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Can peer review be done faster, without compromising on quality? Biology Open has embarked on an exciting experiment to find out - Editor-in-Chief Dan Gorelick explains.
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Why is Biology Open's Fast & Fair peer review initiative exciting?
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Biology OpenIn this Review, Janet Stott and Catarina Vicente (University of Oxford) propose an in-depth framework for science public engagement projects that can potentially bring together academics from diverse disciplines.
“Any good quality two-way public engagement should benefit both researchers and the public.”
#scienceoutreach #publicengagement #community #OpenAccess #BiologyOpen
Interdisciplinary public engagement: untapped potential?
Summary: We propose that interdisciplinary public engagement (public engagement projects that bring together academics from several academic disciplines) is a novel and potentially mutually beneficial approach to engage the public.
This Meeting Review by Matheus Sanita Lima et al (Western University, Canada) provides a comprehensive summary of the 53rd Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium that took place at Western University on 25-27 May 2023.
“We believe biologists, regardless of their chosen subfield of study, are strategically positioned to assess, predict, and mitigate what lies ahead of life on Earth.”
#Anthropogenic #climatechange #biodiversity #OpenAccess #BiologyOpen
This work by Laura A. Sherer et al (University of Minnesota) describes two MATLAB programming languages to accurately analyse bundling of actin filaments obtained in fluorescence micrographs.
“With minor modifications, we anticipate that these programs can be made applicable to the analysis of a broad range of polymer-based assays.”
#methodsandtechniques #MATLAB #fluorescence #microscopy #analysis #OpenAccess #BiologyOpen
Computational tools for quantifying actin filament numbers, lengths, and bundling
Summary: We describe two programs written in the MATLAB programming language that facilitate counting, length measurements, and quantification of bundling of actin filaments visualized in fluorescence micrographs.
Here, Ming-Hsuan Wen et al (University of Cambridge) show that nuclear reprogramming is present in meiotic oocytes and does not require cell division.
“A major difference between oocyte nuclear transfers and iPSC approach concerns the timing of the changes induced.”
#meiosis #nuclearreprogramming #stemcells #therapy #OpenAccess #BiologyOpen
Deterministic nuclear reprogramming of mammalian nuclei to a totipotency-like state by Amphibian meiotic oocytes for stem cell therapy in humans
Summary: Stem cell therapy has shed light on incurable diseases. We describe a novel method for cell reprogramming and provide personalized stem cell sources for stem cell therapies.
This study by Abigail Ama Koomson et al (New York University Abu Dhabi) shows that exposure to high levels of inorganic arsenics during development of zebrafish embryos can significantly affect survival and reproductive health.
“No studies to date have investigated the persistent effects of iAs on the liver in zebrafish”
#zebrafish #inorganic #arsenics #OpenAccess #BiologyOpen #reproduction #survival #geneexpression
Sustained effects of developmental exposure to inorganic arsenic on hepatic gsto2 expression and mating success in zebrafish
Summary: This work investigates the long-term effects of developmental exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) in zebrafish. Fish that were exposed to iAs during development had increased mortality as adults, sustained changes to gsto2 expression in female livers and decreased mating success.
Ivan Mestres et al (Technische Universität Dresden) show that the previously uncharacterised Soluble-Lamin Associated Protein (SLAP) directly influences brain development in mammals.
“Here we show that SLAP is critical to maintain nuclear integrity and that alterations in its expression influence neural stem cell fate as well as migration and molecular identity of newborn neurons.”
Manipulation of the nuclear envelope-associated protein SLAP during mammalian brain development affects cortical lamination and exploratory behavior
Summary: Far from solely providing a physical barrier separating the genome from the cytoplasm, the nuclear envelope is also instrumental in tuning the fate of neural stem cells influencing cortical lamination and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Elisa Thoral et al (Lund University, Lund, Sweden) show that in wild great tits, unlike in mammals, there is no correlation between resting metabolic rate and mitochondrial respiration.
“An ancillary goal was also to investigate the relationship between blood mitochondrial respiration and blood cell count.”
The relationship between mitochondrial respiration, resting metabolic rate and blood cell count in great tits
Summary: Our results show that the relationship between resting metabolic rate and blood mitochondrial metabolism depends on the level of cellular permeabilization as well as the level of activation of the electron transport chain. No relationship was detected between blood mitochondrial respiration and blood cell count in our conditions.