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1. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Neuroscience

   Genetic Chimerism: Marmosets contain multitudes

   Kenneth Chiou, Noah Snyder-Mackler

   Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the extent to which marmosets carry genetically distinct cells from their siblings.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Point of View: Five interdisciplinary tensions and opportunities in neurodiversity research

   Olujolagbe Layinka, Luca D Hargitai ... Florence YN Leung

   Improving our understanding of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental conditions requires collaborations between genetics, psychiatry, the social sciences and other fields of research.
3. 1. Cell Biology

   Golgi Apparatus: Making progress

   Jurgen Denecke

   Mapping proteins in and associated with the Golgi apparatus reveals how this cellular compartment emerges in budding yeast and progresses over time.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Exposure Therapy: Enhancing fear extinction

   Sydney Trask, Nicole C Ferrara

   Gradually reducing a source of fear during extinction treatments may weaken negative memories in the long term.
5. 1. Ecology

   Mutualistic Relationships: Balancing metabolism and reproduction

   Songdou Zhang, Shiheng An

   The bacterium responsible for a disease that infects citrus plants across Asia facilitates its own proliferation by increasing the fecundity of its host insect.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Lactation: How to pause fertility

   Aleisha M Moore

   Prolactin suppresses the ovarian cycles of lactating mice by directly repressing the activity of a cell population known as kisspeptin neurons.
7. 1. Immunology and Inflammation

   Bacterial Growth: The SagA of E. faecium

   Rishika Prasad, Robert R Jenq

   An enzyme that remodels the cell wall of Enterococcus faecium helps these gut bacteria to divide and generate peptide fragments that enhance the immune response against cancer.
8. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Immunology and Inflammation

   Immune Response: Investigating the role of vitamin D in asthma

   Siddhant Sharma, Mayank Garg

   Results in mice suggest that vitamin D reduces the symptoms of asthma by controlling an immune response that leads to inflammation of the airways.
9. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Vascular Endothelium: More than just a simple barrier

   Erandi Velazquez-Miranda, Ming He

   Endothelial cell subpopulations are characterized by unique gene expression profiles, epigenetic landscapes and functional properties.
10. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Meta-Research: Blinding reduces institutional prestige bias during initial review of applications for a young investigator award

    Anne E Hultgren, Nicole MF Patras, Jenna Hicks

    Blinding the initial review of applications for Beckman Young Investigator awards reduces prestige bias, but has no impact on the success rates for different genders.