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Claire Durrant reminds us of the importance of studying the physiological roles of proteins and their aggregates to understand their roles in disease and inform therapies, discussing a 2008 paper on amyloid-β from the Arancio lab.
Stephanie Moon discusses findings that revealed that ribosome stalling can lead to the suppression of translation initiation in the brain, delaying the onset of neurodegeneration.
Robert Parton and colleagues discuss novel evidence on the role of dynamin in caveolar endocytosis, which calls into question established models of dynamin-mediated fission.
Reversible S-palmitoylation regulates gasdermin D cleavage, membrane translocation and pore formation to control pyroptosis following bacterial infection.
In the Journal Club, Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna remembers how the work of Judy Campisi changed our understanding of cellular senescence and its effect on physiology and ageing, shaping the future of this research field.
The assembly of large protein–pigment photosystem supercomplexes relies on several assembly factors. Zhang et al. describe a novel assembly factor that evolved during the terrestrialization of land plants.
In this Tools of the Trade article, Venkova and Popard (Piel lab) discuss recent updates to the fluorescence exclusion method that now enable simultaneous measurement of cellular and nuclear size as well as investigation of small prokaryotic cells.
Thomas Arnesen and colleagues discuss an emerging major role of one of the most common protein modifications, N-terminal acetylation, in shielding the proteome from degradation.
Ahna Skop and Karen Schindler describe a paper that found localized translation in mammalian embryos, demonstrating the importance of RNA transport for development.
In this Tools of the Trade article, Isomursu (Ivaska lab) describes a new method for dynamic micropatterning, which enables investigation of cell adhesion and migration on substrates that mimic different extracellular matrix environments.
In mouse models of acute kidney injury, the outcome — scarless tissue repair versus fibrosis — depends on the activity of the transcription factor SOX9.
In this Tools of the Trade article, Hugo Damstra and Josiah Passmore (Kapitein Lab) describe GelMap, which introduces a fluorescent reference grid into the workflow of expansion microscopy experiments, thus enabling a visual readout of sample deformation.