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Duplicated Genes Point to an Earlier Start to Complex Life

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Postdoc Portrait: Sarah Libring

A picture of white sperm cells moving towards the left side on a pinkish background. Centriole defects lead to improper flagellum formation in sperm, causing infertility.

Failed Sperm Flagellar Development Drives Infertility

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Postdoc Portrait: Munyaradzi Tinarwo

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Family Dog May Boost Mental Health in Teens Via the Microbiome

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Phages Carrying Silver Nanoparticles Could Combat Antibiotic Resistance

A corn snake against a black background. Comparative genomics and CRISPR-Cas9 helped identify the genes that give it its characteristic dorsal blotches.

How Do Snakes Get Their Colorful Stripes and Blotches?

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A New Cell Atlas Helps Researchers Navigate the Developing Brain

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Sick, Immobile Young Ants Send “Kill Me” Signal to Colony Workers

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Postdoc Portrait: Zahid Rafiq

Hot fried crispy bacon slices in skillet on wooden background. Fat-associated sensory cues such as bacon odors in maternal diet may influence offsprings’ predisposition to obesity during adulthood.

Smelling Bacon During Development Increased Mice’s Obesity Risk in Adulthood

Rakesh Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow and plant physiologist at Uppsala University, collects photorespiration measurements from plants in the Western Ghats Forest.

Trees Release Carbon Dioxide to Tolerate Rising Temperatures

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Human iPSC-derived Models for Brain Disease Research

Human iPSC-derived Models for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

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