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Find what contributes to cellular homeostasis in fluctuating environment at doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Upon hyperosmotic stress, the autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 rapidly forms biomolecular condensates distinct from stress granules, serving as a platform for autophagic degradation in human cells
Upon hyperosmotic stress, the autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 rapidly forms biomolecular condensates distinct from stress granules, serving as a platform for autophagic degradation in human cells
Rapid activation of p62 body-mediated autophagy in human cells under hyperosmotic stress - Communications Biology
Upon hyperosmotic stress, the autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 rapidly forms biomolecular condensates distinctly from stress granules, serving as a platform of autophagic degradation in human cells.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Find what contributes to cellular homeostasis in fluctuating environment at doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Upon hyperosmotic stress, the autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 rapidly forms biomolecular condensates distinct from stress granules, serving as a platform for autophagic degradation in human cells
Upon hyperosmotic stress, the autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 rapidly forms biomolecular condensates distinct from stress granules, serving as a platform for autophagic degradation in human cells
Filament formation of full-length NONO/SFPQ heterodimers and in vitro structural characterization may provide a scaffold for gene regulation, paraspeckle formation and DNA double-strand break repair in vivo. @boettchercryoem.bsky.social
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The gene-regulating proteins NONO and SFPQ assemble into ordered filaments - Communications Biology
Filament formation of full-length NONO/SFPQ heterodimers was observed and structurally characterized in vitro which may provide a scaffold for gene regulation, paraspeckle formation and DNA double-str...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Filament formation of full-length NONO/SFPQ heterodimers and in vitro structural characterization may provide a scaffold for gene regulation, paraspeckle formation and DNA double-strand break repair in vivo. @boettchercryoem.bsky.social
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New article available at www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A self-supervised implicit neural representation framework for estimating Standard Model of white matter parameters improves accuracy under noise conditions, enables spatial upsampling, and allows integrated gradient non-uniformity correction. @maxchamb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Implicit neural representations for accurate estimation of the Standard Model of white matter - Communications Biology
In this work a self-supervised implicit neural representation framework for estimating Standard Model of white matter parameters is presented, improving fitting accuracy under noise conditions, enabli...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
A self-supervised implicit neural representation framework for estimating Standard Model of white matter parameters improves accuracy under noise conditions, enables spatial upsampling, and allows integrated gradient non-uniformity correction. @maxchamb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
How does a conserved transcription factor evolve? Phylogenetic and molecular analyses uncover three ancient FoxQ2 paralogs. @giacomogattoni.bsky.social @amphispacelab.bsky.social
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Evolutionary dynamics of FoxQ2 transcription factors across metazoans reveals three ancient paralogs - Communications Biology
Phylogenetic and molecular analyses uncover three ancient FoxQ2 paralogs: FoxQ2I/II with conserved roles in anterior ectoderm specification, and FoxQ2III showing unexpected expression in specialized r...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:07 AM
How does a conserved transcription factor evolve? Phylogenetic and molecular analyses uncover three ancient FoxQ2 paralogs. @giacomogattoni.bsky.social @amphispacelab.bsky.social
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Learn more in this new Communications Biology article www.nature.com/articles/s42...
🧬The RNA laboratory in @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social with Prof Martin Simon and colleagues, used phagosomal delivery of heteroduplex #RNA in #Paramecium to shed light into the initial recognition of exogenous RNAs and entry into the #RNAinterference pathway.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:20 AM
🧬The RNA laboratory in @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social with Prof Martin Simon and colleagues, used phagosomal delivery of heteroduplex #RNA in #Paramecium to shed light into the initial recognition of exogenous RNAs and entry into the #RNAinterference pathway.
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A neutralizing human antibody induces movement of the HCoV-229E receptor binding domain
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January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
A neutralizing human antibody induces movement of the HCoV-229E receptor binding domain
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Our paper “Label-free nonlinear microscopy probes cellular metabolism and myelin dynamics in live tissue” is published in @commsbio.nature.com, thanks to an exciting collaboration between @laboptbio.bsky.social and @institutducerveau.bsky.social
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Label-free nonlinear microscopy probes cellular metabolism and myelin dynamics in live tissue - Communications Biology
Multimodal label-free nonlinear microscopy and advanced image analysis map single-cell metabolism and myelin dynamics in live cerebellar tissue during demyelination, supporting research in neuroinflam...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Our paper “Label-free nonlinear microscopy probes cellular metabolism and myelin dynamics in live tissue” is published in @commsbio.nature.com, thanks to an exciting collaboration between @laboptbio.bsky.social and @institutducerveau.bsky.social
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Anterior-posterior patterning in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera informs bilaterian nervous system and tail evolution
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January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Anterior-posterior patterning in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera informs bilaterian nervous system and tail evolution
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The temporal gene expression landscape of rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury reveals the timing of complement activation
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January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The temporal gene expression landscape of rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury reveals the timing of complement activation
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Our editor Laura Rodríguez Pérez is visiting Instituto Biofisika this week! Do attend Laura's talk if you are around 🎤
Date: 9 January 2026, Friday
Date: 9 January 2026, Friday
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Our editor Laura Rodríguez Pérez is visiting Instituto Biofisika this week! Do attend Laura's talk if you are around 🎤
Date: 9 January 2026, Friday
Date: 9 January 2026, Friday
Our Cortical-subcortical brain loops cross-journal collection with @natneuro.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com, & Scientific Reports is open for submissions 🧠
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Cortical-subcortical brain loops
This cross-journal Collection welcomes submissions on novel cortical-subcortical circuit mechanisms regulating sensory processing, perception and cognition.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Our Cortical-subcortical brain loops cross-journal collection with @natneuro.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com, & Scientific Reports is open for submissions 🧠
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We are now welcoming submissions for our new cross-journal collection on Evolutionary responses to contemporary global change, launched jointly with @natcomms.nature.com, npj Biodiversity, and Scientific Reports 🌐🌡️🧬
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Evolutionary responses to contemporary global change
In this collection, we welcome submissions that further our understanding of species’ evolutionary responses to contemporary global change.
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We are now welcoming submissions for our new cross-journal collection on Evolutionary responses to contemporary global change, launched jointly with @natcomms.nature.com, npj Biodiversity, and Scientific Reports 🌐🌡️🧬
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Submissions are now open for our new collection on Nanomedicine Applied in Cancer Treatment Failure, launched jointly with @natcomms.nature.com and @commsmed.nature.com 💉
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Nanomedicine Applied in Cancer Treatment Failure
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January 6, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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🎉Wishing our community a biologically exciting and scientifically groundbreaking year ahead in 2026, with a big thank you to our editorial board members for their valuable contributions in 2025!
December 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🎉Wishing our community a biologically exciting and scientifically groundbreaking year ahead in 2026, with a big thank you to our editorial board members for their valuable contributions in 2025!
🕦 This has been only a small glimpse of the exciting research published with us in 2025. You can dive deeper into many more discoveries by visiting our homepage. Here’s to another inspirational year of biology ahead in 2026! 🥂🎆 www.nature.com/commsbio/
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Communications Biology
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December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🕦 This has been only a small glimpse of the exciting research published with us in 2025. You can dive deeper into many more discoveries by visiting our homepage. Here’s to another inspirational year of biology ahead in 2026! 🥂🎆 www.nature.com/commsbio/
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🔔We’re thrilled to continue sharing editors' picks of exceptional studies that made for such an inspiring year at CommsBio! 🦠🦕🪸🌱 www.nature.com/commsbio/
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Communications Biology
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December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🔔We’re thrilled to continue sharing editors' picks of exceptional studies that made for such an inspiring year at CommsBio! 🦠🦕🪸🌱 www.nature.com/commsbio/
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🔔The list of exciting studies we published this year is remarkable! We can only showcase a small fraction of the full breadth of biological discoveries - spanning cell biology, structural biology, cancer, physiology, neuroscience, ecology, evolution, and everything in between. 🌐🐁🧬🫁
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December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🔔The list of exciting studies we published this year is remarkable! We can only showcase a small fraction of the full breadth of biological discoveries - spanning cell biology, structural biology, cancer, physiology, neuroscience, ecology, evolution, and everything in between. 🌐🐁🧬🫁
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🎄To celebrate an exciting year in publishing, the CommsBio editors are highlighting a small selection of standout articles from 2025 in a series of thread posts. We are grateful to all the authors who chose our journal as the home for their research this year!
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December 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🎄To celebrate an exciting year in publishing, the CommsBio editors are highlighting a small selection of standout articles from 2025 in a series of thread posts. We are grateful to all the authors who chose our journal as the home for their research this year!
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🧬🔍 Submissions are still open for our Structural genetic variants, from detection to phenotype Collection, a cross-journal Collection with @commsmed.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports!
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Structural genetic variants, from detection to phenotype
This cross-journal Collection with Communications Biology, Communications Medicine, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports invites submissions focusing ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🧬🔍 Submissions are still open for our Structural genetic variants, from detection to phenotype Collection, a cross-journal Collection with @commsmed.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports!
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📣🔬⚙️ Submissions are open for our Biosensing Collection! We welcome research articles on the development of engineered biosensing devices with potential applications in biomedical research and the management of disease conditions.
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Biosensing
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📣🔬⚙️ Submissions are open for our Biosensing Collection! We welcome research articles on the development of engineered biosensing devices with potential applications in biomedical research and the management of disease conditions.
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Discovery of chemosensory sensilla with different distributions on the body appendages and between the sexes of a cursorial spider, combined with evidence of olfactory mate attraction, provides insights into chemical communication in spiders.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Discovery of chemosensory sensilla with different distributions on the body appendages and between the sexes of a cursorial spider, combined with evidence of olfactory mate attraction, provides insights into chemical communication in spiders.
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🧠👶👵Submit your work investigating human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age, to our cross-journal collection including @natcomms.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com
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Lifespan changes in the human brain
This cross-journal collection invites submissions that investigate human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age.
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🧠👶👵Submit your work investigating human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age, to our cross-journal collection including @natcomms.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com
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Articles are curated by our Editorial Board member @saharahmad.bsky.social
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We welcome submissions of papers focused on genome assembly, population genetics, marker-trait association studies, gene cloning, and breeding technique development and implementation in orphan crops to our joint collection that includes @natcomms.nature.com @commssustain.nature.com
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Orphan crop genomics and improvement 2025
This Orphan Crop Genomics and Improvement Collection welcomes submissions on orphan crops genomics, genetics, and breeding.
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We welcome submissions of papers focused on genome assembly, population genetics, marker-trait association studies, gene cloning, and breeding technique development and implementation in orphan crops to our joint collection that includes @natcomms.nature.com @commssustain.nature.com
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Check out this behind the paper post from Luciano Moffatt and Gustavo Pierdominici about how integration of electrophysiology, simulations, and Bayesian inference provided insights into P2X receptor activation.
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Mapping the Invisible: Translating Kinetic States into Structural Reality in P2X Receptors
To understand P2X activation, we moved beyond abstract
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Check out this behind the paper post from Luciano Moffatt and Gustavo Pierdominici about how integration of electrophysiology, simulations, and Bayesian inference provided insights into P2X receptor activation.
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💻🧬 Submit your research on DNA-based computing and data storage to our cross-journal Collection with @natcomms.nature.com, @commseng.nature.com, npj Unconventional Computing, and Scientific Reports!
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DNA-Based Computing and Data Storage
This cross-journal Collection shines a spotlight on research exploring DNA as a scalable and sustainable medium for computing and data storage.
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