A. Pinheiro

Establishment of the family Zarkiaceae (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) and description of the new marine genera Zarkia (Zarkiaceae, Oscillatoriales) and Romeriopsis (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales), from northern Portugal

The paper describes two new marine Cyanobacteria genera and a family, based on morphological and molecular data from strains isolated in northern Portugal.

Dynamics of the N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein drives dsRNA melting in a counterintuitive tweezer-like mechanism

This paper uses molecular dynamics simulations to show that the N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 N protein destabilizes dsRNA through a tweezer-like motion, revealing a 1:1 stoichiometry and potential mechanisms for RNA melting.

Novel ionic liquids-based extraction method that preserves molecular structure from cutin

This paper introduces an ionic liquids-based method to extract and characterize cutin from plants, revealing free hydroxyl groups and how mutations affect its esterification structure.

Biophysical properties of intermediate states of EMT outperform both epithelial and mesenchymal states.

The paper investigates the biophysical properties of intermediate EMT states and finds they exhibit distinct structural and mechanical features compared to epithelial and mesenchymal states, with implications for tumor-cell dissemination.