W. Kojima

Dining in the daylight: Nocturnal rhinoceros beetles extend feeding periods on host trees with reduced sap exudation

The paper compares feeding rates and sap exudation rates of rhinoceros beetles on three host trees, finding lower feeding rates on ash trees correlate with extended feeding periods during the day.

Optineurin provides a mitophagy contact site for TBK1 activation

This study identifies OPTN as a platform for TBK1 activation during mitophagy, showing OPTN facilitates TBK1 assembly at mitochondrial-autophagosome contact sites and enhances its activation through hetero-autophosphorylation.

Evolution of horn length and lifting strength in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus

The paper studies the evolution of horn length and lifting strength in Trypoxylus dichotomus, showing independent increases in horn length in Northern and Southern lineages with mechanical trade-offs and compensatory changes.