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GABA neurons in the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus suppress wakefulness in healthy and narcoleptic mice

Csicsvari J, Lee H, Fraigne JJ, Peever JH
2026, PLOS Biology, 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003303

Ubiquitination of the ribosomal-like domain of UBIQUITIN6 contributes to cell wall stress responses in Arabidopsis

Zhu Y, Ramírez Rodríguez EA, Chow F, Azad FT, McNally U, Kang HS, Ebert B, McFarlane HE
2026, The Plant Cell, 10.1093/plcell/koag187

An in vivo parallelized reporter assay to uncover tissue-specific splicing regulatory sequences in a multicellular animal

Bhatnagar S, Ho J, Sadek NH, Singh I, Zoberman M, Koterniak B, Liu Y, Fusca DD, Cutter AD, Moses AM, Calarco J
2026, Nucleic Acids Research, 10.1093/nar/gkag451

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August 12, 2026

Nelson Award for outstanding research impact to Prof Heather McFarlane

Congratulation to Professor Heather McFarlane, who has earned the C.D. Nelson Award from the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (CSPB) for "an…

August 10, 2026

Pulling a ring on it: Camsap2 protein leads to tension in zebrafish embryos by coordinating distinct pathways

A surprising insight into the impressive architecture of developing embryos is revealed in a new paper in Development by researchers in CSB.…

June 22, 2026

Composite biomaterial conveys tension across the wrinkled Drosophila embryo surface

Rowan Naidoo has uncovered the mechanism that allows plasma membrane architecture and the actomyosin cytoskeleton to work together to generate…

June 18, 2026

Unexpected neural pathway to seeing in a busy world

A new discovery from Milena Russo in the Liu Lab at UTM upends thinking about the way the brain perceives objects against a moving background. Have…

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