Speed dating? Shark Tank? Trainees promote their ideas for incorporating AI into their science
“The goal is to pull those out so we can look at their cell identity,” he said. “Now,…
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome
Rodríguez-Eugenio, N., McLaughlin, M. & Pennock, D. Soil Pollution: A Hidden Reality (FAO, 2018). Montanerella, L. et al.…
Program introduces Florida students to virology and pandemic preparedness
Thirty outstanding high school students from 18 communities across Florida arrived in Tampa last week for the Global…
Mapping in-cell protein contact sites reveals hijacking of paraspeckles during influenza A virus infection
Immortalized cell lines Human A549 (86012804; ECACC) and HEK293T (CRL-3216; ATCC) cells were cultured in DMEM (11960044; Gibco)…
Biologists pinpoint how common virus triggers multiple sclerosis
Epstein-Barr virus triggers specific T cells in the immune system, which leads to an attack on nerve cells…
New viral library helps scientists study thousands of proteins
To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us – whether it’s an individual case of hepatitis B or…
Voices of microbiome researchers in an artificial intelligence era
Competing interests The Global Grants for Gut Health (GGGH) Colloquium comprises researchers who have been selected as GGGH…
A phage puts a new spin on bacterial flagella
Transposon-encoded TnpB proteins are RNA-guided nucleases that use a transposon-encoded guide RNA to cleave DNA target sequences, promoting…
Next-generation probiotics: an outlook into current applications and future developments
Hill, C. et al. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and…
Nuclease–NTPase antiphage defence systems use conserved molecular features to control bacterial immunity
Roberts, R. J. et al. A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes. Nucleic…
Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells
Ethics statement The use of human sera for this study was approved by the Scientific and Ethics Review…
Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…