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Dynamic Assembly of Pentamer-Based Protein Nanotubes (2025)
Journal Article
Koziej, L., Fatehi, F., Aleksejczuk, M., Byrne, M. J., Heddle, J. G., Twarock, R., & Azuma, Y. (in press). Dynamic Assembly of Pentamer-Based Protein Nanotubes. ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c16192

Hollow proteinaceous particles are useful nanometric containers for delivery and catalysis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms and the geometrical theory behind the polymorphic protein assemblies provides a basis for designing ones with the desir... Read More about Dynamic Assembly of Pentamer-Based Protein Nanotubes.

Expanding protected area coverage for migratory birds could improve long-term population trends (2025)
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Border, J. A., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Hewson, C. M., Howard, C., Stephens, P. A., Willis, S. G., Fuller, R. A., Hanson, J. O., Sierdsema, H., Foppen, R. P. B., Brotons, L., Gargallo, G., Fink, D., & Baillie, S. R. (2025). Expanding protected area coverage for migratory birds could improve long-term population trends. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 1813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57019-x

Populations of many migratory taxa have been declining over recent decades. Although protected areas are a cornerstone for conservation, their role in protecting migratory species can be incomplete due to the dynamic distributions of these species. H... Read More about Expanding protected area coverage for migratory birds could improve long-term population trends.

Precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment for the assessment of neurocognitive performance in athletes (2025)
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Glassbrook, D. J., Chazot, P. L., & Hind, K. (online). Precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment for the assessment of neurocognitive performance in athletes. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2025.2464884

This study investigated the precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA; Cognetivity Neurosciences Ltd., Vancouver, Canada) test for the assessment of information processing ability in athletes. Thirty-one participants took part in this stu... Read More about Precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment for the assessment of neurocognitive performance in athletes.

From human to superhuman: the impact of the microbiome on physiology. (2025)
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Keely, S. J., Cotter, P. D., Wahlstrom, A., Schellekens, H., Weinkove, D., & Barrett, K. E. (2025). From human to superhuman: the impact of the microbiome on physiology. The Journal of Physiology, 603(4), 797-807. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP287883

The complex microbial community residing in the human gut has long been understood to regulate gastrointestinal physiology and to participate in digestive diseases, but its extraintestinal actions and influences are increasingly recognized. This arti... Read More about From human to superhuman: the impact of the microbiome on physiology..

Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders (2025)
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Baudouin Gonzalez, L., Schönauer, A., Harper, A., Arif, S., Leite, D. J., Steinhoff, P. O. M., Pechmann, M., Telizhenko, V., Pande, A., Schultz, Z. X., Kosiol, C., Aase-Remedios, M., McGregor, A. P., & Sumner-Rooney, L. (in press). Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,

Visual systems provide a key interface between organisms and their surroundings, and have evolved in many forms to perform diverse functions across the animal kingdom. Spiders exhibit a range of visual abilities and ecologies, the diversity of which... Read More about Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders.

Moult is associated with higher diversity of food items in the diet of Common Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus barbatus ) in Cameroon (2025)
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Jarrett, C., Nwaogu, C. J., Tchana, C. N., Kamkeng, M. F. M., Quiñones, A. L. S., Olguin‐Villa, M. C., Helm, B., Powell, L. L., & Welch, A. J. (2025). Moult is associated with higher diversity of food items in the diet of Common Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus barbatus ) in Cameroon. Ibis: International Journal of Avian Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13395

Moult is an essential part of birds' annual cycle, and requires sufficient intake of energy and nutrients, but we understand little about how such nutritional requirements are met by wild birds. Using faecal metabarcoding, we analysed the diet of mou... Read More about Moult is associated with higher diversity of food items in the diet of Common Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus barbatus ) in Cameroon.

Modelling impacts of infrastructure and climatic factors on reindeer forage availability in winter (2025)
Journal Article
Kater, I., & Baxter, R. (2025). Modelling impacts of infrastructure and climatic factors on reindeer forage availability in winter. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 112, Article 107857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107857

Whilst the impacts of climate and of human activities on various species are being extensively studied, each component is often considered in isolation, hindering a comprehensive understanding of their combined effects. The present research addresses... Read More about Modelling impacts of infrastructure and climatic factors on reindeer forage availability in winter.

The ER-PM interaction is essential for cytokinesis and recruits the actin cytoskeleton through the SCAR/WAVE complex (2025)
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Xu, Z., Zang, J., Zhang, X., Zheng, Q., Li, Y., Field, N., Fiserova, J., Hua, B., Qu, X., Kriechbaumer, V., Deeks, M. J., Hussey, P. J., & Wang, P. (2025). The ER-PM interaction is essential for cytokinesis and recruits the actin cytoskeleton through the SCAR/WAVE complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(6), Article e2416927122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416927122

Plant cytokinesis requires coordination between the actin cytoskeleton, microtubules 32 and membranes to guide division plane formation and cell plate expansion; how these 33 regulatory factors are coordinated remains unknown. The actin cytoskeleton... Read More about The ER-PM interaction is essential for cytokinesis and recruits the actin cytoskeleton through the SCAR/WAVE complex.

Multiple carbamylation events are required for differential modulation of Cx26 hemichannels and gap junctions by CO 2 (2025)
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Nijjar, S., Brotherton, D., Butler, J., Dospinescu, V., Gannon, H. G., Linthwaite, V., Cann, M., Cameron, A., & Dale, N. (online). Multiple carbamylation events are required for differential modulation of Cx26 hemichannels and gap junctions by CO 2. The Journal of Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1113/jp285885

CO2 directly modifies the gating of connexin26 (Cx26) gap junction channels and hemichannels. This gating depends upon Lys125, and the proposed mechanism involves carbamylation of Lys125 to allow formation of a salt bridge with Arg104 on the neighbou... Read More about Multiple carbamylation events are required for differential modulation of Cx26 hemichannels and gap junctions by CO 2.

Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species (2025)
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Torres-Oliva, M., Buchberger, E., Buffry, A. D., Kittelmann, M., Guerrero, G., Sumner-Rooney, L., Gaspar, P., Bullinger, G. C., Jimenez, J. F., Casares, F., Arif, S., Posnien, N., Nunes, M. D. S., McGregor, A. P., & Almudi, I. (2025). Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species. BMC Biology, 23(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02136-8

Background: The compound eyes of insects exhibit extensive variation in ommatidia number and size, which affects how they see and underlies adaptations in their vision to different environments and lifestyles. However, very little is known about the... Read More about Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species.