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Commensal Engineered Living Materials for Sustained Secretome Delivery and Wound Healing

This paper develops a commensal Engineered Living Material (cELM) that encapsulates bacteria to deliver a pro-healing secretome for chronic wound healing.

Disparities in avian genomic resources highlight gaps across the Global South

The paper evaluates avian genome assemblies across geography and taxonomy, revealing underrepresentation of species in the Global South.

A three-factor model can explain symmetry breaking and the n-1 rule during X-chromosome inactivation

This paper introduces a three-factor mathematical model to explain symmetry breaking and the n-1 rule in X-chromosome inactivation by integrating Xist, an X-linked activator, and SPEN.

Do divergent mitochondrial backgrounds alter the fate of nuclear alleles during hybridization and admixture?

The paper tests if mitochondrial backgrounds influence nuclear allele fate during hybridization, finding no evidence of such effects despite expected incompatibilities.

Developmental interactions between oscillatory and spontaneous neural activity support improvements in inhibitory control from adolescence into adulthood

This study examines how developmental changes in oscillatory and spontaneous neural activity support improved inhibitory control from adolescence to adulthood using EEG data.

Individual differences reveal shared computational structure in perceptual decision-making

The paper uses population-level individual differences to discover shared computational components in perceptual decision-making, revealing a six-dimensional structure across datasets.

Multimodal cellular context enables molecular phenotyping from single-molecule trajectories

The paper introduces MIST, a framework that integrates single-molecule trajectory data with cellular context to improve molecular phenotyping in E. coli.

Real-time detection of N2 and N3 sleep from scalp and intracranial EEG

This paper develops a real-time sleep stage classifier for N2 and N3 sleep using scalp and intracranial EEG, showing high accuracy and informing stimulation timing.

Beyond Terrestrial Carnivores: Olfactory Bulb Anatomy in a Semi-Aquatic Mammal

This study characterizes the olfactory bulb anatomy of the Asian small-clawed otter, revealing a highly developed main olfactory bulb and a small, neurochemically distinct accessory olfactory bulb.

Hyperactivity preferentially disrupts scotopic retinal circuits in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy

This study identifies scotopic retinal circuit dysfunction in early diabetic retinopathy, linking hyperactivity to rod bipolar cell abnormalities and visual impairment under low-light conditions.

Auditory Evoked Potentials Differ from Controls and Correlate with Aspects of Cognition in Kabuki Syndrome and Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome

This study examines auditory evoked potentials in Kabuki syndrome and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, finding differences from controls and correlations with cognitive aspects.

QRAFT: Scaling coalescent-based species tree inference to one million taxa

QRAFT efficiently infers species trees for up to a million taxa using coalescent-based methods, outperforming existing tools in speed and memory usage.

Neonatal NMDA receptor blockade disrupts prefrontal cortical regulation of social affective behavior: implications for schizophrenia

This study shows that neonatal NMDA receptor blockade impairs social affective behavior in rats, linked to reduced parvalbumin interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex.

Probing EEG Foundation Model Attention Maps for Lightweight Interpretable Emotion Recognition

This paper proposes a lightweight, interpretable method for emotion recognition using EEG foundation models by analyzing attention maps, achieving competitive performance with fewer computations.

Targeting REV1 Exposes Context-Dependent Therapeutic Responses in Colorectal Cancer

This study shows that targeting REV1 in colorectal cancer enhances chemotherapy sensitivity in a context-dependent manner and inhibits organoid growth.

Hierarchical Temporal Transformer for Cancer Grade Prediction and Cross-Cancer Transfer Learning from Pathology Reports

This paper introduces a hierarchical temporal transformer for cancer grade prediction from pathology reports, showing improved performance across cancer types and using visit timing when identifiable.

Learning Strand-Equivariant Tokenizations of DNA with MirrorDNA

This paper introduces MirrorDNA, a DNA language model with a strand-equivariant tokenizer that improves prediction consistency across DNA strands.

Distributed Network Sensing as an Escape Strategy

The paper shows that slime mould networks can detect and escape harmful environments through reconfiguration, depending on their size and connectivity.

An expansive internal chemosensory system in the insect abdomen implicates Gustatory Receptors in diverse aspects of interoception

This study identifies an internal chemosensory system in Drosophila melanogaster's abdomen using Gustatory Receptors, revealing new roles in interoception beyond traditional feeding behaviors.

Galectin-9 drives thrombo-inflammatory circuits initiating venous thrombosis

This study identifies Galectin-9 as a driver of venous thrombo-inflammation, linking inflammation to thrombus formation through platelet activation and NETosis.