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    1. Neuroscience

    Tensions in neurodiversity research

    Olujolagbe Layinka, Luca D Hargitai ... Florence YN Leung
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Genetic chimerism in marmosets

    Kenneth Chiou, Noah Snyder-Mackler
  1. Being Neurodivergent in Academia

    Edited by Elsa Loissel et al.
  2. Supporting neurodivergent researchers

    Christina Elliott, Patrick Brundell

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    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: How we stepped up to support others

    Christina Elliott, Patrick Brundell
    From diagnosis and disclosure to leading change, two neurodivergent researchers recount their experiences setting up peer support networks at their universities.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Genetic Chimerism: Marmosets contain multitudes

    Kenneth Chiou, Noah Snyder-Mackler
    Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the extent to which marmosets carry genetically distinct cells from their siblings.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Point of View: Five interdisciplinary tensions and opportunities in neurodiversity research

    Olujolagbe Layinka, Luca D Hargitai ... Florence YN Leung
    Improving our understanding of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental conditions requires collaborations between genetics, psychiatry, the social sciences and other fields of research.
    1. Cell Biology

    Golgi Apparatus: Making progress

    Jurgen Denecke
    Mapping proteins in and associated with the Golgi apparatus reveals how this cellular compartment emerges in budding yeast and progresses over time.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Exposure Therapy: Enhancing fear extinction

    Sydney Trask, Nicole C Ferrara
    Gradually reducing a source of fear during extinction treatments may weaken negative memories in the long term.
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    1. Ecology

    Mutualistic Relationships: Balancing metabolism and reproduction

    Songdou Zhang, Shiheng An
    The bacterium responsible for a disease that infects citrus plants across Asia facilitates its own proliferation by increasing the fecundity of its host insect.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Lactation: How to pause fertility

    Aleisha M Moore
    Prolactin suppresses the ovarian cycles of lactating mice by directly repressing the activity of a cell population known as kisspeptin neurons.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Bacterial Growth: The SagA of E. faecium

    Rishika Prasad, Robert R Jenq
    An enzyme that remodels the cell wall of Enterococcus faecium helps these gut bacteria to divide and generate peptide fragments that enhance the immune response against cancer.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Immune Response: Investigating the role of vitamin D in asthma

    Siddhant Sharma, Mayank Garg
    Results in mice suggest that vitamin D reduces the symptoms of asthma by controlling an immune response that leads to inflammation of the airways.
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Vascular Endothelium: More than just a simple barrier

    Erandi Velazquez-Miranda, Ming He
    Endothelial cell subpopulations are characterized by unique gene expression profiles, epigenetic landscapes and functional properties.
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