reveals how the process is driven by cells with different positional identities
π· Sakiya Yamamoto et al Okayama University in
@elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Pore Law: Staph A's alpha hemolysin toxin punches holes in cell membranes β here the pore formation process is analysed in red cells
πΉ Arnab Chatterjee et al, Indian Institute of Science
@jcb.org
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Effects of radiation on gene activities analysed using single-cell RNA sequencing in wings of developing fruit flies
π· Joyner Cruz et al @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social in
@elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Cytoskeletal protein spectrin coordinates the shape & fate of skin's epidermal cells
π· Arad Soffer & Aishwarya Bhosale et al @unicologne.bsky.social & @telavivuni.bsky.social in
@jcb.org
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Altair-LSFM β new high-resolution, open-source, sample-scanning approach to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for sub-cellular imaging
πΉ @john-haug.bsky.social et al @kevin-dean.bsky.social lab
UT Southwestern Medical Center in @elife.bsky.social
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John Ankers
Secondary vascular field cells underlie zebrafish blood supply β genes Jam2 & Hand2 key for emergence of organ-specific vascular progenitors
π· Martyna Griciunaite, @jmartinkus.bsky.social & Sanjeeva Metikala et al @ssumanas.bsky.social @usf.edu in
@elife.bsky.social
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Sensory neurons play a key role in type 2 immunity β the response to parasites and in allergy
π· re paper by Wen Zhang & Elizabeth R. Emanuel et al Artis Lab @weillcornell.bsky.social published in @nature.com
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Pulling a Face: Zebrafish face development study identifies genetic & epigenetic regulatory mechanisms distinguishing tendons & ligaments
π· Ryan R. Roberts et al, @crumplab.bsky.social @keck.usc.edu in @dev-journal.bsky.social
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Genome-wide screen using CRISPR identifies 100s of genes important for neuronal development
π· Galya Monderer-Rothkoff re paper A Amelan, S Collins, N Damseh et al bsky.app/profile/sagi...
& Binnaz Yalcin lab in @natneuro.nature.com
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@rooph.bsky.social
The dynamics of the cells, molecules & anatomy involved in blood cell precursor production in the early liver
πΉ Anjali Vijaykumar & Patrick M. Helbling et al University of Zurich in @cp-devcell.bsky.social
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Organoids reveal how easily Ebola and Marburg viruses infect the gut & cause severe diarrhoea
π· Elizabeth Y. Flores et al @bumedicine.bsky.social in
@plos.org Pathogens
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Glycogen builds up in brain & elsewhere in fatal Lafora disease β a lab-grown astrocyte system allows accessible, rapid research into how glycogen accumulates & activates inflammation
π· Mireia Moreno-EstellΓ©s et al @ibv-csic.bsky.social in
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
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Reception Rehearsal: Endometrium-on-a-chip, a means to test success potential of IVF in the lab
π· Gaeun Lee, Yu-Gyeong Lee & Hwa Seon Koo et al CHA University, S. Korea in
@natcomms.nature.com
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Vagal sensory neurons (magenta in this cleared mouse heart) increase ventricular innervation in the heart after a heart attack β part of a heart-brain-neuroimmune loop
π· Saurabh Yadav & Van K. Ninh et al @ucsandiego.bsky.social
in @cellpress.bsky.social
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Image-based, high-content organoid screening for molecular signals regulating pancreas development
π· Rashmiparvathi Keshara, @kuodyte.bsky.social, Antje Janosch et al, @anne-grapin.bsky.social lab
bsky.app/profile/mpi-... in
@cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social
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Signal Management: Cas proteins are required for axon bundling and pathfinding
π· Jason A. Estep & Alyssa M. Treptow et al
@riccomagnolab.bsky.social
@ucriverside.bsky.social in @plos.org Genetics
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@antdlewis.bsky.social
Open-source, deep learning-based tool VASCilia enables rapid quantification & characterisation of stereocilia β advances capabilities in hearing research
π· Yasmin M. Kassim et al @manorlaboratory.bsky.social
@ucsandiego.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org
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Timing of cell division & transcription in the early embryo is influenced by the cellβs location
πΉ @nikhil-mishra.bsky.social et al @heisenbergcplab.bsky.social
@istaresearch.bsky.social in @natphys.nature.com
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John Ankers
Fruit fly eye 3D study reveals different structures of cytoskeletal actin emerge as the eye develops
Image made with @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopy
π· Abhi Bhattarai et al @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
in @dev-journal.bsky.social
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