Highlights

  • Closing the neural tube

    High-throughput arrayed CRISPR interference screening of organoid models gives insight into genetic regulators of neural tube closure in humans.

    Roya E Huang, Giridhar M Anand ... Sharad Ramanathan
    Research Article

  • Hippocampal memory

    Genetic evidence highlights the roles of atypical protein kinase C isoforms in hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation and long-term memory.

    Panayiotis Tsokas, Changchi Hsieh ... Todd Charlton Sacktor
    Research Advance

  • Insights into synaptic dysfunction

    LRRK2, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease, interacts with an actin-binding protein, drebrin, to regulate synaptic function and has a role in BDNF-dependent synaptic modulation.

    Giulia Tombesi, Shiva Kompella ... Elisa Greggio
    Reviewed Preprint Updated

  • Publish-review-curate at eLife

    eLife is rethinking how research is reviewed and published.

    Timothy E Behrens, Yamini Dalal, Diane M Harper
    Editorial

  • Modulating hyperexcitability

    PRRT2, a transmembrane protein, helps to limit neuronal hyperexcitability by modulating slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Bin Lu, Qi-Wu Xu ... Zhi-Qi Xiong
    Reviewed Preprint Updated

  • Science under threat

    How should the scientific community respond to ideological attacks on science?

    Humberto J Debat
    Feature Article
We liked the idea of having an open 'conversation' with the reviewers during the process, and having the chance to polish the manuscript by following the editors and reviewers’ recommendations without the threat of rejection.

Patrick Allard, UCLA and eLife author

Researchers explain why they published in eLife

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    foxQ2 marks fast-acting brain interneurons including a subset of dopaminergic neurons innervating mushroom bodies and central complex in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

    Ying Pang, Bastian Klußmann-Fricke ... Gregor Bucher
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Toothy: an interactive platform for dentate spike curation

    Kathleen N Esfahany, Amanda L Schott ... Jordan S Farrell
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    Decoupling AMPK from fatty acid synthesis allows maintenance of fitness late in life

    Hanane Hadj-Moussa, Megan Ulusan ... Jonathan Houseley
    Re-engineering a highly conserved metabolic pathway in yeast prevents age-related functional decline and proves that ageing is not inevitably linked to loss of fitness.
    1. Neuroscience

    Comprehensive characterization of human color discrimination thresholds

    Fangfang Hong, Ruby Bouhassira ... David H Brainard
    Leveraging the smooth variation of internal noise makes comprehensive characterization of color discrimination practical, offering an efficient framework for studying perceptual limits across various sensory domains.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Repurposed small molecule toxin inhibitors neutralise a diversity of venoms from the Neotropical viperid snake genus Bothrops

    Rachel H Clare, Adam Westhorpe ... Nicholas R Casewell
    Despite the variation in venom across the Bothrops snake genus, repurposed drugs demonstrated pan-species neutralisation in enzymatic, coagulation, and haemorrhage assays, highlighting their value as novel therapies for Neotropical snakebites.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Benchmarking biochemical networks generated by large language models

    Jeevan Tewari, Benjamin W Dahl ... Jeffrey J Saucerman
    Current general-purpose large language models generate signaling and metabolic networks with only modest accuracy relative to manually curated network models.
    Version of Record
    Short Report
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    ATP-driven conformational dynamics reveal hidden intermediates in a heterodimeric ABC transporter

    Matija Pečak, Christoph Nocker, Robert Tampé
    Hidden outward-facing intermediates and long-lived ATP-bound states reveal how ATP binding drives conformational dynamics in the heterodimeric ABC transporter TmrAB.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Pink1-mediated mitophagy in the endothelium releases proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA and activates neutrophil responses during inflammation

    Priyanka Gajwani, Li Wang ... Jalees Rehman
    Inflammatory activation of endothelial cells triggers Pink1-dependent mitophagy and mitochondrial formyl peptides release, which drives neutrophil recruitment and lung injury.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Quantitative multi-scale morphodynamic analysis reveals ratchet-like collective DVE migration and epiblast retrograde cell flow during anterior patterning in the mouse embryo

    Matthew J Stower, Felix Y Zhou ... Shankar Srinivas
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Improved cryo-EM reconstruction of sub-50 kDa complexes using 2D template matching

    Kexin Zhang, Timothy Grant, Nikolaus Grigorieff
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
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    Organ Development: Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
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    Tumor Biology: The two faces of JAK-STAT

    Qianying Lu, Yingyi Zhang
    1. Neuroscience

    Brain Mapping: Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

    Dorian Pustina
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    Vector Biology: The exquisite mechanics of a tsetse bite

    Katelyn Fealy, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Actin Filaments: Building bundles by the numbers

    Christian Vanhille-Campos, Anđela Šarić
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    Hippocampal Network: Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle
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