Sub-lethal apoptotic stress enables mtDNA release during senescence and drives the SASP by Chapman et al.
Stop leaky mitochondria and increase healthspan
Selected by Roberto Amadio, read the preLight here
Pseudomonas aeruginosa contracts mucus to rapidly form biofilms in tissue-engineered human airways by Rossy et al.
Mucus – the ‘fertile ground’ for P. aeruginosa biofilms
Selected by Snehal Kadam, read the preLight here
Low-Toxin Clostridioides difficile RT027 Strains Exhibit Robust Virulence by Anwar et al.
Low-toxin producing strains of the infectious bacterium Clostridium difficile are as virulent as high-toxin producing specimens and cause diagnostic confusion.
Selected by Hervé Besançon, read the preLight here
Key roles for kinesin-13 and kinesin-20 in malaria parasite proliferation, polarity and transmission revealed by genome-wide functional analysis by Zeeshan et al.
Fantastic work by the @TewariLab highlighting the importance of the kinesin family during the Plasmodium life cycle.
Selected by Jessica Kehrer, read the preLight here
A motor-based approach to induce chromosome-specific mis-segregations in human cells by Anh Truong et al. and Inducing Specific Chromosome Mis-Segregation in Human Cells by Tovini et al.
Playing tug-of-war with chromosomes to generate specific aneuploidies
Selected by Jana Helsen, Dey Lab, read the preLight here
RNA targeting with CRISPR-Cas13a facilitates bacteriophage genome engineering by Guan et al.
New CRISPR approach to make previously intractable phages engineerable
Selected by Mandy Neumann, read the preLight here
Dissecting β-Cardiac Myosin and Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C Interactions using a Nanosurf Assay by Touma et al.
Nanosurf assay: a new tool to probe how the elusive myosin-binding protein C regulates cardiac contractility
Selected by Neha Nandwani, read the preLight here
