This primer, discussing research by David Moreno-Mateos et al., describes how the science of ecological restoration involves building the technical understanding needed to restore damaged ecosystems, such as wetlands, which provide critical services needed to support human health and economic well-being.
This synopsis explains how cyclic oscillations in the level of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in phagosomes, regulated by two phosphoinositide kinases and one phosphatase, are critical for phagosome maturation and degradation of apoptotic cells. Read the related research article by Zheng Zhou and colleagues.
Building models of a biological system that are consistent with the myriad data available is a key challenge in biology. In this community page, Andrej Sali and colleagues describe a free and open source set of computational tools that can help biologists to determine biological structures, using modelling protocols that can then be distributed, validated and further refined by the research community.
Comparative metabolomics reveals a modular library of small molecule signals that function as aggregation pheromones in the nematode C. elegans. Read more in this synopsis describing research by Frank Schroeder and colleagues.
A recent paper by Alex Rogers et al detailed a survey of Antarctic waters along the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean, revealing rich and unusual animal communities among deep-sea hydrothermal vents. This received significant coverage in the media, including from the BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and PBS News Hour, among many others. Read the accompanying primer by Steven Chown.
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