A. Vogel

Effects of recurrent summer droughts on arbuscular mycorrhizal and total fungal communities in experimental grasslands differing in plant diversity and community composition

This study examines how recurrent summer droughts affect soil fungal communities in grasslands with varying plant diversity and composition, finding no buffering effect of diversity and highlighting the role of plant functional groups.

UNC-45 assisted myosin folding depends on a conserved FX3HY motif implicated in Freeman Sheldon Syndrome

This study identifies the FX3HY motif as essential for UNC-45-mediated myosin folding, linking its disruption to Freeman Sheldon Syndrome and myopathies.

The human placenta shapes the phenotype of decidual macrophages.

This study identifies distinct macrophage phenotypes in human decidua basalis and parietalis, showing that placenta-derived trophoblasts induce a pregnancy-tolerant macrophage phenotype.

A prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike RNA vaccine is highly immunogenic and prevents lung infection in non-human primates

This paper reports on a prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike RNA vaccine that induces strong immune responses and prevents lung infection in non-human primates.

The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex generates heterotypic ubiquitin chains

This study shows LUBAC generates heterotypic ubiquitin chains with linear and oxyester-linked branches through coordinated action of HOIP and HOIL-1L.

Plant-microbe co-evolution: allicin resistance in a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain (PfAR-1) isolated from garlic

This study identifies a multi-component allicin resistance mechanism in a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain isolated from garlic, involving horizontally transferred genomic islands and glutathione reductase genes.

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

This paper compares biodiversity experiments to real-world plant communities and finds that experimental results are robust to the inclusion of unrealistic communities.

Modulating hinge flexibility in the APP transmembrane domain alters γ-secretase cleavage

The paper shows that altering the flexibility of a di-glycine hinge in the APP transmembrane domain affects γ-secretase cleavage and specificity.

The genome and metabolome of the tobacco tree, Nicotiana glauca: a potential renewable feedstock for the bioeconomy

The paper presents the draft genome and transcriptome of Nicotiana glauca, along with metabolome analysis, providing a resource for studying secondary metabolites and phylogenetics in tobacco species.