Highlights

  • Replication in Drosophila studies

    An analysis of 400 articles on the immune response in Drosophila highlights a need for caution regarding the replicability of certain claims.

    Hannah Westlake, Fabrice David ... Bruno Lemaitre
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  • Tsetse fly feeding adaptations

    Investigations into the biomechanics of tsetse fly blood feeding reveal that subtle anatomical adaptations enable the penetration of a diverse range of host hides.

    Stephan Löwe, Laura Hauf ... Markus Engstler
    Research Article
  • Anatomy of taste and texture

    Comprehensive ultrastructural reconstruction of the Drosophila larval pharyngeal sensory system reveals the organization and diversity of its sensory structures.

    Vincent Richter, Tilman Triphan ... Andreas S Thum
    Research Article
  • Neurosecretory connections

    Connectomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the anatomical and functional organisation of neurosecretion in the Drosophila brain.

    Theresa H McKim, Jayati Gera ... Meet Zandawala
    Research Article
  • AI in research communication

    eLife has partnered on a number of projects harnessing AI for improving human and machine reader engagement with research.

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    Delve into leading research on Lifestyle, Environment and Epigenetic Inheritance.

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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Cryo-electron tomography sheds light on the largest protein in the Trypanosoma brucei tripartite attachment complex

    Irina Bregy, Robin Benjamin Eberle ... Torsten Ochsenreiter
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    1. Cell Biology

    The cell cycle regulates cell-penetrating peptide cytosolic uptake via differential expression of KCNH1 potassium channel

    Francisco Tomás Ribeiro, Ali Hallaj ... Christian Widmann
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    1. Neuroscience

    Connectomic Analysis of Mitochondria in the Central Brain of Drosophila

    Kit D Longden, Patricia K Rivlin ... Stuart Berg
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Dawn of segmented bilaterians unveiled by soft-bodied fossils in microbial pseudomorphs from the Basal Cambrian

    Xiaoguang Yang, Deng Wang ... Jian Han
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    1. Neuroscience

    Spyglass is a framework for reproducible and shareable neuroscience research

    Kyu Hyun Lee, Eric L Denovellis ... Loren Frank
    Spyglass transforms neuroscience datasets into a foundation for discovery, enabling researchers to verify findings, test new ideas, share results, and build knowledge that extends beyond any single experiment or laboratory.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Class-wide sequence, structural, and docking-profile diversity of insect odorant receptors and structural specialization of Orco

    Tianmin Zhang, Xuanxiao Yang ... Huimeng Lu
    A large-scale comparative analysis reveals extensive diversity of insect odorant receptors and identifies a conserved extracellular β-sheet in Orco that helps restrict natural odorant access.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Impacts of mutation accumulation and order on tumor initiation revealed by engineered murine colorectal cancer organoids

    Yanping Li, Xiaoxin Xie ... Qionghua Zhu
    The temporal order of driver mutations influences colorectal cancer initiation in an immune-dependent manner, highlighting tumor–immune interactions as a context for evolutionary selection.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    A validated antibody toolbox for ALS research

    Riham Ayoubi, Emma J MacDougall ... Carl Laflamme
    A systematic characterization of antibodies targeting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated proteins establishes a community resource for reliable protein detection and disease research.