One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants Summary This Nature paper reports a remarkable reproductive system in the harvester ant Messor ibericus: queens produce workers that…
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target Summary This Nature study used genome-scale genetic suppression screens (CRISPR and gene-trap) to identify ABHD18 as a robust genetic suppressor…
Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy Summary This Nature paper introduces PADIT-seq, an in vitro transcription–sequencing assay that measures transcription factor (TF) binding to all possible 10-base sequences.…
Amygdala–liver signalling orchestrates glycaemic responses to stress Summary This Nature paper identifies a previously unrecognised neural axis from the medial amygdala (MeA) to the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) that drives rapid…
PICALM Alzheimer’s risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in microglia Summary This study uses allele-specific open-chromatin (ASoC) mapping in human iPSC-derived microglia (iMGs), astrocytes and neurons to identify functional non-coding…
Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence Summary This Nature study shows that the common gut yeast Candida albicans can increase the virulence of Salmonella Typhimurium. In mouse models and in…
Supervised learning in DNA neural networks Summary This paper demonstrates a DNA-based molecular system that performs supervised learning and subsequent classification in vitro. The authors build an adaptive DNA neural…
3D-printed micro ion trap technology for quantum information applications Summary This Nature paper reports the development and characterisation of micro ion traps manufactured by high-resolution 3D printing (two-photon polymerisation) and…
Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing Summary This paper introduces GRACE (Generative, Adaptive, Context-Aware 3D Printing), a workflow that combines tomographic volumetric printing with light-sheet imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling…
Training of physical neural networks Summary Physical neural networks (PNNs) use analogue physical systems — optics, electronics, mechanics, spins and other media — to perform neural-like computation. This Nature review…
