Improving anxiety research in rodents for a better understanding of human chronic ('trait') #anxiety.

Nándor Lipták covers a #preprint from the #MikicsLab combining behavioural tests with corticosterone measurements, #transcriptomics & #bioinformatics.

#preLight 👉 https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/improving-anxiety-research-novel-approach-to-reveal-trait-anxiety-through-summary-measures-of-multiple-states/

Meet the #preLightsAmbassadors: Girish Kale.

Girish is currently a #postdoc #COSHeidelberg. He has represented #preLights at several national and international meetings already and is therefore a very natural Ambassador for the platform.

Interview: https://prelights.biologists.com/news/meet-the-prelights-ambassadors-girish-kale/

When it comes to planarian stem cells, it's not a one-niche-fits-all situation.

First post as part of #preLightsPeerSupport, led by Girish Kale. Master’s student Rebecca Kern and Girish teamed up to cover a #preprint from the #Planaria1 lab!

Post 👉https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/planarians-employ-diverse-and-dynamic-stem-cell-microenvironments-to-support-whole-body-regeneration/

Gaining ground in the development of Synthetic Mammalian Promoters.

#preLight from Jessica L Teo covering a #preprint from the #EnglishLab (led by Adam Zahm & William S Owens) that presents a toolkit of great value to the scientific #community!

Post 👉: https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/discovery-and-validation-of-context-dependent-synthetic-mammalian-promoters/

Meet the #preLightsAmbassadors: Martin Estermann.

Martin is currently a #postdoc #NIEHS and here we discuss the importance of being part of a #community that helps you connect to others, ask questions & build a network that you can rely on. 🌐

Interview: https://prelights.biologists.com/news/meet-the-prelights-ambassadors-martin-estermann/

Fasten your actin belt!

Epithelial cells disassemble #caveolae to strengthen their cortical #cytoskeleton upon mechanical stress.

First #preLight from Teodora Piskova #RWTH covering a #preprint led by John Brooks (Yap Lab #IMBatUQ) & team.

preLight: https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/caveola-mechanotransduction-reinforces-the-cortical-cytoskeleton-to-promote-epithelial-resilience-t20230615-1213/

Tik-Tok of the Methylation clock: does DNA #methylation impact on our #lifespan?⏰

New #preLight post prepared by Jennifer Ann Black which covers a #preprint from Samuel Crofts, Eric Latorre-Crespo &Tamir Chandra.

#genetics #ageing #Mammals

#preLight: https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/dna-methylation-rates-scale-with-maximum-lifespan-across-mammals-t20230614-1322/

How to use your neighbours to get ahead: #glioblastoma cells use #ExtracellularVesicles to encourage neighbouring #astrocytes to secrete pro-invasive #ECM components.

#preLight from Jade Chan covering work led by Dominik Koessinger #CRUK_BI

#CancerBiology

preLight: https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/glioblastoma-extracellular-vesicles-influence-glial-cell-hyaluronic-acid-deposition-to-promote-invasiveness/

Divide et Impera.

Thanks to U-ExM, cheap and high resolution #imaging maps the asexual #reproduction cycle of #malaria parasites in red blood cells.

Latest #preLight from Nadja Hümpfer:

https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/atlas-of-plasmodium-falciparum-intraerythrocytic-development-using-expansion-microscopy/

Meet the #preLightsAmbassadors: Jennifer Ann Black

Jennifer is currently a #postdoc #usponline and tells us more about her plans for the coming year - one of which is to help strengthen the #ECR community in #Brazil 💪

Interview: https://prelights.biologists.com/news/meet-the-prelights-ambassadors-jennifer-ann-black/